Sunday's SE Shave Proraso Pre Shave Palmolive Shave Cream Oscar11 synthetic Gem 1911 Lather Catcher Original Gem Cutlery SE CWR Thayer's Lemon WH Aqua Velva Musk I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Palmolive Shave Cream face-lathered well with the Oscar11 synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Gem 1911 Lather Catcher Razor with an Original Gem Cutlery SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
SOTD December 10, 2017 Prep: Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap Blade: Kai Captain Mild Razor: RazoRock Black Hawk Brush: Artisan badger Lather: Fine American Blend Post: Witch hazel, Fine American Blend aftershave WTG, XTG Black Hawk today for a great shave. This is a fun razor to use especially when mowing down more than a day's growth as I did today. Quite enjoyable. Have a great day!
12-10-17 SE Sunday Schick G8 injector/P74 (10) Semogue 1305 B&M reserve fern soap Victoria and Margaret AS toner Blacktie Razor ASB casino royale First use of the reserve base and I definitely loaded too heavy! 20 seconds of heavy loading needs to be 15 seconds of light loading. I still managed a great shave with 3 passes from the G8. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
Forgot that my latest project snuck in the photo, Rubberset 203 holding a Semogue 830 knot Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
10 December Pre-Shave: Hot Shower Brush: 24mm Silvertip Frank Shaving (FS) Soap: Arko, Turkey's gift to the shaving world Razor: Superior Bar Blade: PAL (6) Post-Shave: Cold Water rinse, OSMA Alum block and Tribute Aftershave, Avon Touring T Decanter Photo: Over at TOST this past week we did a Shave Stick Week where we just used shave sticks. I finished off the Shaving Stick week with Turkey's gift to the shaving world "ARKO"!!! I also used another razor that has not been used in awhile a Superior Bar Razor. I did a three pass shave that left me with a BBS shave. Thank you to the two enablers that turned me on to the LC razors. You know who you are.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki Grace is the title, here's the link to save myself some typing. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
Does anyone here have an extra stropping handle like Jayaruh's that they'd be willing to sell? I have a few Nos blades I'd like to try touching up and I can't afford to buy a lather catcher right now to get one. TIA Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
Try looking on eBay for an Ever Ready Autostropping Machine. I was watching one that ended today that went for just under $10. The draw back than is you need a strop to fit it.
Thanks for the tip, I have a auto strop that I'm rehabbing that should work Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
Mon 11th December Schick N3 & Schick Twin Japan [ 13 ] I know that folks get lots of work out of this blade, but I am thinking it is pulling a bit for me. Did however end up with a pretty decent Shave.
December 11 , 2017 OneBlade Genesis Modified Gem PTFE (5) WDC-6 with Tuxedo Knot Proraso Cypress and Vetyver Shaving Cream Proraso Cypress and Vetyver After Shave Balm
I do believe it will. I had a new strop made for my Valet Autostrop Razor and that is the strop I use on my ER Stropping Machine.
10 December Pre-Shave: Hot Shower Brush: 24mm Silvertip Frank Shaving (FS) Soap: Sharp Dressed Man, Stirling Soap Co. Razor: Superior Bar Blade: PAL (7) Post-Shave: Cold Water rinse, OSMA Alum block and Sharp Dressed Man Aftershave, Stirling Soap Co. Photo: I traded Brush II for some lightly used Sharp Dressed Man SS & AS. The previous owner said that the "FO's" in the soap did not agree with his skin. After using it this morning I can understand what he said. This must have been a really rich batch of soap. It has left my face very tingly a lot like a menthol soap would. I love the smell of the soap though. Thank you @pisces_0 I hope the brush brings you years of great use. Now on to the shave. I have had a very limited exposure to Stirling but all of the stuff I have tried up to this point has been very good and on par with what everybody else has to say about them. It lathered very easy and was able to get a three pass shave that left me with a BBS on a 7 shave old blade. It will be fun to see if I will be able to extend the life of this blade as I have with some of the other CS blades I've tried by stropping the blade.
SOTD December 11, 2017 Prep: Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap Blade: Schick Razor: Personna injector Brush: Jayaruh boar Lather: C.O. Bigelow cream Post: Witch hazel, Barbasol Brisk aftershave WTG, touch up Personna injector performed nicely this morning. It's very mild but I didn't need much after a really close shave yesterday. This all worked together very well. Have a great day!
Did a three pass face shave using: 1912 Ever Ready Gem (10th use) Stainless GEM Blade Mitchell's Wool Fat Omega Boar 20106 Gentleman Jon's Alum Stirling Unscented Glacial Felt so much more comfortable than any DE blade to date. Even on it's 10th use! Got myself a nice shave and a real stiff mentholated freeze on my face right now. Ahhhh...bliss.
Here’s tomorrow morning’s setup. I used the g-bar this morning and had a great shave. I’m expecting a repeat performance tomorrow morning and I’m sure I won’t be disappointed.
Tues 12th Dec. Omega 10005 boar MWF Schick Type O copy Schick Proline [ 4 ] Pitralon Original A/S Lotion Needed to get into Town before all the Parking Spaces gone, so for a quick dependable Shave went for the O Clone. Delivered a nice Shave with no problems.
December 12 , 2017 OneBlade Genesis Modified Gem PTFE (6) WDC-6 with Tuxedo Knot Proraso Cypress and Vetyver Shaving Cream Proraso Cypress and Vetyver After Shave Balm
12 December Pre-Shave: Hot Shower Brush: 25mm Synthetic, Maseto Shaving(MS) Soap: Gravity, Uncle Jon's Shave Saop Razor: Ever Ready 1924 Shovelhead Blade: Red Devil(scrapper blade) (15) Strop: Amish made Stropping Machine: Ever Ready Post-Shave: Cold Water rinse, OSMA Alum block and Clubman Musk Aftershave, Pinaud Photo: I got this 1924 Shovelhead in the mail yesterday. After a soak and scrub in some Scrubbing Bubbles last night I wanted to use it for this mornings shave. I paired it with the Red Devil blade I had in my 1914 as I was getting good results from that pairing. Mistake! The 1924 and 1914 are very different razors with different geometry and angles of attack. Now with the '14 I get a very smooth, close shave from the Red Devil blade. A shave that I enjoy and look forward to in the mornings. This mornings shave was close, hell, after three passes I was left with a DF-BBS shave. It was not however smooth. One or a multiple of a couple of different things could have made this mornings shave turned south. 1) I was using a blade not intended to shave with. 2) The 1924 Shovelhead is a more aggressive razor than the 1914. 3) I have not learned the proper angle needed to shave with the 1924. Due to all of the reasons listed above I will try to shave with this razor again tomorrow morning but using a newer PAL blade and send the Red Devil back to the razor whence it came.
