January 2018 Shavettes and Jeeves January! January 18 - Jeeves Samples Day 1 Razor - Fatip Piccolo Blades - (1) Soap - Jeeves of Hudson Street Abyss Brush - Jayaruh #54 Post - Alum Thursday night is my new head shave night so the Shavette theme worked with the CJB Greager pain stick again. Kai mild blade, Arko, fine shave, no blood, no problems at all. Jeeves January returns for me with some samples that arrived. I chose the Abyss, just because I had to pick one, and it lathered right up with the JR54. Same great lather the Bay Rum produces and the scent is a bit floral. I can't find a description anywhere so we'll go with that. My sense of smell is not well developed like some, though I recognized BBQ, Garlic and burgers on the grill without a problem. Very nice and somewhat light scent to this soap. Two passes and a little touch up with the Fatip and Rapira PL (chosen because it was the first Russian blade within reach) and it's a near-BBS at least. Maybe better. I like the Abyss and will use it a couple more shaves before moving on.
Friday 19th January Birch Tar Soap and RSC Facial Scrub Proraso Sensitive Preshave Cream La Toja Shaving Stick Simpson Special in Best Badger GEM Clog Pruf with a GEM SS Blade (shimmed) Alum Block and Rinse BBA PS Balm Pinaud Lilac Vegetal Three passes for a fantastic shave My last day of the working week and looking forward to two days of living in natural light!
1•19•18 SOTD GEM 1912 JUNIOR PERSONNA PTFE COATED GEM BLADE SHANNONS SOAPS SILK PAJAMAS MAGGARD PURPLE SYNTHETIC BRUSH RAZOROCK XXX AFTERSHAVE SPLASH
Good Morning Everyone SOTD 01/19/18 Gem 1912 Gem Personna (10) E-Shave Badger Arko Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block E-Shave Orange Sandalwood ASB Have A Great Day!
Enter the Dragon This was my first use of the Merkur Vision, a beast of a razor. It is giant compared to my Rockwell 6s, and of similar weight. I went for broke and used it wide open because I like aggressive/efficient razors. I used my Futur on 6, and the Rockwell on plate R6. Compared to those, I could feel the blade much more with the Vision. The shave was also closer than either of those razors. I don't remember my face being smoother. The Vision is not as comfortable on first impression, and I did get a few weepers as I learn the best technique for it. I expected the splash to burn, but it really didn't, and my face feels great now. I don't shave my mustache, but I can imagine the Vision would not be the best choice for that area because it's head is large. I'm looking forward to using this razor for years to come.
SOTD 20180119. J&T® model "Minimalistic" pear / Tuxedo. Dusy Professional MEN Kabinett. TImeless titanium razor with stainless steel base plate 0.68 mm. Kai Stainless (1). Rebul Ice EdC. Borrowed the stainless steel base plate to find out which blade gap.
SOTD for January 19, 2018 Prep: Cold water with Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap Blade: Personna Razor: Schick G4 '66' injector Brush: Omega 10049 boar Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat Post: Witch hazel, Fine American Blend aftershave WTG, touch up Nice and easy shave with the Fat Friday setup. Quite enjoyable. Have a great Friday!
Fri. 1/19/18 A fine three pass shave this morning with the Gillette Sensor 5. I am smooth and refreshed. Enjoy your day friends. ☺️
Thank you. It's funny when I sent off the 1912 to Delta Echo, I threw in an extra handle. I wasn't sure the handle had deep enough engraving to accept the coating appropriately, so I told him, "if the extra handle is workable, let's do something crazy like red." The primary goal was to have a black/grey scheme. As it turned out, he did have some difficulty with the rather shallow engraving and it took him a few tries, but he made it work. It's flawless. I think I use the red one more than the grey one, now. Here's an album if you haven't see it: https://imgur.com/a/J7QLp
January 19, 2018 Oxford Razor Handle with unknown head Feather Oxford brush with TGN Finest CRSW Jeff’s Soap Fine L’Orange Noir
January 19 SOTD: PAA Atomic Rocket Brush Stirling Port-au-Prince SS CJB Pain Stick Stirling Unscented PSB Tabac AS
Except for two tiny weepers on my chin this was a great shave - by the way, this antique Barnangens Parba stick is one hell of a fine soap and why it was discontinued so many years ago is a mystery to me. It smells so nice and does it ever lather like a champ. It also gives very good moisturizing which the Lubriderm enhanced for me. No aftershave splash was necessary for today. A special thanks to Mr Thomas Svennsen who sent me this awesome stick and a shout-out to my Plissoft for making it lather so well! Have a nice weekend!
Good looking razor. Shaves as good as any razor available. IMO, it gets an ill deserved bad rap on being unreliable. But, it just needs a little bit of maintenance and it's golden. Enjoy the shaves my friend....
