Injector & SE Party !!!

January 24, 2018
OneBlade Genesis V2
Modified Gem PTFE
Thater Beehive White Boar
Jeeves Bay Rum
Captain’s Choice Bay Rum


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Am I too late to be a tester?

 

Wed 24th Jan
RazoRock Syn. 22mm
Lea Classic Soap
1. PAL S/S Adjustable with Proline [ 1 ]
2 ES Claymore V1 & Proline [ 10 ]
Alum Rub/Rinse off
Lea Classic A/S lotion

Took one of my PAL Adj, Razors out for a test drive, with a view to passing it on to a friend. I loaded a fresh
blade as I had problems with it before. I note some misalignment between the guard and blade, which I tried
to correct. Though Adjuster worked, the Razor was not working as a PAL should so the Shave with it was aborted. This one is now officially a Paper-Weight.

I had the ES Claymore on standby to complete the Shave. I am liking this a lot more since I changed the stock handle, and I completed the Shave very satisfactorily . Though the blade was was on its 10th use, the Shave was not only smooth and comfortable but the all round finish was good too.

 

SOTD January 24, 2018

Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap
Blade: GEM PTFE
Razor: GEM G-Bar
Brush: JR #60 synthetic
Lather: Williams
Post: Witch hazel, Jeeves of Hudson Street Tobacco Bay Leaf aftershave
WTG, touch up

Nice and easy shave with the G-Bar. The Williams worked fine and all came together quite well. Have a great day!

 

1/23/2018 = Last Night's Shave.

Since the proline blade slid off a post last night (I discussed this yesterday - proline B blades are a tiny bit shorter than a traditional blade made for injectors -which the proline is NOT really made for that) - I kept the SCHICK "chick" blade in there and It was as Smooooooooooth as silk - not samurai sword sharp like my vintage blades or the Proline - but still a great blade and i respect the Chick... The type L is very mild and does take a little more cleanup meaning the shave takes longer to achieve BBS - but BBS was achieved and ZERO irritation, ZERO blood - just amazing.

The OGALLA bay rum & Sandlewood PUCK along with a Green Tube of Proraso were the 1st 2 non aerosol can shaving products and it started me on this Fun OBSESSION - All i gotta say is DAMN! that OGALLA is BAY RUM - JUST LOVE THE SCENT OF THIS puck! It is much better when face lathered and my big Ol' Boar OMEGA KNOT whipped up some rich and creamy lather... Funny I bought this puck for like 7 bucks on west coast shaving and I read the reviews and most say that the soap sucks, wont lather, dries skin, blah blah blah - its pretty much all B.S. - soap LATHERS wonderfully, its not a INSTANT lather like a 20 dollar croap from a Artisan, but it takes a tiny bit of patience to load the brush heavy and as long as u dont start by drowning the brush and soap water - U are good to go. I also have the Ogalla after shave - but used the Crown King atomica bay rum - folks this bay rum is mind blowing - REALLY GOOD STUFF!!! but for soap the Ogalla destroys all other bay rum soaps - my master bath and bedroom is literally filled with Bay RUM scent when I lather up this baby...

Peace !! JAMIE


*let's see some shick Type L love!!!! - yes she is a mild shaver - but she always leaves me with a happy ending

 

I've got a Schick L1. Great razor!

 

Nope, Not too late. I got your PM so your all set

 

I got bad news - those PAL blades are NOT the same as the PAL Super Blades that come in 10 blade vaults - The supers are for Shaving. These PAL Blades that have PAL on the spine are not good - I bought 10 loose ones and did side by side comparisons - there terrible - rough as heck. The proper PAL blade has .009 on the spine - there is also a british shave forum that discusses this as the PAL supers are very hard to get in UK - and they bought the PAL u have listed here and they all confirmed the bad news - What really stinks is that people use these PAL blades and report the PALs are terrible - but they are NOT using the PAL Supers with .009 on the spine - so if u sell these PAL's loose - u may get some negative feed back

 

Yes - the PROPER PAL SUPER Blades only come in 10 blade vaults - there is a amazon seller that has the Vaults for a good price - but the seller does run out from time to time .

Please do not buy the LOOSE PAL blades that say PAL on the SPINE - there not for shaving and u will NOT like them - ymmv does not matter - there BAD ---

so PAL SUPERS from amazon - not the loose PAL blades form anywhare - LOOSE = wrong blade

 

SOTD January 24th


Ever-Ready 1924 "Shovel Head"
Gem PTFE (2)
Stirling Mountain Man
Maseto Shaving "Classic" (30mm Finest Fan, Cruiser Class)

 

This is why I am sending them out to test! Hopefully I don't have 200 paint scrapers.

 

This was the Wednesday Williams shave, with the GEM featherweight! It did an awesome job, just as I suspected it would.

 

My two 10 packs of Gem Blue Stars showed up at Walmart this morning. I'll pick em up tomorrow when I make my grocery run. I need some Skinbracer too, I wish they still made it in Cool Spice.

Clayton

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I know man - I dont want to be the party pooper :-( - bought 30 of these loose blades from Razor Emporium cuz it was cheaper than the 10 blade vaults and i was horrified - and than i did side by side using 1912;s and it was dramatic difference - if it makes you feel better - I have been burned 4 times with broken broken razors - 2 1912;s , 1 1924 and 1 1914 - so about 120 bucks total of bad razors - but hey 4 bad razors aint bad since i have dozens of old razors

 

Gem Micromatic Clog Pruf Razor
Treet Super Carbon Blade
Ever-Ready #1 Boar Brush (restored)
Omega Shave Cream
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Aqua Velva Musk After Shave

 

Williams Wednesday

Razor: Auto Strop model B
Blade: Auto Strop
Brush: JR 250
Soap: Williams
AS: Kleanspa Bound & Shagged

I just received this Auto Strop today. Needless to say this was the razor tonight. It was a great shave. The old blade was re-honed 5 shaves ago and is still a smooth shave.

This thing has some serious miles on it. It is a bit used looking, it is a fine shave.

Tom


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The ones in the 5 blade box like the Treets are good too. I like to keep some around....but do not have any right now...just treets and accutecs from cvs and riteaid...

 

Thur 25th Jan

RazoRock Syn. 24mm
Stirling Baker Street
Alu General + S/S Handle
Feather Pro [ 5 ]
Alum Rub/Rinse Off
Tuff Green A/S Lotion

Have not used this for a while, I like the change of handle which gives the Razor A bit more heft.Very nice to handle and smooths very smoothly but to be honest the overall finish in some areas was a bit lacking, though it could well be operator inattention at fault.

 

SOTD January 25, 2018

Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap
Blade: GEM PTFE
Razor: GEM G-Bar
Brush: Stirling Kong synthetic
Lather: Jeeves of Hudson Street Bay Rum
Post: Witch hazel, TSD Iced Barber Shoppe aftershave
WTG, touch up

Really nice shave this morning courtesy of the G-Bar with coated blade. Smooth stuff! I feel bad for my Pushbutton and Featherweight and 1912 because they've been shunned to the bench after getting the G-Bar. That's how it goes sometimes! Have a great day!

 

Thursday's SOTD

GEM 1912 JUNIOR BATON HANDLE
YAQI SYNTHETIC BRUSH
MAGGARD MANGO SAGE TEA SOAP
FINE FRESH VETIVER AFTERSHAVE

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