I'm still 20 posts from catching up on today's chatter. Welcome Joseph! An awesome 1940's lavender drug store Focus! Same here Jason. Except for my final shave of May I stuck to just three different razors. My Squirrel is in recession while Adam's @Drygulch is in ascension.
Welcome @Laird! Good of you to do a Rule & wishing luck with the single blade for the whole month thing.
Some good choices for 1958 Gillettes. I see in the attached chart; Date Code "D"- Super Speed Flare Tip, Blue & Red Tip, 1st year Fat Boys, or there's the mid production run Toggle.
Glad to hear Paul!I hope you enjoy it. It should be a good scent for the summer! Sent from my Galaxy using Tapatalk
Nice collection, Joseph! Thanks for sharing. Let me know if you want to try some Vulfix lavender shave cream. I'll send you some if you're interested. No worries if not interested. I see you've got the Fine splash - really like that scent. I look forward to seeing all these shaves over the month. Glad you're here!
She seems to be OK. Enough that my wife and I left her with a babysitter. She and the other kids pushed us out the door. They didn't bother telling us not to let the door hit us on the way out.
News so fresh it hasn't happened yet Report; Big fish eat the little fish. First they take away your local shave shop. What's next?
June 1st Razor: EJ de89 Blade: Derby Extra Brush: RR Bruce Pre shave: Proraso Sensitive Skin Soap: Proraso Sensitive Skin Thayers Cucumber AS: Proraso Happy June 1st gentlemen! Great shaves and photos to start the month! Just for fun I decided to go with just the basics. The EJ is a comfortable razor but it takes a lot of touch up. I did my normal shave, rinsed, touched up, rinsed, touched up. I did this a couple more times before I called it. The razor sounded like it was cutting but leaving the stubble behind. Maybe a sharper blade although the Derby Extra wasn't at all tuggy. I ended up CCS+ with very little feedback from the alum. Comfort great, closeness lacking. Have a great weekend guys! Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
Friday June 1 - drugstore basics shave Gillette SensorExcell (4) Semogue Owners Club cherrywood Tuxedo brush Vitos Eucalyptus shaving cream Thayers Witch Hazel Original Astringent and Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue It occurred to me that the Gillette cart was a drugstore razor, so I decided to try for a "basics" shave. The SOC synthetic is the closest I can come to a "drugstore" brush now so it's the thought that counts there. And I am still trying to kill off the Vitos tub, but I believe the Vitos creams are "drugstore" at home in Italy. Thayers WH is a standard basic aftershave remedy and was in fact the main one I used daily for my first year here. As for the AV, this is a classic vintage bottle of it. how vintage? I bought it in my teens or early twenties at my local drugstore and it's in a glass bottle... The result was a good shave. The AV isn’t my favourite splash but it's not bad and the face feel is good, including the mild menthol kick. In fact, I may just repeat this setup while I work on finishing off the Vitos cream and using up the SensorExcell cart. Hope everyone has a good weekend.
My DE 89 seems to only work well, with really sharp blades. I usually use a Gillette Nacet with mine, and usually get a DFS +. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
