SOTD August 9, 2018 Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap Blade: vintage Personna Ultra Chrome Razor: Schick M1 injector Brush: Zenith B02 boar Soap: Soap Commander Passion Post: Witch hazel, Country Club for Men Modern Fougere aftershave Great shave with a vintage Personna Ultra Chrome blade and the Schick M1. Easy and comfortable. Can't ask for much else. Have a great day!
Pre: Cold water face wash, Brush: S_Jagger Panga Panga 26mm ST Soap: Noble Otter Barrbarr Razor: DeHaven Model 3 Blade: Schick Proline P Post: Cold water rinse, Myrsol Blue ASL This is a fantastic little razor, well balanced, and skates across the skin mowing down all in its path.
Friday SOTD August 10, 2018 OneBlade Genesis V1 Feather FHS Simpson Chubby 2 Synthetic iColoniali Mango Soap & ASB Fine Platinum Creed Aventus
August 10, 2018 General Feather Super Pro WDC-8 with Druida Manchurian C&S Oxford and Cambridge Fine Lavender Aftershave
SOTD August 10, 2018 Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap Blade: vintage Personna Ultra Chrome Razor: Schick M1 injector Brush: Omega 10049 boar Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat Post: Witch hazel, Fine American Blend aftershave Setting 8 for a smooth and easy shave. Great results in the end. Enjoy your day!
Friday's Shave Clubman Classic Shave Cream Williams Mug Shaving Soap Jayaruh #30 Razorock Black Hawk Feather Professional SE CWR Clubman Pinaud AS My prep was just a cold water rinse. I used Clubman Classic Shave Cream as a pre-shave. It is an non-lathering SC, so I just applied a thin layer before face-lathering the Williams Mug Shave Soap with the Jayaruh #30 brush. I did two passes with the Razorock Black Hawk Razor with a Feather Professional SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Clubman Pinaud AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
Pre: Cold water face wash, Brush: The Wee Scot Soap: Haslinger Schafmilch Razor: Gem HFT Blade: Treet Super CS Post: Cold water rinse, Brian's Bay Rum ASL (sample) Not my favourite razor from this stable but with a fresh carbon blade it gives a very good shave indeed.
Ok, after 3, I'm out of the hunt. 1 appears mint, the other 2 are in excellent shape. I have a case and even a shipper. I'm letting one razor patina. It's easy to pick up a dud when you're hunting these down, and it may not be apparent. Here are some tips I discovered to make your search go more smoothly. 1. Unless you are able to inspect the razor in person and load a blade, try to avoid purchasing these without a blade already loaded. Sure it facilitates loading the next one, but the absence of a blade can obscure a sprung spring. Fixing this could prove difficult. I've seen some where some yahoo, tried to remove/load a blade without a key/injector cartridge. It appeared he used needle-nose pliers. Rendered it useless. 2. Carefully inspect the blade stops. The Type F is notorious for being tricky to load. Over the life of the razor, if several attempts to load were made in which the blade brushed over the stops, these tiny protrusions can be either missing or worn down considerably. In the last pic, I removed the blade from one and took a picture of the blade stops to give you a better idea. 3. Don't worry about a 'scuffed' bar. I passed on several before I realized it's by-design. It looks like someone took a wire brush to the bar, and in reality, that's probably what was done during manufacturing to add texturing. Appleby's Guide calls them "irregular striations".
M Man....that 'L' type totally defines my youth! I haven't used one since the late '70's... How does it hold up? I might need to cop one just to relive my youth! I used those in High School and all the years of touring with bands...I'd lose em...leave em at peoples houses, or hotels...and just grab another at a 7-11...}8^)) I must have blown through 20 or 30 of them back in the day! I know they were consistant...I used them with Plus Plats or later Personna 74's.....To me that was just shaving and I never considered anything else......Til I fell ill with the unmentionable cart disease....whew! Took a few decades to get well from that plague....lol!!
Sat 11th Aug RazoRock Plisssoft 22mm Lea Classic soap Schick Type F Schick Proline [ 2 ] Lea Classic A/S Lotion After a blade malfunction yesterday, I resorted to rare use of another means to complete my Shave. Today, I made up for that by using a Type F, one of my favourites for the weekend. Spent some time on the Shave so got a good all round finish. Am beginning to think that the Japanese Schick is better suited to this Razor than the Proline, time will tell.
SOTD 20180811. Vintage brush / Maggard synth. La maison du savon de Marseille "Monsieur". ATT SE1 (aluminum). Feather Artist Club Pro Super (1). Rebul Lime EdC.
Well I have said I liked Large Razors, but had not appreciated how large this one is King Cobra arrived today- Sunday Shave !
Would have to be my favorite adjustable razor hands down! Someone should still be making one of those.... Hear Me Ming-Shi ???!!!
SOTD August 11, 2018 Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap Blade: GEM PTFE Razor: GEM Lather Catcher Brush: Artisan badger Soap: Country Club for Men Cahaba Blues Post: Witch hazel, Country Club for Men Sweet Water aftershave Terrific shave. First use of a lather catcher and it worked quite well. No complaints here. Enjoy your weekend!
Sunday SOTD August 11, 2018 Blackland Sabre L2 GEM PTFE Paladin El Dorado Route 66 Sweeney Todd Soap and ASB Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet
WHOA!!! ANOTHER SHAVER ENJOYING THE LATHER CATCHER EXPERIENCE !!! WoooHoooo And , and I guess...CONGRATULATIONS are in order!! Guess you can tell, I like Lather Catchers a little bit!!!
