It’s been a long time since I’ve shaved with an SE and even longer since breaking out a 1914. I was in a hurry today and reached for this instead of my usual straight. Wow, wonderful shave. So enjoyable that it’ll bump my C3 as a travel razor on an upcoming trip. Hot water preparation AOS Lavender PSO Castle Forbes Lavender Shaving Cream Shavemac 2-Band Silvertip American Safety Razor 1914 GEM PTFE Castle Forbes Lavender After Shave Balm Happy shaving - Karl
Wednesday February 19th SOTD I just received this gently used Merkur Progress and thought I'd give it a spin - I had one some time ago and traded it to obtain a Parker Variant which never seemed to work for me. I've had this vintage scuttle in my cabinet for some time and hadn't tried it until today. The scuttle definitely works well - the brush / lather def stayed warm! The Progress made fine work of 2 days growth but did leave me with a nick above my chin. No worries, alum took care of it. I think I'll repeat the Merkur tomorrow. Happy shaves all. Josh Sent from my LYA-L29 using Tapatalk
thursday shave brit flat bottom new platinum ds cosmetics tuxedo jm fraser's lemon cream pinaud lime sec
Travel shave set up. Assured Dollar razor Voshkod Teflon RR 24mm Plissoft Dr. Carvers shave lather cream Humphreys Citrus WH Astringent Nivea sensitive splash lotion
February 20, 2020 Rex Ambassador Gillette 7 O’clock Black Mr. EE #4 with Maggard SHD Eleven DFS 2019 LE Shave Soap & Aftershave
SOTD February 20, 2020 Prep: Cold water and PAA Cube pre-shave soap Blade: vintage Private Club Platinum Chrome Razor: Schick G1 Brush: Surrey badger Soap: Soap Commander Influence Post: Witch hazel, Jeeves of Hudson Street Black Tea aftershave
Thursday SOTD Razor: Ever-Ready Streamline Blade: Gem PTFE SS (D4) Brush: M&F 26mm 2-band Blonde Bowl: Castle Shave 4 1/4" Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime Pre-Shave Balm: GroomingDept Patchouli & Mint Shave Soap: Ariana & Evans A&E, Which One's Pink Balm: Organic Shea Butter Aftershave: Ariana & Evans A&E, Which One's Pink
20 February 2020 * Blackbird Brass SB 101 * Wizamet Iridium Super * Maseto Shaving XD 2-Band + Oscar11 Amber Barbeiro * Mystic Water Brown Windsor * Unrefined Shea Butter * Bergamot/Vetiver EO
Thursday shave ABC shave soap Apollo Matrix stainless steel razor Personna Red ⚁ RR Plissoft Amouage Reflection Man Have a good morning boys Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
February Favorites February 19 Razor - 1959 (E4) Gillette Super Speed Blade - (1) Soap - Stirling 2018 St. Louis Fair Debonaire LE Brush - Stirling 2 Band Synthetic Post - Alum What a day, what a day. Dance lessons complete. Yeah, I'm talented. Ok so now I can pull off a few moves Friday that won't make me look like a complete idiot. Or less of one anyway. Time to relax and shave and I moved to the 1959 Super Speed. I still consider the Flare Tip to be one of the best Gillette made and a real workhorse for the brand. It's a mild razor but does an excellent job of getting that shave done effectively and comfortably. After a few days of fighting technique and whatever else was going on I decided I deserved some just basic shaves. I chose the Rapira Platinum Lux blade because, like its other Moscow Russian brethren, it's a great blade that I don't show enough love to. To line the runway I picked up the Fair Debonaire LE that I got back in 2018. It's a Vanilla/Tobacco scented soap that stays tan/brown even in lather form. Great scent and usual top of the line Stirling performance. It was a limited edition soap but.....you can still get it. It's now Haverford from Stirling and I highly recommend it. I went ahead and used the Stirling synthetic brush to make that great lather. Three full passes and everything was fantastic. No blood......finally......and no irritation from the alum. Great BBS finish and I'm set for the night. Have a great Thursday!!
Today's Shave; Game Changer 84 (Jaws, OC, and SB) Dorco Prime (1) Colonel Conk Bay Rum VdH Bowl Fine Lather Bowl VdH Green Boar Gentleman Jon's Alum Block Clubman Special Reserve AS/EdC Homemade Hair Tonic Clubman Whiskey Woods Body Powder Every Man Jack Cedarwood Deodorant Dapper Dan Heavy Hold Pomade My first go with the Game Changer. I was really expecting a much more aggressive shave. I was shocked on how smooth it was. The Jaws plate was perfect for the first WTG pass. The OC plate just a smidgen less aggressive than the Jaws for XTG. The final \TG pass was perfect with the SB. Just smartly engineered.
