Thursday's Shave Cold Water Rinse Van Der Hagen Luxury Shave Soap Jayaruh #395 two-band badger Supply V2 Schick Proline CWR Aqua Velva Ice Blue The Van Der Hagen Luxury Shave Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #395 two-band badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Supply V2 injector razor with a Schick Proline blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
Thur 26th March Stirling Syn. 26mm P & B Pall Mall PAL S/S Adjustable Inj. Schick S/S - Japan [ 9 ] Floid Vigoroso A/S Lotion A shave with one of the last Injectors, a real design classic which provided it left the factory fault free, is a good Razor for those who master it. At one time I had a small collection of them, but am now down to one having sold the others on to other Shaving enthusiasts. I had no problems with todays Shave, and considering the age of the blade the quality of the finish is not too shabby.
SOTD, March 26th 2020 Razor: Oneblade Core Version 2 - MFG 2018> great daily driver! Blade : Gem SS PTFE modified(7) Soap: Razorock XXX Brush: Razorock Noir 400 synthetic- great brush. Preshave: Brush wash the whole face with CeraVe hand bar soap + a dollop of clear Aloe vera gel on beard area. Prep: Cold water rinse after each pass of 3. Postshave : Razorock XXX aftershave witch Hazel + Nivea balm. Results : CCS,DFS,BBS + no irritation + no weepers =great shave after 2 day growth. Have some great shaves!
Todays Zinn Shave: Hot Water whisker rinse Lather: Arko/JR 383 Razor:1965-72 GEM Contour WH/clean up pass: Thayer's Lavander AS: Clubman's Musk Post: Vintage Old Spice Talc Cologne: Guerlain Habit Rouge EdT 5 Blade Finish!! Shiney BBS When I first won this razor in a piff contest across the street at TOST, I figured I'd file this in a razor to be piffed drawer because of its famous SUPER MILD reputation. And I had aready piffed everything I had that was piffable...So I really needed something nice I can give to potential future SE shavers. Well...this razor is SUPER MILD...BUT...it is also SUPER EFFICIENT! And it is also quite LOUD, as you hear it mow down the whiskers. I'm afraid this beauty from the mid '60's will not make it into my piffable drawer...This one will be in my top tier for Mild and Efficient. Thats a combination not often found. GEM got alot right on this highly underated razor! I DIG IT Plus I love the push button!! I can't stop playing with it.. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
Thursday Evening Shave Razor: Boston Safety Razor Blade: Gem CS Modified Brush: @GarnerPW horsehair Soap: Derby Stick AS: VIBR I am doing some shaves with several razors on a swap with @BBS. Had to flip a coin to see what was up first. The Boston won. I had 3 days to deal with. I had a few hot chips attack my face at work earlier this week. So I wanted time for them to scab up a bit. Anyhow on to the shave. It was a super close BBS 3 pass shave. To my surprise it was not harsh at all. As BBS had an aggressive shave( lots of blade feel) but finished with a BBS. He used a stainless, I much prefer CS. At no time did I feel I was about to cut myself. Yes you can feel the blade. That is a good thing in my book. No blood even over my face wounds. I finished with the clubman VIBR as it will let me know if I over did it. Nothing a really great shave. I will give it a second go on Saturday. Thanks @BBS for the razors to try out. After this it is on to the Schick E1 Tom Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Fri 27th March RazoRock Syn.22mm Vitos Super Red Schick I 1 Schick S/S Twin-Japan [ 5 ] Pitralon Classic A/S Lotion A nice Shave with the compact Schick I1, which is a great Razor for those who wish to try a Twin Blade but are not keen on longer handles. A good end to the Injector rotation, would really like to get hold of the Black handled version.
Friday's Shave Cold Water Rinse Van Der Hagen Luxury Shave Soap Jayaruh #395 two-band badger Supply V2 Schick Proline CWR Aqua Velva Ice Blue The Van Der Hagen Luxury Shave Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #395 two-band badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Supply V2 injector razor with a Schick Proline blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
Gem 1914/15 open comb Damaskeene, Gem stainless ptfe blade, shave 2 Very mild but effective shaver. It takes 5 passes to get to a BBS but it gets there. Drama free shave with no irritation to boot.
Friday Shave Razor: Boston Safety Razor Blade: Gem CS (2) Soap: Tabac Brush: by tom AS: Florida Water OKAY!!! This razor is the real deal for me. I shaved yesterday and I usually go every other day. I get better shaved that way. I decided to give the Boston a crack at a one day growth. I find this razor to be buttery smooth! It ended up being even closer than last night. Same BBS results and no, I mean no irritation showing with my Aluminum block. It is most likely the lightest SE I have used sans the TNNSER 3D. This is a keeper for sure. Have a safe and enjoyable weekend my friends. Tom Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
I like it also. It is pretty much the same shave design as the later flat top razors from the bullet tip up. It just came in the other day so I had to get a shave in with it right away.
I also love the OC Damaskeene, but thought there must be something wrong with mine as it was so mild. Before owning one, I thought it would be aggressive. Great shaves, but mild. I’m glad I’m following this thread.
Sat 28th March RazoRock Syn. 24mm P & B Spitfire ES Claymore V1/ Bulldog Handle Schick Proline [ 4 ] P & B Spitfire A/S splash Moved from the light Injectors to the heavyweights of the AC/SE world. I enjoyed the Shave as one had to concentrate on adapting to the slightly different technique required when using one of these heavyweights. Perhaps not as good as it could be on the difficult RHS but spot on elsewhere. Shame there is no marking on this Razor to denote its origin.
SOTD, Sat March 28th 2020 Razor: Gem Junior Parade with baton handle variant - Mfg 1943 one of my favorites! Blade : Gem Personna SS PTFE (9) great blade! Soap: Razorock Don Marco - excellent citrus scented soap. Brush : Razorock Plissoft synthetic going strong for the last 3 1/2 yrs. Excellent brush! Pre shave : brush wash my whole face with CeraVe hand bar soap + a dollop of clear aloe vera gel on beard area. Prep : cold water rinse after each pass of 3. Post shave: Razorock Emperor aftershave with witch hazel + Nivea balm. Results: CCS,DFS,BBS + no irritation + no weepers = just a great shave today! Have some great shaves!
Cyril R. Salter | French Vetiver Island Bladeworks | Stoya | Elite Razor Manchurian Gem Damaskeene (1914-1915) | Gem Jr. Elite "Ivory" Handle (ca. 1906) | Gem PTFE Catie's Bubbles | Revolution | Before & After Shave Talbot Shaving | Authors Ridge EdT
