Injector & SE Party !!!

May 4, 2020
Supply Co SE V2
Personna
Thater Synthetic
Rocky Mountain Barber Co Sandalwood Cream
Fine Santal Absolut Aftershave

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Today was a GeMonday with my second comparison shave with the 1st and 2nd generation Gem Featherweights. This time a first use Meijer branded SS blade was used.

First up was the 2nd Gen. on the left side neck and cheek above the beard line. 1 pass WTG and 1 pass ATG

The blade was then switched to the 1st Gen. For the right side. Same procedure.

The 1st pass on the right side was nearly as close as the 2 passes on the right. While shaving on the first pass I didn't really notice a difference in the feal of the shaves. The second pass ( ATG ) did have a little more blade feel but not at all in a bad way. Final result was definitely visually cleaner and felt smoother on the right ( 1st Gen. ) side.

After evaluation of the shave I did a cleanup pass with a Gem Junior I was evaluating before sending to a friend. Finally I shaved the back of my neck with the 1st Gen Featherweight. Even with sunburn on the back of my neck the shave was smooth and comfortable.

In conclusion both the 1st and 2nd Gen Featherweights are great razors. However if I could only have one it would definitely be a 1st Gen Featherweight Deluxe.

 

Kind of new here . I use both a Gem micromatic and a Schick g series injector in my rotation of razors

 

Very nice and welcome aboard. Which Micromatic do you have?

 

Tabac Tuesday's Cinco de Mayo Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Tabac Shave Soap
Burma Shave Boar
Schick L1 Injector
Personna
CWR
Tabac ASB

The Tabac Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Burma Shave Boar Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Schick L1 Injector with a Personna blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Tabac ASB. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Tuesday's Shave

Schick Injector Razor (E2)
Personna Injector Blade
WCS Beacon Synthetic Brush
Old Spice Shaving Cream and A/S

 

Tue 5th May

RazoRock 400. SE Plissoft Noir
P & B Spitfire
Occams - Enoch
Feather Pro [ 5 ]
P & B Spitfire A/S Splash

Now that I have discovered that The Enoch works well for me with a Feather Pro, I am doing a series of consecutive Shaves with it. I am now on the 3rd one and it is delivering good quality Shaves without any
trouble. It is proving to be quite useful as a Daily Shaver in my home environment not too sure if it would be good
when travelling.

 

I think it is considered the bullet end

 

cool set up and pic Andrew..

 

SOTD, Tue, May 05 2020

Razor: Oneblade Core version #2-Mfg 2018> Great daily driver(#1 in my den) with a modified Gem blade!
Blade: Gem SS PTFE (7) modified
Soap : Haslinger Schamfmilch- mild scent with excellent lather qualities. Triple milled also.
Brush: Yaqi timberwolf 24 mm- great lather making tool and worked well on hard soap today.
Pre shave: Shower, brush wash 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 : Prorazo green aftershave lotion with witch hazel + a small dollop of Nivea sensitive balm on beard area.
Results: CCS,DFS,BBS + no irritation + no weepers = excellent shave & in sweet spot target.



Have some great shaves!

 

May 5, 2020
Supply Co SE V2
Personna
Thater Synthetic
Godrej Lime Shave Cream
Myrsol Agua de Limon

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The past few weeks I've gone exclusively over to SE razors, mostly the AC style. Enter my new-to-me Razorock Hawk V3 OC. Paired with a Schick Proline P-30 blade (my favorite by far to date), this was a great first shave, efficient but easy to work with. It does handle differently than the Hawk V2 due to the added weight, but I had no problems adapting. RR is killing it with extremely high quality yet very budget friendly razors, and the Hawk V3 is no exception.

 

Thanks, Gary! It was a great shave.

 

Very nice. The Bullet tip aka Flying wing is a great razor. It is milder than the Micromatic Open comb but still a great shaver and like all Micromatics very solid. You are welcome to share your shaves with it in
https://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/micromatic-monday.63258/ as well as here

 

Henckels Twinworks Rapide, Gem stainless ptfe and wedge blades. 3rd shave on gem blade


First time using this razor which is on loan to me from @twhite . Wedge blade was sharp enough but the razor is just mild and wasn't good with the wedge. I switched over to the gem blade and it was mild but closer still not a BBS finish. Either I don't know how to use these wedge razors or they are not designed for daily shavers.

 

I used mine tonight the more I used it the more I like it. I have been using a 4 razor rotation Gem micromatic. Merkur traditional/1904 Schick G series and a Gillette tech razor date coded 1962. Until about a month ago, I have been sporting the duck dynasty look. For the past 10-12 years I work in hospital maintenance this virus has made wearing a mask mandatory. So I dug out my shaving stuff and started shaving again. I have about a dozen vintage razors 2 Schicks the Gem the rest are Gillettes. The Merkur is the first new razor I ever bought

 

Wed 6th May

RazoRock 400. SE-Plissoft noir
Williams Mug soap
Occams - Enoch
Feather Pro [ 6 ]
Williams Aqua Velva A/S Lotion

This Brush is very versatile working well will anything I have tried it on. Got plentiful lather from this small container without creating any overspill. A very nice comfortable Shave with a good quality all round finish.

 

May 6, 2020
Supply Co SE V2
Personna
Simpson CH2 Synthetic
A&E The City
Fine Santal Absolut

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Williams Wednesday's Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Williams Mug Soap
Burma Shave Boar
Schick L1 Injector
Personna
CWR
Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS

Today's shave was done outside by request. I used tools I would have used for an outside shave in Vietnam back in 1968.

The Williams Mug Soap face-lathered well with my Burma Shave Boar Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Schick L1 Injector with a Personna 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...

 

Williams Wednesday

Eversharp Hydro-Magic Injector Razor
Personna Injector Blade
Badger Brush
Williams Mug Shaving Soap
Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum A/S