Exceptional shave, Gary! Hat's off to you and some fine gear.

Love the shave review, Joe! First-rate shave all together.

thank you Andrew..

Just the Basics June

Saturday's Shave

Schick E2
Personna Blade
Lowborn Supply Blood Knot
Proraso Red Shaving Soap
Proraso Red Aftershave

Post yard work shave and it sure felt nice. The Proraso Red is the first "matching set" I ever bought. When I got it, I thought I had hit the jackpot and never needed anything else...but curiosity didn't stay away too long. It is a fine set that smells fantastic and one of my favorites still. The shave today was exceptional - two passes for a DFS+ and no irritation. It really is BBS everywhere except on my lower neck which I can only detect a hint of hair when I feel ATG. I will take that over irritation any day. The Schick E2 still stands as my most efficient razor.

awesome schick shave and pic Andrew..

Excellent shave, Andrew! Another cool brush!

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Thanks, Gary!

Thank you, Jim!

Wonderful sandalwood shave, Andrew--that Schick is in excellent condition! Love that Blood Knot, as well; I've never seen anything even remotely like it before

Thank you Andrew!

Beautiful gear and wonderful shave Andrew!

Ok, I rarely do an extra pass on a shave that I did earlier in the day, but I decided to do it. I put in a new blade in my Dovo shavette and figured why not get a nicer finish and I also want to use ro the Sandalwood soap. So I went to an IBSS++ to an almost pass the cotton test BBS. Ah! All is right in the world!

June 13--Just the Basics June
Shavette Shave #93

Gear

• Razor: Strong Leopard 77-a shavette
• Blade: Cloud 77-a (2)
• Brush: JOmega Boar
• Soap: Stirling Iced Pineapple (prepared with chilled ice water)
• Menthol: Stirling Frost Drops
• AS: Aqua Velva Ice Blue (1 Frost Drop added)--just about bottomed out on the AV!
• Balm: Stirling Glacial Unscented

The Shave
Got a fairly early shave this morning, cooked up some coconut chocolate chip rice pudding for breakfast, took the youngest on a walk so that his mother wouldn’t kill him (no jury would have convicted her), and decided it was finally time to write up my report.

Started the bowl lather with a very wet brush, and for a minute or so I was scared that I overdid it, but the lather caught up with the hydration, and I ultimately didn't need to add any water. That's awesome and all, but in the future I think I'll start with just a bit less water and add as needed. The JOmega Boar is an awesome performer, and painted the icy lather effortlessly. As long as I've got time to properly soak it, this brush will probably wind up being my go to.

Three passes (WTG, XTG, ATG) with some significant touching up got me near BBS this morning--no irritation. The minor tweaks I made to the Strong Leopard worked wonders for this very cheap shavette. Tightening things up has removed all the chatter, and the locking mechanism stays put. The shaves, however, still take a bit of work. I’ve only pulled one blade out of the 40 I got, but if the rest of the Cloud 77-a blades are like this one, I’d say they are comparable to Derby Extras. I can get close comfortable shaves with them, but it takes a bit more work than usual to do it. I can live with that.

Hope everyone is having as relaxing a Saturday as I am

93 down, 7 to go!

Very nice, Joe--nothing wrong with an upgrade!

Great job on the razor, Tim! Love the picture!

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Great photo and shave lineup Andrew


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Excellent shave report and photo Tim.

God job sorting the razor out.

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June 13, 2010
Supply Co SE V2 •• plate
Proline
Simpson Trafalgar T3
La Toja
Fine Italian Citrus Aftershave



A very nice 3 pass travel shave this morning. With no touch ups I ended with a near BBS shave.

Asha and I went to Ybor City for lunch at the oldest restaurant in Florida. In business for 105 years and 5 generations of the same family.



The Asha and I went for a ride on the Trolley.



Now we are enjoying some downtime on the beach.




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Wonderful day, Clint! Thanks for sharing!

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cool shave and pic Tim..