July Focus AoS Lavender (Tallow)~~Simpson 59~~Feather AS-D2/Personna 74 Well...I may have spoken too soon... Oy weh, was this soap unbelievable! New rankings, ladies and germs: #1 Lavender soap in Primo's shave den: Drumroll, please... The Art of Shaving Discontinued Tallow Lavender. Ta da! Sorry Mike's, you have been dethroned by Valobra. Et...Voilà: And now for another confession... I tried riding the safety bar on my Feather AS-D2... Results... Not bad... Now, is Primo going to try this with his 2011 R41 So, all-in-all, a wonderful Sunday shave and I hope everyone enjoys their respective days.
SOTD SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2020 Great shave this morning! Really starting to get the hang of this straight shaving thing. Finished a two pass (WTG, ATG) that actually required no safety razor clean up, and resulted in a DFS++. Grabbed my trusty VC1 and completed my usual two pass (WTG, ATG) VBBS dome shave. I feel refreshed, cool, clean and velveteen! RAZOR: Dovo Special (Mug) Valet Auto Strop VC1 (Dome) BLADE: Feather FHS-10 PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Rabid Banana Preshave Cube BRUSH: Jayaruh Custom Boar #372 SOAP: Haslinger Schafmilch w/ 6 drops of M-Bomb POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH and Osage Rub. Finished with Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood AS Splash followed by Royall Bay Rhum EdT
July 12, 2020 PAA Ascension Twist- Adjustable Double OC Gillette Silver Blue Doug Korn Prototype Two Band MDC Fougere LASSC Topanga Fougere Tom Ford for Men
awesome shave and pic Joseph..i enjoy the sweet spot (though narrow on gillettes) just slightly on/off the edge of the cap.good morning..
sunday shave nickel new sc cambridge platinum omega extro vaniglia ysl l'homme good morning gents,early bed early rise.went with the cambridge/platinum combo ,bbs in 2+,fantastic razor.fabulous extro lather,love the scent,cool glass jar packaging.a touch of twisted thayers and ysl l'homme to finish.awesome.james bond movie day today..been a while.have a great sunday everyone..
Real nice shave today..0:25 to load the Stoylin "No-Name" Brush(we need a name here), with the Razorock LIme Burst soap. 2 solid passes, although once again(as with yesterday)I felt I needed to add a little more soap for that first pass. No nicks or cuts(Who is that fella Nick Relief, anyway??). Another successful time at Cactus Nation. The Stoylin Glacial Lime was a comfortable finisher. Top Of The World Excellent.
Fabulous photography and report, Maestro. I’ve never ridden the cap on any of my safety razors, except with my adjustables when wide open. I also have a 2011 R41 and have shaved it as I shave all my safety razors, on the bar or comb as may be. As an open edge shaver you should have no problem.
Excellent shave and results, Jeff! How did you like using Haslinger today? Love the wooden razor rack too.
not at all.my gillette collecting,mostly the brit stuff was to honor my grandad.they all shave quite similar.i will own a colonial silversmith one day for the joy of using it..beyond that i am open,hence the valet razors,cooper monobilt and schick e2.my gillette collecting days are done save for an odd tech or so.my gillettes should hold there value so i can recoup down the road if i want to.i haven't seen a lot of new stuff that interests me enough to pay the high prices for.the game changer looks cool,the stainless karve as well.and that new russian stainless.not a pot metal or plastic fan so that rules out a lot as well..
