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Thank you, Gary! It always provides a dependable shave.

 

tuesday shave
#77 new rfb
platinum
EEmega 10098
jeeves barbershop

 

Great pic and beautiful new rfb Gary.

 

Tuesday‌ ‌10.06.20 ‌SOTD‌
RazoRock‌ ‌Essential‌ ‌Oil‌ ‌Of‌ ‌Lime‌ ‌Shave‌ ‌Oil‌ ‌
‌Gillette ‘48 Aristocrat
Gillette‌ 7 O'clock SharpEdge Yellow
Yaqi R1730 Sagarda Familia Tuxedo
RazoRock‌ ‌"What‌ ‌The‌ ‌Puck?!"‌ ‌Lime‌ ‌Burst‌ ‌
Italian Barber Amici After Shaving Splash​

 

thank you Jim..

fabulous aristocrat shave and pic..

 

Vintage or modern? It is a question that gets asked quite a lot in this lovely hobby. There a proponents on both sides of the discussion and I sit on the fence between the two. However, I must say that it is pretty cool when you get a chance to experience a shave with vintage stuff and enjoy it as it would have been 60+ years ago. Well today was such a shave with a little modern thrown in.

Razor of the day the 1956 Gillette Red Tip Super Speed loaded with a fresh Gillette Platinum. No vintage blades today though I have many “Blue” blades on hand. I love the Red Tip and hands down it is one of my fav DE’s. It just works and though I have the “Trio” made up with the matching 56 Blue Tip and Flare Tip, the Red is just nicer in the hand.

Soap today modern Williams in a vintage Williams mug. The soap is easily acquired but the mug not so much. I was lucky enough to source one for a buddy in Chicago and fired it off to him to add to his collection for his lad. A week later I got another in a lot of shaving stuff I picked up and put it away until today. Soaked the brush in the mug with the soap, used the soapy water as a pre-shave and lathered up a very nice clean smelling lather that was slick!

Three beautiful passes and BBS. Now to finish it all off I got some vintage Williams Aqua Velva (50s era) and slapped that on. Well if you have never tried the vintage juice...forget about it. There is no Aqua Velva made that compares to this goodness. Period. Oh yeah “there is something about an Aqua Velva man”....yup, he smelled AWESOME back in the day! The final bit of goodness some vintage Brylcreem Men’s Cologne. Never heard of it? Well neither did I until I got it in a lot with a bunch of Old Spice, English Leather and this Aqua Velva. It is also quite a masculine fragrance and a match to the Aqua Velva.

So there you have it some vintage goodness with a modern blade and soap mixed in. If this is the way the boys did it back in the day I can see why my Dad still gets all nostalgic.What an incredible shave. Enjoy the shaves, this hobby and the friendships you make here.

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: Gillette Red Tip Super Speed 1956
Blade: Gillette Platinum
Brush: Simpson 59
Lather: Williams - Modern
Aftershave: Williams Aqua Velva - Vintage 50s
Additional Care:
B.I.G. Co. Alum Block
Williams Shaving Mug
Brylcreem Men’s Cologne - Vintage

 

fabulous old school shave and pic Ed..i have 1950s old spice aftershave and vintage williams soap,but that's it.fine stuff..

 

Thanks Gary! I have some old school Old Spice myself that will be the SOTD soon enough.

 

very cool.will do an old school shave tomorrow...thank you for the inspiration..

 

Tuesday's Shave
#OCtober

Gillette Old Type
Gillette Platinum (3)

 

awesome old type shave and pic Andrew.looks to be a 1920 to 29 model..

 

Thank you, Gary! I think it's from that period. No serial number.

 

looks like it has the thick cap..nice shaver.they seem smoother than the older thin cap versions but i don't use them alot..

 

It came in this coffin style case with blade bank.

 

Gillette Aristocrat / Astra blade

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1920s brownie.comes in gold or nickel..

 

awesome aristocrat shave and pic Stuart..

 

Thank you.

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