Well, it was Sandalwood Saturday with Proraso Red. I'd be lying if I told you it was a good shave... It was great! Prep: Hot Shower and Bloom/Lather Building Water Soap: Proraso Red Razor: Rockwell Razors 6S Matte Black(R6, R5, R4, and R3)/Merkur Mustache and Eyebrow Razor Blade: Tiger Platinum (4)/Merkur Mustache and Eyebrow Blade (No Idea) Brush: Omega S-Brush AS: Proraso Red ASB: Proraso Red Pre/Post Shave as ASB @wchnu would love this. Didn't bloom the soap. Just wet the brush, ran the tub under some hot water to wash away some of Iraq, and loaded. This part Fuzzy will hate. I took the brush to the bowl and built the superb lather pictured below. Three passes, hit the eyebrows, and killed the blade under the arms for a superb shave. The Proraso Red AS killed any germs left on the face from the water supply and the Pre-Post Shave was used as a balm. Smelling good. I wish Proraso would come out with a Red EdC/EdT.
Christmas Season, Day 8. Full Proraso Red Prep: Hot Shower and Bloom/Lather Building Water Soap: Proraso Red in a Tub Razor: Carbon Shaving Co Cx-316L (Original, +, and ++)/Merkur Mustache and Eyebrow Razor Blade: Dorco ST-301 (2)/Merkur Mustache and Eyebrow Blade (8) Brush: Omega 48 Pro AS: Proraso Red ASB: Proraso Red Pre/Post used for post only Pretty good shave. I rushed, but it was still good.
Rockwell 6S Matte Black with Stirling Spice and Old Spice. Prep: Hot Shower and Bloom/Lather Building Water Soap: Proraso Red Razor: Rockwell 6S Matte Black (R6, R5, R4, and R3)/Merkur Mustache and Eyebrow Razor Blade: Rockwell (5)/Merkur Mustache and Eyebrow Blade (19) Brush: Omega Jade Boar AS: Proraso Red ASB: Proraso Red Pre/Post (Used for Post only) I hope everyone is having a great weekend.
Blackland Blackbird Brass and Proraso Red Shave! Prep: Hot Shower and Bloom/Lather Building Water Soap: Proraso Red Razor: Blackland Blackbird Brass (OC and SB)/Merkur Mustache and Eyebrow Razor Blade: Personna Lab Blue (2)/Merkur Mustache and Eyebrow Blade (07) Brush: Omega S-Brush AS: Proraso Red ASB: Proraso Red Pre/Post (Used for Post) Just a great Sandalwood Saturday shave.
If you ever have the opportunity to get your hands on some of the real, discontinued Proraso Red, jump on it. It's nothing like this Proraso "Red" junk. I still can't wrap my head around Proraso discontinuing the original, replacing it with something totally different and even after all of the blowback from users, still didn't return it to market. I noticed @gssixgun used the original in his shave Saturday. Such a rare, holy grail of shaving creams. Always nice to see someone using it. I have one NOS boxed tube left as well as an almost empty tube. If there ever was a definition of "I use it sparingly"...
I have a couple of "Unobtainiums" But the Red and my NOS tub of Crabtree & Evelyn Almond Oil Shave Cream are soooooo good
my first shave soap i love it, even in summer when the weather is a bit cloudy i use it smells great, post shave is moist.