SOTD October 21, 2015 Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Energizing Face Wash Boost Razor: Gillette Aristocrat Blade: Personna Lab Blue Lather: Gingers Garden Vetiver (Tallow) Brush: CK Switchback 400 24mm Suave #1 Synthetic Knot Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate Aftershave: Gingers Garden OakMoss Guys, I really like Gingers Garden soap/aftershave, great stuff. Support our supporting vendors. Please so the Suave #1 knot is like all the other synthetic knots I have, but it's cool. Nice handle. I have some razor burn on my lower neck. Operator error .. Please take a minute to wish this wonderful member a Happy Birthday Never let the things you WANT Make you forget the things you HAVE
Day two with the Viking Sword blade. Same shave, different day. This is a nice smooth blade. Another two pass DFS with some touch ups on the jaw line and neck for BBS. I find myself looking forward to next month so I can try a new focus. This one is getting monotonous SOTD Proraso pre-shave balm Proraso green cream Rubberset 400 EJ DE 89 Viking Sword (2) Pitrulon Classic AS Have fun!
I am the oppisite. I love my fat handle pre-war tech, and find the ball end post war one to be too mild to use.
Surprisingly, they give very similar shaves. On the aggressive side but I would say that the ATT is a bit smoother. You can get a very close shave with the H plates and not realize it. The ATT R2 and H2 are my favorite DE razors.
October - Trick or TREET October 20 Razor - Gillette Post War (46-50) Fat Handle Tech Blade - (2) Brush - BoS Omega 10066 Soap - Mitchell's Wool Fat Post - Cold Water, Alum, Aqua Velva Musk Day two on the "New" Double Edge by Treet. It's always a good day when BoSFat comes up in rotation. The blade looks great, the lather is showing off to try and make me forget the Tabac yesterday so here we go. Great first pass, still smooth and pretty effective. I watched the angle to try and help the FH Tech out this morning but I still think I get better passes from the Ball End. Lathered for the XTG and with a bit of extra effort ended with a nice finish on that pass, other than my neck. So, did a full ATG third pass plus G-slides on my neck. This razor is mild enough that with this blade I can get a pretty steep angle on the slide. Finished better than yesterday, still DFS but better. I can't blame any problems on the blade today. The razor is just that mild. One more thing on my list to find out.....will a Feather/Kai improve the razor's performance? I've used Voskhod in it and gotten good results. Better than the Treet, but not by much to be honest. Just wondering if a notch up in sharpness would make a difference with it. I think it's somewhere around 43 on my experiment list. Great late October day today and the last day of the sales month so I'm out to hit it hard. They're saying sunny and 85 today. Not bad for the Lou in October. have a great day!
That's what I LOVE about this hobby! What works for you may or may not work for me. But we all have the one common goal. A DFS.. And a brotherhood. And sisterhood..
October 21 (for real, this time) 20's Old Type Astra SP (3) Nothing special for BTTF day (unfortunately, I don't have any razors from 1985, 1955 or 1885)... just a one-pass CCS with a little touch-up on the jawline. I did win an auction for a #160 Goodwill in the early hours of the AM, but that probably won't get here until Monday. JR
October 20, 2015 OC October - This month I'll introduce myself to OC razors. Gillette New LC Schick Type C1 OC Standard Safety Razor OC Gillette Goodwill Morning shave Hot Shower Soap: Proraso Green Brush: Brush: Omega Pro 48 Boar Razor: Standard Safety Razor OC (Germany) Blade: 7 o’clock (Blues) (3) TSD Witch Hazel Aftershave: Proraso Green AS Splash Two-pass shave. Another excellent shave for this combo. I’ll finish the week off with a different blade for this razor. I still need work with the C1, but so far this month has taught me that I really like the OCs. I had not known anything about the Standard razor, but its a very good shaver. Play Ball! (Can anyone say Sweep?!! - Let's Go Mets!) RT
Thank you for your thoughts. Since my friend has all the ATT heads I have tried out all but the H1 and H2. I really enjoyed the R2 but actually prefer my Wolfman OC to it. I'll give the H1 a try sometime soon.
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I'd like to try the Wolfman myself one day. Do you have the stock blade gap or the modified larger gap?
I went with just the stock gap and I have found it to be just as efficient as the R2 (even better above my lip since the head is thinner) but the Wolfman is smoother and less prone to bite back. I do plan on ordering one with the increased blade gap whenever James starts taking orders again. I know I could send it back and increase the gap but I do not want to mess up the good thing I have on something I might like.
