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Do you use pre-shave oil?

Poll closed Dec 30, 2015.
  1. Yes.

    29.9%
  2. I have tried, but don't use it regularly.

    25.4%
  3. No.

    40.3%
  4. What is pre-shave oil?

    1.5%
  5. I am just here for the cookies.

    3.0%
  1. This is the first time I've seen Franken-soap.
  2. Nice work and great photo illustration today!
  3. I have a puck I use for travel. As I get my other soaps down, they get mixed in. I might look at pushing it into a stick the next time I mix it up.
  4. I would guess less than 7 shaves, and that was only because I was in the ICU for 3 days in 2014 and had a pick line in my neck.
    wmbjr, mrchick, Bama Samurai and 5 others like this.
  5. Wow! I had an amazing shave! The Super Speed provides me as close of a shave as many of the more aggressive razors. TTT baby.
    wmbjr, mrchick, Bama Samurai and 7 others like this.
  6. Razor: Gillette Super Speed 1948-49 No Date Code
    Blade: Gillette Platinum (4)
    Brush: WDC-5 Boar w/Green Handle
    Soap: RazoRock Don Donato
    A/S: Booster Iced Lime

    Got in a round of golf today. First round ever this late in December.
    Excellent shave with this combination. I like the Booster Iced Lime A/S.
    Anybody know this beer?
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  7. How much soap do you put in the scuttle? Good looking brush. Looks great loaded.
    wmbjr, Bama Samurai, Bill_F and 3 others like this.
  8. Excellent photo Mark.:happy096:
  9. Thanks Doug.
  10. Looks great. That is an interesting A/S.
  11. What's your opinion of synthetics?
  12. Outstanding picture.:happy088::happy088::happy088:
  13. Well, I love this TGN synthetic knot. It is soft yet has plenty of backbone for face lathering. It whips up a great lather in no time. It is near a badger in performance and I really like how quickly it dries. I also have a BodyShop synthetic that isn't nearly as nice. I could easily make the TGN brush my one and only if I had to. Fortunately, I don't have to.
  14. Thanks very much for this.
  15. Thank you Doug.
  16. the brush goes in concert with the Old Spice
  17. I was introduced to it by Jeff-the Mr. Freeze of TSD.
  18. Really good stuff. A lot of healing ingredients, very soothing.
  19. Thanks Doug! I don't put any soap in the scuttle other than what comes out of the soap container on the brush. Today, I loaded the brush from the container for about a minute and it worked great. Yesterday I did it for 30 seconds and it was pretty thin.
  20. Thanks Bama! I owe much of my skill and enjoyment in shaving to this thread of yours with so many great folks contributing every day. I learned a while back that if you want to be able to duplicate something, you need to know what you did. I also wanted to have photos of what the brush looked like when I load enough and end up with great lather - for when I don't do as well. ;)
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