Thank you Gary-I don't remember when I had a shave as good as this morning.

Do you mean the Stirling Paul? It can be and I guess I can take requests lol. Do you prefer Bay Rum or Black Cherry?

Thanks Joe ! It should fill the role I have planned for it well….

Thanks Gents.

@Trigger
I don't know.
I don't really like them.
I own this razor since June 2014, and this is the only blade used.
Reading my records, at the 5th shave I started to like it.
Even too sharp for my tastes.

But I love the design of the razor.
https://imgur.com/OobTP8V
https://imgur.com/FpLgHdx
https://imgur.com/LDtdqXi
https://imgur.com/FoUnDHc
https://imgur.com/OIZwGsA

Beautiful shave and setup Gary! I wish you well in you endeavor to aid in your friends transition to DE shaving.

They are very sharp that's for sure. I like them, but I must admit that it took a few shaves to appreciate them. It may be your beard and skin type just doesn't gel with the blade.

@ Screwtape
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Sunday December 31 - DE & Defunct December

Prep: Hot shower with Aleppo 20% laurel bay oil soap

Razor: Rockwell T2 on dial setting "6" / Rockwell (2)

Soap: JM Fraser's Shave Cream

Brush: Jason's 30DC LE with APShaveCo 24mm cashmere synthetic

Lather Bowl: none

Post: rinse, alum, rinse, ProRaso Repairing Gel, Lucky Tiger After Shave and Face Tonic

Last shave: Christmas Day (Monday) - 6 days

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My last shave was Christmas Day (Monday), although I never posted it. I moved up to "5" on the T2 dial and used a fresh blade. Shaving with care, I did one or maybe two passes, no errors, DFS.

Today, for my last shave in both DE December and in 2023 (I am shaving at 11:30pm...) I went to "6" on the T2 razor. That's the final setting - - wide open.

I knew I had no chance of an error- and blood-free shave, because I had a couple of sore pimples or ingrown hairs outbroken beneath my scruffy whiskers in my goatee area. But I did the full-open shave anyway.

The result was two passes to a DFS. The razor has more blade feel at this setting, but is quite easily controllable if I "ride the cap" and use no pressure.

I ended up with four blood spots where the razor fixed my skin problem by slicing the pimples down to ground level along with the whiskers. Three were sealed off without a trace by the alum rub. The biggest one required a dab of styptic gel.

Overall an excellent shave to finish off the month and the year.

I think the T2 is a fine razor. Now that I have tried it all the way to a fully open " 6" dial setting, I will probably end up using it mainly on a comfortable mid-range "3" or occasional "4". And the Rockwell blades are perfectly adequate in it -- which is fortunate since I have not just a couple 5-count boxes of them but also a sleeve of 100...

Hope everyone had a great holiday season! And a wonderful 2024!
My response: Great year ending shave Scott! Rockwell razors are excellent whisker removers. Happy New Year!

Sorry John, when I wrote this response, I was at New Year's Eve service and got distracted by typing in Scott instead of John. The Dec thread is locked so I couldn't correct it there so here is my correction. Again, Happy New Year!

thank you Joe.

the wall of fog...
cool new years day pic from my back patio..

Yes...I have goofy names for things. Stoylin=Stirling. It's a tie on my preference, as I'd have to get used to the Bay Rum(clove smell and all), and while I haven't tried Black Cherry I might like it with its relevance to Pipe Smoke.

New Year's Day 2024

Hello everyone.

1955 Gillette Red Tip
GE Wilkinson Sword DE Blade (fresh)
Rockwell Synthetic Brush
Captain's Choice North SS and AS
Stirling Alum Block
Modessa Witch Hazel
Beard Growth: 24 hrs



I decided to ring in the New Year with another DE Shave. Don't worry. I will be doing a couple of straight shaves this week. Lol! I have to say that I consider this razor a mild to standard aggressive one. Personally, using this razor is like a walk in the park. Anyway, I went with the Captain's Choice North set for this session. I like the jasmine scent, but it is on the mild side of the spectrum. It's too bad that it was discontinued a few years ago. Captain's Choice needs plenty of water to get that smooth, creamy lather. Here's my lather:



Did three passes for a nice, comfortable and error-free BBS shave. I had enough lather for at least 5 passes, but did a 4th non-shaving pass because I like the scent and I don't like to waste lather. I really didn't need a lot of soap to get this amount of lather.
Anyway, I did get more than mild feedback on the neck. Splashed on the witch hazel and then the matching aftershave. This was a very nice shave. Take care.

I have never seen such a line of demarcation from fog. That's a rare event.

Excellent start to the year Chris

Thank you Joe

Fantasy shave Joe

Excellent way to start the year Gary

Thank you Gary

Happy New Year Scott. Thank you

Happy New Year Paul

Fantastic shave with the Henson Scott.