Injector & SE Party !!!

Razor: ATT SE1 Hempel Ti
Blade: Feather Pro (5)
Brush: Shavemac ATG LE The Nisky Silvertip Fan
Soap: Eufros Tierra Humeda
A/S: Old Spice
Decanter: Old Spice Telescope Black Style 1973-1975 ID #4354

An amazing near BBS 3 passes with a touch up shave.





The foremast and mizzenmast flags stand out straight and there are 2 of them. The ship also has a little anchor hanging from the bow. (1973-1976). Styrofoam packaging was introduced in 1975.

 

@Jayaruh made up some handles and I got one unfinished and did my own design on it.

 

Making her first appearance in the Den is my long sought after 1912 Sun Ray aka The Goddess. I need to do a little more research to find out what blades were used when she was made - the thicker spine traditional SE or the modern thinner spine. The blade holders are filled with the thicker version so I assume those are what was intended. This set is virtually NOS so they might even be the originals.

So, I shaved with a vintage SE blade - stropped with my new Best-Tiz stropper - and it was a bit rough. Maybe it was just the quality of the blade dealing with 2 and half days of growth. To test this I played around with using a modern GEM with a shim as well. By the second pass the differences were less obvious - except the NOS blade was a lot noiser.

All in all, a lovely shave from a real beauty.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Mike's Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender
T&H Wellington Super Badger
Ever-Ready Sun-Ray 1912
NOS PLEE-ZING (1)
GEM SS PTFE (4) with shim
T&H Classic After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

9/7/2017 - first shave with a GEM CONTOUR II
No issues at all - Milder but yet effective and BBS was achieved...

 

Excellent picture with a great looking razor.

 

Williams Wednesday's SE Shave


Proraso Pre Shave
Williams Mug Shaving Soap
B 400 by Tom
Ever-Ready 1914
CVS SE
CWR
Thayer's Lemon WH
Barbasol AS

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Williams Mug Shaving Soap face-lathered well with the B 400 badger brush by Tom. I did the two passes with the Ever-Ready 1914 and CVS SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Barbasol AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed... The ER14 used to be a very aggressive razor for me, but I have learned to tame it. Riding the cap with a light touch does the trick.

 

SEptember 6, 2017
Cobra Classic
Schick Proline (4)
BSB-2 with Vie Long 2 Band Fan
Reef Point Tranquility
Fine Lavender

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Nice picture. I like the OS Telescope.

 

SOTD September 6, 2017
A Stirling SEptember

Blade: GEM stainless
Razor: GEM 1912
Brush: Jayaruh #60 synthetic
Lather: Stirling Pharoah's Dreamsicle
Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Pharoah's Dreamsicle aftershave
WTG, touch-up

Have a great day!

 

6 SEptember
Williams Wednesday

Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Brush: 25mm(my caliper) Maseto Shaving(MS) Synthetic
Soap: Pure Williams*(almost)
Razor: GEM Brookland
Blade: Treet (5)
Post-Shave: Stetson AS
Photo:


Well today is Williams Wednesday and to fall in line and be a conformist I used pure Williams. Well, almost. I added a little bit of Stetson AS to the cake to give it a little more of a scent. The Williams and synthetic brush whipped quite a lather. A great start to what ended up being a stellar shave.

Living the Dream & Enjoying the Shave

 

Thank you Jim.

 

Perry, that sounds like you have a winning combination. I've never tried Pharoah's Dreamsicle. How would you describe it?

 

That is one sweet looking razor, Karl!

 

SEptember 6, 2017

BSB I with Envy White Two Band
Saponificio Varesino Stella Alpina
The Single Edge by Supply
Schick Twin Blade
Myrsol Aqua Balsamica
ADP Blu Mediterraneo Ginepro​

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Special thanks to @twhite and @Billyfergie for their help in pointing me to it and transhipping across the Atlantic.

 

SOTD Stirling SEptember


Ever-Ready 1912
Gem Stainless(? maybe 4th shave)
Ever-Ready C40
Stirling "The Lounge"

 

Very nice setup, Doug! Love the OS decanters!

 

Andrew.

 

To me it's strong on the orange with a few other things thrown in. Rod at Stirling describes it this way:

King Tut came to me in a dream and....no, no he didn't. Mandy and I were vacationing in Cairo and....no, no we weren't. Fine. We were messing around with essential oils and trying to come up with something to replace our Vanilla Tangerine soap, and this is it. It's a blend of Sweet Orange, Blood Orange, Vanilla, and Egyptian Musk. It's awesome and a very unique take on the old orange creamsicle.

I don't detect as much of the blood orange or vanilla. Maybe a little of the musk. To me it's a big orange scent tempered by a little of the ingredients he mentions. It's nice but is perhaps the least favorite Stirling scent I have at the moment. I'll try it again later this month and make a determination.

 

Wed 6th SePTEMBER

ES Claymore V1 & Schick Proline [ 4 ]
Similar weight to the Mongoose, this one Shaves well in all areas nice close finish too, with no problems. Must be good because I keep looking at V2, which is available head only.