Open Comb Central - The Place With Real Teeth (No R41, Hybrid or Closed Combs)

Yesterday I used the ATT S2 open comb slant and today it is the AC open comb razor from ATT, the SE2. Yesterdays shave was near perfect and today's was almost as good. I got careless today and put the razor to my face blade first instead of head first right at the corner of my lip. The result was a clean eighth inch nick. Definitely my bad just not paying attention. A quick swipe with the alum block and all was once again right in the world.

Top Row second from left:

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Tomorrow will complete the trilogy with the razor on the far left top row, an ATT R2.

I guess of all the possible blade formats out there the AC blade is near the bottom of my list, with only the Schick Injector beneath it. Today it was a Feather Professional and I also have some Kai and Schick Proline AC format blades I'll try in it but while I love my ATT razors the SE2 is likely the one that will get the least face time.

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The brush today is a Zenith 506 Horse Hair on it's first post Spa Day actual shave use trip and it did shed more hairs than any brush I have ever owned; ten or eleven hairs. I hope it will stop but if that continues I will need to contact the seller. I have quite a few Zenith brushes and even quite a few with the 506 handle; a Finest and a Manchurian Badger as well as a Boar and they have not shed any hairs.

Soap was from Above The Tie, an Orange Blossom and Jasmine and aftershave was Pre de Provence balm then Pinaud Bay Rum.

 

Sweet setup Jim!

 

SOTN OCtober 26th


Gillette Sheraton
Voskhod (2)
Dr Jon's Hydra
Surrey w/ 24MM TGN 3 Band Synthetic
Homemade Tangerine AS

 

OCtober 27, 2017

Face Shave:
Pre-shave: hot shower
Shave Cream: Barbasol Sensitive Skin travel size can http://theshaveden.com/forums/threa...m-travel-can-experiment-sensitive-skin.57755/
Razor: Merkur 1904 OC
Blade: Personna Red (1)
Post-shave: Dickinson WH, Nivea Sensitive PS Balm, P&G Old Spice AS

Head Shave:
Pre-shave: same
Shave soap: VDH Luxury
Brush: RazoRock Synthetic
Razor: same
Blade: same
Post-shave: same

This was Shave #13 with this travel size can of Barbasol. This can has not started "wheezing" or "spitting" yet thus showing evidence it's about to give up. I'm still only using it for face shaves, which by the way was an excellent shave. Maybe not perfect BBS, but very close.

The head shave was equally good. I enjoy the VDH Luxury. It was my first shave puck after all and it continues to provide me with excellent results. Have a great weekend, everyone!

 

That is a interesting way to hold the top cap to the rest of the razor, the Merkur Futur uses the same concept of securing the top cap with two nibs.

 

OCtober 2017 - day 28.



Vintage Gillette NEW (LC, FB, made in England) / custom handle.
Asco Super Stainless (red wrapper) (8).

J&T® padauk / finest 2-band.
Jabones by Luna "Edición Especial Foroafeitado".
PeReJa Lavender EdC.

The NEWs made in England were built a bit different from the US NEWs.
This is the FB (Flat Bottom) version.

 

OCtober 28, 2017
Wolfman OC Ti (0.74mm) with Triad Ti Aristocrat
Personna 74 (13)
Wild West Brushworks 30mm Tuxedo
Czech & Speake Oxford and Cambridge
Fine Lavender

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Today was the third Above the Tie razors in Phase 2, a DE R2 which is the medium plate with open comb. The three ATT razor are the left most pair on the top shelf and the second from the left on the lower shelf.

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Yesterday was the SE2, an AC format using a Feather AC blade and I managed to nick myself. Today's shave was the sixth shave on this blade and the blade was tugging. The final result today is only OK, not great but mostly because I was still irritated from yesterday and the blade was at the end of it's useful life. It ended up in the Used Blade bottle.

Today's cream was TOBS Lemon Lime and I used the Gibbs boar brush. It's pretty much broken in already and so will move into the regular rotation. I finished off with some TOBS St. James spray stuff.

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We are also really near the end of OCtober and tomorrow will be the last of the classic Open Combs, a Fatip Piccolo. I have a Rolls I'll likely try to work in Monday or Tuesday to close things out.

 

OCtober 28, 2017

Simpson Chubby 2
Strop Shoppe Barbershoppe
Wolfman Ti WR1-OC with Cu Darwin
Personna Med Prep
Barrister and Mann Seville AS
Brooks Brothers 1818

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Lovely amigo!

 

Thank you Mark .

 

Thank you, my friend!

 

OCtober 28 SOTD:

Stirling Synthetic Brush
Stirling Glastonbury
1936 Gillette Aristocrat
Stirling Unscented PSB
Stirling Glastonbury AS

 

OCtober 2017 - day 29.



Pearl.
Gillette 365 Stainless (1).

Yaqi model R151016-S2.
Jabones by Luna "Geranio romero y clavo".
PeReJa Lavender EdC.

 

OCtober 29, 2017
Wolfman OC Ti (0.74mm) with Triad Ti Aristocrat
Personna 74 (14)
Wild West Brushworks 30mm Tuxedo
Reef Point Tranquility
Fine Lavender

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Since it is Sunday I decided to give the Rolls a try. The blade is looking pretty good but I'm not sure it is really ready so this might get interesting.

I washed and showered and said my prayers and faced Mecca and began.

First I built up a nice lather using the Zenith Horsehair (second actual shave) and the Old Spice puck. The brush really feels great and I love the Zenith 506 handle and it really likes lots of water.

The first pass was somewhat tentative but the blade wasn't tugging and there was no irritation. First pass wasn't very close and that's fine. The second pass was better but it was still not quite as efficient as I like. After a face rinse and alum rub I did some final touchup with lots of stretching and all the little techniques to get the hardest spots and then some TOBS Eton College as aftershave.

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In all the final result was a PDG- shave for the day. It was comfortable, got around all the irritated places from the SE2 and looks and feels fine. The Zenith brush is still shedding but only seven hairs this time instead of eleven. I'll give it a few more shaves to see if it settles down. I did contact the seller and he is aware that some Zeniths have shown the same symptoms so all should be fine regardless.

 

OCtober 29, 2017

Shavemac AGT LE Silvertip D01 Two Band
Mike's Natural Soap - Sweet Pumpkin Spice
Wolfman Ti WR1-OC with Darwin
Personna Med Prep
Fine Fresh Vetiver
Tom Ford Grey Vetiver

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OCtober 29, 2017

Pre-shave: hot shower
Shave Cream: Barbasol Sensitive Skin Travel Size Can http://theshaveden.com/forums/threa...m-travel-can-experiment-sensitive-skin.57755/
Razor: Gem Micromatic OC
Blade: Gem Blue Star (3rd or 4th use)
Post-shave: Dickinson WH, Nivea Sensitive PS Balm, Family Dollar Spice AS

I have no idea how much longer this travel size can of Barbasol is going to last. This is shave #15 and it still hasn't showed signs it is about to give up. I watched the Minnesota / Cleveland game this morning then took a quick shower and then shaved. It was a DFS too. Hope everyone had a great weekend!

 

OCtober 2017 - day 30.



Vintage Gillette NEW (LC, standard, made in Canada) / Windrose handle.
Gillette 365 Stainless (2).

Yaqi model R151016-S2.
Jabones by Luna "Higo y vainilla".
PeReJa Lavender EdC.

 

Menthol Monday's OC Shave


Proraso Pre Shave
Fine Snake Bite
Jayaruh #229
Gillette Sheraton
Gillette Silver Blue
CWR
Thayer's Lemon WH
Pinaud Clubman

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Fine Snake Bite Shaving Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #229 synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Gillette Sheraton razor and Gillette Silver Blue blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Pinaud Clubman AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...