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A special OC for October. This is my Great Uncle's Old Type razor from the 1920's. It was given to me by my aunt before she passed away in 2017. Her father passed away in the 1930's and she had kept it. When she heard I was using vintage razors she gifted it to me.

Herm

 

Beautiful razor Herm. That is wonderful family heirloom.

 

awesome hardware and pics gents..

 

awesome set Herm..family razor ,very awesome..

 

new bostonian lc..

 

Thanks Clint. I know I've shown it before but I like to bring it every once in a while.

Herm

 

Thursday 10.10.19 SOTD
Pre de Provence Verbena face lather and rinse
Karve Christopher Bradley Gladius OC “C” Plate / Feather (1)
Semogue Owners Club Cherry Wood Boar
Barrister and Mann Cheshire Shaving Soap
Barrister And Mann Barrister's Cheshire Aftershave

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Thank you Gary.

 

lovely shave and pics Jim..

 

SOTD 20191010.
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Gentlemen's Tonic Mayfair "Babassu and Bergamot" pre shave oil.
OUMO Brush / OUMO Brush imitation finest 2-band synth.
Hawkins&Brimble "Elemi&Ginseng" shaving cream.
Timeless Ti 0.68 OC / Stork Ti "Anaconda" handle.
Gillette 7 O'Clock Permasharp Stainless (8).
Hawkins&Brimble "Elemi&Ginseng" ASB.

 

OCtober 10th
Razor: Gillette NEW LC
Blade: Gillette 7o'clock Permasharp Stainless (2)
Brush: 30DC LE V2/SHD badger
Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated
Soap: GD Sandalwood Fig Musk
PAA Galactic witch hazel
PAA unscented Star Jelly
AS: Fine Santal Absolut

Good morning!

 

Cooper Monobilt, Bic Chrome Platinum blade, shave 5.


Shave was with the razor not completely closed to increase the blade gap. I don't know if it is due to shaving with injectors and other razors and not using DE razors for a long period of time or if this particular Cooper design is different from the other style of Monobilt but I got a BBS shave out of this razor, something I've never gotten from any Cooper razor prior and I've owned about 7 of then now including 3 Monobilts with the more ornate style of handle. This one will get another go tomorrow with the handle fully tightened.

 

Gillette Single Ring 1918
Polsilver Łódź

Excellent!
Smooth Shaves to one and all.

 

Thursday OCtober 10

Ok, so on Monday I started using my European made vintage razors and I'm going to continue with European made razors for the next week or so. Today, I shaved with my British single ring, British Patent #28763.02, serial #H105553. Based on the serial #, I think this was made around 1915 which makes it more than a century old. I'm not sure what the "H" in the serial # means or if the serial # is actually "serial". H could mean that it was made in Britain for another country like Germany or that it was made in Germany for Germany. I don't know where it was made or what country it was made for. All I know is I have it and it's a GREAT shaving razor for 104+/- years old.

Bowl/Scuttle - GP12
Soap - Cold River Soap Works Glide Morning Ghost
Brush - Dubl Duck #2 Boar
Blade - Feather HI SS (7)
Razor - 1915+/- Gillette British Single Ring
Post Shave - OSMA Pierre alum, Cold River Soap Works Morning Ghost A/S Splash

Shave rating 5 of 5

My hand is still bothering me so shaving is a bit of an issue; I'm not shaving every day. I get my stitches out tomorrow, maybe that will help - I can't get it wet, movement is still compromised, and there is still some pain. I can't stretch my skin in my neck area so I am having some problems there.

I did a 2 pass shave today. First pass, WTG was DFS and I could have stopped there. I really liked how this razor was shaving me. It felt very solid, a little blade feel which I liked. So I did a second pass XTG on my face but WTG again on my neck area as I wasn't going to try to get really close there as I can't stretch my skin there. Comparing this razor to my other single rings, this might be a half notch below my 1906 that I shaved with on 10/1 but shaved and felt better than the other single rings and the Bulldog. Seventh shave with this blade and it still feels ok. I thought the brush might be a little too floppy but it wasn't really. The soap and brush worked up a real nice lather. This soap and A/S has a real nice complex scent. Earthy and woodsy but at different times as I was shaving, I could smell some different scents, like it was changing a bit. I'm not sophisticated enough to know what each scent I picked up was but there were several different scents I smelled at different times during the shave. I hope the same happens with the A/S too. If it does, I'll look into getting the EdT (if they make one).

Overall, a really good shave. Have a few French razors that will be the razors for my next few shaves this weekend and next week.

Happy OCtober and great shaves everyone.



- Ken

 

Thanks Gary

 

October 11, 2019
Tatara Masamune Open Comb
Gillette 7 O’clock Yellow
Stuga Sandalwood Silvertip
Catie’s Bubbles LPV
Dominica Grand Bay Rum Aftershave

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Friday 10.11.19 SOTD
TSE Pre-Shave Oil
Karve Christopher Bradley Gladius OC “C” Plate / Feather (2)
Frank Shaving 26mm x 50mm Silvertip Badger
Fine Fresh Vetiver in a vintage mug
Fine Fresh Vetiver aftershave

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old faithful.. new rfb/canadian fluted handle/nacet. predictable perfection for me..MWF ..omega boar,crabtree and evelyn..

 

OCtober 11th
Razor: Gillette NEW LC
Blade: Gillette 7o'clock Permasharp Stainless (3)
Brush: Heritage C-MON
Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
PAA Galactic witch hazel
PAA unscented Star Jelly
AS: Brut

 

That brush is a star!!!


- Ken