SoD: 'A' is for Adjustable!

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  1. jmudrick

    jmudrick Type A Man

    I know about 12 step programs.. what about 15??

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  2. gwsmallwood

    gwsmallwood Well-Known Member

    I know. I was planning on Nickel, but after thinking about it for about a year I decided that I REALLY wanted Rhodium.
     
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  3. IAmTheJody

    IAmTheJody Gillette-i Master Staff Member

    Adjustable Avengers Unite!

    Today's Adjustable moment of zen...
    • Birth year and quarter T-4 1973 Gillette long handle Black Beauty/192 adjustable set at №. 5 for the face and neck
    • 1950s Eversharp Hydro-Magic injector for the head shave
    • Fresh Voskhod DE blade for the Gillette adjustable; Fresh "in disguise" Personna 74 injector blade for the Eversharp
    • Modern European Palmolive shave stick, stored when not in use in a antique mint 1920s Palmolive Shave Stick container
    • 1950s Ever-Ready 200BH (badger hair) brush also stamped IRREG (?irregular?) restored with a TGN 16mm Best-grade 3-band badger hair knot for me years ago by Jeff @stingraysrock ; with matching original stand/holder
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    I usually don't shave everyday unless I am into my adjustables rotation because obviously they can be adjusted to suit and prevent irritation and razor burn. The shave was fine. DFS grade for sure. Only had an issue along my left jawline which is always a problem with me, being right-handed. The Palmolive shave stick was extra good today for some reason. Face and head lathered it. A few additional water dips with the brush and the lather exploded nice and fluffy. Really noticed the lubrication on the head shave with the Eversharp injector. Yes sir, pleased with today's adjustable shave.

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  4. stuartganis

    stuartganis Well-Known Member

    Gillette Fatboy / Kai blade [​IMG]

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  5. IAmTheJody

    IAmTheJody Gillette-i Master Staff Member

    Nice, and welcome to the SoD Adjustables thread! :D
     
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  6. stuartganis

    stuartganis Well-Known Member

    Thank you, just found this thread today.

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  7. IAmTheJody

    IAmTheJody Gillette-i Master Staff Member

    Today's shave featured :
    • Birth year and quarter T-4 1973 Gillette long handle Black Beauty/192 adjustable set at №. 9
    • Fresh BIC Chrome Platinum DE blade
    • 2011 Semogue 410; restored with 24mm TGN Super Silver Tip 3-band badger hair knot replacing original boar hair knot; restored for me by Jeff @stingraysrock
    • 1940s Lifebuoy Shaving Cream
    • 7" Japanese suribachi bowl
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    No complaints whatsoever. Dialed the Gillette Black Beauty adjustable all the way up to №. 9, lathered pretty much everywhere above my shoulders and went to work. Fantastic head and face shave. Had to take some extra passes on the neck.

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  8. brit

    brit in a box

    awesome adjustable shave and pics Jody..:cool:.i had a mint/complete m-4 slim set that was my birthyear /quarter..sold it though..still have my g-4 slim.:)
     
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  9. IAmTheJody

    IAmTheJody Gillette-i Master Staff Member

    Awesome! I just cannot recall a single time that I have ever gotten a bad shave out of any of the Gillette adjustables... Fat Boy, Slim, BB... All great. I use my uncle's Slim from time to time as well. He loved that darn razor and used it from the time he bought it in 1962 until he passed away last year. He always took good care of it. I remember asking him one time long before I started wet shaving myself, about the 3-in-One oil he was putting on it one day when I was over at his house. He literally coated it and squeezed it down into the handle, that oil. Now that it is mine, I understand it. It moves and adjusts and everything as if it were brand new. I started using the oil on my BB, as well as continue using it on his Slim.
     
  10. brit

    brit in a box

    very cool.i will look for some to use on my tto razors.i use mineral oil at present.:)
     
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  11. IAmTheJody

    IAmTheJody Gillette-i Master Staff Member

    I updated my post to reflect this, but I don't guess it is really specifically sewing machine oil even though people use it as such. It's called 3-in-One and it's what he used and what I use now.
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  12. brit

    brit in a box

    oh,ok.i've had 3 in one oil in the past.great stuff..thank you.:):eatdrink047:
     
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  13. awk-m4

    awk-m4 Well-Known Member

    SOD Monday August 9, 2021

    Brush: Simpson T3 Trafalgar
    Bowl: Shave Nation
    Lather: Proraso Green (30)
    Razor: Gillette 1959 E4 Settings:
    Face WTG:3-XTG:2-ATG:1
    Head WTG:5-XTG:4-XTG:4-ATG:3
    Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1)
    Razor: Gillette Styler
    Post: Omega Alum Block
    Post: Thayers Witch Hazel
    Balm: Proraso Green

    Love Love Love the Gillette 195!

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    Paul D
     
  14. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    excellent stuff................
     
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  15. awk-m4

    awk-m4 Well-Known Member

    SOD Tuesday August 10, 2021
    Another fantastic shave today! This recipe is really working for me.

    Brush: Simpson T3 Trafalgar
    Bowl: Shave Nation
    Lather: Proraso Green (31)
    Razor: Gillette 1959 E4 Settings:
    Face WTG:3-XTG:2-ATG:1
    Head WTG:5-XTG:4-XTG:4-ATG:3
    Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1)
    Razor: Gillette Styler
    Post: Omega Alum Block
    Post: Thayers Witch Hazel
    Balm: Proraso Green

    Paul D

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  16. awk-m4

    awk-m4 Well-Known Member

    SOD Wednesday August 11, 2021
    More of the same!

    Brush: Simpson T3 Trafalgar
    Bowl: Shave Nation
    Lather: Proraso Green (32)
    Razor: Gillette 1959 E4 Settings:
    Face WTG:3-XTG:2-ATG:1
    Head WTG:5-XTG:4-XTG:4-ATG:3
    Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1)
    Razor: Gillette Styler
    Post: Omega Alum Block
    Post: Thayers Witch Hazel
    Balm: Proraso Green

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  17. stuartganis

    stuartganis Well-Known Member

    Gillette Fatboy / Gillette 7o'clock SharpEdge [​IMG]

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  18. awk-m4

    awk-m4 Well-Known Member

    Razor: Gillette 1959 E4 Settings:
    Face WTG:3-XTG:2-ATG:1
    Head WTG:5-XTG:4-XTG:4-ATG:3
    Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1)

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  19. twhite

    twhite Peeping Tom

    First post on this thread.

    Tonight’s shave is my latest creation. An adjustable injector blade razor. Super smooth shave. Very happy with this razor. [​IMG]


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  20. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    Consul Adjustable (Russian) Razor
    Personna Platinum Chrome (Israeli Red) Blade
    Mondial Boar Brush
    Cella Shave Cream
    Dickinson's Witch Hazel w/Egyptian Musk
    Aqua Velva Musk After Shave

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