SoS: February 1, 2016 - February 7, 2016

@celestino this is borderline miraculous!

 

So my shave of the day:
Hot shower to start off with
Razor- 66 slim (setting 5)
Blade - vintage (new) Gillette super stainless steel
Brush- trader joes synthetic
Soap- TABAC
Technique - wtg, xtg, atg, clean up
Post shave - witch hazel , neutrogena balm, syptic pen
Cologne - vintage Pinaud citrus musk

So I thought I'd be adventurous today and try out my slim with a vintage blade from a dispenser that my wife's grandfather gave me with the 66 slim. Boy oh boy.. Where to begin.. I don't know if it's the fact that I really haven't been shaving with the slim, so I'm not familiar with it yet or that I was using a vintage blade. The shave was rough all the way around.. I got a close BBS, but damn if I didn't have to earn it.. I don't think I'll be shaving tomorrow..



My whole face looks like I flew into some schrapnel .. I was bleeding everywhere

 

Poor you!

 

Maybe you should give the vintage blades a wide birth or dial down the slim.

 

Not sure what you mean by "wide birth" o.O
Lol I'll be dialing it down to 1 for sure.. I'm done experimenting with the slim.. I'll be smart next time and start low and slow

 

When I got my slim @RaZorBurn123 suggested I start at a 3 and he was spot on if that helps. By wide birth I meant stay away from the old blades. Maybe it was a bad batch?

 

Gotcha. Thank you. I appreciate your advice

 

I hope to read better news on your next SOTD. Good luck and have fun!

 

Man that is not good. Hope next shave is better!

 

February Focus - German blades

February 7

Razor - Merkur 23c
Blade - (1)
Brush - BoS Omega 10066
Soap - Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post - Cold rinse, Alum, Nivea, The Veg

Welcome to Sunday, my Friday. After two German blades I've had a bit of mixed results. The Timor was quite excellent, the Elios not so much. So, onward we go to the Wilkinson Sword, German edition. This blade is made by the American Safety Razor Co. and listed as having no coating on one site. However, I've also found information that states they are made by Gillette and are either a carbon blade, or have a chromium and PTFE coating. Gillette does make a Wilkinson in India so I lean toward the Gillette ownership as being more valid. A bit of confusion on this brand name. I'm trying to sort through all of the info available to figure out the truth. What I do know is that it is an older brand, having been first introduced to the U.S. in the 1950's. A lot of us grew up with Wilkinson commercials. And, of course, Wilkinson went the way of the cart like everyone else in the American market. Having this classic DE blade still available is due to international sales more than anything. However, the cart days did produce one of the all time great shaving commercials.

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Alright, enough fooling around. Let's shave.

BoSFat for the lather today. Getting low on The Fat. Definitely need to remember to order some more. While I would be fine using only Tabac, Arko, and Proraso, life without the Fat just isn't a life I want to live. Still using the German Merkur 23c and away we go.

First pass was quite nice. In fact, it reminded me of the Timor. Extremely smooth and comfortable and effective. Hard to beat a WTG pass that reduces that much. Lathered again and went XTG. I deliberately slowed down the pass a bit working each stroke to maximum effect and adjusting to my face as I went. I am a huge believer that using the straight for the time I did in addition to the AC has made me much better with DE. I think concentrating on that single sharp edge of steel and getting a good result with it forced me to really learn the angles and growth patterns necessary for maximum effect. Finished the second pass and felt my face. And felt it again. Then again. Then one more time. My mind screamed BBS in two with no touch up!! I still kept trying to find something wrong with it and finally just gave up. No need to lather again. I'm done. A no-touch BBS in two passes? Pretty amazing.

Went to the alum figuring I'd find the problem there. Quiet as a Russian passed out on his third bottle of vodka. Not the slightest hint of burn or sting. Wow. Rinsed it, added the Nivea and the Veg.

About a half hour after I got to work I did find two spots, my normal tougher areas, that might make me reconsider the BBS but I'm not going to. If it took that long to discover a problem then it couldn't be an issue. BBS in two. No touch ups. That's a five stein shave if I've ever had one. The Timor produced the same kind of result only with a couple of minor touch ups so the Wilkinson beats it by a tiny bit so far. Really great shave.

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Friendly reminder that start a new SOTD thread tomorrow HERE Later tonight or early tomorrow morning I will close this thread for a short period of time.
Happy shaving!
Kerry

 

Thank you, Kerry.

 

SOTD/FEB 7

1. Personna blade
2. Catie's Bubbles
3. Semogue 1305
4. Mûhle R89 Head+ Phoenix accoutrements handle
5. Myrsol antesol (pre and after shave)
6. Weleda balm
7. Alum block

 

Thank you. but it was just with a plant and some minor editing of colours and tones.

 

Thank you.

 

Sent you a DM

 

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