SoS: May 18, 2015 - May 24, 2015

May 24

MdC facial soap
Weber PH
Feather blade (day 2)
Kent BK4 silvertip
Le Père Lucien shave soap
Two passes plus touch ups
Thayer's Lavender witch hazel, unrefined shea butter, and Nivea Sensitive Post-Shave Balm

Everything about this shave went well. In fact, it is a very predictable set up for me. I really do like the LPL, but it doesn't lather as easily as other soaps in my rotation. I plan to finish the month with this set up (didn't get to the XPEC yet) and move on to something new in June.

I hope you all had a great day!

 

I suspect the characteristics of the Tech are what created the "narrow window". It's a pretty mild razor though one of my favorites. Glad to hear you were able to get such a good shave. It's all about technique as you are certainly learning!

 

Brush Focus: Day 2/30
Brush: Frank Shave Finest Badger (travel brush) 20/45 Faux Ebony Handle
Gillette - K-4 (1965) Slim Adjustable. (5).
Gillette Platinum Blade (3)
Soap: Arko
Bowl "Once a Marine, Always a Marine".
A/S: Lucky Tiger
Old Spice Coffee Mug.(soak brush)
First time I have used this double bowl. Filled the bottom with boiling water and added a sliver of Arko to the top half. Kept the soap nice and warm all through the shave. This is my design and I don't believe I have seen anything like it. The Frank Shave brush is a favorite of mine. Small in stature but delivery's a load of lather. Fits my hand perfectly, has a great feel to my face. Great shave tonight all around.

 

Schick Injector Razor (type J1, 1958-64)
with vintage Schick blade (2),
Edwin Jagger STF XL brush,
Lather-up with Arko soap,
Finish with water, Witch Hazel
and Pinaud Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum

 

Thank you, Gary!

 

SOTD 5-24-15

PRESHAVE: Face wash with soap and warm/hot water
RAZOR: Wolfman WR1-DC Polished (dual comb) with Bamboo handle
BLADE: Gillette Silver Blue (new)
SHAVETTE: Parker SWR with Derby blade
SOAP: Arko stick.
BOWL: VDH
BRUSH: VDH Boar
POST: Rinse with warm/hot water to get soap off and then some cold water rinses/splashes and pat try.

Comments: Today I decided to give the Parker Shavette another try but I only used it on my cheeks so I could try to get a feel for it and happy to report that I got no nicks from using it. Then after that, I used the Wolfman for the rest of the other areas. The shave today was very good but not quite a BBS in three passes! I used the OC side for first pass then the CC side for the other two. All I can say is the Wolfman feels so efficient! Soap was very good as we all know the Arko never fails as it creates great lather which is nice and slick and provides great protection! No irritation at all but I did get two weepers/nicks from the Gillette Silver Blue blade, not the Shavette! I am not sure I like the GSB's though but will try them some more seeing I have over 200 of them! All in all, it was a very good shave, not the best but not even close to the worst! I like the Wolfman razor heads alot and they will be my daily driver.

Please feel free to leave comments on any items us
ed as I enjoy reading them to see what others say about the gear I am using/trying out! Of course, YMMV!

Thx.

 

WOW! That is a really nice razor. Love the look of that.

 

Glad to see you had decent luck with the MWF. I have a puck from a recent PiF that I'm just itching to try, but I need to get a good soap bowl for it first.

 

@mantic has a great video that many others refer to on lathering MWF. That's what I went over and watched a few demos of on YouTube. It takes a little practice but even though I didn't get the perfect lather today the slickness is almost unbelievable. Get that bowl for it and try it!

 

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Thank you! It is a great shaver.