Vintage April, 2024

[zoidberg]

25/4/24

Soap - Electric Sheep
Brush - Yaqi G4 20mm
Razor - Gillette Fat Handle Tech
Blade - Suneko (3)
Post - Alum
AS - Makler Celebration

 

[Whiterook]

Razor: Apollo Slant
Blade: Gillette Platinum
Brush: Simpson Captain 2 Best Badger
Pre-Shave: Proraso White Pre-Shave Cream
Lather: Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber
Aftershave: Old Spice Classic
Additional Care:
Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented
Nivea Post Shave Balm

 

[never-stop-learning]

Monday 20240422
Vintage April 2024
Razor: Israeli Pleese Amcor (Shield Polished Ti Handle)
Blade: Personna Israeli Platinum Red (5 shaves, 18 passes)

Tuesday 20240423
Vintage April 2024
Razor: Israeli Pleese Amcor (Shield Polished Ti Handle)
Blade: Personna Israeli Platinum Red (6 shaves, 20 passes)

Wednesday 20240424
Vintage April 2024
Razor: Israeli Pleese Amcor (Shield Polished Ti Handle)
Blade: Personna Israeli Platinum Red (7 shaves, 22 passes)

Brush: AP Shave Co Jade (AP Shave Co 26mm Synbad Fan)
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper
Lather: WSP Rustic Blackbeard
Aftershave: Clubman Pinaud Special Reserve

Excellent 2-pass shaves.

Additional notes are in My Journal.

 

[creamgravy]

Most blokes will be shaving with an adjustable and turn it up to 9, but where can you go from there? Where? If you need that extra push over the cliff, these go to 11.
Souplex go Leftfield during the 40s/50s!

 

[Guido75]

Date	25.04.2024
366 daily shaves	116/366

Razor	Blade	Brush
Gillette NEW Improved	KCG China (6)	Yaqi Lucky Dice
Preshave	Soap	Postshave
Cold splash KCG Face Wash	Mike’s Natural Soaps Barbershop (98)	Cold splash Proraso Green Balm

Passes	WTG XTG ATG and touch up
Process Quality	Blade Sharpness
9/10 (Small redness)	6/10 (Razor sharp)
Effectiveness	Shave Comfort
9/10 (BBS-)	7/10 (Comfortable)

Notes:

Summary. Much better shave than yesterday with all favourite gear. I could shave daily with this one and be perfectly happy.

For extended shave notes click here.

Enjoy your shave!

 

[Russ622]

Razor: 61 Fatboy G3
Blade: Perma-Sharp
Brush: Chisel & Hound
Soap: Summer Break Trouble Maker
Splash: Summer Break Trouble Maker

This Fatboy is the one that sent me down the vintage rabbit hole and is the 3rd razor I owned. I figured the soap and splash were perfect for the trouble making this razor has made my bank account!

 

[Texchappy]

 

[Obetron Rex]

#44 RFB NEW / GSB / Brito lime / Stirling glacial electric sheep / Ogallala Bay Rum and sweet orange

 

[never-stop-learning]

Thursday 20240425
Vintage April 2024

Razor: Star DE (Rosseforp GTS 25g Handle)
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum (9 shaves, 18 passes)

Brush: AP Shave Co Jade (AP Shave Co 26mm Synbad Fan)
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper
Lather: WSP Rustic Blackbeard
Aftershave: Clubman Pinaud Special Reserve

Superb 2-Pass shave!

Additional notes are in My Journal.

 

[nemo]

1953 Gillette President Y2, Simpson Duke 2 best badger, Tabac soap (new veg), Derby Prem

 

[Guido75]

Date	26.04.2024
366 daily shaves	117/366

Razor	Blade	Brush
Gillette Red Tip	Gillette Rubie (1)	Abe’s Brush Works Blutt STF
Preshave	Soap	Postshave
Cold splash KCG Face Wash	Mike’s Natural Soaps Barbershop (99)	Cold splash Proraso Green Balm

Passes	WTG XTG ATG and touch up
Process Quality	Blade Sharpness
9/10 (Small redness)	6/10 (Razor sharp)
Effectiveness	Shave Comfort
8.75/10 (DFS+++)	8/10 (Smoothish)

Notes:

Summary. Glorious shave with the mighty Red Tip and Rubie blade. Fantastic brush as well. Happy camper.

For extended shave notes click here.

Enjoy your shave!

 

[Clouds]

Gillette Bottom Dial Cross posted in Adjustable April 24 HERE​

 

[barn_iom]

26 April

Stahly Live Blade • Astra SS
Proraso Green • PAA Starcraft

A bit of Friday fun with a Stahly. I would normally just swap the head onto a more conventional handle but I thought this morning I should give it the full treatment.

And it gives a surprisingly decent shave, despite the constant need to keep winding it up! I'm not wholly convinced that the vibration actually achieves a great deal - apart from the entertainment factor. It does however deliver a very pleasant, mild shave - milder than I would ideally like, but on the plus side it seems to bear any number of passes without provoking the slightest irritation. Great fun!

 

[ajkel64]

Vintage April 26th of April 2024.​

Fifth shave for this week with my USA made Gillette NDC Gold Ball End Tech.

 

[preidy]

1930 Regent

 

[MrSpeedy]

Primarily have been using my Schick Krona - always gives great shaves; an underrated razor - but for my remaining shaves for Vintage April I'm going to switch over to my birth year and quarter (T2) Gillette Black Handle SuperSpeed.

 

[ChrisPL68]

 

[GBerry]

20240426

Razor: Gillette US Pre-war Fat Handle Tech (43)
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (4)
Pre-shave: Hot shower; Cereve Hydrating Facial Cleanser
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush 26mm
Soap: Van der Hagen Luxury Scented
Aftershave: Cool water rinse; Nivea Sensitive Soothing Post Shave Balm

No nicks; No irritation; Very Close; Very smooth; Pleasant DFS+ shave; On target.

Cheers!!!

 

[Opolar]

Fatboy razor/Shark Platinum blade
Aqua Velva Ice Blue aftershave/Haslinger Meereslagen soap
Semogue 1250 boar brush

 

[SmokedStanley]

I have this razor posted on Facebook, but am on the fence about selling it so I tried it out today. 1921 Milady Decollete in what I consider great condition. I really like the handle and do not see it often. It seems to fall between the Travel Tech and full size for length and it was quite a nice shave. Supporting characters were Astra sp, OS soap & Fuller Badger.