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2025 Shave Purchase Sabbatical - The Battlestar Galactica Year

16 days and 16 shaves in.

The DSCosmetic D8 looks stunning but its corners are stupidly pointy. I'd love to love it but it just isn't very comfortable - even my humble Lord L6 shaves much better 🤡

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I know I'm late checking in, but I'm still on track. Here is today's shave.

Slimboy Friday morning shave (rated 10/10) using:
  • Razor: Birth year 1961 G4 Gillette Slim
  • Blade: Derby Premium with Chromium-Ceramic-Platinum-Tungsten and Polymer coated edges (5)
  • Brush: Razorock 400 Silver Noir Plissoft (fantastic)
  • Pre-shave: Noxzema
  • Soap: Tabarko frankensoap (5/3 Vegan Tabac/Arko)
  • Post shave: Thayer’s Coconut Witch Hazel followed by Stirling Vanilla Sandalwood splash and Stirling Vanilla Sandalwood balm
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Excellent two-pass shave with touch ups to get BBS. I used the #5 setting on the two primary passes (WTG/ATG) and #3 on the touch ups. The Tabarko is a super easy soap to lather and apply with above average slickness and cushion. The Derby is still going strong. The RR 400 was fantastic as always.

My shave scoring log is found HERE.

Happy shaves everyone :badger:
 

blethenstrom

Born to häckla
I know I'm late checking in, but I'm still on track. Here is today's shave.

Slimboy Friday morning shave (rated 10/10) using:
  • Razor: Birth year 1961 G4 Gillette Slim
  • Blade: Derby Premium with Chromium-Ceramic-Platinum-Tungsten and Polymer coated edges (5)
  • Brush: Razorock 400 Silver Noir Plissoft (fantastic)
  • Pre-shave: Noxzema
  • Soap: Tabarko frankensoap (5/3 Vegan Tabac/Arko)
  • Post shave: Thayer’s Coconut Witch Hazel followed by Stirling Vanilla Sandalwood splash and Stirling Vanilla Sandalwood balm
View attachment 1978581Excellent two-pass shave with touch ups to get BBS. I used the #5 setting on the two primary passes (WTG/ATG) and #3 on the touch ups. The Tabarko is a super easy soap to lather and apply with above average slickness and cushion. The Derby is still going strong. The RR 400 was fantastic as always.

My shave scoring log is found HERE.

Happy shaves everyone :badger:
Still in and going strong here.....

Gotta love that RR400!
 
Nobody had a comment after somebody said "after you master GIMP" about 10 pages back. I figured I'd be better off not cracking a joke since everybody else took the high road.
Well, I better shouldn't have googled that. 🙈

But imagine the scene:

He:
Look my Dear, my friends over there at B&B have pointed me to something new. Let me Google it for you. Look, Dear, here it is...
(handing over the smartphone)


She:
Oh...

He:
OH!

(Now, the unbearable silence...)
 
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Guido75

Is it swell time?
Date17.01.2025
365 daily shaves
017/365

RazorBladeBrush
DSCosmetic AX/‘WR2’
Gillette Fatboy @5
7 OC Yellow (11)Zenith Manchurian Copper XXL
PreshaveSoapPostshave
Cold splash
Mastro Miche preshave
Mike’s Natural Barbershop (5)Cold splash
Aftershave
Balm

EffectivenessFacial Impact Score
FIS
8.75/10
(BBS-)
10/10
(GlideFest)

Notes:

Still in! A solid and rather superb shave today.

Click here for today’s highlights.

I am using the Zenith in this Brush Chronicle.

Wishing you a wonderful shave today!
 
Great name "The Battlestar Galatica Year", it really is. Those of you still in, very impressive. Now way I could ever do this, well maybe but eh, another year perhaps. The name, much props and very well picked out, I really like it as I liked the series myself.
 
Trade Opportunity (CONUS)

Still in, and no purchasing temptations.

But . . .

I have been very curious to try the GFS Bayonetta since it was released. Curious, but not enough to make a purchase. If you have a Bayonetta that is gathering dust, I would like to offer a trade for one of my Razorock razors.

For your GFS Bayonetta, I offer your choice of a Razorock Lupo .95 open comb head or Gamechanger 1.05 straight bar head. You choose one of the three pictured handles.

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