🌕🌗 365 shaves in 2022🌓🌕

[Guido75]

Date:	04.10.2022
Focused participations:	04/31 Days in GRUME 277/277 in 365 days of shaving (100%) 04/31 OCtober
Other participations:	Steep Angle Shaving Alliance Shave of the Week Society (on hold)
Razor:	Fatip Piccolo Nickel
Blade:	Dorco Titan (9)
Brush:	Kox Blue Synthetic
Soap:	TGS Sea Citrus
Bowl:	Proraso
Preshave:	Cold splash Proraso Green preshave
Postshave:	Cold face wash Nivea (Balm)
Passes:	WTG (Gillette Slant) | XTG (Gillette Slide) | ATG (usual)
Efficiency:	8/10 (20 minutes)
Quality:	9.5/10 (One or two spots)
Comfort:	10/10 (GlideFest)
Effectiveness:	9.5/10 (BBS)

I was looking forward to this shave for OCtober. And boy did it deliver. The Fatip is a wonderful razor and I am so in love with its design and simplicity. If I had to choose one razor I would really have a hard time picking the one, but my Piccolos definitely make the short list.

Ponderings to today’s shave can be found here: A newbies journey into DE shaving - https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/threads/a-newbies-journey-into-de-shaving.622889/post-11953815

 

[awk_m4]

Shave # 277 : Great shave no drama.
Tuesday October 4, 2022
Brush: Simpson T3 Trafalgar
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper Bowl
Lather: Southern Witchcrafts Samhain
Razor: Henson ++
Blade: Wizamet Super Iridium (1)
Razor: Gillette Styler
Post: Southern Witchcrafts Samhain

 

[Leverspro]

Shave #277. Overloaded with MdC today for a lovely pleasure. Great shave.

 

[BigJ]

Shave #277

Razor: Wolfman WR1
Blade: GSB (3)
Brush: Rudy Vey/EverReady 2-band
Soap: Vito’s red
Splash: OS original

Comment: Shaving bliss today (10/10)! I could live with this set-up every day (at the risk of boredom)!

 

[Ted A]

Shave #277

Razor: Gem MMOC
Blade: Gem SS PTFE (3)
Bowl: Captain’s Choice Copper
Brush: Ever Ready 500
Soap: Tabac
Balm: Proraso White
Aftershave: Stirling Executive Man



Mostly a quite pleasant shave. I have a scar on my neck that the blade caught on today. A small weeper than cleared as I finished shaving.

 

[Ckmaui]

Indeed I do.

Happy shaves,

Jim

Reckon I will be doing a search with your name and tatara now hahahahaa
stalking time hahahaha

reckon will just have to get one and try (the tatara that is)


I want something a touch more lax than the Wolfman .95 more like the Timeless OC 68 or the GC 68/84 feel
my 1.15 wolfman is great but I cant use it more than a week without having to take a break as the irritation just builds and stays at to high a level for me and I love the 3 pass daily routine

 

[Ckmaui]

Todays shave GC .68 today and WOW forgot how great that razor is the .68 was so so so comfy BUT for sure can feel my face growing a few hours later going to call this closeness as the efficiency to get to that clean good shave is easy this might be more like the scallop timeless if I remember and tomorrow will let me know more when I use that .68 timeless scallop

my brain dump on where I am at
I have to think some go through this mental process hahaahaha
if not OH I have bigger issues than I realize

My woflman 1.15 yeah to much for me daily a week later it catches up and is irritating so need to trade off for a .85 I reckon

wolfman .95 I can do daily sometimes I want a touch less blade feel for those sloppy shave days ?

timeless .68 OC is great have not tried the Timeless .95 bars but the 68 OC is back and forth with the Wolfman .95 in end comfort

timeless 68 straight bar efficiency lacks takes way to much buffing to get the last ones standing on my jaw line !

Timeless scallop in 68 I have is coming back in rotation ?

Pulled out the RR GC yesterday with the .84 and great shaver ! But the woflman has close to the same feel with the end result being superior so for those on a budget IMHO the RR are some of the best bang for buck razors made !

I did decide going to keep the GC kit and not sell so its out of my box of misfits my boy at 13 is going to need a razor soon enough and the GC 68 might be a great starter for him to start with

 

[Mike M]

277 of 277

Razor: Muhle Rocca R94
Blade: Astra SS (21)
Soap: TFS RasoZero Agrumella
Brush: Yaqi Moka-Express 26mm 2 band badger

Tonight the Agrumella was back again and the Moka-express is really putting a dent in it, I can see it forming day by day. I barely even notice the lemon scent nowadays bit I still can't wait to see the bottom of the tub.
Using the R41 made the blade more efficient and although not a BBS it was pretty close with just a little roughness under the jawline

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Reckon I will be doing a search with your name and tatara now hahahahaa
stalking time hahahaha

reckon will just have to get one and try (the tatara that is)


I want something a touch more lax than the Wolfman .95 more like the Timeless OC 68 or the GC 68/84 feel
my 1.15 wolfman is great but I cant use it more than a week without having to take a break as the irritation just builds and stays at to high a level for me and I love the 3 pass daily routine

Most of my posts on the razor probably refer to it as the Muramasa.

There are a lot of them, but a good many are in this list.

Happy shaves,

Jim

 

[Roedeer]

Tuesday 4th October, shave #277

Preshave: Hot washcloth
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Brush: Yaqi 24mm synthetic cashmere
Razor: GC.68 SB, Al Handle, Astra SS #1
Bowl: Turkish copper
Post-shave: Nivea 2-in-1 Aftershave

Decided to try an Astra Blue (SS) again. "Corked" it, and used the mild Game Changer. The result was OK, a reasonably comfortable DFS+. I think corking helped with the "not quite as smooth as I'd like, sharper than I need" impression that these give on the first shave.

my 1.15 wolfman is great but I cant use it more than a week without having to take a break as the irritation just builds and stays at to high a level for me and I love the 3 pass daily routine

That's what I found, using the open comb GC .84 ATG. Didn't inflict any obvious user error, but the irritation built up after a few days.

Game Changers are great value for money. The GC.68 should make a perfect starter.

 

[never-stop-learning]

20221004
365 Shaves in 2022: 275 of 277 = 99.3%
Razor: Colonial Razors The General V2 (@Rosseforp GTC 25G Handle)
Blade: Schick Proline P (4)
Brush: Heritage Collection Ever-Ready 500E (TNS 26mm Quartermoon Knot)
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper
Lather: Cyril R. Salter Indian Sandalwood
Aftershave: Bootlegger's El Dorado

A top tier kit and a superb top tier shave!

Notes from today's shave: Post in thread 'never-stop-learning's Quest for Knowledge' never-stop-learning's Quest for Knowledge - https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/threads/never-stop-learnings-quest-for-knowledge.611194/post-11954858

 

[Rosseforp]

My woflman 1.15 yeah to much for me daily a week later it catches up and is irritating so need to trade off for a .85 I reckon

wolfman .95 I can do daily sometimes I want a touch less blade feel for those sloppy shave days ?

timeless .68 OC is great have not tried the Timeless .95 bars but the 68 OC is back and forth with the Wolfman .95 in end comfort

timeless 68 straight bar efficiency lacks takes way to much buffing to get the last ones standing on my jaw line !

Timeless scallop in 68 I have is coming back in rotation ?

I found the Wolfman 1.15 a bit much also, but I can toss my 0.95 about as much as I want, thinking of trying a Kai in it.
I've got a Timeless Ti95 in SB and OC with the scalloped cap. I find the Ti95OC equal in efficiency, but my WR2 0.95 is more comfortable.

~doug~

 

[RumpleBearskin]

October 4th
275 of 277

Koraat, Basic 2.0
MWF
Simpson, Duke 3 in Best
4711 AS and EdC

Wonderful shave this morning. But, after a week off the hydrocortisone, the eczema is coming back. Time to call the doc again...

 

[lasta]

283/278:

Red Tip, Wilkinson Sword (Brazil), Tabac.

Excellent shave again, with a blade going on its 5th/6th outing, no sign of letting up!

 

[Ckmaui]

I found the Wolfman 1.15 a bit much also, but I can toss my 0.95 about as much as I want, thinking of trying a Kai in it.
I've got a Timeless Ti95 in SB and OC with the scalloped cap. I find the Ti95OC equal in efficiency, but my WR2 0.95 is more comfortable.

~doug~

I want to use feather but so far they are not the most comfy for me hahahaha

 

[anoop]

Can you cheat? Like shave 2 or 3 times a day to catch up?

 

[lasta]

Can you cheat? Like shave 2 or 3 times a day to catch up?

Yes you can!

I was behind a whole week, now I'm 5 ahead.

365 shaves, noone said 365 daily shaves haha

 

[Rosseforp]

I want to use feather but so far they are not the most comfy for me hahahaha

I have used a Feather in my WR2 0.95 and it handled it with aplomb. Like it seems to do with almost any blade.

~doug~

 

[Guido75]

Date:	05.10.2022
Focused participations:	05/31 Days in GRUME (out at 13%, but no subsequent purchases) 278/278 in 365 days of shaving (100%) 05/31 OCtober
Other participations:	Steep Angle Shaving Alliance Shave of the Week Society (on hold) Tabactober
Razor:	Fatip Piccolo Special Edition
Blade:	King C Gillette (24)
Brush:	Razorock Plissoft 400
Soap:	Tabac (tallow)
Bowl:	Kox Enamel
Preshave:	Cold splash Proraso Green preshave
Postshave:	Cold face wash KCG Face wash
Passes:	WTG (Gillette Slant) | XTG (Gillette Slide) | ATG (usual)
Efficiency:	9/10 (~15 minutes)
Quality:	10/10 (Clean as a whistle)
Comfort:	10/10 (GlideFest)
Effectiveness:	10/10 (BBS+)

Next OC in my rotation is my first OC I bought in the beginning of this year - the Fatip Special Edition. Plating is starting to disappear, but when it comes to shaving this is a remarkable little razor. I am absolutely in love with it. The blade performed as if fresh out of the wrapper on a for me unprecedented 24th run.

Loading my brush took maybe 5 seconds or so to produce a very fine face lather. Thick yet never dry, smooth and the post effect very slicky. And I get what Jack Goossen mentioned this morning about the scent and it triggering something inside my brain. I cannot put my finger on it, but once lathered it is nothing like straight from the puck - at least not for me.

And combining end result was amazing. I was buttery smooth all over with an excellent post shave feel. And so my maiden shave with Tabac is in the books. And I must say that it was everything others raved about and a big thank you therefore to specifically JAHE for his persistence in me wanting to try this soap. Was it worth breaking GRUME for? #onnodig I have been told yesterday. Was it fun to do? Yes, it was and I was surprised by the results. Just as surprised as I was when I first used an open comb.

Ponderings on today's shave can be found here: A newbies journey into DE shaving - https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/threads/a-newbies-journey-into-de-shaving.622889/post-11955270

Have a great day everyone!

 

[Guido75]

YES! The Wolverine is back!! @Rosseforp

Rock on!