7 O'CLOCK WEEK (2024) STARTS on the 19th of AUGUST.

[ivan_101]

Starting on the 19th of August for the fourth time on B&B we will have the 7 O'CLOCK WEEK.

Rules:
Use a 7 o'clock blade and / or a 7 o'clock razor. (7 AM, Sharp, etc. blades don't count, except if they are in a 7 o'clock razor)

Part-timers are accepted.

Important: a 7 o'clock razor with another brand of blade is acceptable. You can also use a 7 o'clock PII razor even if the cartridge is not a PII. Or just use a 7 o'clock PII cart in any compatible razor, no matter its brand.

Do not forget to post pics and tell us how was your shave.
You have time to get 7 o'clock blades if you don't have any.

 

[Multum in parvo]

I’m in

 

[InkStainedWretch]

Count me in. I've got blades and a razor that fits the bill.

 

[dmshaver]

If anyone is interested in getting some Gillette 7 O'Clock blades to use for this challenge, the Great Blade Exchange is open & has all varieties of the Gillette 7 O'Clock blades.

 

[BurnFree]

In & Ready!

Planning to rotate through these 3 blades daily all week - a Permasharp Stainless, Super Platinum, and Indian Astra SP.
The Astra is new to me. I am adding it as a relative of the other two in light of @helicopter 's testing:

Blade Sharpness Research Project

This evening, I measured the Cloud Super Stainless red blade from Shanghai Cloud Blade Manufacturing Company Limited. This blade was very dull, extremely consistent, and quite durable, but alas, a dull blade should be durable and consistent. It comes in perfect packaging. There is a cardboard...

www.badgerandblade.com

I might throw in an Indian Astra SS (if it arrives in time) and roll on into Week 2.

 

[bigbrucefan]

7 O'clock yellows are among my favorite blades ever.

 

[ivan_101]

7 O'clock yellows are among my favorite blades ever.

Old or new? They are different.

 

[geneaut]

I'm innish Been wanting to use one my Super Platinums for a bit anyway

 

[Marsh1]

I'm in for this! Will be my first "Blade Week" so I'm keen to take part. I've got Greens and Yellows that need a second blade audition and a tuck of Super Platinums on the way (after hearing so much about them, I'm with @geneaut on this).

 

[Hairy Callahan]

I'm in. You know what they say in the shaving community.... "It's 7'Oclock somewhere". Now, where'd I put that lost shaker of salt?

 

[Garry357]

I'm in - just found 1 x 7 O'clock in the container.

 

[cranewarrior]

In for at least a few shaves. I have many 7 AM Permasharp Stainless.

 

[Leverspro]

Def in. 7OClocks are my go-to blades. Yellow, green, black. Not sure if I have both Russian and Indian greens.

 

[ajkel64]

I am in. I have a 7 O’clock Green blade to use in the Luck 7’s Participation PIF so I can enter this great week for the 7 O’clock blade brigade.

 

[wldecker]

Found a tuck of greens so I'm in for next week!

 

[Andris83]

I'm already preparing for the upcoming week, will use 7oc black and perhaps a green too next week.
the 7oc black is hidden in the Lupo 95.

 

[Hairy Callahan]

First 7 O'Clock week shave (a day early)

Preshave: Hot towel
Lather: Proaso green
Brush: Burma Shave boar (no bowl)
Razor: RazoRock Lupo 58
Blade: 7 O'Clock yellow (Russia)
Shave: With the grain, relather. Across the grain, relather. Cleanup, mostly against the grain and riding the cap.
Aftershave: Modern P&G Old Spice.
Result: 9/10. Smooth. No burn. If this is what's in store for 7 O'Clock Week, we're in business.

 

[ivan_101]

First 7 O'Clock week shave (a day early)

You mean 2 days earlier.

 

[ShavingPrimate]

Just came across this thread today. Unfortunately, I just started this week with the Rubie...

I will jump in and comment. Since I have a pencil-thin mustache, some of my razors are not that desirable to shave in this area. Such as, the R41 head. A bit on the agressive side.

So I do keep out my PII on the sink counter. This is where it comes in handy. In 2023, I did three separate weeks using the same PII blade, with excellent results.

This year, I had been using a Personna brand blade. I just replaced the blade for the 2nd half of this year.

I believe that I bought a 100-pack of these Personna blades on sale for $14 a couple of years back. They are very good blades and getting a cartridge blade for this kind of money, is an exceptional value.

Actually, yesterday I cleaned and removed my blade before I did my clean-up pass. I picked up the PII and used it for the clean-up.

I prefer the PII over cartridges with more blades. Simple really is better. As specially when it comes to razors...

 

[Multum in parvo]

DFS+
Red Tip, SharpEdge (1), Arko puck, Omega Boar, Mennen AS