Love it! Get your Boarko on!
Arko August 2020
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Love it! Get your Boarko on!
Arko August on my head...
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Sunday August 9th
Sharko shave for me this morning to kick off Shark Week!
That’s one of the 10 Arko Commandments!
The best lather of the month today with my WCS Synth. The Fatip Gentile slant definitely did it’s job.
Another awesome Arko shave.
Another awesome Arko shave.
Shave 5.
8-8-2020
Soap: ARKO in a deodorant stick 44 Grams 1,55 oz gross weight. I heavily loaded this time. Lots of lather probable way to much.
Razor: fatip piccolo oc
Blade: Dorco st-301 (56)
Brush: VDH Badger
Added Fragrance to Lather: essential oil peppermint not my favorite it was a test run
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Musk this was added well after the shave
3 pass some touch up DFS
Eighth use in August:
Preshave: Hot washcloth, KoS Blue Oil
Soap: Arko, bowl-lathered
Brush: Cheap Boots boar
Razor: Razorock GC.68P
Blade: Astra SP, #6
Post-shave: Nivea Balm, Brut AS.
An easy DFS without any drama. Anyone who likes using their Rockwell on R4 or R5 is probably going to like the Game Changer .68 too.
It's easier to rinse, due to the more open channels in the baseplate. I like the covered blade-tabs. I'm getting less audio feedback than with the Rockwell.
Preshave: Hot washcloth, KoS Blue Oil
Soap: Arko, bowl-lathered
Brush: Cheap Boots boar
Razor: Razorock GC.68P
Blade: Astra SP, #6
Post-shave: Nivea Balm, Brut AS.
An easy DFS without any drama. Anyone who likes using their Rockwell on R4 or R5 is probably going to like the Game Changer .68 too.
It's easier to rinse, due to the more open channels in the baseplate. I like the covered blade-tabs. I'm getting less audio feedback than with the Rockwell.
Yes, and the difference was in the Rockwell head, which weighed in at 50g on my food scale, versus 28g for the thin GC head.
Very nice. Enjoy reading the comparisons between the two as you discover them. I’ve been curious about those two very razors as they’re both something I would consider at a future date
Just as a counterpoint, I find Arko lathers best with badger. Of course that may be because I have never been able to lather anything with a boar brush.
Well, I used badger again today. It's been the summer of Semogue, but I used a 2-band Shavemac again today, and I had better results than yesterday. I can't say I've had bad lather from Arko at any point, but I can say the greatest volume I've had has been with badgers, while the densest lather has been boar.
Anyway, the shave was remarkable because of the lather and the continued improvement of my ability to use the GC84. Great stuff.
Tomorrow I'm rolling with one more badger shave before returning to Semogues: my Shavemac Finest is on deck.
Full Turk
Ertan Süer Legend Köroglu SR
Arko stick
Custom black walnut/badger stubby
Hybrid lather - face lather then overcoat whipped up in Captain's Choice copper, an instant lather creator
Even if I'm a boar believer, how could anything go wrong with this shave?
Ertan Süer Legend Köroglu SR
Arko stick
Custom black walnut/badger stubby
Hybrid lather - face lather then overcoat whipped up in Captain's Choice copper, an instant lather creator
Even if I'm a boar believer, how could anything go wrong with this shave?
He came, he saw, he conquered...
ALL HAIL!!!
ALL HAIL!!!
Possible the most interesting man in the world!
Arko August shave #4 (I think, I've already lost track):
Rating: 5 / 5
Razor: Merkur Vintage
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Omega Proraso Pro
Lather: Arko Stick
Aftershave: Ogallala Bay Rum
Didn't have my phone on me so didn't get a pic, unfortunately. This was my first shave with a Shark blade. I'm looking for an acceptably sharp substitute for feathers, since they're so overpriced. The shark was pretty good. Need to get a few more shaves in with it before I can decide for sure. It wasn't quite as good as a feather in this razor, but probably good enough if I can get a few more good shaves out of it.
Rating: 5 / 5
Razor: Merkur Vintage
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Omega Proraso Pro
Lather: Arko Stick
Aftershave: Ogallala Bay Rum
Didn't have my phone on me so didn't get a pic, unfortunately. This was my first shave with a Shark blade. I'm looking for an acceptably sharp substitute for feathers, since they're so overpriced. The shark was pretty good. Need to get a few more shaves in with it before I can decide for sure. It wasn't quite as good as a feather in this razor, but probably good enough if I can get a few more good shaves out of it.
Possible the most interesting man in the world!
He's my therapist. Never says much, but I know he understands.
Just had my evening shower and Arko shave. My day is complete. This evening I used:
A cold water shave with a ‘65 Gillette SS with a Sharko Arko Super Chrome blade, a Yaqi 24mm Black Marble synthetic, and wrapped things up properly with some decanted Skin Bracer.
A cold water shave with a ‘65 Gillette SS with a Sharko Arko Super Chrome blade, a Yaqi 24mm Black Marble synthetic, and wrapped things up properly with some decanted Skin Bracer.
Killing me!
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