October 16:
Gillette New LC
Gillette Nacet (1)
Semogue 820
Tabac
Epsilon Blue
Happy Shaves and have a great day!
OCtober 2020
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October 16:
Gillette New LC
Gillette Nacet (1)
Semogue 820
Tabac
Epsilon Blue
Happy Shaves and have a great day!
Fatip Piccolo SE, Voskhod #5.
Fri 16th #5TabacOCtober#12 SOTD
Soap Tabac
Brush Yaqi 26mm Rainbow
Razor RazoRock SLOC DOC
Blade Gillette London Bridge 5th
Post & Aftershave
Ice Water + Special Thayers Mix
Hyaluronic + Aqua Velva Musk
Thick creamy and slick lather from the soap.
Shave with razor paired with blade was very good. Smooth and comfortable. Blade is still good and sharpish
3+1 pass with no issues. Not very efficient though. DFS result. Good post and aftershave. Rating 9/10
Soap Tabac
Brush Yaqi 26mm Rainbow
Razor RazoRock SLOC DOC
Blade Gillette London Bridge 5th
Post & Aftershave
Ice Water + Special Thayers Mix
Hyaluronic + Aqua Velva Musk
Thick creamy and slick lather from the soap.
Shave with razor paired with blade was very good. Smooth and comfortable. Blade is still good and sharpish
3+1 pass with no issues. Not very efficient though. DFS result. Good post and aftershave. Rating 9/10
Gillette 1915 Single Ring
Dorco ST-301 (13)
Stirling Arkadia
Omega 10065 boar
Pinaud Clubman
Dorco ST-301 (13)
Stirling Arkadia
Omega 10065 boar
Pinaud Clubman
Timeless Bronze OC .78
Timeless Ti Handle
Feather
Stirling Boat Drinks
Alpha Shaving Outlaw Silvertip
Proraso Vitamin E Balm
Brut
Timeless Ti Handle
Feather
Stirling Boat Drinks
Alpha Shaving Outlaw Silvertip
Proraso Vitamin E Balm
Brut
Gillette New SC
Feather (6)
Colonel x2L
Schaffmilch
Feather (6)
Colonel x2L
Schaffmilch
Gillette Old type + Personna Lab Blue (6)
Omega 11137 boar
Tabac / Pinaud Clubman
Omega 11137 boar
Tabac / Pinaud Clubman
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Flintstone65
Imagining solutions for imaginary problems
Well, I'm having to do something that I'm not fond of, which is to post a bunch of shaves in batch. My preference is to post as I go, but life has been moving at lightspeed for me for the last couple of months, so here are my OC shaves for the last couple of weeks....
I'll start by saying the soap and the brush are pretty much "fixed" for this month: The B&M 2020 Hallows lathered with the RR Beehive 28mm Plissoft.
October 6th: British Glllette New RFB on a RR Halo Handle with GSB blade
Oct 7th: Gillette New Improved with a GSB blade
October 10th: Schick Magazine Repeating Razor (C1) with Proline B-20
October 12th: Micromatic Open Comb (Bumpless, 1930-1932) with GEM SS PTFE
October 13th: British 7 O'Clock "New" with Voskhod blade
October 15th: Gillette Popular with GSB blade
I'll start by saying the soap and the brush are pretty much "fixed" for this month: The B&M 2020 Hallows lathered with the RR Beehive 28mm Plissoft.
October 6th: British Glllette New RFB on a RR Halo Handle with GSB blade
Oct 7th: Gillette New Improved with a GSB blade
October 10th: Schick Magazine Repeating Razor (C1) with Proline B-20
October 12th: Micromatic Open Comb (Bumpless, 1930-1932) with GEM SS PTFE
October 13th: British 7 O'Clock "New" with Voskhod blade
October 15th: Gillette Popular with GSB blade
OCtober #12
Piccolo SE OC, Feather (4), Stirling menthol soap, Proraso White pre-shave, Mitchell Wool Fat, Stirling menthol splash, Proraso White balm, DFS.
Piccolo SE OC, Feather (4), Stirling menthol soap, Proraso White pre-shave, Mitchell Wool Fat, Stirling menthol splash, Proraso White balm, DFS.
Friday OCtober 16
Gillette New RFB
Astra Super Stainless
Yaqi High Mountain Badger
Proraso Sandalwood
Razorock American Barber AS
Gillette New RFB
Astra Super Stainless
Yaqi High Mountain Badger
Proraso Sandalwood
Razorock American Barber AS
OCtober 16th (12th OC of 12 Shaves)
Timeless 95 OC / Pol-Silver SI (2nd)
Proraso Red Pre-Shave
Proraso Red Cream / 30mm Synthetic
Bay Rum Aftershave Splash (Homebrew)
Butterface (Bay Rum) Balm
Timeless 95 OC / Pol-Silver SI (2nd)
Proraso Red Pre-Shave
Proraso Red Cream / 30mm Synthetic
Bay Rum Aftershave Splash (Homebrew)
Butterface (Bay Rum) Balm
Razor: Fatip Retro
Blade: Dorco Prime (2)
Soap: Tabac puck
Brush: Fendrihan Synthetic
24 hour of growth, not a bad shave, but I think I'll go 48 hours for my next one. I don't think the Dorco Primes are the blade for this razor though, I'll try Nacet next, haven't done that one in this, or 7 O'Clock green SS (the Russian blade).
Blade: Dorco Prime (2)
Soap: Tabac puck
Brush: Fendrihan Synthetic
24 hour of growth, not a bad shave, but I think I'll go 48 hours for my next one. I don't think the Dorco Primes are the blade for this razor though, I'll try Nacet next, haven't done that one in this, or 7 O'Clock green SS (the Russian blade).
Joris w/ Thuja Wood / Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless (3)
Chubby 1 best
Floris 89
Proraso White ASB
Chubby 1 best
Floris 89
Proraso White ASB
OCtober 16 - RR GC-OC84 v ATT R2 / Bic CrPt (1)
Two modern SS OC razors, one blade I'm revisiting, side by side.
The well-known RazoRock GC-OC84 (32g head) on a Ti 27g TiBam custom 12x75mm handle
The less known ATT R2 (41g head) on a Ti 29g rusdrunkbear custom 12x75mm handle.
Brothers by a couple mothers, sharing a Bic Chrome Platinum. I was not impressed by the shave quality or longevity of the first two blades out of this sampler tuck. Over a year later, Bic gets another chance.
Lather: SliceOfLife vintage Williams tribute puck and a cute little Simpson Duke 1 Best Badger. Excellent lather. Wow, badgers are so gentle as a brush. Meaner than a tanuki in the wild, I hear. But not as mean as a boar.
One pass and line up. ATG cheeks are BBS. I plan to treat myself to another one pass and clean up shave before bed. Use up some more OCs (double open combs?) and sleep smooth! Brilliant!
Where the extra ATT head grams came from:
+5g in the ATT cap, +4g in the ATT baseplate. Clearly the blade clamping is different, but for me the shaves are very similar. In this mini-shave, advantage RR GC in smooth, advantage ATT R2 in efficiency.
Two modern SS OC razors, one blade I'm revisiting, side by side.
The well-known RazoRock GC-OC84 (32g head) on a Ti 27g TiBam custom 12x75mm handle
The less known ATT R2 (41g head) on a Ti 29g rusdrunkbear custom 12x75mm handle.
Brothers by a couple mothers, sharing a Bic Chrome Platinum. I was not impressed by the shave quality or longevity of the first two blades out of this sampler tuck. Over a year later, Bic gets another chance.
Lather: SliceOfLife vintage Williams tribute puck and a cute little Simpson Duke 1 Best Badger. Excellent lather. Wow, badgers are so gentle as a brush. Meaner than a tanuki in the wild, I hear. But not as mean as a boar.
One pass and line up. ATG cheeks are BBS. I plan to treat myself to another one pass and clean up shave before bed. Use up some more OCs (double open combs?) and sleep smooth! Brilliant!
Where the extra ATT head grams came from:
+5g in the ATT cap, +4g in the ATT baseplate. Clearly the blade clamping is different, but for me the shaves are very similar. In this mini-shave, advantage RR GC in smooth, advantage ATT R2 in efficiency.
Continuing with my OCtober occasional check ins. On Tuesday I switched from the thin-cap Old Type to a NEW Long Comb and a new Gillette Nacet blade. The Long Comb is definately milder but still very efficient.
Today's OC shave:
Gillette NEW Long Comb
Gillette Nacet (4)
Semogue 1470 boar brush
Cella soap
Cold water to finish.
I've been switching between the Cella and Soap Commander Integrity. I generally like the Soap Commander better but with a little extra soap on the brush the Cella came pretty close this morning.
I'll switch to a new razor on Sunday or Monday and report back.
Today's OC shave:
Gillette NEW Long Comb
Gillette Nacet (4)
Semogue 1470 boar brush
Cella soap
Cold water to finish.
I've been switching between the Cella and Soap Commander Integrity. I generally like the Soap Commander better but with a little extra soap on the brush the Cella came pretty close this morning.
I'll switch to a new razor on Sunday or Monday and report back.
Probak / Vintage Wilkinson Sword (8) / Noxema Pre, Mitchell's Wool Fat soap / Pinaud Clubman AS--I've gotten better shaves in the past from the Proback which is a pretty mild razor in my opinion, so I think I was over reaching on my eighth shave on the vintage Wilkie, so it was retired afterward. Strong burn from the Pinaud, but the MWF and Nivea shave balm afterward quieted it. I put a NOS hone in the Rolls today which gave the blade a much more even edge than the old one... so I'm considering taking the Rolls for a spin (the ultimate Open Comb?) on Monday with the Gillette Milady Old Type as a backup.
RazoRock JAWS = OC on steroids
Rolls = OC on chemo
Rolls and devettes can contend for the zero-tooth OC crown.
Half way into day 1, the morning and evening one-pass shave plan seems perfectly reasonable. My new stretch goal: use every OC in inventory (including OC slants) by OCtober 31 (HallOCween). Can I locate/remember/deploy them all? Am I deranged? I haven't even counted them yet. Special measures will be taken...
Razor: Gillette The New Long Comb Ball End
Blade: Astra Superior Stainless
Brush: Rudy Vey Badger & Blade 2020 Group Buy #4/30
Pre-Shave: Proraso Red
Lather: Essence of Scotland Malt N Myrtle
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman
Additional Care:
Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented
Pinaud Finest powder
Blade: Astra Superior Stainless
Brush: Rudy Vey Badger & Blade 2020 Group Buy #4/30
Pre-Shave: Proraso Red
Lather: Essence of Scotland Malt N Myrtle
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman
Additional Care:
Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented
Pinaud Finest powder
OCtober 16 - Gillette Raised Flat Bottom NEW
Kept the Astra SP and put it in the RFB. Supremely easy low key shave. Sorta zoned out it was going so smoothly, just in time to get a single nick on my neck.
Prep: Hot Shower
OC: Gillette #77 Raised Flat Bottom NEW
Blade: Gillette Astra SP (5)
Soap: GFT Lime Shaving Cream
Brush: Rudy Vey Keyhole with Mühle STF
After: alum and Trumper Lime Skinfood
Kept the Astra SP and put it in the RFB. Supremely easy low key shave. Sorta zoned out it was going so smoothly, just in time to get a single nick on my neck.
Prep: Hot Shower
OC: Gillette #77 Raised Flat Bottom NEW
Blade: Gillette Astra SP (5)
Soap: GFT Lime Shaving Cream
Brush: Rudy Vey Keyhole with Mühle STF
After: alum and Trumper Lime Skinfood
