Saturday OCtober 29
Gillette New FB with Heritage Handle
Lord Platinum (6)
Omega EVO 2.0
Tabac
Floid
Gillette New FB with Heritage Handle
Lord Platinum (6)
Omega EVO 2.0
Tabac
Floid
OCtober 2022 - Let's Put the OC in OCTOBER
- Thread starter timetofly
- Start date
Halloween Week / Trick or Treet Week / OCtober
Prep: P.A.A. Cube 2.0
Razor: Alpha Shaving Works Bandit (prototype) w/ (no lather drains) open comb base plate
Blade: Treet Classic
Soap: Stirling Soap Co. - Ramblin' Man
Brush: Yaqi Purple Haze
Bowl: Bluff Cove Pottery
Post 1: P.A.A. Alum No-Slip Grip System w / Dry Dock System
Post 2: Dickinson's Enhanced Witch Hazel Deep Cleansing Astringent w/ Menthol & Eucalyptus
Aftershave Balm: Stirling Soap Co. - Ramblin' Man
Aftershave Splash: Guerlain Vetiver (used a while afterward)
Today's shave is brought to you buy this Happy (meal) bunch. Let me introduce you to McPunk'n, McGoblin and McBoo.
Some of you may remember these or some of the other variations but these Halloween buckets are very nostalgic toe. So, when McDonald's announced they were bringing them back, I just had to have them.
For today's shave I'm getting one last dance with this absolutely beautiful Bandit by Alpha Shaving Works. Seeing as it's still Open Comb October and that I love this razor's open comb base plate, choosing it was an easy decision.
I paired the razor with the Treet Classic blade that's now quickly becoming a favorite of mine. This shave is the third run with the blade and it performed superbly.
I did a four-pass shave, not so much because it was needed, but more so because I was enjoying this shave and wanted more time with the Bandit. With this said I earned a super smooth bbs shave.
The Stirling Ramblin' Man soap was top-notch and reliable as always. The scent is one of my absolute favorites. It's very smooth and manly. I can't recommend this one enough.
Another fantastic shave in the books on this pre-Halloween weekend.
Ramble on gentlemen and enjoy your shaves.
Came to the thread late but I had an awesome shave with a new to me RR Lupo .95 OC. Paired it with a well worn 4-5 month old Personna Lab Blues blade that just won’t die. Pre-soap was the Menthol Cube2.0, and then an also pretty new to me soap by The Shave Mercantile called Mochachino. Nice coffee fragrance. Used my Omega green boar brush (forget the number but it’s one of the cheap ones). Quick 1 pass Shave with a second touch up pass. Finished up with a splash of Limacol AS.
Gillette Goodwill #160/Feather (3):
Gillette Goodwill
Rapira swedish (1)
This shaves better than it looks, and these do look pretty awesome. First shave and it's smooth and closer than the New OCs for me. Handle had a split and I had to swap handles mid shave. Great close shave, really looking forward to more with this one.
Rapira swedish (1)
This shaves better than it looks, and these do look pretty awesome. First shave and it's smooth and closer than the New OCs for me. Handle had a split and I had to swap handles mid shave. Great close shave, really looking forward to more with this one.
We’ll, yesterday’s shave didn’t go as planned, I posted it elsewhere
Today was much better. I got the lather right, took my time, and got a DFS on my Gillette New LC with a freshly honed blade. There was a lot of chatter on the first pass (like a typical day on a New England ski slope), but on later passes it was smooth as silk (like skiing nearly anywhere else). Nice rebound, and much more enjoyable!
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I used my New LC yesterday. The best razor Gillette ever put out! (Of course, I say that about all my Gillette's except the Fatboy!)
I used my New LC on Friday. While it struggled a bit with 12 days worth of whiskers, the shave was smooth, irritation free and very close.
~doug~
It is definitely at the top in my list! Nice to rediscover it after it was displaced by my Tech. I’m grateful for this thread for getting this razor back into my rotation!
As in blade chatter? In a NEW LC? That sounds (pun intended) very unfamiliar to me. The design of the razor should prevent that, right? In my experience the NEW clamps the blade pretty good. So very interested to hear more about your findings.
Guido
OCtober 29
Razor: The New "Griffon"
Blade: Gem PTFE (2)
Brush: OMEGA 10066
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
ASL: Dickinson's Witch Hazel rinse then Floïd The Genuine
Early morning shave. Lather catchers are poor detail razors for me, otherwise a fine shave.
Razor: The New "Griffon"
Blade: Gem PTFE (2)
Brush: OMEGA 10066
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
ASL: Dickinson's Witch Hazel rinse then Floïd The Genuine
Early morning shave. Lather catchers are poor detail razors for me, otherwise a fine shave.
Sun 30 OC-tober
Soap Ariana & Evans Kaizen
Brush Yaqi 24mm Ruby Tuxedo
Razor Gillette Goodwill
Blade Timor Stainless 3rd
Aftershave A&E Kaizen Splash
Gorgeous lather and scent from this soap...further enhanced by the matching splash.
A nice easy and comfortable shave with this razor paired with the blade. 3passes for a bbs finish...
Soap Ariana & Evans Kaizen
Brush Yaqi 24mm Ruby Tuxedo
Razor Gillette Goodwill
Blade Timor Stainless 3rd
Aftershave A&E Kaizen Splash
Gorgeous lather and scent from this soap...further enhanced by the matching splash.
A nice easy and comfortable shave with this razor paired with the blade. 3passes for a bbs finish...
Fatip Piccolo SE + Voskhod #8.
Razorock Gamechanger 0.84OC / 7 o'clock Permasharp stainless
Penultimate day of OCtober and my second day with the Fatip il Grosso. I'm liking this razor a lot 
This is my final OCtober 2022 shave. It's been fun, but I've been itching to use a couple of adjustables I picked up earlier in the month. Happy Halloween everyone, I'll be back next OCtober!
Last OCtober shave with:
I really wanted to give this single ring a try after Chris Spencer brought it back from the dead by fixing its badly bent teeth and replating it for me. Here is a BEFORE photo showing the badly bent corner teeth. They are completely corrected now.
Well, the razor gave a very aggressive shave with the fresh Spoiler loaded. I stopped after two passes and did no touching up. The primary trouble spots for me were all on my neck, which suffered a few weepers and some lingering burn after this razor. I suppose I needed to use an even lighter touch or a blade that had been used a few times to take off a bit of its edge. The weepers stopped crying by the time I finished the shave and the witch hazel and balm helped calm the irritation.
I wish I had not retired my five-use British Wilkinson, which was super smooth but with its sharpness suffering a bit. I thought about trying one of my NOS late 1920s three-hole Gillette blades, but I'll have to save that experience of another day (and perhaps a different razor). Regardless of the harshness, this Single Ring is beautiful to look at and hold. Chris really did an incredible job with this one.
- 1906 silver Single Ring OLD type (No. 728243) replated by Back Roads Gold
- 1974 U1 Gillette Super Stainless "The Spoiler" blade (1)
- Daveli Farms Sheep Fat Orange Cedarwood and Oakmoss shave soap
- WCS silvertip badger brush
- LEA sensitive after shave balm after unscented Thayer's Witch Hazel
I really wanted to give this single ring a try after Chris Spencer brought it back from the dead by fixing its badly bent teeth and replating it for me. Here is a BEFORE photo showing the badly bent corner teeth. They are completely corrected now.
Well, the razor gave a very aggressive shave with the fresh Spoiler loaded. I stopped after two passes and did no touching up. The primary trouble spots for me were all on my neck, which suffered a few weepers and some lingering burn after this razor. I suppose I needed to use an even lighter touch or a blade that had been used a few times to take off a bit of its edge. The weepers stopped crying by the time I finished the shave and the witch hazel and balm helped calm the irritation.
I wish I had not retired my five-use British Wilkinson, which was super smooth but with its sharpness suffering a bit. I thought about trying one of my NOS late 1920s three-hole Gillette blades, but I'll have to save that experience of another day (and perhaps a different razor). Regardless of the harshness, this Single Ring is beautiful to look at and hold. Chris really did an incredible job with this one.
I 100% agree that they are fantastic shavers. Congrats on having one of these odd little razors. Just a few days ago, I used my Goodwill #162 for the first time, and it was superb. I also love the look with the keyholes in the cap and the engraved borders around them. It's one of my favorites.
If you have a common bar handle, consider giving it a try with this head. The diameter of the flute at the connecting end of the common bar handle fits the counterbore in the underside of the guard perfectly and helps to align the guard, blade, and cap correctly when everything is tightened up.
As in the whole razor, or “Barbers shaving tool” per some auction listings.As in blade chatter? In a NEW LC? That sounds (pun intended) very unfamiliar to me. The design of the razorshould prevent that, right? In my experience the NEW clamps the blade pretty good. So very interested to hear more about your findings.
Guido
I could also describe it as jumping, pulling or catching. Since I use low pressure it feels like it is just jumping over the tops of the whiskers. If I were using more pressure the blade would either pull harder, stop or cut my face, and I would bin it (as I had originally done to this blade after shave 17. I realized later that it wasn’t dead yet). If I were using a new blade (1-5 shaves for most shavers?) this wouldn’t be happening. It always amazes me to find out on the second pass that my perception was wrong about the first pass, it was cutting whiskers and not just skipping over the tops of them!
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Ah. Yes, well I can second that for at least my NEW LC Flat bottom. The first pass with a used blade appears to be harsh and then on the second and third pass it is smooth again or at least smoother.As in the whole razor, or “Barbers shaving tool” per some auction listings.
