Quest for a better shave

[GBerry]

20220508
Razor: Blackland Vector (21)
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Protouch MG (5)
Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Executive Man
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut;

No nicks; No irritation; very close and very smooth. A pleasant DFS++ shave.

Shave Summary 20220423

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220509
Razor: Blackland Vector (22)
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Protouch MG (6)
Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Executive Man
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut;

No nicks; No irritation; very close and very smooth. A pleasant DFS+ shave.

Shave Summary 20220423

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220509
Razor: Gillette US Fat Handle Triangle Tech
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (4)
Brush: None
Pre-Shave: Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser
Lather: Barbasol Soothing Aloe
Aftershave: Cold water rinse

No nicks, no irritation, very smooth and very close. Resulting shave was a pleasant DFS+.

Gillette knew what they were doing when they made the Tech.

Shave Summary 20220423

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220510
Razor: Blackland Vector (23)
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Protouch MG (7)
Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Executive Man
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut;

No nicks; No irritation; very close and very smooth. A pleasant DFS+ shave.

Shave Summary 20220423

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220510
Razor: Merkur 37C
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (2)
Pre-shave: Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser
Lather: Barbasol Soothing Aloe
Aftershave: Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut

No nicks; No irritation; smooth and close. A pleasant DFS+ shave.

A sharper blade might be in order.

Shave Summary 20220423

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

Shave log summary 20220511

Since this log is getting hard to edit, I will resume with the RazoRock SS Hawk V3 standard plate.
Razor: RazoRock SS Hawk V3 standard plate (16)
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Protouch MG (16) 16 shaves on 2 blades

No irritation, no nicks, very close and very smooth shaves.

5 DFS, 10 DFS+, 1 BBS

This combo consistently produces mostly DFS to DFS+ shaves without issue. All are pleasant shaves. Very good shave tool.

Rex Envoy
Gillette Platinum
4 shaves on one blade
1 nick in 4 shaves
No irritation
2 very close and very smooth shaves
2 smooth and close shaves
1 DFS++, 2 DFS+ and 1 DFS Shave 2-1/2 passes.

Blackland Vector
KAI Captain Titan Mild Protouch MG
8 shaves on one blade.
No nicks, no irritation, very close and very smooth shaves. 1 BBS, 1 DFS++ and 6 DFS+ shaves.
Awesome results.

RazoRock Hawk V3 Standard Bamboo Handle
KAI Captain Titan Mild Pink
8 shaves on this blade
3 nicks; No irritation; 5 very close; 3 close; 5 very smooth; 3 smooth; 1 DFS++; 4 DFS+; 3 DFS; this blade gets very close and then I create nicks. Either my technique or blade has to change.

Blackland Vector
KAI Captain Titan Mild Pink
8 shaves
7 nicks;
No irritation;
6 very, very close; 2 very close;
2 very, very smooth; 6 very smooth;
2 BBS; 6 DFS+;
I’m getting too close with this combo; Either my technique has to change or the blade has to change.

RazoRock Hawk V3 Standard Bamboo Handle
Schick Proline P-30
8 shaves; 1 nick; No irritation; very close; very smooth; Pleasant DFS+
The 1 nick is attributed to user in attention.
A nice combo that meets my goals.

Blackland Vector
KAI Captain Titan Mild Protouch MG
8 shaves; No nicks; No irritation; 8 very close; 8 very smooth; 8 pleasant; 2 BBS; 1 DFS++; 5 DFS+
At this point 2 Protouch MG blades have been used in 16 shaves with excellent results.

Up next:
Blackland Vector
KAI Captain Titan Mild Pink

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220511
Razor: Blackland Vector (24)
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Protouch MG (8)
Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Executive Man
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut;

No nicks; No irritation; very close and very smooth. A pleasant DFS++ shave. A minuscule amount of stubble felt ATG on the lower neck regions.

Shave summary 5/11/2022

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220512
Razor: Personna Bump Fighter
Blade: Wilkinson Sword Super II Plus (4)
Pre-shave: Hot Shower
Lather: Barbasol Soothing Aloe
Aftershave: Cool water rinse

This TSA compliant combo used one more time while traveling.

No nicks, no irritation, smooth and close. Pleasant DFS shave. 3017ed the Barbasol. Blade is losing efficiency. Ready for recycling.

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220513
Razor: Blackland Vector (25)
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Pink (1)
Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Executive Man
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut;

No nicks; No irritation; very close and very smooth. A pleasant DFS++ shave. A minuscule amount of stubble felt ATG on the lower neck regions.

Shave summary 5/11/2022

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220514
Razor: Blackland Vector (26)
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Pink (2)
Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Executive Man
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Alum block; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut;

1 nick; No irritation; very close and very smooth. A pleasant DFS+ shave. The nick maybe the site of an in grown hair. If so, I may have to ditch a pass. The alum report was noticeable but not painful.

Shave summary 5/11/2022

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220515
Razor: Blackland Vector (27)
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Pink (3)
Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Executive Man
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut;

1 nick; No irritation; very close and very smooth. A pleasant DFS+ shave. The nick from yesterday reopened. Otherwise, everything went smoothly.

Shave summary 5/11/2022

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220516
Razor: Blackland Vector (28)
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Pink (4)
Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Executive Man
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut; Aqua Velva Classic

No nicks; No irritation; close and smooth. A pleasant DFS+ shave. Finally the nick created on shave #2 stayed closed. N—S, Ear — Nose, S—N and SE — NW and steep shave. AVC said close enough.

Shave summary 5/11/2022

Cheers!!!

 

[thombrogan]

Who’s AVC?

 

[GBerry]

AVC == “Aqua Velva Classic”

 

[thombrogan]

Thank you, kindly. Acronyms are my dangerous vice

 

[GBerry]

Now you have one more for your exhaustive list.

 

[GBerry]

20220517
Razor: Blackland Vector (29)
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Pink (5)
Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Executive Man
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Alum block; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut;

No nicks; No irritation; close and smooth. A pleasant DFS+ shave. Alum report mild.

Shave summary 5/11/2022

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220518
Razor: Blackland Vector (30)
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Pink (6)
Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Executive Man
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut;

No nicks; No irritation; close and smooth. A pleasant DFS+ shave.

Shave summary 5/11/2022

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220519
Razor: Blackland Vector (31)
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Pink (7)
Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Executive Man
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut;

1 nick; No irritation; close and smooth. A pleasant DFS+ shave.

Shave summary 5/11/2022

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220520
Razor: Blackland Vector (32)
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Pink (8)
Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Executive Man
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut;

No nicks; No irritation; close and smooth. A pleasant DFS+ shave.

Shave summary 5/11/2022

Cheers!!!