Quest for a better shave

[GBerry]

20220620
Razor: Rex Supply Co Envoy (43)
Blade: Gillette Perma-Sharp (4)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-shave: Hot Shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Sheep
Aftershave: Cold Water rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut

No nicks, no irritation, very smooth and close. A pleasant DFS+ result. Post shave feel was very smooth and comfortable.

Trac II and Fusions used while traveling. It’s definitely good to be home!!!

Shave Log 20220604

Cheers!!!

 

[thombrogan]

Welcome back!

 

[GBerry]

Welcome back!

Thanks!

 

[GBerry]

20220620
Razor: Blackland Vector (49)
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Pink (9)
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Sheep
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut; Stirling Unscented Post Shave Balm

1 nick; No irritation; Very Close and Very smooth. A pleasant DFS+ steep angle shave. 4 passes.

The nick was created on the ATG pass on the upper lip. I was rushed.

Shave Log 20220604

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

Shave log summary 20220620

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.

Blackland Vector
KAI Captain Titan Mild Pink
1 blade 8 shaves
3 shaves with nicks; 5 shaves with 0 nicks
8 shaves without irritation.
3 shaves Very close and very smooth
5 shaves close and smooth
1 shave DFS++; 7 shaves DFS+

I will be coming back to this combo to see if I can improve my technique making these shaves nick free, very close, very smooth and DFS+.

Blackland Sabre L1
Personna GEM Coated
8 shaves in one blade
No nicks; No irritation; 5 Very Close; 3 Close; 5 Very Smooth; 3 Smooth; 6 DFS+; 2 DFS; 8 Pleasant shaves

Blackland Vector
KAI Captain Titan Mild Pink
1 blade 8 shaves
4 nicks; No irritation; 4 very close; 1 Too close; 3 Close; 8 very smooth; 1 DFS++; 7 DFS+

The Blackland Vector is efficient and effective.

Mastery of this combo is pending.

Blackland Vector
KAI Captain Titan Mild Pink
9 shaves, 6 nicks, 0 irritation, 9 very close, 9 very smooth, 9 DFS+

This would be perfect if I can get the nicks down.

Up next
Feather Professional Artist Club Professional Blade

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220621
Razor: Blackland Vector (50)
Blade: Feather AC Professional Blade (1)
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Sheep
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Alum; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut; Stirling Unscented Post Shave Balm

1 very small nick; No irritation; Very Close and Very smooth. A pleasant DFS+ steep angle shave. 4 passes.

The nick was created by too many strokes on the chin.

Shave log summary 20220620

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220621
Razor: Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 Knurled Handle
Blade: Lord Platinum Class (2)
Preshave: Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser
Brush: None
Lather: Barbasol Original
Aftershave: Cold Water Rinse

No nicks; No irritation; Close and Very Smooth. A pleasant DFS+ shave.

Shave log summary 20220620

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220622
Razor: Blackland Vector (51)
Blade: Feather AC Professional Blade (2)
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Sheep
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Alum; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut; Stirling Unscented Post Shave Balm

No nicks; No irritation; Very Close and Very smooth. A pleasant DFS+ steep angle shave. 3 passes + touchups.

Shave log summary 20220620

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220623
Razor: Blackland Vector (52)
Blade: Feather AC Professional Blade (3)
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Sheep
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Alum; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut; Stirling Unscented Post Shave Balm

No nicks; No irritation; Very Close and Very smooth. A pleasant DFS+ steep angle shave. 4 passes + touchups.

Shave log summary 20220620

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220624
Razor: Blackland Vector (53)
Blade: Feather AC Professional Blade (4)
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Sheep
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Alum; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut; Stirling Unscented Post Shave Balm

No nicks; No irritation; Very Close and Very smooth. A pleasant DFS+ steep angle shave. 4 passes + touchups.

Shave log summary 20220620

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220624
Razor: Blackland Sabre L1 (10)
Blade: Personna GEM Coated (2)
Pre-shave: Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser
Brush: None
Lather: Barbasol Original
Aftershave: Cold water rinse;

No nicks; No irritation; close; smooth; Pleasant DFS+ result.

The Sabre is a very nice Blackland creation.

Shave log summary 20220620

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220625
Razor: Blackland Vector (54)
Blade: Feather AC Professional Blade (5)
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Sheep
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Alum; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut; Stirling Unscented Post Shave Balm

No nicks; No irritation; Very Close and Very smooth. A pleasant DFS+ steep angle shave. 4 passes + touchups.

Alum report was medium low.

Shave log summary 20220620

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220625
Razor: Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 Knurled Handle
Blade: Lord Platinum Class (3)
Preshave: Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser
Brush: None
Lather: Barbasol Original
Aftershave: Cold Water Rinse

No nicks; No irritation; Close and Very Smooth. A pleasant DFS+ shave.

Shave log summary 20220620

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220626
Razor: Blackland Vector (55)
Blade: Feather AC Professional Blade (6)
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Sheep
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Alum; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut; Stirling Unscented Post Shave Balm

No nicks; No irritation; Very Close and Very smooth. A pleasant DFS+ steep angle shave. 3 passes + touchups.

Alum report was low.

Shave log summary 20220620

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220627
Razor: Blackland Vector (56)
Blade: Feather AC Professional Blade (7)
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Sheep
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Alum; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut; Stirling Unscented Post Shave Balm

No nicks; No irritation; Very Close and Very smooth. A pleasant DFS+ steep angle shave. 3 passes + touchups.

Alum report was low.

Shave log summary 20220620

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220628
Razor: Blackland Vector (57)
Blade: Feather AC Professional Blade (8)
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Sheep
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Alum; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut;

No nicks; No irritation; Very Close and Very smooth. A pleasant DFS+ steep angle shave. 3 passes + touchups.

Alum report was low.

Shave log summary 20220620

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220629
Razor: Blackland Vector (58)
Blade: Feather AC Professional Blade (9)
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Sheep
Aftershave: Cold water rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut;

No nicks; No irritation; Very Close and Very smooth. A pleasant DFS+ steep angle shave. 4 passes.

If I could stop the blade from wearing out on the eighth use I would do it.

Fantastic error free shave.

Shave log summary 20220620

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220630
Razor: Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 Knurled Handle
Blade: Lord Platinum Class (1)
Preshave: Hot shower
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Sheep
Aftershave: Cold Water Rinse; Aqua Velva Classic

No nicks; No irritation; Close and Very Smooth. A pleasant DFS+ shave.

I love these error free shaves!!!

Shave log summary 20220620

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220701
Razor: Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 Knurled Handle
Blade: Lord Platinum Class (2)
Preshave: Hot shower
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Sheep
Aftershave: Cold Water Rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Coconut

No nicks; No irritation; Close and Very Smooth. A pleasant DFS+ shave.

A repeat of yesterday’s shave WRT closeness and smoothness.

Shave log summary 20220620

Cheers!!!

 

[GBerry]

20220701
Razor: Stirling Soap Co ST plate (1)
Blade: Lord Platinum Classic (1)
Pre-shave: Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser
Brush: none
Lather: Barbasol Original
Aftershave: Cold water rinse

Surprise, the Stirling ST came in tonight. I could not resist taking this razor for a spin.

No nicks; No irritation; Very close; Smooth; Pleasant 1 pass DFS shave.

This razor has a large gap and a very good amount of exposure. The Barbasol was not really good enough for a second pass. No doubt a second pass would smooth things out a bit.

Shave log summary 20220620

Cheers!!!