Shave of the Week Society (SWS)

[Leverspro]

Nine weeks!! Congratulations man. That's hero level impulse control.

Ha! Not nine weeks with the same kit! Nine weeks with a different razor each week. No hero here.
After this week and the Karve I'm intending a very loose definition of fixed, and will use only SE for a while.

 

[MaineYooper]

Octuple Fixed Four Schick Shaving Show

Part 3: Type G

The Type G has been described by Rusty as God's gift to shavers! Mine is the cream handle, and using the Dummies Guides by BBS, I believe it to be the 3rd variant from 1953 or '54. It was already loaded with a Schick Injector blade from Japan (they come in dispensers of 10 blades) and got its eleventh shave late morning. Wonderful! The brush I received from Paul (mrdoug) and has a Maggard Razors 24mm premium boar knot. What a beautiful thing this brush is! Below is a view of the knot after cleanup. And the soap is a favorite of mine, Stirling Sheep.

And because it was a late morning shave, done after dropping my wife off at the infusion clinic, I played music, which almost never happens during the shave. And to really break free, I had a mug of coffee with me!

This was my first Kansas album, purchased in 1977 just before they released Point of Know Return.

One problem I discovered while shaving and listening to music was finding myself trying to make various sounds to accentuate the music while pulling a sharp blade across my face!

 

[hopper_64]

My setup for this week, first shave today

Eversharp Hydro-magic ’500’
Schick Injector (15)
Omega EVO 2.0
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Proraso Sandalwood

Cheers
Jocke

 

[Guido75]

I am kind of mixing it up for March, so I haven’t kept to a weekly kit. When I get my head around a working rotation I will check in again. March is for experimenting with that.

Enjoy your shaves!

Guido

 

[JAHE]

SWS 10.2/2023

It's Wednesday. For the second half of 10th week I bring back into rotation my

• LUPO .72 SB with SSC Austin handle
• Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime Soap/AS
• Feather

Happy shaves!
Guido

 

[Guido75]

SWS 10.2/2023

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It's Wednesday. For the second half of 10th week I bring back into rotation my

• LUPO .72 SB with SSC Austin handle
• Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime Soap/AS
• Feather

Happy shaves!
Guido

Guido,

You are doing a midweek rotation right? So two rotation per week?

Guido

 

[JAHE]

Guido,

You are doing a midweek rotation right? So two rotation per week?

Guido

Guido,

That's exactly right.

Basically, my "first half of the week setup" is used from Saturday to Monday, on Tallow Tabac Tuesday I take a wildcard (I might stick to the razor/blade combo on Tuesday, too, if I have skipped a shave or if I'm just in the mood to do so), the "second half of the week setup" is used from Wednesday to Friday.

It works fine for me this way, since it retains variety but allows me to observe razor/blade combos for three consecutive shaves... in order to find out the fine prints of certain combos. If I then feel the need to prolong the "three day period" it's easy to do, I just continue with the setup.

And, another advantage for me is that a "two setups per week approach" allows me to participate in the "day related events" (Mühle Mondays, Wolfman Wednesday... etc) more frequently.

On Saturday it starts all over again... for me and everyone else who chooses the setup on a weekly basis.

I really enjoy the "SWS" this way.

Cheers,
The other Guido

 

[Guido75]

Excellent Guido @JAHE! I think this Guido will follow suit as this might be the solution to my problem/challenge.

Cheers,

The other Guido

 

[bjm]

My setup for next week...
Wolfman WR1-SB
Gillette Silver Blue
Simpsons Eagle G3
Catie's Bubbles 'Tonsorial Parlour'



Have a good shave today and a better one tomorrow

 

[JAHE]

My setup for next week...
Wolfman WR1-SB
Gillette Silver Blue
Simpsons Eagle G3
Catie's Bubbles 'Tonsorial Parlour'

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Have a good shave today and a better one tomorrow

Another mouthwatering SWS setup, Benjamin! Wishing you a bunch of awesome shaves!

 

[Rusty Blade]

Here is my kit for the coming week starting tomorrow (Sunday).
Razor: Fendrihan DE
Blade: Personna Lab Blues. (My new favourite DE blade. These blades have it all -- sharp and smooth!)
Brush: Semogue Boar. It is my intention to use this brush exclusively for the next month. I am trying to recreate the old days for me when I only had one boar brush in my den. My boars used to get super soft with regular daily use by developing split ends.
Soap: Le Pere Lucien unscented. This was one of my travel soaps, but since I dont travel much any more I have added this soap to my regular rotation.
ASB: DR Harris Rose Milk
Wax: Fisticuffs
I hope everyone is well. Have a great week of shaves!

 

[JAHE]

SWS 11.1/2023

Blackland Ti'Bird SB
Tallow Speick /AS
Gillette Wilkinson Sword (China)

My Speick soaps lives in the bowl pictured. I'm not a fan of the rather thin Speick shaving sticks thus I grated three of them (150 g) into this large bowl...
Looking forward for some nice shaves with this setup.

Have some great shaves and a sunny weekend, y'all!
Guido

 

[flask28]

SWS 11.1/2023

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Blackland Ti'Bird SB
Tallow Speick /AS
Gillette Wilkinson Sword (China)

My Speick soaps lives in the bowl pictured. I'm not a fan of the rather thin Speick shaving sticks thus I grated three of them (150 g) into this large bowl...
Looking forward for some nice shaves with this setup.

Have some great shaves and a sunny weekend, y'all!
Guido

Super Speick Bowl!! What a great idea!

 

[JAHE]

Super Speick Bowl!! What a great idea!

I do prefer it to the OEM stick, especially when it comes to lathering a badger brush. Loading the knot is very comfortable this way.
It only took me 5 minutes and a ruthless use of a cheese grater...

 

[flask28]

A cheese grater is the way to go for sure. I experimented with a garlic press trying to make a MWF stick and it turned out fine - but sort of creepy looking

 

[Balin]

It does look like there are larvae in that tube, lol. At least they are not wriggling

 

[bjm]

Another mouthwatering SWS setup, Benjamin! Wishing you a bunch of awesome shaves!

Thanks, Guido. I purchased the WR2 .95 and WR1 .61 last year, but I'm just now getting around to using them.

I thought the lower blade gaps wouldn't provide close shaves but I was mistaken; they are efficient enough for a two-pass shave and mild enough if I want to go for more passes.

 

[Balin]

My plan for the week!

My brush rotation will be my 3 Simpsons 2-band brushes.

@bjm I am with you on the milder gap Wolfmans still being efficient!

 

[MaineYooper]

Here is my kit for the coming week starting tomorrow (Sunday).
Razor: Fendrihan DE
Blade: Personna Lab Blues. (My new favourite DE blade. These blades have it all -- sharp and smooth!)
Brush: Semogue Boar. It is my intention to use this brush exclusively for the next month. I am trying to recreate the old days for me when I only had one boar brush in my den. My boars used to get super soft with regular daily use by developing split ends.
Soap: Le Pere Lucien unscented. This was one of my travel soaps, but since I dont travel much any more I have added this soap to my regular rotation.
ASB: DR Harris Rose Milk
Wax: Fisticuffs
I hope everyone is well. Have a great week of shaves!
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Great looking set up, Rusty! I love the Semogue brush I have, it is most likely my favorite boar.

 

[MaineYooper]

Octuple Fixed Four Schick Shaving Show

Part 4: Type I Hydro-magic

The razor used for Part 4 will be my Type I black handled Hydro-magic, short lever with no writing on it, circa 1954-'58. It started with a Schick blade on its sixth use. This is my favorite injector razor. Why? It is so smooth and efficient. Brush is a Klenzo B1126 handle with the outstanding Maggard Razors 20mm Super High Density 2-band badger knot.

And today a new member of the Suds Squad was welcomed!

This morning the Ethos Tibu Sabuni arrived and I actually went down the the mailbox so I could shave with it! It worked pretty darn good. I scooped out close to Frank's recommended amount (1/2 tsp) and loaded in a bowl while carefully wetting the brush. I forgot that he'd written that it can take a bit of water and you need to do it over time, but as I don't read before doing things, I discovered it for myself!

As I sit here writing this, my face feels great, better than usual! But one mustn't be too hasty (see Treebeard post above). It could be the whole routine or it may be that Frank has made something magical! (Given my affinity for Tolkien, let's go with magical!) I am looking forward to using this soap and combo for the next 4 shaves, at which point it will be onto Part 5 of the Octuple Fixed Four Schick Shaving Show.