Shave Roulette

[kingfisher]

3271 brought the Mamba into the shave for the first time in seemingly forever. Main razor was the Feather SS, which I actually loaded up with a fresh Schick Proline blade just last night. (Also loaded a fresh Gillette 7 o'clock black blade into the Mamba.) I used the Mamba on the Meta 4 handle.

Lather was Savannah Sunrise lathered up with a vintage Rubberset.

Had a great shave. Ended up with the tiniest bit of irritation just to the right of the Adam's apple; this occurred because my wife suddenly walked through the bathroom door right when I had my open blade over that area (I thought she was still asleep!). But it was really only a bit of irritation; no cut, no weeper, no nothing; considering the circumstances, I think I did pretty well.

The Mamba is quite similar to the Meta 4 except that the blade loads on the baseplate on the former, and that the Mamba safety bar is quite thin. This shave gave me an idea to do a comparison shave for the DE subforum pitting the Mamba against the Meta 4. They have a lot of similarities.

 

[JAHE]

SPIN for Monday, March 8

Spoiler: SPIN

8441

Have some great shaves!

 

[pdieten]

Still Sunday here. This is my 3271. Excellent today.

 

[JAHE]

SPIN for Thuesday, March 9

Spoiler: SPIN

4911

Have some great shaves!

 

[Ryanshh]

SPIN for Wednesday, March 10

Spoiler: Today's Spin

5943

I'll be taking over this week, hopefully I can provide as many high quality shaves as @JAHE has. I will be trying to post around this time to accommodate diverse time-zones.

Enjoy your shaves!

 

[Ryanshh]

SPIN for Thursday, March 11

Spoiler: Today's Spin

3691

May your day and your face both be smooth.

Enjoy your shaves!


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[pdieten]

Almost forgot to post my 5943 from this morning. It was a good one

 

[Ryanshh]

SPIN for Friday, March 12

Spoiler: Today's Spin

9557

Sorry for the delay. Now go out and shave!

 

[Ryanshh]

SPIN for Sat, March 13

Spoiler: Today's Spin

8014

So I guess I managed to toggle my reminder to PM instead of AM. Sad day folks.

Think I have it fixed, Enjoy your shaves

 

[Ryanshh]

SPIN for Sunday, March 14

Spoiler: Today's Spin

2759

Quick turn around since I got things fixed for today. Happy shaves!

 

[Ryanshh]

SPIN for Monday, March 15

Spoiler: Today's Spin

2408

Hope those of you who sprang forward today didn't have that hour come out of your shave time. Hope you have great Monday shaves, great start to a smooth week.

 

[kingfisher]

Great shave last night with my Feather SS and my iKon 101. Lather smelled great and shaved great.... it was Wickham's Club Cola. I have found that about five drops of glycerin added during lathering makes the Club Cola even better.

 

[pdieten]

Still Sunday here. This is 2759. Proraso Blue, Simpsons 57, Gillette Heritage (+Spoiler) and Lucky Tiger.

Can’t go wrong with your lather with that cream and brush. Excellent shave, though the Heritage will probably move on when someone else wants one. I have better razors.

 

[Ryanshh]

SPIN for Tuesday, March 16

Spoiler: Today's Spin

6940

Have a great day!

 

[kingfisher]

Today shave brought out the Soapy Science Lollipop Citrus, my Kai Kasho folding replaceable blade straight, and it called for the Knack for clean-up. I love the Knack, but when I reached into the drawer to get it, I saw my Pils staring at me with a lonely look on its face. So, I bucked the numbers and loaded up the Pils. For the brush, soap, and shavette I followed the numbers.
Teo passes plus touch-up yielded a DFS today. Really nice. I got a tiny bit of irritation on the left low neck, but it was invisible and gone within about five minutes. Overall, an enjoyable shave.

 

[Ryanshh]

SPIN for Wednesday, March 17

Spoiler: Today's Spin

7785

Enjoy your shaves!

 

[Ryanshh]

SPIN for Thursday, March 18

Spoiler: Today's Spin

8921

Could this be the best combo of your week? I certainly don't know, now get out there and find out!

 

[Ryanshh]

SPIN for Friday, March 19

Spoiler: Today's Spin

0910

 

[kingfisher]

Both Thursday’s and Friday’s spins produced the same software for me....in my bets, the second number is the software. Both chose the I Coloniali cream. I almost never use cream. But it produced a pretty good lather for me.

The main razor was the Feather SS, which I love, and the clean-up DE was number zero, which I use as a wild card number. On a whim I decided on the Yaqi Knight Helmet, and loaded it up with a fresh Polsilver SI. (Yes, I was asking for trouble.).

I have to say, tonight’s DE had to have the biggest difference in prices between the handle and the head of any razor I have ever used. I stuck the Knight Helmet on a UFO TiTan Fine L handle. The handle is unobtainium. What is it worth? Probably around $275 to $300. The Knight Helmet head, made of Zamac and from China, costs about $5-6. It made me laugh a little.

Anyway, I had a really good shave. The Knight Helmet is ridiculously aggressive and stupidly blade forward. The only DE I have ever used that has more blade feel than an open blade, lol. But if you use it at a very shallow angle and with a very light touch, it actually shaves pretty well. The gap is enormous, too. I think it would take off 7 days of stubble without any problem; straight to SAS in one pass.

Anyway, long story short, I think of creams as generally being less protective, and I usually don’t put a fresh, very sharp blade in an aggressive razor. Despite all that, I got an excellent shave without any irritation or weepers. I may give this Knight Helmet a few more shaves and see how I get along with it.

 

[pdieten]

0910. Williams soap, Gillette (England) brush, a straight razor and Gillette Cool Wave.

No time for a straight shave this morning, grabbed the Slim instead. Everything worked out flawlessly.