Vintage April, 2023

[lasta]

Kicking off my first shave of April:

I was going to use a really old carbon steel blade, but unwrapped 3 of them this morning and found them all rusty.

20's razor, 80's blades, my oldest surviving brush, and a soap that has been made since 1945.

Razor: Gillette Tuckaway - Beautiful, smooth, and very efficient.
Blade: '88 Gillette Super Stainless - Excellent blade, sharp and smooth, amongst the top of my list for vintage.
Brush: Omega 10005 - My second brush ever and a faithful 12 year companion. Lost most of it's backbone, but lathers perfectly. Well used boars really are softer than silvertips!
Soap: TFS Ciotola Rossa - Absolutely delicious, I could eat this with a spoon.
AS: Floid

Cheers!

 

[Beto Salatini]

I have an extra Slim if you want one. I've been thinking of putting it on BST for some time.

I'd love to, but I'll have to wait until the end of April GRUME and maybe a little beyond as I've been spending my last few pennies on a Greencult 2.0 last week… anyway thank you so much and congrats on the good taste!

 

[Guido75]

Date	01.04.2023
365 daily shaves | GRUYERE	91/365 (100%)
GRUME April | Soap of the Month Club(SOTMC) | Vintage April	01/30 (100%)

Razor	Blade	Brush
Flat Bottom Tech w/ Lasta Blue	Personna Blue (1)	Simpson T3
Soap	Passes (3:here and 2.5: here)	Pre- & Post-shave
TGS Inferno	2.5​	Cold splash Floïd

Efficiency (scoring details here)	Quality
8/10 (~20 minutes)	8.5/10 (minor weepers)
Effectiveness	Comfort
7/10 (DFS)	8/10 (comfortable)

Notes to today’s shave:

Opening Vintage April with my first vintage razor and the one that really send me down the razor and vintage rabbit hole. The pairing with my @lasta blue handle is fabulous both in appearance and in handling.

First use of the Personna Blue which @Jack Goossen included in a package last year. All in all a nice first encounter.

Great start to the weekend!

Further details to this shave and more can be found in my journal here.

Enjoy your shave!

 

[ivan_101]

For the first shave I have chosen a 1973 Super-Speed with a Gillette Stainless [Russia]. As always excellent results.

 

[Big_T]

My first shave for Vintage April is an excellent result from the last of the 1940's Super Speeds, my birth year Z1, loaded with a vintage Polsilver blade. Along with Arko in a vintage Old Spice mug and an Omega boar brush and Old Spice aftershave.

 

[Heavy_Metal_Hound]

My first Vintage April shave, this morning, was with a late 1950's Gillette Flare Tip Ricket. The results were a good ccs from a wtg & xtg, however I forgot to take a photo so here is a cropped old photo fron my shave journal

 

[ChrisPL68]

 

[jason2]

Cream: Barbasol
Razor/Blade:
Head - 1908 Single Ring w/ 1926? Gillette 3 hole blade
Face/Neck - 1908 Single ring w/ 1926? Gillette 3 hole blade
Aftershave:
Face/Neck - Avon Blue Blazer
Head/Neck - Avon Blue Blazer

Head shave 8/10
Face shave 7/10
The cream 3/10
The Aftershave 10/10
The Experience /10

Too the moon Alice! Kicked off Vintage April and Adjustable April during USA week and King Gillette Weekend! Decided to go all out on this one with as vintage and USA as possible. I didn't have a vintage cream but Barbasol as a brand is Vintage enough for me and still made in the USA. At least the can says that. Everything else was very Vintage and very much made in the US.

Only got 2 weepers on the head and 3 on the face. Not bad for a blade almost 100 years old. That was my first time using a vintage blade and didn't realize how stiff they were. As soon as the top cap hit the blade there was a very noticeable spring like resistance.

I twisted back a 1/4 turn for the sides of my face and went at it. I didn't know what to expect but holy cow it can shave! Was fine going WTG but ATG it tugged A LOT.

Snugged the blade back down for the neck and went super slow here. I pulled my skin as tight as I could and went WTG as much as humanly possible. Still got lots of tugged as my hair grows every which way around my neck. But I got through with a couple weepers.

I went ahead and twisted back an 1/8 turn to get under the nose and attack the chin wires. WTG and XTG on the nose. I should have stuck with just WTG as XTG hurt like heck and drew one more tiny weeper. The chin I went with WTG and ATG with no drama besides lots of tugging.

For the head I went slooooooow. Pulled my skin tight and snugged the blade down. WTG, XTG and said that was good enough. Surprisingly, only got two weepers that weren't bad at all.

Will I ever do this again? Nope, probably not. But that was one heck of a fun experience.

 

[hopper_64]

I'm in

1) never-stop-learning
2) Multum in parvo
3) Guido75
4) cryhavoc
5) Cal
6) Sinbad11
7) Major Overkill
8) Ron R
9) Whiterook
10) purecro
11) Ivan_101
12) Big_T
13) BradWorld
14) lasta
15) zoidberg
16) JAHE
17) jason2
18) LJBraaten
19) Hannah’s Dad
20) mgweatherly
21) TinkersDam
22) Shaveprentice
23) Jayson74
24) KenM
25) cf1
26) Tathlum
27) Crisp Rat
28) epindy1911
29) Calyshaver
30) timetofly
31) Tjsgarden
32) tehnothing
33) JKaboom
34) Heavy_Metal_Hound
35) Hair Scraper
36) emily666
37) hopper_64
38)

 

[hopper_64]

Saturday April 1st

Gillette Old Type
Gillette Rubie (8)
Shavemac 2-Band Fan 24mm
LEA Shave Stick
Stirling Deep Blue Sea

 

[cryhavoc]

1st shave of the month and a great BBS.

Razor: Ever-Ready 1914
Blade: GEM SS PTFE (1)
Soap: Mike's Orange, Cedarwood, Black Pepper
Brush: Vie-Long BGS 2012 Butterscotch Beehive Horse
AS: Pinaud Clubman Citrus Musk

 

[iver]

I'm in

1) never-stop-learning
2) Multum in parvo
3) Guido75
4) cryhavoc
5) Cal
6) Sinbad11
7) Major Overkill
8) Ron R
9) Whiterook
10) purecro
11) Ivan_101
12) Big_T
13) BradWorld
14) lasta
15) zoidberg
16) JAHE
17) jason2
18) LJBraaten
19) Hannah’s Dad
20) mgweatherly
21) TinkersDam
22) Shaveprentice
23) Jayson74
24) KenM
25) cf1
26) Tathlum
27) Crisp Rat
28) epindy1911
29) Calyshaver
30) timetofly
31) Tjsgarden
32) tehnothing
33) JKaboom
34) Heavy_Metal_Hound
35) Hair Scraper
36) emily666
37) hopper_64
38) iver

 

[Crisp Rat]

Starting off with my first vintage razor, a Postwar Tech that I bought in Juneau. Stellar performance with a fresh Nacet blade.

 

[TinkersDam]

Semogue 1470 boar
Haslinger Aloe Vera
Post-war Ball End Tech
Kai Stainless (7)
Aqua Velva

 

[tjsgarden]

SV Saturday
Semogue Saturdays!
Vintage April
1st Day of April GRUME
Q1 of GRUYERE completed
Still on track with 365 Shaves
Whew!

Schick Krona with Q Shave blade, Semogue 830 and SV Manna Di Sicilia

Yesterday Kathy and I did some yard work and started our new herb garden. Potatoes and onions are in the ground and tomatoes and peppers will be soon. (We discovered the Mediterranean Diet a couple months ago) The LSU ladies basketball team advanced to the March Madness Championship Game.
Today our granddaughter has a couple of her paintings on display at a local art gallery and more men's March Madness games tonight. Oh yeah, I gotta mow the yard later this afternoon. We're cooking falafels and rice for supper. Whew!

to the start of a new month!

Please take care of yourself and each other.

 

[epindy1911]

Saturday Morning Shave-

Pre Shave: Hot Shower, Proraso White

Badger: Stirling 2 Band Finest Fan
Blade: Rapira
Razor: 195 E2 on 4
Soap: NO Rawr
Post Shave: NO Bare

Rating: 9/10

Notes: DFS+. Let’s kick off Vintage April!! I have an order in on a pre-war tech. Gotta be able to shake it up.

 

[DesertIguana]

Look at Old Vintage Razors is looking back on American History.

50 year old plus Razor still work, plus some are being used by grandchildren of original buyers.

Corporate America has a bond good products that work, last, for products with short life.

 

[ivan_101]

Look at Old Vintage Razors is looking back on American History.

50 year old plus Razor still work, plus some are being used by grandchildren of original buyers.

Corporate America has a bond good products that work, last, for products with short life.

What if I use a vintage German, French, Polish or Russian razor?

 

[DesertIguana]

What if I use a vintage German, French, Polish or Russian razor?

Point is lots of Old Vintage item keep working, they are still good if they preform job, and our made any place.

 

[dmshaver]

I'm happy to participate in Vintage April! I'm using my PreWar Tech with a wonderful stainless steel Company Time handle made by the craftsman & gentleman @Rosseforp. The blade randomly selected today was the Gillette Minora Stainless.