Vintage April, 2024

[barn_iom]

28 April

Gillette Adjustable D1 • Perma-Sharp
Simpsons Bay Rum • Chikuhodo SH-2

From first Gillette yesterday to peak Gillette today?

First shave with this after I couldn't resist any more and bought myself a present to celebrate Vintage/Adjustable April

I played around through the settings quite a bit so it's hard to get a true impression, but I found it to be excellent through the mid-range. It's also just beautifully engineered - no wonder it cost 5 times more than than the 195. Absolutely superb shave this morning! Very impressed.

 

[ajkel64]

1) Great Britain: Brush Simpson Trafalgar T3.
2) Germany: Shaving Soap Palmolive Shave Stick.
3) USA: Razor Gillette NDC Gold Ball End Tech.
4) China: Razor Blade London Bridge Super Stainless blade.
5) France: Alum Block Osma.
6) France: Aftershave Balm Gillette Pro Sensitive Deep Comfort Gel After Shave.
7) India: Aftershave Splash Gillette Arctic Ice Bold Aftershave Splash.

 

[BradWorld]

Gillette Rocket. Not an HD.

 

[Clouds]

Hol-Pif or Le Supreme? - You tell me after you have gone through THIS thread. Cross posted in Adjustable April 24 HERE​

 

[preidy]

47 Aristocrat Jr

 

[ChrisPL68]

 

[GBerry]

20240428
Razor: GEM Feather Weight V1 (12)
Blade: Personna GEM Coated (5)
Pre-Shave: Hot shower; Cereve Hydrating Facial Cleanser
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Lather: Van der Hagen Unscented Luxury
Aftershave: Cold water rinse

No nicks; No irritation; Close; smooth; A pleasant DFS shave. I stole this blade from the Sabre. I should have used a new one. This blade was pulling hard.

Cheers!!!

 

[Shaun asleep]

 

[SmokedStanley]

1960 F1 Fatboy, Astra sp, Rubberset no #, OS soap. Just a great combo to start the day.

 

[gpjoe]

...my bad gentlemen - I just realised my birth year is outside of our vintage boundary!...

WHAAAT??!!?!??

Oh well, as far as I'm concerned a razor from the '70s is vintage...since it's your birth year does that mean you're also "vintage"?...I know I'm well past, but prefer "classic".

 

[Guido75]

WHAAAT??!!?!??

Oh well, as far as I'm concerned a razor from the '70s is vintage...since it's your birth year does that mean you're also "vintage"?...I know I'm well past, but prefer "classic".

I’ll be vintage next year. First 49 this year and then the big 5 0 next year! So now apparently still a young timer

 

[hopper_64]

Sunday Vintage April 28

Eversharp Hydro-magic ’500’
Schick Injector (1)
Yaqi Tuxedo 28mm
Proraso Wood & Spice
Floid The Genuine

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Cheers

 

[mgweatherly]

Sunday morning vintage April shave rated 9.75/10 using:

• Razor: 1956 English Gillette Aristocrat De Luxe
• Blade: 1970s Personna 74 (3)
• Brush: Fendrihan synthetic
• Pre-shave: Noxzema
• Soap: Dutch Van der Lovett (thank you @Guido75)
• Post shave: Thayer’s unscented Witch Hazel followed by Old Spice splash and Stirling Christmas Eve balm

The third shave with the Personna 74, this time in my beautiful, minty 1956 English Gillette Aristocrat De Luxe, was wonderful. The blade remains quite sharp as shown by a couple minor weepers and a very efficient two-pass+ shave to BBS. Love this razor and blade combo.

My shave scoring log is found HERE.

Happy shaves everyone

 

[gpjoe]

Tech (B3 1956)
GSB
MdC
Simpson
Tuncer No.2

 

[Spartan76]

Razor - Canadian Pre-war Tech Blade - Gillette Nacet (2) Brush - Trotter handcrafts / Omega Soap - MDC Original After Shave - B&M Passiflora (the never ending bottle) After Shave Balm - A&E Post-Shave Serum Fragrance - Pré de Provence No. 63 EDT

 

[Whiterook]

Razor: Schick G4 Schick 66 Injector Razor
Blade: Schick Plus Platinum injector
Brush: Paladin Chief 2023 B&B Contributor Brush
Pre-Shave: Proraso White Pre-Shave Cream
Lather: Truefitt & Hill Grafton
Aftershave: Truefitt and Hill Grafton Aftershave Balm
Additional Care:
Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented
Nivea Post Shave Balm
Imperial Leather Talcum Powder

 

[Guido75]

View attachment 1837402
Razor: Schick G4 Schick 66 Injector Razor
Blade: Schick Plus Platinum injector
Brush: Paladin Chief 2023 B&B Contributor Brush
Pre-Shave: Proraso White Pre-Shave Cream
Lather: Truefitt & Hill Grafton
Aftershave: Truefitt and Hill Grafton Aftershave Balm
Additional Care:
Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented
Nivea Post Shave Balm
Imperial Leather Talcum Powder

Dave, is this an original Schick colour? Or has it been revamped? Either way it looks absolutely amazing!!

Enjoy!

Guido.

 

[Tanuki]

Dave, is this an original Schick colour? Or has it been revamped? Either way it looks absolutely amazing!!

Enjoy!

Guido.

Authentic! I slightly regret giving my pristine 66 away.

 

[Whiterook]

Dave, is this an original Schick colour? Or has it been revamped? Either way it looks absolutely amazing!!

Enjoy!

Guido.

Guido,
That is the original color of the Schick 66 handle. It's kind of a dark blue so you need the correct lighting and background to catch it.

Thanks!

Dave

 

[Tanuki]

100% vintage razors, but still playing hooky too much...

A few days back, pure Japanese straight and strop, Made Rite pure badger original knot butterscotch brush:

Today, too many razors, doing a shave test of my honing of a pristine Cattaraugus SR:

1909 Gillette ABC Scroll DE / Nacet
Cattaraugus G52T, Little Valley NY
Robeson ShurEdge 16-C-250, Rochester, NY
Williams Mug vintage high tallow soap
Stanley badger, original knot
alum and Dickinson's Witch Hazel

Hey, it fits my face. Skin exposed to the weather, that's me, all right!

The Cattaraugus passed the test, but with a B, not an A.