What did you use today? +Rate the shave 1-10 (10 best)

[Vacumatic]

Pre-shave:- Imperial Leather
Bowl/Scuttle:- None
Brush:- Synthetic
Soap/Cream:- Palmolive Shave Stick
Razor/Blade:- Gillette Tech and Supermax
Post/After-shave: Cocoa Butter and night cream mix to keep my allure
Fragrance:- Lacoste


Good razor and blade, nice shave 10/10

 

[Sherlock40]

Pre: Cremo Cooling Formula
Razor: Timeless Ti 0.68SB
Blade: Personna Med Prep (1)
Brush: Shavemac silvertip 2-band
Lather: Proraso green shaving cream
Post: Cold water rinse, TOBS Jermyn Street aftershave cream

9.75/10

 

[GringoBandito]

My first shave with the Karve “b” plate and gsb blade! Great shave but I think I’ll try the c plate tomorrow. All in all, it’s an excellent razor. 8/10 for closeness

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[Tirvine]

Hot water splashed on the old physiognomy.
A good lather of TOBS sandalwood soap with a Kent BK4. Worked up a little extra for the third pass.
The slicing of the whiskers by means of three passes with a PIR (2) in an EJ DE89. The "first shave blues" were but a memory as the blade was smooth and efficient, providing virtually no stubble feedback by the ATG.
Shower.
Splash of 4711 cologne as aftershave.


Smooth, comfortable, and back to 10/10. Happiness.

 

[Ravenonrock]

Wednesday morning shave

Razor: Johan Engstrom frameback
Brush: Boar
Soap: Lea
Post: Brut

A very nice shave this morning. Lea is a fine soap and I quite like the cream as well. Very much like the feel of this razor.
Happy Wednesday all!

9/10

 

[chromedometone]

Brush: Semogue 1305 knot set in a custom Rudy Vey replica handle.
Razor: Gem Jr.
Blade: Personna Gem PTFE (on second use)
Sopa: Cella EEP.
A/S: Proraso Red splash.

Much better shave today. Back up to 7.5/10.

 

[Tirvine]

I think the idea is to share your enjoyment of a nice shave setup. If you start spending more time photographing your shave stuff than actually shaving with it, it's time for a rethink.

Or you could be like me with one razor, one brush, two soaps (Is it wretched excess if one was a gift?), two very similar sorts of blades (Crystals and UK packaged PIRs), and a big old bottle of 4711. I have shared a photo (or several). I figure the thrill is gone.

 

[Tirvine]

Birthday Shave:

Razor: Birth Year Vintage Gillette Super Speed
Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium
Soap: Vintage Shulton Old Spice
AS: Vintage Shulton Old Spice
EdT: Vintage Shulton Old Spice EdT Spray

Belated greetings. Have fun shaving your way around the sun again!

 

[Eben Stone]

Prep: hot towel and Shave Secret
Blade: Gillette 7 o'clock black #6
Razor: Muhle R41
Brush: Muhle synthetic
Soap: TBS maca root
Aftershave: alum, Thayers rose witch hazel, TBS maca root

3 pass: hot WTG, lukewarm XTG, cold ATG. Riding the cap.

A few little weepers. Zero alum burn. This cream is slick. This is about the same closeness as I get with a Feather #2.

No tugging: 5
No nicks: 5
No irritation: 5
Closeness: 4.5
DFS+ (above the jawline, below looks good but feels rough)

9.75/10

 

[LostInCincy]

Brush: Maggards 24mm SHD 2-band
Soap: Declaration Grooming Massacre of the Innocents
Razor: Razorock Mamba 70
Blade Gillette Platinum

9/10: I’ve reset this knot a number of times and really like where it is now. Lather continues to impress from DG.

 

[Whiterook]

Razor: Gillette Brownie
Blade: Gillette King C. Gillette Platinum
Brush: Simpson's Butterscotch Chubby 2 Synthetic
Pre-Shave: Proraso White
Lather: Essence of Scotland Malt N Myrtle
Aftershave: Old Spice Classic
Additional Care:
Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented
Pinaud Finest powder
Rating Ten

 

[Atlantic59]

Or you could be like me with one razor, one brush, two soaps (Is it wretched excess if one was a gift?), two very similar sorts of blades (Crystals and UK packaged PIRs), and a big old bottle of 4711. I have shared a photo (or several). I figure the thrill is gone.

You sound like one of those people who really are saving money by shaving this way! I'm shocked!

 

[SRLNY]

Preshave: Phytomer Global Pur (didn't photo it)
Razor: H&S NO75
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum
Brush: Elite Razor 26mm Tormaline High Mountain White (brand new)
Soap: A&E Club Baccara (new version in Kaizen 2) (brand new)
AS: A&E Club Baccara (brand new)

Smooth, very smooth, shave. No nicks, no irritations. At BBS or close to it everywhere. The new A&E base is great stuff -- I'm not sure whether it is better than the original "Kaizen" base; will be testing it over the next few days to see. I can say I love this new brush; the hand feel is absolutely spot on and the bristles (even on a first shave) were lovely. Shave as a whole was great. Rating: 9+

 

[Tirvine]

You sound like one of those people who really are saving money by shaving this way! I'm shocked!

Yeah, I just got 27 shaves off a blade that was $14 for a hundred, and an 800 ml bottle of 4711 is $32 and lasts a year! I just replaced a thirty year old brush. Fear not, I am pondering an SS razor, but I am not sure which.

 

[Test4echo]

Blade: Polsilver Stainless (9)
Razor: Merkur Progress
Brush: PAA The Green Ray
Soap: Fitjar Havn
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman

9.5/10

 

[pellidon]

Henson Al13 razor, purple
Proraso Green tube
Synthetic brush (from Etsy, no brand)
Bic Chrome Platinum blade (day 2)
7/10 this blade eats my face. Tried one in a vintage Tech, cuts. Weishi TTO, cuts. Henson, cuts. I can't find a home for these Bic blades. And I just bought 100 so I have a bunch to get rid of if I can't find a good combo of razor & blade.

 

[Fred D]

SOTD
Razor: Fatip Grande OC
Blade: Feather (2)
Brush: Yaqi 26mm Brown Synthetic
Soap: MWF

Just because I'm quite stubborn, I decided to give MWF another try today after my sub par results previously. I made a couple of changes and had much better results.
1. I have hard water here, but that's never given me a problem with any other soaps or creams, but just to experiment I used purified bottled water.
2. I used my smooth stainless lather bowl instead of the Timeless bowl I usually use. I thought the ribbed Timeless bowl might be causing a liitle too much agitating of the MWF and causing the airy lather problems.
3. I tried the Yaqi brown synthetic brush because it has a little more back bone than others I have. (yes I did try my Omega 48 Boar brush, but with no improvement.)
So to make a long story short, I did finally achieve a nice creamy and slick lather with MWF. Yay!
Had a wonderful smooth BBS shave with the combination of gear I used today.
10 / 10

 

[SharpieB]

- Prep: Shower and Proraso White preshave balm
- Brush: Simpson T2 Synthetic
- Razor: Rockwell 6S (plate 3)
- Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Green Russian (1)
- Soap: Stirling Arkadia
- Aftershave: Stirling Arkadia
- Post Shave: Alum Block and Neutrogena Hydroboost Facial Gel Creme with Hyaluronic Acid. (Good stuff for about $10 on Amazon)

I really need to stop trying for that perfect shave and going XTG on my 3rd pass. It WAS a perfectly smooth shave but with a few weepers.

I am not sure if I have tried the Russian Green blades previously but they are sharp and fairly smooth. Not my favourite Gillette, but they are a really good blade.

8.5/10

 

[cryhavoc]

Birthday Shave:

Razor: Birth Year Vintage Gillette Super Speed
Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium
Soap: Vintage Shulton Old Spice
AS: Vintage Shulton Old Spice
EdT: Vintage Shulton Old Spice EdT Spray

Happy Belated Birthday @OkieStubble

 

[OkieStubble]

Happy Belated Birthday @OkieStubble

Thanks bro!