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

[OhioBob]

Pre Shave: Warm Shower, Glycerin Soap face wash
Razor: Colonial General V2
Blade: Kai ProTouch
Brush: WCS Beacon Silvertip
Soap: Stirling Barbershop
Post Shave: Cold Water Rinse, Nivea Sensitive Post Shave Balm, Proraso Red AS
Rating: 9.875/10 Excellent BBS two pass shave. No weepers, cuts or irritation.

 

[Chard52142]

Weird. I just had my first shave with a Kai and liked it. Kai blades come with no markings on the wrapper or on the blade.

Weird indeed. I heard so much about how good this blade was and are going to order a few tucks. I received 2 blades sampler with a white wrapper and no markings whatsoever. Is it like this??

 

[ouchyfoot]

Weird indeed. I heard so much about how good this blade was and are going to order a few tucks. I received 2 blades sampler with a white wrapper and no markings whatsoever. Is it like this??
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Yep. I had a 64 blade sampler and could never figure out what this unmarked one was until I opened up a standard tuck. The tuck is marked but the blades and wraps are not.

 

[Chard52142]

Yep. I had a 64 blade sampler and could never figure out what this unmarked one was until I opened up a standard tuck. The tuck is marked but the blades and wraps are not.

Must be a dud blade. I'll try the 2nd and see how...thanks for assisting!

 

[Whiterook]

Razor: Schick F New and Improved Injector razor
Blade: Personna Injector
Brush: Simpson's Duke 3 Sapphire Special Edition in synthetic
Pre-Shave: Proraso White
Lather: Art of Shaving Sandalwood Cream
Aftershave: Mennen Skin Bracer
Additional Care:
Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented
Pinaud Finest powder
Rating Ten

 

[cryhavoc]

Today's shave:

Razor: 1915 Gillette Single Ring
Brush: Personna Israeli Red (2)
Soap: Tabac stick
Brush: Omega 10065 boar
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Musk

Rating: 9/10

 

[Smooth and Sharp]

Excellent shave to start the month
Tried a 4th time on Astra sp and was still smooth and sharp. As for the AS, even an hour later it smells sooo good.
Razor : FOCS
Blade : Astra sp (4)
Brush : Fendrihan tuxedo 24mm
Soap : Saponificio Varesino Desert Vetiver
Icy water rince ( winter coming so cold water getting colder )
Thayers witch Hazel
AS : Saponificio Varesino Desert Vetiver
10/10
Take care

 

[Atlantic59]

Pearl OC frankenrazor - Bolt of Indra
7 O'clock Yellow (2)
Yaqi Purple Haze / Mew Brown synth brush
365 glycerin soap wash
Cella red tub
Dickinson's witch hazel
RR Son of Zeus splash

Clean, close shave; accidental BBS

Notes:

• Bolt of Indra - Pearl OC base + SABI cap + SABI Bull Mastiff handle
• Sometimes you get lucky -- do you want to play a game?

Shave Roulette

Next shave is => Dead Sea + Vie-Long Horse + Pearl OC Franken + Feather Another challenging one. Must avoid peeling off the outer layer of skin.

www.badgerandblade.com

 

[Fred D]

Razor - Game Changer .68 SB
Blade - Crystal
Soap - Pre de Provence No. 63
Brush - Simpson Trafalgar T3
9/10

 

[Kyle89]

Soap: Cella
Razor: '79 U.K. Tech
Blade: 7 O'clock SS
Brush: Omega Boar
Aftershave: Pinaud VIBR
Balm: Nivea Sensitive

First shave in a few days. Was going to bust out the single edge, but I missed the Tech because I did OCtober. Got a nice shave going ATG on the 3rd pass, of which I'm slowly but surely getting better at. Only 1 weeper on the 2nd pass.

9/10

 

[Vaporstang]

My Sunday Early Afternoon Shave

Prep: Warm shower​

Strop: Tony Miller​

Two pass shave: WTG, ATG/XTG​

Razor: Buck 39 Salient by Caleb Cooper - Matte Black G10​

Pre-Shave Cream: Proraso Red, Sandalwood & Shea Butter​

Brush: Elite Razor Quilted Sapele w/ 24mm Mother Load​

Soap: Colonel Conk Natural Shave Cream Rio Grande Lavender​

Aftershave: Proraso Blue Alcohol Free Aftershave Balm, Aloe and Vitamin E​

Rating: 9.9/10 DFS! No irritation, one "vanishing" nick...

1. I love this brush!
2. I love this soap!
3. I backed off of the pre-shave cream a little. I think I have been applying it too heavily the last couple of shaves...
4. This razor was dragging a little yesterday. I gave it a mini paste stropping treatment, and it was back to excellent today.

 

[Ravenonrock]

Sunday morning shave

Blade: Ontario Cutlery Co. Easy Cutter
Brush: Boar
Soap: Mogno
Post: Gillette splash

Not shaving the moustache and chin area for Movember makes quick work of it. Easy cutter is aptly named. Soap and splash round out the experience. Fantastic!

9/10

 

[ouchyfoot]

Must be a dud blade. I'll try the 2nd and see how...thanks for assisting!

For me, sharper blades such as Feather and Kai seem to work best with milder razors like Gillette techs and Superspeeds.

 

[Benzadmiral]

36-hour beard

Gillette postwar fat-handed Tech in yellow gold; Feather blade (3)

Erasmic soap in the red-lidded tub

APShaveCo synthetic brush

Clubman SR aftershave, Assured lotion, Clubman powder

No shower or hot towel today; I did this like our grandfathers did (though they didn't have synthetic brushes -- and may not have bothered with lotion). I washed my face, put a little Erasmic into the beard, then loaded the brush and face-lathered. A simple 1-to-2 pass shave, WTG on everything, then ATG on the throat, no cleanup, aftershave, lotion, and powder, done. And I rinsed the powder off after a few minutes and spritzed on some Hollywood by Playboy cologne. I can tell my throat is not BBS, but I was't chasing that, and when I shave again on Tuesday morning my beard will be easier to plane off. Verdict: 9.2.

 

[spookmeister]

B&M Hallows Soft heart
Rockwell 6S
Plisson brush
Captain’s Choice cat o nine tails

Shave was a 9.5 out of 10

 

[Hydguy]

Sunday Shave
Pre-shave: Shower/hot washcloth/PAA The Cube
Razor: English Post War Tech
Blade: PermaSharp
Brush: 81052 23mm Banded Boar
Soap: PAA Sundown
Bowl/Mug: Fleamarket Find
Post Shave: Nivea balm/The Ordinary hyaluronic acid drops
AS: PAA Sundown


Today's shave felt pretty dang good, or so I thought.
After I got the hot washcloth done, I applied The Cube, and whipped up a nice lather, and got a nice coating on the face.. This Omega brush has broken nicely.. felt real nice on the face.
Did a 3 pass shave, and everything felt good.
Did my post shave and cleaned everything up.
My face felt smooth, as did most of my neck.
Did a few things around the house, then sat down to catch the Miami game. During the game, I rubbed my face, and felt some bad stubble on the left side of my face. So the initial shave wasn't a good as the initial impression led me to believe.
Had to go touch it up during the halftime programming.
That left it the way it should have been. I initially started up the touchup dry, and got some if it removed, but decided to just grab the canned goo and redo both sides.
I'm guessing that just post shave, my face is nicely hydrated, but it drys out and contracts, and the stubble emerges.
Annoying.

On the up side, I didn't have any irritation.

If I posted this right after my shave, or just before the game, I would have rated the shave a 9, but I didn't.

Initial shave get a 7.5, the touch up gets a 9, for an overall 8.25, which is a shame, because my face still feels nice this evening.

 

[Eben Stone]

Kai blade (blade sampler so no name nor logo) was not good at all. Started pulling and tugging almost immediately wtg.

Curious to know what angle you use. Whenever a blade tugs I adjust to shallow angle by riding the cap. That's worked pretty well for me so far, but I haven't tried Kai blades yet.

 

[Captain H]

Razor: Gem G-Bar
Blade: Gem PTFE (2)
Soap: Van Der Hagan Delux
Brush: Vintage EverReady 150
Aftershave: Clubman Lilac Vegetal
Rate: 10/10

After using my Atra Plus cart razor for a couple months, I am back to the old school DE/SE razors. Although the carts allow a faster shave, I get a lot of irritation. I used the Atra through out my 20's and I do not remember such irritation. I think my whiskers are a bit more stout these days at 50 years old.

 

[MrSpeedy]

Razor: 1973 Gillette Black Handle Super Speed
Blade: Wilkinson Sword - German (3)
Brush: Ever Ready 100T handle with synthetic knot
Soap: Mike's Orange, Cedarwood, & Black Pepper
Aftershave: Speick
Rating: 10/10 - perfect evening shave.

 

[never-stop-learning]

20201101

Razor: @Blackland Razors Vector OC
Blade: Kai Captain Titan Protouch w/Guard (5)
Brush: Frickwerkz handle (PAA 26mm Roswell Grey Hybrid Synthetic knot)
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper
Lather: Noble Otter Barr Barr
Aftershave/Fragrance: @OkieStubble Bootlegger's El Dorado

WTG/ATG/XTG + touch-ups. No nicks, cuts, weepers or irritation.

Outstanding shave!