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

[Sonoftakis]

Pre shave: Jack Black Beard Lube
Shaving Cream: Castle Forbes Lime
Brush: Paladin Churchill 28
Razor: Charcoal Goods Lv2 SS
Blade: Nacet

 

[SPR]

SOTD

• Cold Water Shave
• Pre Shave - BAUME.BE gel
• Brush - Zenith Synthetic
• Shave Soap - BAUME.BE cream
• Razor - Karve Brass "A" Plate
• Blade - Personna Med (3)
• Post Shave - BAUME.BE balm
• Aftershave - Pinaud Bay Rum
• 9+/10

Excellent shave again .... this Baume.be shave cream and balm combination does the job with smooth post shave feel with no irritation at all - the Personna Med's seem to suit the Karve very well.

 

[MTG Jr]

Hot shower, followed by......

GD Preshave
M&M Nantahala
Shavemac 2 Band Silvertip
Karve SS C
7OC SharpEdge
Thayers Cucumber WH
Pinaud Clubman AS
JPG Le Male EDT

Rating: 10/10

 

[BigJ]

Prep: Hot shower
Razor: Wolfman WR1
Blade: Personna lab (day 7)
Soap: Haslinger’s schafmilch
Brush: Rudy Vey 2-band
AS: Pinaud clubman

Rating: 9/10

 

[markb]

10/10!! Hope everyone has a great day!

Proraso Preshave Cream / RazoRock "What The Puck?!" Blue Label / WCS Silvertip Brush / Merkur 39C / Personna Med Prep Blade / Alum / Aqua Velva Musk A/S Cologne

 

[Snowflake]

Prep - hot shower
Soap - Southern Witchcrafts Samhain
Brush - PAA Starcraft
Razor - Karve CB
Blade - Gillette Super Thin Platinum (2)
Post - Thayer's Unscented WH, Stirling Bergamot Lavender AS

Rating - 9.5/10

 

[Ron R]

Just testing my lot of 3 Schick razors that I Recently purchased and they work just as good as the day they were bought and really enjoy the Schick theme series of L type razors they promoted. The yellow one is the"Easy Rider" starring Peter Fonda and side kick Billy(Dennis Hopper)(1969 movie) who were freedom hippies travelling the USA on motorcycles and Billys was the yellow and red trim bike & Fonda's was decked with the American flag on his tank with Fonda's leather jacket USA flag on his back. I remember watching that movie a few times and they some how encapsulated the hippie era times well.

Razor: Schick injector L type "Easy Rider"Movie promotional razor -MFG 1969
Blade : Schick Platinum (1) old stock
Soap : Razorock XXX
Brush: Yaki tuxedo knot 24 mm+
Preshave : Brush wash my face with CeraVe hand bar soap
Post shave: Witch hazel splash for skin care cleaning
Post shave : Nivea balm + Pinaud Clubman with witch hazel
Results:9/10 or CCS,DFS,BBS + aftershave indicated minor irritation + no weepers=

Have some great shaves

 

[Stubblebum]

Omega 10066 boar
Fine Green Vetiver (mug/face lather)
'53 Super Speed
Personna Lab Blue (6)
Clubman

blade has lost some efficiency, but still quite comfortable.
DFS, DCS
9/10

 

[Jaybeez]

9/10 - point deducted for careless nick under the left nostril.

 

[Whiterook]

Rating: 10

Razor: Rex Supply Ambassador
Blade: Wilkinson Sword Classic (German)
Brush: Supply Silvertip Synthetic
Pre-Shave: Proraso Red
Lather: Proraso Green
Aftershave: Gillette Series Cool Wave
Additional Care:
Pinaud Finest powder

 

[TFAshaver]

Razor: Merkur 34C
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (third shave)
Brush: Omega S-Brush 10019
Pre-shave: Prep
Soap: Maggard Razors Orange Menthol
After-shave: Fine Accoutrements L'Orange Noir

Rating 6/10 - Loved the smell of the Orange Menthol soap from Maggard Razors, wish it had a little more menthol, loved the L'orange Noir After-shave from Fine Accoutrements. Still not getting a great shave out of that GSB though. Tomorrow I need to use up a little more of the soap that is left in a dish, so I am going to try that GSB in the Maggard Slant head with an MR11 to see if I just need a more aggressive razor to get the best out of that blade.

Hope you all are getting some great shaves though!

 

[ackvil]

Today's Shave:

• Prep. Wash face with Neutrogena Liquid Facial Soap. Wet face. Apply Grooming Dept. Pre Shave. Cold water shave.
• Soap: Tabac
• Brush: Paladin Lotus
• Razor: UK Aristocrat
• Blade: Voskhod
• Aftershave: Alum Block + Thayers Rose Petal WH
• Rating: 10/10.

 

[TinyT]

Razor: Merkur 34C
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: Omega 10051
Soap: Proraso white

Rating: 6/10

I couldn't get my lather right tonight and I've been having problems with my brush. Not a great shave

Wes

 

[Ron R]

Razor: Merkur 34C
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: Omega 10051
Soap: Proraso white

Rating: 6/10

I couldn't get my lather right tonight and I've been having problems with my brush. Not a great shave

Wes

Try a synthetic Tuxedo knot 24 mm brush, one of the easiest brushes to make great lather.

 

[TinyT]

Try a synthetic Tuxedo knot 24 mm brush, one of the easiest brushes to make great lather.

Thanks for the advice - I'll give it a try

Wes

 

[SPR]

SOTD

• Cold Water Shave
• Pre Shave - Grooming Dept Pre Shave
• Brush - Zenith Synthetic
• Shave Soap - Extro Cosmesi Bergamotto Di Calabria
• Razor - Karve Brass "A" Plate
• Blade - Personna Med (1)
• Post Shave - Thayers Aloe Vera
• Post Shave - Extro Cosmesi Bergamotto Di Calabria Balm
• Aftershave - None
• 10/10

2nd time out with the Bergamotto Di Calabria and I reverted back to GD pre shave as IMO it is the best...

Fantatsic close shave again with great scent and post shave feel even before using the balm ... I missed the aftershave this time as I did get some later irritation before as my skin is super sensitive - so will see if this was the cause

 

[BigJ]

Today’s shave:
Soap: Haslinger’s marigold
Brush: Graydog 2-band
Razor: Wolfman WR1
Blade: Chinese Wilki (1)
AS: Fine l’orange noir

Rating: 8.5/10

 

[MTG Jr]

Hot shower, followed by......

GD Preshave
DG Bandwagon (Milksteak/Last Ever)
Paladin 26mm Cobalt Chief
H&S N075
7OC SharpEdge
Ice Blue AV AS
Creed Viking EDP

Rating: 10/10

 

[Ron R]

OCtober 19th- I have been eyeing up my Valet auto strop Canadian C1 model for my SOTD & it can be a little rough for some of us and I decided a month or so ago to correct the gap for today's blades and it works excellent. I brought it in closer, the orginal blade gap was .011 thousands & now adjusted to .007 thousands of a inch and it still shaves very close but much more smoother if you like to know for Valet auto-strop razor owners.
When they manufactured these iconic razors they used a malleable brass for the open comb and mine are easy to bend them upwards gently with taped needle nose pliers(basically a adjustable razor to owners comfort level and not some average generic gap the factory produced.)

Razor: Valet auto strop Canadian C1,modified blade gap from .011 to .007 thousands of a inch- Mfg 1920's
Blade :GEM SS PTFE de-spined with corners trimmed to fit their unique propitiatory clamping system(3rd blade use)
Soap: Tabac
Brush: Yaki tuxedo knot 24mm+
Preshave: Brush wash the face with CeraVe hand bar soap
Post shave: Alum + cold water rinse followed by some Dickenson's witch hazel
Post shave: Nivea sensitive balm + Razorock King Louis Lavender
Results: 9.5/10 or CCS,DFS,BBs + Alum indicated minor irritation + 1 minor weeper= very good close shave from my C1 Valet auto-strop.

Have some great shaves!

 

[Whiterook]

Rating: 10

Razor: Rex Supply Ambassador
Blade: Gillette Rubie Platinum Plus
Brush: Simpson's Commodore X2 Best Badger
Pre-Shave: Proraso Red
Lather: Proraso Green
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue
Additional Care:
Pinaud Finest powder