Vulfix 2006 pure
Pre de Provence
Post-war Tech
Feather (1)
Fine Platinum
9.0/10
Pre de Provence
Post-war Tech
Feather (1)
Fine Platinum
9.0/10
Prep: Dial Liquid Soap face wash |
Razor: Viking Chieftain |
Soap: Viking Clary Sage Scent, using rain water |
Brush: Viking Badger |
Blade: Gillette 7 O’clock Black Blade #3 / Shave #1. |
Passes: 2 (WTG & ATG) buffing A/R |
Rating: 8.5 DFS A good break-in shave with a new blade. Some stubble and a few weepers. Another ‘veg’ day is on the agenda. |
Soap | Art of Shaving Sandalwood, tallow formula |
Brush | Simpson Duke 3 in Best |
Razor | Karve SB with D Plate |
Blade | Wizamet |
Aftershave | Thayers Rose Petal WH & Pinaud Clubman |
Fragrance | Yves Saint Laurent |
Thanks yah!No more beach pictures! I am jealous!
Razor: Gillette New (LC)
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1)
Brush: Simpsons Fifty-Seven
Lather: Speick
Result: 10/10
Having had such a great shave with the Berkeley, and prowling the forum for other ideas, I got a Simpsons Fifty-Seven in Best. @BigJ loves this brush, and always mentions it, and since it matched my criteria for size (kinda sorta) I said what the heck and bought one. It's a little bigger than I thought it would be, but it holds water like no ones business and makes lather like a machine, having only face-lathered the first time this morning after doing an @ambrose on it. The Berkeley makes the lather quicker, but doesn't hold the exact amount of water required without having to keep adding it.
My Speick lather was the best it's ever been. It was slick, light, creamy and protective. I didn't feel the blade, even on my toughest areas. The blade just sailed right through 3 days of growth and I had a SAS after one pass. I naturally used the abundant leftover cream for pass two and it was just as good as the first. No minor tingling or sensitivity whatsoever. The badgers either make better lather than synthetics or the scrubby action lacking from the synthetics is doing something, I don't know what, and don't really care honestly. I have been taking the extra step of taking the razor apart after each shave and cleaning it (while the blade dries) and like the ritual aspect, in additional to having a razor with no film on it prior to shaving the next time. The brass is still looking good, we'll see how long it takes to start tarnishing.
Most excellent of shave days!
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