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

[cryhavoc]

Quarantine Shave

Pre-shave: Shower/PAA The Cube
Razor: Gillette G1 195
Blade: 7am Plus Platinum
Brush: VHD Boar
Soap: Arko
Bowl/Mug: 3D Printed bowl
Post Shave: PAA Mysterium Serum
AS: None

2 days of growth.
Been offline pretty much since Wed.
Didn't post my Friday shave. That shave was a Williams soap (new formula), and the AS was Lo Haiku. Everything was going well, until I went to apply the Lo Haiku. As you can guess from the title of this shave, I couldn't smell it.
So instead of posting about what a great shave it was, and how much I enjoyed the scent of Lo Haiku, I ended up looking for a place to get a COVID test. Found one and went and took the test (self administered nasal swab), just to confirm what I was already sure of, based on my inability to smell.
Got my results today, and of course it was positive. So I will be quarantining for the next 10 days.
On to today's shave:

Got my shower this evening, and got ready for my shave.
Used tap warm water to soak my brush, and cut a thin sliver of soap off my Arko stick, and put a little water on it to bloom it while was getting everything else ready.
Loaded a 7am Plus Platinum blade in my 195, set the adjuster to 3 to start, wet my face and applied The Cube, and then dumped the bloom water and set about to make my lather.
Once it was a nice lather, I applied it to my face, and started my shave. First 2 passes were WTG/XTG. The 3rd pass, XTG, I set the razor to 5.
Got a few weepers from this shave, and have some irritation on my neck. Pretty sure it's from the XTG pass.

No nicks: 4.8
No irritation: 3
Closeness: 5
Smoothness: 4.8
Total: 8.8

There was 1 silver lining to the Covid shave: I couldn't smell the Arko.

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Hang in there, I got out of my quarantine last week.

 

[Fred D]

Razor: Game Changer .068 OC
Blade: Feather
Soap: Rasozero Barbacco
Brush: WCS Two Tone Slivertip Badger 26mm
Post: Clubman Pinauad

10/10

 

[BGO37]

Razor - Merkur 23C
Blade - Bic Chrome Platinum
Soap - Essence of Scotland, Sweet Gale
Brush - Van Der Hagen boar
Post - Witch hazel

7/10

 

[Ivan_Leonidov]

11012021

Proraso Pre White | Yaqi Lucky Dice | Stirling Noir Soap | Fatip SE Gentile + Rapira Plat Lux | Aloe Vera Gel | Stirling Noir AS

This was a superb shave. A Fatip Gentile with Rapira plat is a killer combo, and I just love Stirling Noir scent. It puts me in a very good mood.

3 passes to a DFS++

9/10+

 

[TDKBeloushi]

Today's Head Shave :


Pre Shave: Ach Brito Glyce Classic
Razor: Muhle R41 Twist
Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (1)
Brush: Simpson T3
Soap/Cream: Tabac Cream
Post Shave: Alum, Tabac Splash/Balm

** Two Passes XTG+ATG+ Tiny Touch Ups


Rating: 10+.... BBS

 

[Test4echo]

Blade: Polsilver Stainless (5)
Razor: Merkur Progress
Brush: PAA Amber Aeorlite
Soap: PAA Agharta
Aftershave: Floid Blue

10/10

 

[SharpieB]

- Prep: Shower
- Brush: Razorock Barrel Silvertip badger
- Razor: Rockwell 6S (R4)
- Blade: Super-Max Platinum (1)
- Soap: Noble Otter Two Kings
- Aftershave: Loreal Barbershop sandalwood balm
- Post Shave: Thayers Rose and Hyaluronic Acid

Nice shave with my first Super-Max Platinum. Very impressive smooth blade. Almost BBS.

My relatively new Razorock Silvertip is still breaking in but holding too much later. Nice knot for the price though.

9.5/10

 

[Ravenonrock]

Monday morning shave

Razor: Dovo Stainless
Brush: Boar
Soap: Tabac
Post: Stetson

Hello Monday! A great shave to start off the week. Stainless blade is a smooth operator paired with Tabac. Stetson is subtle and hits the right notes. Happy Monday....

9/10

 

[Atlantic59]

Chilly Monday Shave:
Gillette Tech pre-war model + Super Knurl handle
Feather (2)
Zenith B03-A26 boar brush
365 glycerin soap wash
Haslinger Coconut + Honey combo soap
Dickinson's witch hazel
La Toja aftershave splash

Close, clean shave; DFS+

 

[SgtCrppls]

Pre: Hot towel
Razor: Timeless SS Scalloped .68
Brush: Zenith 505AK Manchurian
Blade: Polsilver (2)
Soap: PdP No. 63 (first time using this soap)
Bowl: Captains Large Copper bowl
Post: Pinaud Clubman

BBS shave made one mistake as I was setting my Copper bowl inside my larger bowl
it tilted and extra water mixed with my lather, which was perfect, it became a little
less thick and not quite as slick, but still usable. Will use it again tomorrow to see if
it is as slick as I think it is. Has a great fragrance.

The shave itself was great, just not perfect because the soap was a little thin.

9/10

 

[Captain H]

Blade: Lord Super Stainless (1)
Razor: Gillette Slim N-2 (1968) set at #5
Brush: Semogue 1460 Boar
Soap: Williams
Aftershave: Pinaud Lilac Vegetal

Two pass 9.5

 

[cwright]

Tonights shave, Fatip Picollo SE SB, Kai (3), Proraso Red Pre-Shave, Stirling Sheep, Stirling Splash, Stirling unscented balm, DFS.

 

[Chard52142]

Tue 12th SOTD
Soap Arko
Brush Yaqi 28mm Tuxedo Synthetic
Razor RR G37 Slant on Yaqi Handle
Blade American Shave Platinum 1st
Post & Aftershaves Ice Water + Thayers + Hyaluronic + Old Spice Original
Top-quality performance from this soap. Thickly creamy and super slick. The scent is unique for sure. Pleasant for me...
Shave with razor paired with the blade was excellent! Crisply smooth and comfortable for 3passes without any issues for a mostly glass-like finish. Atg-pass on chin and lips area was so smooth with this outstanding blade!
Rating 10/10!!

 

[duke4423]

Prep: Room Temperature Water Splashes + Glycerin Face Wash
Razor: Parker SRB Shavette
Blade: Wilkinson Sword Indian Half Blade (D1)
Brush: Stirling 2-Band Synthetic
Soap : Godrej Shaving Round
Aftershave: Alum Block + Cold Water Rinse + Skin Bracer AS
Rating : 9.8/10

Very nice BBS in 2.5 passes !

 

[never-stop-learning]

Shave 20210111

Razor: Ikon B1 Standard (TiBam 'Antique' Ti Handle)
Blade: Silver Star (2)
Brush: Rudy Vey Lime Swirl (Shavemac D01 2-Band Badger)
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper
Lather: Vitos Extra Super Coco
Aftershave: RazoRock The Stallion

Three passes + touch-up. No nicks, cuts, weepers or irritation.

Excellent shave!

 

[ukobke]

Τρίτη. Σήμερα πάμε για 5.

Razor: Maggard V3M (new experience...)
Blade : Nacet (2)
Brush : Yaqi Panda 24 Tuxedo
Soap : Extro Cosmesi / Mixture of six samples. Pirata though didn't allow the others to appear.
Post : Alum - rinse- Thayers/cucumber

WTG=>XTG=> DFS 9.3/10.0

 

[BigD]

Rocnel and Arko for a Turkish Tuesday shave!

Prep: Hot Shower and Bloom/Lather Building Water
Soap: Arko Soap in a Bowl
Razor: Rocnel Elite/Merkur Mustache and Eyebrow Razor
Blade: Derby Premium (5)/Merkur Mustache and Eyebrow Blade (10)
Brush: The Shave Factory Turkish Boar
AS/EdC: Arko Platinum
Rating: 9.3/10

Turkish Tuesday for the win!

 

[Gryffindor]

Razor: Pass 1 - NSC
Blade: Astra SP (1)
Razor: The Rest - Pre-War Tech
Blade: Astra SP (3)
Brush: Madcrafter Tuxedo Rook
Bowl: Captain’s Choice Copper HW
Soap and AS: Taconic Shave Lavender Lime
Pre: Hot Shower
Post: Alum

Rating: 9.5/10

 

[cryhavoc]

Today's shave

Razor: Gillette New LC
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Black SP (3)
Soap: Stirling Arkadia
Brush: Yaqi 24mm Purple Haze Mew Brown synthetic
Aftershave: Old Spice

Rating: 10/10

 

[GBerry]

Time to resume the blade seek on the Mamba 70.

Razor: RazoRock Mamba 70
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Lather: Cella Extra Extra Bio + Neutrogena Sensitive Shave Skin Cream for men
Aftershave: Cold water rinses

No nicks: 5
No irritation: 5
Closeness: 5
Smoothness: 5

Overall rank: 10/10

Very good shave. Very close and pleasant shave. Not as close as the 3ONE6 + Wilkinson Sword Classic.

YMMV