| Pre | Face wash with Neutrogena Liquid Facial Soap |
| Soap | GD Amare |
| Brush | Paladin Lotus |
| Razor | Karve |
| Blade | Personna Lab |
| Aftershave | Thayers Rose Petal WH & Neutrogena Triple Protect |
| Fragrance | Jimmy Choo Man Intense |
| Rating | 10/10. |
What did you use today? +Rate the shave 1-10 (10 best)
- Thread starter Bleedrunner
- Start date
Omega 11137 boar
Haslinger Sandalwood
Pre-war Canadian Tech
Personna Red (7)
Old Spice
9.0/10
Haslinger Sandalwood
Pre-war Canadian Tech
Personna Red (7)
Old Spice
9.0/10
Soap: Arko
Razor: Gold Dollar
Brush: Omega 10077
Aftershave: Lilac Vegetal
Balm: Nivea Sensitive
Straight shave #4. 2 full WTG passes, and 3rd pass even went XTG on cheeks. Not nearly as patchy with the stubble this morning! Still some bits here and there on part of my chin, but slowly improving on that aspect. Could have cleaned up a little better on one of my sideburns. Just leaving things as is and not asking for too much for a while because this is so new to me.
Mistakes- Lost "grip" when stretching my skin around my adams apple and drew first blood with the straight. Not a bad one. I should have kept the 3rd pass to just my cheeks and ignored giving my neck another go. Feeling more comfortable with the strop, and really taking my time with it, but after this shave for whatever reason I turned the blade towards the strop instead of up and around, and put another nick in it. VERY glad I only paid $12 bucks for it.
Might have tried to progress slightly further than I should have. Next shave I'll still do 3 passes, 2 WTG, but my 3rd XTG pass will solely be the cheeks.
8/10
Razor: Gold Dollar
Brush: Omega 10077
Aftershave: Lilac Vegetal
Balm: Nivea Sensitive
Straight shave #4. 2 full WTG passes, and 3rd pass even went XTG on cheeks. Not nearly as patchy with the stubble this morning! Still some bits here and there on part of my chin, but slowly improving on that aspect. Could have cleaned up a little better on one of my sideburns. Just leaving things as is and not asking for too much for a while because this is so new to me.
Mistakes- Lost "grip" when stretching my skin around my adams apple and drew first blood with the straight. Not a bad one. I should have kept the 3rd pass to just my cheeks and ignored giving my neck another go. Feeling more comfortable with the strop, and really taking my time with it, but after this shave for whatever reason I turned the blade towards the strop instead of up and around, and put another nick in it. VERY glad I only paid $12 bucks for it.
Might have tried to progress slightly further than I should have. Next shave I'll still do 3 passes, 2 WTG, but my 3rd XTG pass will solely be the cheeks.
8/10
9/10
The inaugural shave with a Rose Gold R41 (excellent). Even the supplied Muhle blade was surprisingly good... The Sandalwood cream performed very well (takes a lot of water) and the AS is nice and fresh.
The inaugural shave with a Rose Gold R41 (excellent). Even the supplied Muhle blade was surprisingly good... The Sandalwood cream performed very well (takes a lot of water) and the AS is nice and fresh.
Razor: Parker Variant
Blade: Shark Super Chrome (1)
Lather: Cella Bio
After Care: Nivea Men Sensitive Balm
9/10
Still getting used to the Variant. Even with a shallow angle it gives me more blade feel than I'm used to. Still an excellent comfortable shave.
Blade: Shark Super Chrome (1)
Lather: Cella Bio
After Care: Nivea Men Sensitive Balm
9/10
Still getting used to the Variant. Even with a shallow angle it gives me more blade feel than I'm used to. Still an excellent comfortable shave.
Today’s shave
Razor: Wolfman WR1/WRH2 handle
Blade: Astra SP blade (day 7)
Brush: Graydog 2 band badger
Soap: MWF
AS: Speick splash
Rating: 9/10.
Razor: Wolfman WR1/WRH2 handle
Blade: Astra SP blade (day 7)
Brush: Graydog 2 band badger
Soap: MWF
AS: Speick splash
Rating: 9/10.
Ron R
I survived a lathey foreman
SOTD, Sat, Jan 23rd 2021
Razor: Valet C1 auto-strop, Canadian Variant- MFG 1920's, original gap .011" and changed it .007" to mellow it out. I really liked this change I did a couple of years ago and enjoy this shave. Todays blades are possibly sharper than yrs that have gone by?
Blade: Gem Personna SS PTFE (2)modified, excellent blade, very sharp and smooths out nicely over uses, great longevity.
Soap: Speick- mild spicy scent with great lather qualities, post shave feel average.
Brush: Yaqi Chianti's 24mm knot, excellent lather creator with heavenly like soft tips, nice back bone for a gentle scrub and great lather painter.
Pre shave: Brush wash whole face with CeraVe hand bar cleanser + a dollop of clear Aloe Vera gel on cleaned beard area.
Prep: Cold water rinse after each pass of 2 + pickups. WTG + ATG + pickups.
Post shave: Razorock American barber with witch hazel + a dollop of Nivea balm.
Results: 9.5/10 or CCS,DFS,BbS + no irritation + no weepers =
Excellent shave with my C1 Valet Auto-strop + a Gem modified coated blade.
Have some great shaves! Stay & think safe in these times.
Razor: Valet C1 auto-strop, Canadian Variant- MFG 1920's, original gap .011" and changed it .007" to mellow it out. I really liked this change I did a couple of years ago and enjoy this shave. Todays blades are possibly sharper than yrs that have gone by?
Blade: Gem Personna SS PTFE (2)modified, excellent blade, very sharp and smooths out nicely over uses, great longevity.
Soap: Speick- mild spicy scent with great lather qualities, post shave feel average.
Brush: Yaqi Chianti's 24mm knot, excellent lather creator with heavenly like soft tips, nice back bone for a gentle scrub and great lather painter.
Pre shave: Brush wash whole face with CeraVe hand bar cleanser + a dollop of clear Aloe Vera gel on cleaned beard area.
Prep: Cold water rinse after each pass of 2 + pickups. WTG + ATG + pickups.
Post shave: Razorock American barber with witch hazel + a dollop of Nivea balm.
Results: 9.5/10 or CCS,DFS,BbS + no irritation + no weepers =
Excellent shave with my C1 Valet Auto-strop + a Gem modified coated blade.Have some great shaves! Stay & think safe in these times.
Geo. Wostenholm & Son IXL
D.R. Harris Windsor
Simpson 46 Berkeley
Tony Miller Strop
Jnat Shobu Finish
Pinaud Clubman
simple luxurious shave.
be well all.
camo
D.R. Harris Windsor
Simpson 46 Berkeley
Tony Miller Strop
Jnat Shobu Finish
Pinaud Clubman
simple luxurious shave.
be well all.
camo
This was a day of trying some new items:
Pre Shave: Warm shower, PAA Unscented Cube Face Wash, Crown Pre Shave Gel
Razor: OneBlade Genesis
Blade: Feather FHS-10 (1)
Brush: Stirling Boar
Soap: PAA CK6 Cad
Post Shave: Stypic Pencil, Cold water rinse, Thayers Unscented Witch Hazel, Nivea Sensitive Post Shave Balm, TOBS Sandalwood AS
Rating: 10/10 Excellent three pass BBS shave. One weeper my fault, no irritation and no cuts. Excellent Shave! I'll say it again, "it just works"! Broke in the Boar brush by washing in Dawn, soaking for 3 hours in Dawn, two lathers letting sit on brush, one was overnight. Brush was a little scritchy, but not bad at all. Brush lost over a dozen bristles between yesterday and today. PAA cube and Cad soap worked well, nice lather from Cad soap.
Pre Shave: Warm shower, PAA Unscented Cube Face Wash, Crown Pre Shave Gel
Razor: OneBlade Genesis
Blade: Feather FHS-10 (1)
Brush: Stirling Boar
Soap: PAA CK6 Cad
Post Shave: Stypic Pencil, Cold water rinse, Thayers Unscented Witch Hazel, Nivea Sensitive Post Shave Balm, TOBS Sandalwood AS
Rating: 10/10 Excellent three pass BBS shave. One weeper my fault, no irritation and no cuts. Excellent Shave! I'll say it again, "it just works"! Broke in the Boar brush by washing in Dawn, soaking for 3 hours in Dawn, two lathers letting sit on brush, one was overnight. Brush was a little scritchy, but not bad at all. Brush lost over a dozen bristles between yesterday and today. PAA cube and Cad soap worked well, nice lather from Cad soap.
New shave stick today - Arko
Razor : RazoRock Game Changer OC 84
Blade : Gillette 7 O'clock Permaaharp (2)
Soap : Arko stick
Brush : Omega 10005
Aftershave : Anherb ASC
This was the first time I've ever used a shave stick.
I under used it, so there was no lather while face lathering, then I re applied the Arko stick and lather started forming.
But due to multiple attempts on lathering, there was more water in the boar brush, that caused a runny lather, but slickness was exceptional.
No cut, irritation and DFS.
Rating : 7/10
Razor : RazoRock Game Changer OC 84
Blade : Gillette 7 O'clock Permaaharp (2)
Soap : Arko stick
Brush : Omega 10005
Aftershave : Anherb ASC
This was the first time I've ever used a shave stick.
I under used it, so there was no lather while face lathering, then I re applied the Arko stick and lather started forming.
But due to multiple attempts on lathering, there was more water in the boar brush, that caused a runny lather, but slickness was exceptional.
No cut, irritation and DFS.
Rating : 7/10
Saturday's Shave
Razor: Game Changer .68 SB
Blade: GSB
Soap: Proraso
Brush: Semogue Torga-C5 Boar
AS: Old Spice
Razor: Game Changer .68 SB
Blade: GSB
Soap: Proraso
Brush: Semogue Torga-C5 Boar
AS: Old Spice
Razor: Gillette The New Long Comb Federal Set, Ball End
Blade: The Blade (Personna) Stainless Steel
Brush: Simpson's Butterscotch Chubby 2 Synthetic
Pre-Shave: Proraso White
Lather: Noble Otter Monarch
Aftershave: Maurer and Wirtz 4711
Additional Care:
Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented
Imperial Leather Talcum Powder
Rating:
Saturday morning shave
Razor: Koeller’s Gun-Metal
Brush: Badger
Soap: L’Occitane Cade
Post: Skin Bracer
A glorious shave quite frankly. Happy Saturday all!
9/10
Razor: Koeller’s Gun-Metal
Brush: Badger
Soap: L’Occitane Cade
Post: Skin Bracer
A glorious shave quite frankly. Happy Saturday all!
9/10
23012021
Cold water shave | Simpson Trafalgar T3 | TSF Granducato Toscano | RR GC 0.84 + Nacet | alum + Aloe Gel + DRH Arlington
Another test shave with the Gamechanger, this time with the sharpest blade I have. This one was a bit rough, perhaps the blade is too sharp... some irritation on the neck and some weepers on the trouble spot in the neck. I really had high hopes for this razor, but so far I've been a bit disappointed. Perhaps the lack of blade feel is affecting my technique.
Despite irritations, the shave is BBS-close. The combination of the herby scent of the TSF soap and the citrus-fern of Arlington is great!
7/10
Cold water shave | Simpson Trafalgar T3 | TSF Granducato Toscano | RR GC 0.84 + Nacet | alum + Aloe Gel + DRH Arlington
Another test shave with the Gamechanger, this time with the sharpest blade I have. This one was a bit rough, perhaps the blade is too sharp... some irritation on the neck and some weepers on the trouble spot in the neck. I really had high hopes for this razor, but so far I've been a bit disappointed. Perhaps the lack of blade feel is affecting my technique.
Despite irritations, the shave is BBS-close. The combination of the herby scent of the TSF soap and the citrus-fern of Arlington is great!
7/10
Friday:
Blade: Polsilver Stainless (10)
Razor: Merkur Progress
Brush: PAA Solar Flare
Soap: Fijar Fjellheim
Aftershave: Fine L'orange Noir
9.5/10
Blade: Polsilver Stainless (10)
Razor: Merkur Progress
Brush: PAA Solar Flare
Soap: Fijar Fjellheim
Aftershave: Fine L'orange Noir
9.5/10
Saturday's morning shave- two-pass, 9.8/10, fine result, no nicks, weepers, or irritation.
Pre-shave: just a normal shower, and then a wetted face
Razor: Feather AC SS Japanese style in wine- the small difference in blade exposure between the Feather SS (about .2mm less) and the DX makes a difference. If someone were to want to start on Artist Club razors, I would recommend the SS design.
Blade: Feather Pro (1)- New blade, so I took it easy and all was well
Brush: Zenith Euro- definitely a budget brush but it's working better.
Soap: @SliceOfLife PIF- Nice lather today, this soap feels like nice classic tallow soap.
Post shave: cool rinse, Aubrey's Spice Island AS- I picked this up some years ago on sale at Whole Foods, it's been discontinued. It has alcohol, witch hazel, aloe, bay and few other goodies. I think it's discontinued.
Great shaves for all!
Pre-shave: just a normal shower, and then a wetted face
Razor: Feather AC SS Japanese style in wine- the small difference in blade exposure between the Feather SS (about .2mm less) and the DX makes a difference. If someone were to want to start on Artist Club razors, I would recommend the SS design.
Blade: Feather Pro (1)- New blade, so I took it easy and all was well
Brush: Zenith Euro- definitely a budget brush but it's working better.
Soap: @SliceOfLife PIF- Nice lather today, this soap feels like nice classic tallow soap.
Post shave: cool rinse, Aubrey's Spice Island AS- I picked this up some years ago on sale at Whole Foods, it's been discontinued. It has alcohol, witch hazel, aloe, bay and few other goodies. I think it's discontinued.
Great shaves for all!
Pre-shave (in order of use)
- Clinique for Men Charcoal Face Wash
- Sukin Pore Refining Exfoliating Facial Scrub
- Clinique for Men Exfoliating Tonic
- King of Shaves Advanced Shave Oil
- Saponificio Bignoli Indian Sandalwood (Sample)
Post-shave (in order of use)
- Omega Alum Block
- The Ordinary Hyaluronic acid
- Jack Black Protein Booster Skin Serum
- Truefitt & Hill Sandalwood Aftershave Balm (sample)
- Jack Black Double Duty Face Moisturiser
Tools
- Wilkinson Sword Sticky
- Wilkinson Sword Classic (2)
- Omega Pro 49
Shave Rating: 7.5/10
Another great lather from the SP sample, I hopefully have enough for another two shaves before I go back into my soap rotation.
A better shave with the Wilkinson Sword combination, but I still find the blade too dull to pair with this razor for a close shave, even on its second shave.
- Clinique for Men Charcoal Face Wash
- Sukin Pore Refining Exfoliating Facial Scrub
- Clinique for Men Exfoliating Tonic
- King of Shaves Advanced Shave Oil
- Saponificio Bignoli Indian Sandalwood (Sample)
Post-shave (in order of use)
- Omega Alum Block
- The Ordinary Hyaluronic acid
- Jack Black Protein Booster Skin Serum
- Truefitt & Hill Sandalwood Aftershave Balm (sample)
- Jack Black Double Duty Face Moisturiser
Tools
- Wilkinson Sword Sticky
- Wilkinson Sword Classic (2)
- Omega Pro 49
Shave Rating: 7.5/10
Another great lather from the SP sample, I hopefully have enough for another two shaves before I go back into my soap rotation.
A better shave with the Wilkinson Sword combination, but I still find the blade too dull to pair with this razor for a close shave, even on its second shave.
Today's shave
Razor: GEM 1912
Blade: GEM PTFE (1)
Soap: Mike's Orange, Cedarwood and Black Pepper
Brush: Yaqi 24mm Purple Haze Mew Brown synthetic
Aftershave: Grey Flannel
Rating: 10/10
I realized I hadn't used any of my SE razors in quite a while so I pulled out one of my GEM 1912's, the result was a fine BBS!
Have a great weekend folks!
Razor: GEM 1912
Blade: GEM PTFE (1)
Soap: Mike's Orange, Cedarwood and Black Pepper
Brush: Yaqi 24mm Purple Haze Mew Brown synthetic
Aftershave: Grey Flannel
Rating: 10/10
I realized I hadn't used any of my SE razors in quite a while so I pulled out one of my GEM 1912's, the result was a fine BBS!
Have a great weekend folks!
- Prep: Hot washcloth
- Brush: Spiffo Manchurian
- Razor: Gillette Red Tip SS
- Blade: Wizamet SI (2)
- Soap: PdP No.63
- Aftershave: PdP No.63 balm
- Post Shave: Thayers Rose and Hyaluronic Acid
First shave with my new Spiffo. Excellent brush with the biggest bloom I have ever seen in a 24mm knot. Holds a ton of lather but it needs to be broken in. Very soft tips and very dense. Think it’s a keeper.
Wizamets continue to be a favourite but no more than 3 shaves from a blade for me. #63? Excellent as usual!
9/10
- Brush: Spiffo Manchurian
- Razor: Gillette Red Tip SS
- Blade: Wizamet SI (2)
- Soap: PdP No.63
- Aftershave: PdP No.63 balm
- Post Shave: Thayers Rose and Hyaluronic Acid
First shave with my new Spiffo. Excellent brush with the biggest bloom I have ever seen in a 24mm knot. Holds a ton of lather but it needs to be broken in. Very soft tips and very dense. Think it’s a keeper.
Wizamets continue to be a favourite but no more than 3 shaves from a blade for me. #63? Excellent as usual!
9/10
Brush: Semogue Owners Club boar
Soap: Zingari Man - The Watchman
Razor: Razorock Game Changer .68 OC
Blade: Voskhod
10/10: This open-comb Game Changer has become the first razor to truly threaten the Rockwell as my best performer.
