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

[Jim in NZ]

Prep: Shower and face wash with Dove shea butter bar.
Razor: Yaqi Mellon zamak
Handle: Maggard MR11
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Yellow, #1
Cream: Proraso single blade Wood and Spice
Bowl: none - face lather
Brush: Yaqi 20mm synthetic
Post shave:
Thorough rinse with warm water
Rinse with ice cold tap water
Tabac Aftershave
Nivea Sensitive post shave balm
Score: 9 / 10
Summary:
An amazingly close and smooth shave today and a 10/10 right until I applied the aftershave. It stung like crazy. I'll put that down to the new 7 O'clock blade.
Post shave is fine - no irritation or lasting discomfort.
The soap is quite thick and takes a bit of work to fully dissolve, but is smooth and has an amazing exotic scent - a real pity it has been discontinued. The subtle

touch of menthol feels great without too much chill in New Zealand's winter.

 

[Mthammer11]

160524

• silverlifter
• May 15, 2024

Koraat 14 2.0 15/16 Bellied Full Hollow - Zenith Unbleached Boar - SV Desert Vetiver - Pitralon...

This razor just keeps delivering mind blowingly great shaves!

Beautiful razor!

 

[silverlifter]

Beautiful razor!

Thank you! Ulrik is a true artisan.

 

[Russ622]

Razor: Blackland Sabre Level 2
Blade: Personna GEM Ptfe (9)
Brush: Cayuen Diablo 26mm 2 band badger
Soap and Splash: Catie’s Bubbles Menage a Lavend

Rate 10/10

 

[never-stop-learning]

Wednesday 20240515

Razor: Colonial Razors The General V2 (Timeless Crown TRH8 Ti Handle)
Blade: Schick Proline P (15 shaves, 30 passes and retired)
Brush: Wald A1 Nimbus Bloodline Synthetic Fan
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper
Lather: Tallow + Steel Hokkaido
Aftershave: Clubman Pinaud Lilac Vegetal

Hard to stop using The General V2. It's that good. A daily driver in all respects.

Superb shave!

 

[Chard52142]

Thu 16
Soap & Aftershave LaToja Stick + Yaqi Malibu
Brush Yaqi 26mm Rainbow
Razor & Blade Gillette Red Tip A3 + American Shave Platinum
This soap is a guarantee for a creamy and super slick lather...and perfect for travel too!
The razor and blade pairing was good for an easy shave...Rating 9.5

 

[lak611]

Stirling Iced Coffee soap and aftershave
British Aristocrat #16 razor
Wilkinson Sword Super Sword Edge blade (made in England)
Simpsons Chubby 2 Best Badger brush
Rating 9.5 out of 10

 

[helicopter]

Hot water splash to prep

Rex Konsul razor. Only my second shave with this. A little too close tonight.

Astra SP India blade. Dulled very little on this shave, from 34.3g force to 35.3g force to cut 0.15mm monofilament fishing line. Probably statistical, but the next few shaves should tell.

Omega boar brush, Liveben bowl, and TRC towel. Quick and nice lather. I didn't feel like screwing around. I seem to get.cuts with this cream, but I still want to use it up.

Proraso green pre cream, cream, and splash.

Cold water and alum to stop bleeding.

Cremo #10 cologne. Fresh, but a little bit wintery. Fine for a cool dark Spring night, though.

6/10. Very close clean shave, but lots of small nicks and some irritation. I was surprised the blade had remained quite sharp when measured afterward.

 

[dmshaver]

H & S 17-4 P076
Nacet
Captain's Choice Copper Lather Bowl
Rudy Vey 26mm Shavemac 2 Band
Ethos Nuage De Citron
Vanilla Highball

8/10

 

[dorse23]

Preshave: Glycerine Facewash with warm water splashes
Razor : Gillette NEW SC
Blade : Polsilver Super Iridium (D2)
Brush : Omega 11137 Boar
Soap : Stirling Eucalyptus Mint
Aftershave : Alum Block + Cold water splashes + D R Harris Arlington AS Lotion


Close and comfortable BBS in 3 passes !!

Rating : 9.45/10

 

[Guido75]

Date	16.05.2024
366 daily shaves	137/366

Razor	Blade	Brush
Karve CB OC-C	Gillette Minora (3)	Abe’s Brush Works Blutt STF
Preshave	Soap	Postshave
Cold splash KCG Face Wash	Hampshire Wool Fat (3)	Cold splash Proraso Green Balm

Passes	WTG XTG ATG and touch up
Process Quality	Blade Sharpness
9.75/10 (Almost clean)	5/10 (Sharp)
Effectiveness	Shave Comfort
9/10 (BBS)	8/10 (Smooth)

Notes:

Summary. Almost a copy of yesterday’s shave. Only this time with the Karve Christopher Bradley.

For extended shave notes click here.

Enjoy your shave!

 

[tomas1870]

7th use of Yates 921-H Ti scalloped / Perma-Sharp (3)

Usual daily 3 passes

Well, after 7 shaves, I find right moment to share my experience.
Yates 921-H works very well for me, extremely smooth, shave has nice efficiency. It works best steep to neutral for me. I can do whatever direction stroke, angle.. and no cuts, no irritations.. very forgiving razor situable also for beginners (I think)
Efficicency is close but not same level as with Blackbird, Yates 921-H is on other side much easier for my skin. For summer I may prefer Yates over Blackbird for daily use.. I ordered also EH plate to try, Yates is fast one of my top DE razors.

Today shave was 9,9/10

 

[GNR]

Razor: GENCO Fluid Steel
Hone: Belgian Coticle
Brush: Semogue Pegasus
Soap: Haslinger Aloe Vera
Aftershave: Proraso Green Splash

I apologize for stating that I was going to use Wm. Neumann shaving cream all week. A package of different Haslinger soaps arrived last night and I gave into temptation.

First use of Haslinger Aloe. A very mild scent, typical awesome Haslinger performance. I like it.

The Semogue Pegasus Boar made lathering the Haslinger very easy.

The GENCO Fluid Steel was easy on the skin but merciless on the whiskers, a good Coticle edge.

Green Splash to wrap up a very nice shave. It goes well with the Aloe Vera and my face feels great.

Blood inside, whiskers gone, great lather, and a comfortable edge…sounds like a 9.7/10 to me.

 

[Big_T]

Razor: Karve Bison
Blade: Nacet
Pre: Jack Black Beard Lube
Lather: Proraso Green Tube
Brush: RR Plissoft Barber
AS: Proraso Green

Rating: 9.7/10

 

[BobbyB]

GRUME 16 May 2024

Bobby B’s Daily Shave Report

TODAY’ SHAVE AND CLEANUP:​

Water​	Razor(s)​	Shaving Blade​	Buffing Blade​	Prep​	Soap​	Brushes​
Rain (small container) Prep Cold Shave Hot​	KCG Shaving VDH Buffing & tight spots​	Bic Chrome #56 of 100 Shave # 5​	King C. Gillette 7 of 10 ​	Cube 2.0 Menthol Left Timeless Blue Bowl​	Noble Otter Lonestar Right Timeless Blue Bowl​	Noble Otter​ 1 Prep 2 Lathering ​

Passes​	Quality​	Rating​	Nicks​	Weepers​	Stubble​
2​	BBS​	10.0​	0​	0​	Moderate​

Comments: A nice smooth face feel shave to start of a cool damp rainy morning. Blade #56 is hints it is wearing out.

Cleanup: Rinsed & dried face Witch Hazel Dickinsons f/b buffing A/S Aqua Musk f/b buffing Omega Alum stick Deodorant: Mennen Speed Stick

 

[Eric_75]

Happy Birthday!!!

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[Raz0rboy]

9/10

 

[scribble]

SOTD: 05/16/2024

Razor: Parker Variant
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue, 3rd use
Brush: Simpson Duke 3
Bowl: Timeless Razors Blue Bowl Bowl
Soap: Maggard Tobacco And Leather Croap
Aftershave: Maggard Tobacco And Leather Aftershave
Balm: Henri Et Victoria Cognac And Cuban Cigars Balm

Good shave today. No nicks and weepers. A slight amount of razor burn from being a little aggressive. The soap, AS, and balm combination was on point both feel and scent.

- Shared from My Shave Den for iOS

 

[cryhavoc]

Razor: GEM 1912
Blade: GEM SS PTFE (15)
Soap: Wickham's Soap Co. 1912 Scottish Heather
Brush: Omega 10065 Boar
AS: Pinaud Clubman

Rating: 10/10

 

[Markdad2]

Henson AL13 Head w/RR Bulldog handle
Bic Chrome Platinum
B&M Seville
AP Shave Co 26mm G5A
PAA Classico Bay Rum
10/10
A heavier handle really helped give the mild Henson head a little boost for a BBS shave with noe discernible irritaiton. Cheers Gents!