SHAVING
I've decided to embark on an attempt to NEVER, NOT EVEN ONCE use the same exact combination for a daily shave... EVER.
My criteria is simply:
1 Razor (DE, SE, or Straight)
1 Blade (if DE or SE)
1 Brush
1 Soap or Cream
1 Aftershave Splash (or none)
1 Aftershave Balm (or none)
To follow along with my progress, simply subscribe to the thread "How Many Combinations". 1 Blade (if DE or SE)
1 Brush
1 Soap or Cream
1 Aftershave Splash (or none)
1 Aftershave Balm (or none)
As of this writing:
[strike](March 12, 2014), I have successfully used 15 unique combinations out of a possible 99,757. [/strike]
(November 24, 2014), I have successfully used 124 combinations out of a possible 555,920!
Current Inventory (As of March 12, 2014)
Razors | Blade | Soap/Cream | After Shave/ASB** | Aftershave Balm** | Brush |
DE - Aristocrat | Gillette - Silver Blue | HS - TOBS - Sandalwood | Avon - Wild Country | L'Occitane - Beau (ASB) | Omega 11047 |
DE - Tuckaway | Gillette - 7 O'Clock Black | HS - QED - Special 218 | Avon - Öland | Gillette Sensitive Aftershave Gel | Duke 2 - Best |
DE - Krona (black) | Polsilver Super Iridium | HS - Godrej | Aqua Velva | Esbjerg Aftershave Gel | EverReady 400 - TGN Finest (24mm) |
DE - Krona (silver) | LORD Stainless | HS - Haslinger Schafmilch (finished) | Old Spice | RazoRock King Louis Aftershave Wax | Frank Shaving Pur Tec (28mm) |
DE - NEW Improved | Voskhod | HS - Klar Kabinett | Old Spice (Vintage) | Saint Charles Shave AS Milk - Lavender | |
SE -Valet Auto Strop* | Gillette - 7 O'Clock Yellow | C - AOS - Unscented | Pinaud - Lilac Vegetal | ||
SR - Lemaire | Gillette - 7 O'Clock Green | C - TOBS - Mr Taylor | Pinaud - Clubman | ||
SR - Edward H. Erk. | C - Lavanda | Pinaud - Lime Sec | |||
SR - Rickboone | C- SCS Lavender | Stetson - Cooling Moisture | |||
SR - Herfarth Bros. | C-The Shave Den Cedarwood | Witch Hazel | |||
SE - Schick Injector | C - Shulton Old Spice Original | Aqua Velva - Musk | |||
C - AOS - Sandalwood | La Toja | ||||
SS - RazoRock XXX-Tallow | RazoRock Fine XXX | ||||
SS - RazoRock San Valentino | Superior 70 Bay Rum | ||||
Stick - Arko (finished) | |||||
Stick - Speick (finished) |
*Valet Razor is not used, as I've never achieved a comfortable shave with it, and the only blades that I can find to fit it are Feather Spineless SEs.
**In my total combination calculation, I counted a permutation to include a)No AS Splash and b)No AS Balm, but no permutation includes NO AS Splash and NO AS Balm.
Google Documents link to my inventory list and purchase tracker