SOTD Saturday 5th - Friday 11th August

Bath / Nivea Men Active Clean
Gentlemens Face Care Club cream
RazoRock 400 Plissoft Noir
Merkur 34C HD
Treet Carbon (1)
Hot / cold rinse
Lavender witch hazel mixture
Proraso Green ASL
YSL Kouros

First use of this much discussed cream.
Initial thoughts, it smells quite nice.
I found it took a bit of effort to bowl lather compared with the likes of Maca Root and Truefitt etc. It did make a lush creamy lather eventually.
How does it feel? Well, it performed quite well but I don't rate it as high as Maca Root, which I consider a low priced cream.
I'll use it more but I don't think I would reach for it over Truefitt No10.
Three passes resulted in a DFS.
Kouros to finish and I'm smelling good and mostly smooth.

 
Thursday 10th August 2017

Pre Shave: Hot Shower + L'Oreal Pure Power Charcoal Face Wash and Proraso White
Razor: Timeless 0.95 straight base plate with smooth cap
Blade: Polsilver Stainless (Lodz) (#1)
Brush: Maseto 30mm 2 band finest fan shape
Soap: Czech & Speake - Oxford & Cambridge
Post: Alum Block, Cold water and Humphreys Witch Hazel
AS: None

I have now shaved with all the 0.95 base plates and the 0.68 scalloped using the scalloped cap, today was my first use of the smooth cap. Now I don't know if it was the smooth cap or just a new blade but today was the best shave yet from the Timeless.
 
Thursday pm

Man Cave Olivestone Facial Scrub
3P Preshave Cream
Kapo/Karo Shaving Cream
Omega S10018 Synthetic Brush
Focus Dynamic SE with Treet Durasharp Carbon blade (#2)
Lavender Witch Hazel
Nuisance Virgin Rosehip Oil
Old Spice Noir AS

Second shave with The Focus and second with the Treet Durasharp . This is an incredibly mild razor.....but it is efficient. Tonight I was ever so slightly away from a BBS shave. The razor is ideal for rushed shaves or even use when it is essential that there is no blood letting. I don't think it is possible to cut yourself with this!
 
Thursday's shave :)

Pre-shave - Shower and face wash with Wright's Cold Tar Soap, followed by Warm water and Village Barbour Pre-shave Oil.
Razor - ATT SE1
Blade - KAI Captain Titan Mild (Pink) (day 5),
Soap - OSP Eucalyptus & Menthol Shaving Soap.
Brush - Simpsons The Duke 2 Best Badger Hair.
Bowl - Little Wren Pottery shave bowl.
Post shave - OSP Aftershave Tonic - Eucalyptus and Menthol.

Good evening all, a very pleasant 2 pass shave this morning, with slight touch up on the chin.

The Little Wren shave bowl continues to impress!

All the best,

Chris
 
Last 2 weeks the SOTD was the same:

Oneblade
Morris & Forndran
Eufros ATG LE
Wm. Neumann AS (sample presented by a friend Jason Voorhees)
l'occitane balm

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Blademonkey said:
The corners of the cutting edge of the blade, no probs now I've rounded off the corners. :) P.
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@Blademonkey Thanks, I have never used a hone stone, I'm assuming its just filing the straight edge off of the corners - a few seconds job?

Does the blade adjustment make the razor more user friendly in your view?

I'm assuming that if Roncel added 1mm to each side of the cap - that would solve the problem?

All the best,

Chris
 
Ferry-shave said:
@Blademonkey Thanks, I have never used a hone stone, I'm assuming its just filing the straight edge off of the corners - a few seconds job?

Does the blade adjustment make the razor more user friendly in your view?

I'm assuming that if Roncel added 1mm to each side of the cap - that would solve the problem?

All the best,

Chris
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Yes, yes and yes :) P.
 
Blademonkey said:
Yes, yes and yes :) P.
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@Blademonkey Cheers mate - I might get me one of those hone stones :)

I don't want to give up on the Rocnel - when I hit the sweet spot, the razor was out of this world - just looking for some consistency and no scratching / scaring from the blade.

I appreciate your feedback and posts - I thought the issues came from the spine of the blade.

All the best,

Chris
 
Date: 11 August 2017 is nearly 6am in West of London

Pre: - Cold Water straight from the tap
Brush: - RazoRock Plissoft Big Bruce Synthetic 26/63mm
Lather: - Wilkinson Sword Shave Stick (european version grated into a plastic tub)
Razor: - Gillette Ball End Tech 1946-50
Blade: - Gillette Silver Blue #1
Post: - Thayers Witch Hazel 'Unscented' / Bulldog Original Aftershave Balm
Fragrance: - Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male EDT
 
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