SOTD : Saturday 16th January to Friday 22nd January 2021.

Fri 22nd SOTD
Cream MacaRoot & Aloe
Brush Yaqi 24mm Aqua Tuxedo
Razor Game Changer.84-P SB
Blade Feather Stainless 2nd
Post & Aftershaves Ice Water + Thayers + Hyaluronic + MacaRoot & Aloe Gel
Always an enjoyable lather from this cream. Pleasant scent and good performance.
Shave with razor paired with the blade was good although not as smooth and comfortable as yesterday's Karve Brass SB-D. For me, Karve is just a bit better, smoother feel, including efficiency...just a little. 3passes for a mostly BBS result. Doesn't seem to suffer any weepers but 2 micro creepers appear much later...hahaha. The lead role today is the MacaRoot Aloe Gel AS...feels so soothing & cooling. Rating 9.5/10
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Todays Shave Kit Friday 22nd

PreShave: Hot Shower / NIVEA MEN DEEP Anti-Blackhead Scrub
PreShave: Proraso White pre-shave cream
Soap: Stirling Sharp Dressed Man Soap
Brush: Clear Confidence Co Synthetic Shaving Brush - Vegan-Friendly
Razor: Merkur 34C HD
Blade Gillette Super Blue (1)
Post Shave: Proraso After Shave Refreshing
Post Shave Balm: Proraso Aftershave Balm White

Holy C%$!, My first shave with the GSB, as a DE noob (mach 3 most of life and now 47 years of age!) of only 1 month I thought I had found my holy grail blade with mt only other blades, the 100 Astra Platinums I bought and used this whole time.

No I hadn't, these GSB's are my new holy grail blade.

Albeit this is shave number 1 from this new GSB, from the first pull WTG to the last pull ATG this blade felt so steady and solid compared to the Astra's.
My face has never felt so clean all over when checking the feel ATG.
At this point I wouldn't care if I could only get 2 shaves out of these blades compared to the 4 I get with the Astras, just amazing.

Oh and not a single nick either :)

I have a feeling I might buy another 50 of these :)

Oh and im also now waiting for 50 Londons's and 60 Super Thin Platinums.

I'm doomed I tell ya :)

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Super Gillette Blue ...

Holy C%$!

... my new holy grail blade.
My face has never felt so clean ...

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Exactly my first thoughts, too. Superb blade!

You know in 'Once Upon a Time in Mexico' where the chap kills the Cook if his puerco pibil is "too good" so balance is restored. I sorta feel like that about this blade, that I should shun it because it is too good.

I've got 50 (well, 49 now) and I'm happy to keep that little stash for special shaves every now and again ...
 
Prep: Shower, followed by Proraso Green pre-shave
Soap: Proraso Green
Brush: 24mm Yaqi Sagrada Familia
Razor: Lord L6
Blade: Rapira Platinum (2)
Post: Alum, Brut, Bulldog balm

Rare outing for the cheap Lord, but my current go-to, a Gillette '74 slim twist hasn't felt "right"recently. Maybe it's been blade choice, but both a Treet Platinum and a Gillette Yellow left me wincing after a once-over with the alum block. While the Lord head does a decent job with the right blade, the handle is truly crap. Twice the length of my 70's Tech's handle, but the same weight (and that aluminium wonder's not exactly on the heavy side!) I compensate by holding higher up the stem, but should probably just swap it out for a heavier handle.


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Super Gillette Blue ...



Exactly my first thoughts, too. Superb blade!

You know in 'Once Upon a Time in Mexico' where the chap kills the Cook if his puerco pibil is "too good" so balance is restored. I sorta feel like that about this blade, that I should shun it because it is too good.

I've got 50 (well, 49 now) and I'm happy to keep that little stash for special shaves every now and again ...

I bought another 100 this morning :)
 
Friday

Palmolive stick
RazoRock Disrupter 22mm synth
Face lather
Merkur 37C
Feather (2)
Thayer's Rose Petal and Aloe Vera
Pitralon Classic after shave

2 passes and a touch-up. The Feather sits very comfortably in the slant. This must be the first time that a Feather blade has actually felt comfortable in my razors. I know Feather are supposed to manufacture the sharpest DE blades; but, for me, I never felt them comfy until this morning.

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22/01/21
Vintage Month - Razor #22
Pre: Shower
Brush: Jayaruh #355 Maggards Knot
Soap: Faena Dorica
Razor: 6/8 Hermés Circa. 1919
Edge By: @Tony'schin
Post shave: Alum, Cold water Rinse, TC's infused Witch Hazel
Balm: Gucci A/S Balm
Aftershave: Brut original

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A really slick lather today, mixed up with the super soft Plissoft type JR#355 Synth.
I like this Hermés razor, it fits my hand very nicely, its edge is also pretty smooth.
Info Found.
"Emile Hermes company became another outfit that changed the name to Merkur.
Emil Hermes, Merkur-Werk. Founded in 1896. Solingen-Merscheid: Beethovenstrasse 235 in 1939, Margaretenstrasse 15a in 1986, and Friedrich Wilhelm Strasse 18 in 1998.
Brand names: 'Artemia' (1912), 'Diana' (1915), 'Fossa' (1913), 'Hermes' (1919):cool:, 'Hermes-Elite', 'Hermes-Exquisit', 'Hermes-Imperial', 'Hermes-Record', 'Hermes-Royal', 'Hermes-Progress', 'Imperiola', 'Longlife', 'Merkur' (1915/16), 'Polarstern' (1913), 'Populah' (1911).
• Carl Hermes & Co. Solingen-Merscheid: Herzogstrasse 84 in 1939. Brand names: 'Ka-Ha', 'Ka-Ha Extra'."


I completed the comfortable "no issue" 1st pass WTG using the straight razor leaving me with a pretty good 1pass finish.
I then completed XTG and ATG passes with the Hawk fitted with the "A" plate. Now that feels better than the STD plate. My face is a clean as the proverbial whistle. Comfortable too.
A nice post shave to finish off.

Getting the Hawk on loan from @Boycie83 has given me a real dilemma for my 4 for Feb as i had set my heart on the Vector as one of my razors (I also want to compare them) :unsure:.
It was going to be AC/SE, DE Adjustable, AC Shavette or Str8 & a GEM SE.

Stay safe and enjoy your day
 
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Friday's Shave

Pre: Argan Oil Soap
Soap: Black Ship Grooming Thomas Tew
Razor: Gillette Aristocrate Delux 1956 (Or though i am sure it is a 46)
Blade: Gillette Black
Brush: 28mm Boti with Maestro Knot
Splash: Hega Upsala
Balm: Bart's Unscented
EDT: Chanel Pour Monsieur

Lots of New things today , a new brush it would be easier with this one to measure the brush bump as I reckon there is more Glue than free bristle, good job I bought it for the Handle :) .

The Aristocrat I have had for a little while but never used and the soap was kind gift from a friend on the forum.

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22 January

SV Felce Aromatica
Yaqi Dandelion
Yaqi Katana
Personna med prep 1/2 blade
SV Felce Aromatica asl

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A green themed shave today, thanks to two new items. The Yaqi Dandelion brush is excellent and produced mountains of first class lather with the SV soap. The Yaqi Katana gave an efficient two pass shave, smooth and close. No accidents, despite a huge blade gap, it reminds me a little of the MÜHLE R41... less scary than it looks and so good at it's job that one pass will do.
My thanks to the gentlemen on the forum who praised these Yaqi products, they were spot on.
 
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