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I do love my slant but it could be very unforgiving if you take your eye off the ball. I took a slice off my cheek five weeks ago and it's only just starting to fade! =)
S.O.T.D. Saturday 9th March to Friday 15th March 2013
- Thread starter Norfolkdick
- Start Date
- Messages
- 1,261
- Location
- The Garden of England
Prep: Cold Water Splash
Razor: Aristocrat #15
Blade: Supermax Platinum #2
Brush: Neep 26x48 Stone Extra Silvertip
Soap: Lea Stick
Post: Proraso Menthol Post Cream
AS: Speick Splash
Nice shave, really liking the way the #15 shaves, i'll have one more shave with it before it is sent for a replate.
Razor: Aristocrat #15
Blade: Supermax Platinum #2
Brush: Neep 26x48 Stone Extra Silvertip
Soap: Lea Stick
Post: Proraso Menthol Post Cream
AS: Speick Splash
Nice shave, really liking the way the #15 shaves, i'll have one more shave with it before it is sent for a replate.
WEDNESDAY EVENING
I think I'll use the forum template too!
Prep: Hot flannel
Soap: Woodhead suribachi filled with odd ends
Brush: Simpsons Hive
Razor: Gillette Slim Twist
Blade: Personna 74 (2)
Balm: Castle Forbes AS balm
Face is feeling a bit raw, but very smooth. A couple of weepers too.
Still not impressed with the Hive. Not sure whether to flog it or persevere with it for a bit longer. I do love it's looks, but the performance (for me at least) is sadly lacking.
I think I'll use the forum template too!
Prep: Hot flannel
Soap: Woodhead suribachi filled with odd ends
Brush: Simpsons Hive
Razor: Gillette Slim Twist
Blade: Personna 74 (2)
Balm: Castle Forbes AS balm
Face is feeling a bit raw, but very smooth. A couple of weepers too.
Still not impressed with the Hive. Not sure whether to flog it or persevere with it for a bit longer. I do love it's looks, but the performance (for me at least) is sadly lacking.
Evening, all.
Wednesday:
Prep: Claus Porto Lime-oil face soap
Razor: Yuma
Blade: Supermax SS (5)
Brush: Vulfix "Grosvenor"
Shave soap: Bath House, Spanish Fig and Nutmeg
A/S: Pashana Bay Rum
Cologne: Mama Bear's Dragon's Blood
A good shave and warm, rich scent on a cold day.
Wednesday:
Prep: Claus Porto Lime-oil face soap
Razor: Yuma
Blade: Supermax SS (5)
Brush: Vulfix "Grosvenor"
Shave soap: Bath House, Spanish Fig and Nutmeg
A/S: Pashana Bay Rum
Cologne: Mama Bear's Dragon's Blood
A good shave and warm, rich scent on a cold day.
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- 48
Working from home and the baby asleep, so the rare luxury of an unhurried midweek shave today:
Prep: Bulldog facewash
Razor: Futur, about 1.5 setting
Blade: 7 O'Clock green (1)
Cream: Ingrams
Brush: SOC cherry 2-band
A/S: T&H Trafalgar
Moisturiser: Cowshed Bullocks
Although it seems to lather well in the bowl, I can never get Ingrams to give me anything but a thinnish lather on the face. For all that, it did its job just fine. First menthol shave of the year, and there's still snow on the ground.
Prep: Bulldog facewash
Razor: Futur, about 1.5 setting
Blade: 7 O'Clock green (1)
Cream: Ingrams
Brush: SOC cherry 2-band
A/S: T&H Trafalgar
Moisturiser: Cowshed Bullocks
Although it seems to lather well in the bowl, I can never get Ingrams to give me anything but a thinnish lather on the face. For all that, it did its job just fine. First menthol shave of the year, and there's still snow on the ground.
Tall_Paul said:
I treat those blades like a Feather. Great in a mild razor, with amazing longevity (at least for me). Matter of fact, I'm gonna use one of those when my current blade goes south.
Now it's been maybe six months since I last looked on ebay for vintage blades of any kind. A few days ago though I just for the hell of it did a little search for some Wilkinsons, Personnas, and things like that. The average price for a Personna 74 DE blade was between $3-4 each. Pretty crazy eh?
- Messages
- 2,476
- Location
- Port Saint Lucie
Wednesday
Progress
Kai Stainless
Frank Shaving Finest Chubby
Sultans Lavender Shave Cream
Nivea Balm
Krampert's Finest Bay Rum
Progress
Kai Stainless
Frank Shaving Finest Chubby
Sultans Lavender Shave Cream
Nivea Balm
Krampert's Finest Bay Rum
- Messages
- 137
- Location
- Budapest / Hungary / Europe / Earth
Good morning friends! 
PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream
BRUSH: 26mm Thäter LE (SRP 2011) 2-band, Silvertip Badger
SOAP/CREAM: Manantiales de La Toja Soap
SCUTTLE / BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl
RAZOR: 6/8" HartSteel BG, Satin, Quarter Ground, Square Point, O-1 steel (w/ blue silicon scales)
STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000
SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
AS: Acqua Di Parma Collezione After Shave Balm
RESULT: Excellent, BBS shave
Have a nice day,
Béla
PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream
BRUSH: 26mm Thäter LE (SRP 2011) 2-band, Silvertip Badger
SOAP/CREAM: Manantiales de La Toja Soap
SCUTTLE / BOWL: Fitjar Lathering Up Shaving Bowl
RAZOR: 6/8" HartSteel BG, Satin, Quarter Ground, Square Point, O-1 steel (w/ blue silicon scales)
STROP: Kanayama Cordovan #60000
SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG/XTG
AS: Acqua Di Parma Collezione After Shave Balm
RESULT: Excellent, BBS shave
Have a nice day,
Béla
- Messages
- 7,601
- Location
- Taured
Henk walnut silvertip
Vitos
Merkur 37c slant
Gillette Bleue Extra NOS
Gillette Fat Tech gold
TOBS Mr. Sidney a/s (thanks Gairdner)
Superb. A day and a half since my last shave and 1 pass with the slant and Bleue had me looking presentable. Two passes got me a DFS but the start of some irritation and I knew I could get a better finish so used the Tech and the same blade and managed a BBS
Vitos
Merkur 37c slant
Gillette Bleue Extra NOS
Gillette Fat Tech gold
TOBS Mr. Sidney a/s (thanks Gairdner)
Superb. A day and a half since my last shave and 1 pass with the slant and Bleue had me looking presentable. Two passes got me a DFS but the start of some irritation and I knew I could get a better finish so used the Tech and the same blade and managed a BBS
OP
- Messages
- 3,205
- Location
- West Norfolk. UK
- Thread Starter
- #140
Greetings
Thursday 14th March 2013
Prep: Shower
Razor: Wilkinson Sword Empire Model
Blade GEM Stainless Coated (modified)
Brush: Shaving Factory Boar (Med.)
Soap: Palmolive grated + Palmolive Cream + Glycerine, Ãœberlather
Aftershave: RSC Balm
My first shave with this new 'toy' and a very good shave indeed. The odd rolling screw style guard is a little strange but works fine, I found with the razor adjusted to it's most aggressive it scraped a little and on the mildest setting would only just cut, right in the middle seems about right. The razor is very head heavy and a little angle sensitive but first impressions are all positive and for £4.65 delivered from e-bay it has to be a bargain!
The amount of quality engineering in this razor (in the main to facilitate stropping wedge blades) is amazing, what on earth would something like this cost to produce today?
Regards
Dick.
Thursday 14th March 2013
Prep: Shower
Razor: Wilkinson Sword Empire Model
Blade GEM Stainless Coated (modified)
Brush: Shaving Factory Boar (Med.)
Soap: Palmolive grated + Palmolive Cream + Glycerine, Ãœberlather
Aftershave: RSC Balm
My first shave with this new 'toy' and a very good shave indeed. The odd rolling screw style guard is a little strange but works fine, I found with the razor adjusted to it's most aggressive it scraped a little and on the mildest setting would only just cut, right in the middle seems about right. The razor is very head heavy and a little angle sensitive but first impressions are all positive and for £4.65 delivered from e-bay it has to be a bargain!
The amount of quality engineering in this razor (in the main to facilitate stropping wedge blades) is amazing, what on earth would something like this cost to produce today?
Regards
Dick.
- Messages
- 756
- Location
- Nr Manchester
Warm splash and soak
Feather artist club rg
Proguard blade
Prof blighty's endymion soap
A scruffy wooden handled badger brush that I have yet to identify but performs beautifully.
Clinique post shave soother ASB
Second go with the artist club.
No nick's or cuts. Good result, with more practice I can see this being stunning.
It did struggle a little to get through the hair as easily as Tuesday leading me to fear I won't get double figures of shaves per blade, but we will see. Most of that might be my technique.
Minimal Alum sting today as well.
Feather artist club rg
Proguard blade
Prof blighty's endymion soap
A scruffy wooden handled badger brush that I have yet to identify but performs beautifully.
Clinique post shave soother ASB
Second go with the artist club.
No nick's or cuts. Good result, with more practice I can see this being stunning.
It did struggle a little to get through the hair as easily as Tuesday leading me to fear I won't get double figures of shaves per blade, but we will see. Most of that might be my technique.
Minimal Alum sting today as well.
- Messages
- 927
- Location
- Madrid, Spain
My last two shaves testing Wilkinson Contour system cartridges, Omega Nº45 and Nanny's samples
Cheers!
