Shave of the day. W/C Saturday 9th April 2011

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Sunday. Lazy afternoon shave. I had decided to move my wall-mounted extendible mirror slightly higher to give a better angle, it has definitely helped with visibility.

EJ89
Gillette Superthin (1) received in a recent pif - wonderful blade this!
GFT Sandalwood cream sampler.
Vulfix 404 badger/boar mix. Now really working like a dream.

Prepped with a hot shower, post shave just a swipe with alum, several cold rinses then some Lynx Africa AS splash.
A decent result, I wasn't aiming for BBS but got near enough, I'd say it was GEFM (Good Enough For Me!) with so little effort- this has been the smoothest blade I have yet tried (out of the small selection I have used so far) and seems to have caused no damage so far.
Funny thing is, I found the sandalwood cream has a similar hint of ashtray to the Eucris - yet the GFT sandalwood cologne is quite different to my nose, very pleasant indeed.

All things considered, a very satisfactory shave. Long may this continue! :shave
 
After the usual 1-2 minute hot towel prep:

vintage Marshall Fields badger
Schick M type adjustable injector/Personna Super Stainless (NOS blade)
Surrey SS (pre VDH reformulation
Lucky Tiger AS and Face Tonic
Annick Goutal 'Eau d' Hadrien' EdT

Yet another vintage blade tried for the first time this morning in my go to injector. Whew.......very smooth and sharp. Definitely on the forgiving side, considering how well these wipe them whiskers away.

There's nothing like an injector for cleaning up my neck, plus they're great for seeing the exact spot you need to shave. Very handy with my recent mustache sprouting (maybe it was just dormant till the nice weather arrived).

BBS results,

Martin
 
Sunday PM

Musgo Real Glyce lime oil soap
Warm flannel (too warm here to go very hot!)
Merkur HD
Crystal Platinum (2)
TOBS synthetic
Real Shave Co. Professional moisturising cream, face-lathered
Boots witch hazel
Nivea Sensitve ASB

3 passes: WTG, XTG, XTG.

Result: DFS.

I used this shave as an opportunity to fathom -ou my problems with discomfort using the Merkur. Concentrating on keeping a shallow angle helped. For some reason, when I use my Slim, it automatically drops to the correct blade angle; yet, when I use the Markur I tend to go too steep. This shave was a good, comfy, close shave which shows me that I do like the Merkur after all. :cool:
 
Saturday

EJ DE89L
Red Personna (1)
Simpson's Wee Scot
Nanny's Lavender Soap

Dr Henk's #6 ASB Dutch Moss

Sunday

Merkur 33c
Derby Extra (1)
NF 2201
Tabac Soap Stick

Nivea ASB
Old Spice (Lime, India) AS

Both three pass, face lathered.

Yesterday's at home, today's up country and both very good although the Derby did cause a couple of small nicks.

:)
 
Sunday
Geo F. Trumper Rose SS/Edwin Jagger DE87 with Sputnick/Semogue LE 2010 brush/Weleda balsam
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Sunday

GB Kent T4
Creed Original Vetiver SS
6/8 Le Grelot 1/4 grind
Roger et Gallet L'Homme ASB
Terre d' Hermes EdP

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Monday
  • Gillette Super Speed (1970)
  • Wilkinson Sword Blade
  • Simpson Tulip T2 Super
  • D R Harris Almond shaving soap*[/list:u]

    *Every time I use it I wonder why I ever use anything else
 
Shower

Col Conk Amber
Milk Churn
Gillette Tech
Voskhod Blade
Trumpers Coral Skin Food
Ollagala Bay Rum & Sandalwood

First try of a Voskhod now that is a nice blade, we will see after a few shaves, but early indicators may mean it takes over from the Yellow 7 o'clock as my favourite.
 
Monday

Trumper Razor
Gillette Platinum 'Swede' Blade
New Forest 2201 Brush
Mitchell's Wool Fat Soap
Alum
Bulldog ASB

Ian
 
Monday morning
Prep: Hot shower
Brush: New Forest, high mountain
Razor: Aristocrat
Superlather: Da Bomb + Ogallala
AS: Aqua Velva by Williams
Result: DFS :D
It´s a sweet shaver this, for being a DE ;)
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My shave on Sunday, 10-04-2011

Prep: Hot bath, Kyle's prep & Trumpers Sandalwood Skin Food
Brush: Wilkinson Sword
Razor: 1940's Gillette Slim Handle Tech
Blade: Derby
Lather: Trumpers Coconut Oil Shave Soap
Post: Boots Witch Hazel, Clinique Post Shave Healer & Holland & Barratt Aloe Vera Gel.

Second time of using my Tech after six months with Merkur 34c. Got the technique just right this time. Four passes including my FIRST fully against-grain pass. (very sensitive skin)

Extremely pleased with this non-aggressive razor - no irritation at all.
 
Bath

EJ DE 89
Feather (3)
Ingrams sc
Men U brush
One planet asb
Gucci Sport edt

Hangover today so brought in the 'Hung-over buster tag team' ingrams and one planet. Great shave but still got a bad head :cry:
 
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