Sunday evening “school in the morning” shave
Pre-shave: Face wash with Tesco Kind & Pure Vitamin C face wash
Razor: Gillette Aristocrat 4th Generation (No. 22 set)
Blade: Gillette Minora Super Stainless (1)
Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Best Badger - Patriot edition
Cream: Taylor of Old Bond St Eton College
Bowl: Mystery copper bowl
Post-shave: Simpson Lime Post-Shave Balm
Sunday evenings still have that dreaded “back to school tomorrow” feel to them for me. As I have a shaving cream sharing a name with one of our famous schools (and I’ve set myself a target to try and use it up this year), TOBS Eton College seemed fitting for a Sunday evening shave. I was going to dig out a Slim but thought an Aristocrat was in order (Eton having an association with the British Aristocracy and all).
I believe this is a No. 22 set from the 1950s. Very minimal blade feel but it’s a fairly efficient razor. Lovely to look at too.
Haven’t used a Gillette Minora blade in a while. I remember them being similar to Nacets. After using synthetic brushes for my last few shaves it felt good to get a little bit of scratchy badger hair. I do like this Simpson brush a lot. Although I did use the trusted copper bowl, I did a half bowl and half face lather, to get the full experience of this brush. I definitely pick up on mandarin notes with the Eton College cream. As a result I raided the fruit bowl as the Simpson’s lime balm dried off.
Enjoy what’s left of the weekend and the week ahead!
On another note I feel that I’ve finally mastered the Blackbird following a video the lads at Blackland put up on YouTube, quality unit that requires an odd technique that you wouldn’t suit other razors. I now no longer require the lite plate, winner!
