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Just a light-hearted comment, Mate- I meant could I see the light (SV soap) and avoid the Heretic's bonfire
Beautiful brush handle.Wednesday 22nd November 2017
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Pre Shave: Hot Shower + L'Oreal Birch Sap Face Wash and Proraso White
Razor: Gillette Super Adjustable T2 (#7)
Blade: Gillette Platinum Plus - Brazil (#1)
Brush: Mason Pearson Super Badger
Cream: Proraso Blue
Post: Alum Block, Cold water and Thayers Lavender Witch Hazel
AS: Proraso Blue balm
An absolutely wonderful shave this morning, first time using the Gillette Platinum Plus blades, and they are superb. The real surprise was the Super Adjustable, I already have a 1965 Slim which is one of my favourite razors. What makes this T2 so special (no not birth year that is the 1965 slim) is I got this along with another razor I was after and so I was not too disappointed when it turned out the safety bar was well out of whack on both sides. The razor looked pretty mucky in the eBay photos but it did clean up very nicely, after some google foo I set about the razor with a butter knife and to my surprise I managed to coax the safety bars back into what looked a good enough state to me. Today was the first shave with the razor and what a superb result, totally smooth shave and finish. I am well chuffed!
It was the handle that attracted me to the brush, I have to admit the knot is somewhat lacking, but I keep using it so it can't be that bad.Beautiful brush handle.
Perhaps you could pull the knot and replace it.It was the handle that attracted me to the brush, I have to admit the knot is somewhat lacking, but I keep using it so it can't be that bad.
It does shed a bit, but the handle feels great to use.
There is no need to ramble.Razor: Gillette Red Tip
Blade: Personna Tungsten (16)
Brush: El Druida Red Heart Chakte Kok/African Blackwood 2 Band
Soap: Nuavia Blu
A/S: Floid Blue
Scuttle: Tanakaska
Don't want to ramble on about another great shave so I just say DFS.
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Thanks very much Wayne. I have never used the same setup for a month, but I'm enjoying it so far.There is no need to ramble.
Your pic says a thousand words.
A beautiful set up my friend.
What a comeback! Bravo Iain!Sotd - Wednesday 22/11 -
Razor - Schick Type O clone
blade - mystery vintage single (2)
brush - Semogue 2015 HD
soap - SV Tundra Artica
post - witch hazel
a/s - Nivea 2 phase
balm - none, didn't need it.
Result - magnificent.
In part this shave was about what I didn't use - I have next to me as I type an astonishingly beautiful 1912 'Made in England' version - thanks P. In its Bakelite case. Pristine. I was kindly gifted earlier this year an American 1912 by @Wayne Pritchard and it proved to be my 'gateway drug' into vintage single edges. They are very good for me. I thought I would try a bit of delayed gratification - something I'm ordinarily very poor at achieving - and use my Type O clone again - which is also new, the second shave with it - I wanted to see what would happen with a heavier growth - 4 days. Just the same as last time - very mild in use but extremely effective. A wee bit of polishing after the second pass but it's so comfortable to use that it didn't irritate my skin whatsoever. I think you would have to be massively clumsy to draw blood with it. The brush was my first silver tip - it amuses me these days about the HD bit in it's name - high density. Oh really? Compared to a Maseto 30mm or Chubby - I think not. I still enjoy using it when in the mood for a floppy wall of super soft badger hair though. A bit of nostalgia too. I'd forgotten how good the SV soap is - I reached for it again as I was having trouble coming up with my hard soap of the year. I wanted to revisit this and a Wickam's 1912 before voting. Tabac and O.S.P were the obvious front runners for me. The post shave feel of the SV is really top end - paired with the Nivea 2 phase I really really didn't need a balm. So - top end shave - count me as a happy bunny. Smoother than a Neolithic obsidian hand axe - originally fashioned by a Pre-Columbian shaman - used in their smooth initiation rituals and passed down through the generations. Yours all - I.
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