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- Wednesday July 20, 2016
- Location
- Sunny Cornwall
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SOTD 29 October
Razor - Schick F Type.
Blade - Schick - Japan
Soap - GFT Eucris cream
Brush - Alpha Bulldog 28mm silvertip
Post - Eucris GFT skin food
Frag - GFT Eucris Edt & Edp
I've been looking forward to shaving with this beautiful razor and I was not left disappointed.
Whilst being mild it was very efficient and left me with super smooth skin and a big smile on my face!
The Alpha Bulldog brush soon whipped up a wonderful lather for me to work with.
To finish off this lovely shave I applied my GFT skin food followed by the Eucris Edt & Edp, perfect!
I hope you all have a great weekend but let's be careful out there!
Paul.
Thank you Shubs, it is certainly one of the better looking Schick injector razor's and it shaves wonderfully.Lovely picture and razor Paul, that razor really is one of the most beautiful vintage razors I've come across.
29/10/22
Pre - Palmolive Sea Minerals
Soap - Derby Stick
Brush - Omega 10075
Razor - Personna Star
Blade - Silver Star (1)
Post - Alum/Witch Hazel
AS - Brut Oceans
Another first outing of a vintage razor, but not quite as dramatic as Paul's SOTD! Yesterday I took delivery of a Personna Star razor which I'd been looking for a while. The razor itself is incredible light, I think it is a zamak top cap, with an aluminium handle. It felt very lightweight in the hand during the shave, I think I will pair the razor with a slightly heavier handle for it's next outing.
As it was made by the Star company, it seemed appropriate to pair the razor with a new Silver Star blade (made by Lord), I've seen some old Silver Star blades on sale which I presume were also made by Star.
How did the razor perform? I'd say not a million miles from the Gilette Techs I own, but the Personna Star razor was very smooth and quite mild, I think I'd have used a slightly sharper blade maybe a Gillette Nacet for it's next outing. The shave was a very smooth and comfortable one, spare nicking the side of my mouth which took a bit of alum to stop bleeding. Overall, a much more enjoyable shave than the horrible one I had yesterday!
Have a good weekend Gents and remember the clocks go back an hour tonight!
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Karve Overlander alu, Treet Platinum, Simpson Chubb 1 best, A&E Turkish Coffee soap and splash.
I can't avoid the fact that I'm allergic to something in this soap and splash. Bummer. I've never before had a reaction to a product - I don't consider myself to have sensitive skin in any way shape or form. It had to be this fcuking one! The closest to provoking irritation previously was Extro Egyptian Oud - I think just because it is so highly perfumed as a percentage of the base. Within a couple of minutes of starting to face lather with the Turkish Coffee I get a burning sensation that borders on painful. It goes immediately upon rinsing and then starts again with pass two and so on - same thing with the splash. It must be a perfume ingredient - I have never had an issue with A&E soap bases before - quite the opposite, for me they are superb. Among the best. Annoyingly, my skin is perfect - soft and supple - after using it, no redness or other indication of a reaction. I say again - bummer. The scent is fantastic - as you would expect from A&E - opening with wet coffee grinds, developing to a sweet, thick, cardamon infused final lather. Gorgeous. The splash is even better - much more complex and pronounced, it lingers for an age. My other half loved it on me - an immediate 'purr, purr - you smell nice.' Oh well - coming to BST soon. Shame. - have better shaves all - cheers - I.
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