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First dibs on the 3 piece set of interlinked03/08/2021
Razor: ATT Aluminium Windsor Pro SB90
Blade: GSB (2)
Brush: Shavemac TSR 2015 LE
Soap: P&B Interlinked
ASL: P&B Interlinked
ASB: P&B Interlinked
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Second use of the P&B Interlinked and I'm now content to say it's my favourite P&B scent. I went and bought the matching splash and balm but unfortunately I'm getting irritation from it. Absolutely gutted!
Stop it @Satanfriendly! It was you who enabled me to get the General in the first place... now you're telling there's more?And that is because it is. And you need the brass version to realise there is holier than holy
Stop it @Satanfriendly! It was you who enabled me to get the General in the first place... now you're telling there's more?
Love the picture , but not loving that you are getting Irritation !03/08/2021
Razor: ATT Aluminium Windsor Pro SB90
Blade: GSB (2)
Brush: Shavemac TSR 2015 LE
Soap: P&B Interlinked
ASL: P&B Interlinked
ASB: P&B Interlinked
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Second use of the P&B Interlinked and I'm now content to say it's my favourite P&B scent. I went and bought the matching splash and balm but unfortunately I'm getting irritation from it. Absolutely gutted!
Tuesday 3rd August
Ganders Goat Soap w/Hop, Sage & Birch
Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap
Semogue SOC Taj w/24mm Boar
Ever Ready 1912 Sun Ray
GEM by Personna Stainless PTFE (2)
YSL Kouros Aftershave
Birthday shave!
Time to reflect on all that kit and pick some real favourites ...
By a country mile, it's MWF as my choice for soap and it is, of course, a 1912 razor for which I picked the dandiest that I have: the Sun Ray. Lather up with my lovely Semogue piggy and finish with a splash of the really good stuff.
That was quite perfect.
I was given to understand four shaves with a Gem counted as bedding in! I shall be less cocky with regard to how many is the norm.Tuesday 3rd August 2021 PM
Pre: Warm rinse then Proraso red pre-shave cream
Soap/Cream: ESC Citrus Kiss cream
Brush: Yaqi Rainbow synthetic
Razor: OneBlade Genesis
Blade: Despined GEM (changed halfway through)
Post: Warm/cold rinse, Thayers Unscented, Floid Vigoroso aftershave then Barts Balm Amber & Moroccan Jasmine balm
EdC: Alvarez Gomez Agua be Colonia
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This evenings shave did not deserve to give me the BBS result it did.
Having bought ESC’s Citrus Kiss cream earlier today I was keen to see how it performed. It came as no surprise that it was flawless with a super rich thick creamy lather giving excellent protection. If it wasn’t for this I think I would be in a lot more discomfort.
The weapons of choice were simple as I knew they would perform flawlessly. However…half way through my 2nd pass (XTG) the blade fell off the edge of a cliff. It was its 4th outing which I wouldn’t class as pushing it, but thinking I could finish off the shave with this blade was a mistake.
At the end of my 2nd pass I could feel the discomfort on my neck building, so ditched the blade and replaced it with a fresh despined GEM. It glided no problem though my neck was feeling delicate.
Rinsing off I could feel the heat building which was amplified with the splash of Floid. Soothing Barts Balm came to the rescue though I do have a red dotted neck. Hopefully it’ll calm as the evening goes on, but eff me it’s tingling.
Think I’ll give tomorrow night a miss.
May your shaves be great folks (not like mine this evening!).
Likewise. I’ve never had a blade dull and become unusable so quickly, so there’s every chance it was it was a crap blade, or my storage/loading has gone wrong?!?I was given to understand four shaves with a Gem counted as bedding in! I shall be less cocky with regard to how many is the norm.
I had the same recently where my travel bag got soaked through with ASL leakage. No idea how, but first blade out was like sandpaper and so was the second. Just binned the tuck as not worth messing around.Likewise. I’ve never had a blade dull and become unusable so quickly, so there’s every chance it was it was a crap blade, or my storage/loading has gone wrong?!?
The good thing is my neck’s calmed down now. I’ve probably done something to the blade as I can normally get more shaves from a GEM and it unusually just seemed to stop shaving. Glad I binned it when I did.I had the same recently where my travel bag got soaked through with ASL leakage. No idea how, but first blade out was like sandpaper and so was the second. Just binned the tuck as not worth messing around.
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