I picked up the box on my way home from work on friday. Everything arrived perfectly... no leaks!
There is a surprising amount of stuff in there. Everything appears to be new or very close to new. There is a good selection of soaps and aftershaves. Thanks again [MENTION=108269]sqg491[/MENTION]!
Saturday I shaved with a few things from the box.
Razor: RazoRock Heavy Duty (Box)
Blade: Kai (Box)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft (Mine)
Lather: Catie's Buccles Rosee Du Matin (Box)
Aftershave: RazoRock The Son of Zeus (Box)
I've never used Catie's Bubbles soaps before. There are a couple Catie's samples in the box. The scent of them all is nice and strong. My favourite was the lemon lime scent of Rosee Du Matin. The lather was fantastic. A small amount easily produced enough lather for three passes.
The Son of Zeus after shave worked wonderfully as an aftershave, but my wife gave it the axe on the sniff test. A couple of times she asked me to go wash it off. I didn't mind the scent, but I didn't love it. It is a great aftershave though.
It took a few tries to load the blade straight in the RazoRock Heavy Duty. And once I started my shave it was noticeably more aggressive on one side of the head than the other. I ended up using only the more mild side to finish the shave.
The Kai blade was sharp and smooth, even on the mild side of the head. I ended up with a close shave with no irritation. Despite the razor the Kai blade performed really well.
This morning I tried the same Kai blade in my Gillette Slim:
View attachment 683071
Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable (Mine)
Blade: Kai (Box)
Brush: LioJuny Finest Badger (Mine)
Lather: RazoRock The Stalion (Box)
Aftershave: RazoRock Santal Royal (Box)
The Kia blade performed really well in my Slim. No irritation and very sharp. The Kai is definitely sharp but smooth enough that kept it easy to use. After two shaves the Kai blade is very nice.
The Stallion Shave Soap is one of the RazoRock tallow based soaps. It's super slick and easy to lather, definitely a very nice soap. The scent is hard to describe. To me it has a bit of a cologne scent. It's not strong and doesn't last after the shave but the scent is nice. The post shave feel is fantastic.
My wife sniff tested a couple bottles ahead of time and decided on the Santal Royal. It's a sandalwood based scent. There is a bit of spice that hangs on with the sandalwood. The scent lasts longer than the Son of Zeus and as an aftershave it performs just as well.
I'm going to shave with stuff from the box tomorrow morning then I'll ship it off on my way to work.
imcndn
There is a surprising amount of stuff in there. Everything appears to be new or very close to new. There is a good selection of soaps and aftershaves. Thanks again [MENTION=108269]sqg491[/MENTION]!
Saturday I shaved with a few things from the box.
Razor: RazoRock Heavy Duty (Box)
Blade: Kai (Box)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft (Mine)
Lather: Catie's Buccles Rosee Du Matin (Box)
Aftershave: RazoRock The Son of Zeus (Box)
I've never used Catie's Bubbles soaps before. There are a couple Catie's samples in the box. The scent of them all is nice and strong. My favourite was the lemon lime scent of Rosee Du Matin. The lather was fantastic. A small amount easily produced enough lather for three passes.
The Son of Zeus after shave worked wonderfully as an aftershave, but my wife gave it the axe on the sniff test. A couple of times she asked me to go wash it off. I didn't mind the scent, but I didn't love it. It is a great aftershave though.
It took a few tries to load the blade straight in the RazoRock Heavy Duty. And once I started my shave it was noticeably more aggressive on one side of the head than the other. I ended up using only the more mild side to finish the shave.
The Kai blade was sharp and smooth, even on the mild side of the head. I ended up with a close shave with no irritation. Despite the razor the Kai blade performed really well.
This morning I tried the same Kai blade in my Gillette Slim:
View attachment 683071
Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable (Mine)
Blade: Kai (Box)
Brush: LioJuny Finest Badger (Mine)
Lather: RazoRock The Stalion (Box)
Aftershave: RazoRock Santal Royal (Box)
The Kia blade performed really well in my Slim. No irritation and very sharp. The Kai is definitely sharp but smooth enough that kept it easy to use. After two shaves the Kai blade is very nice.
The Stallion Shave Soap is one of the RazoRock tallow based soaps. It's super slick and easy to lather, definitely a very nice soap. The scent is hard to describe. To me it has a bit of a cologne scent. It's not strong and doesn't last after the shave but the scent is nice. The post shave feel is fantastic.
My wife sniff tested a couple bottles ahead of time and decided on the Santal Royal. It's a sandalwood based scent. There is a bit of spice that hangs on with the sandalwood. The scent lasts longer than the Son of Zeus and as an aftershave it performs just as well.
I'm going to shave with stuff from the box tomorrow morning then I'll ship it off on my way to work.
imcndn