Green Door – HSSC
Holland Glen – Talbot
Horse – Semogue
Irisch Moos – SIR
Novodur 12 – Filarmonica
Date | 18.05.2024 |
366 daily shaves | 139/366 |
Razor | Blade | Brush |
Razorock Game Changer .84P SB | Gillette Minora (5) | Abe’s Brush Works Smokey Bandit |
Preshave | Soap | Postshave |
Cold splash KCG Face Wash | Hampshire Wool Fat (5) | Cold splash Proraso Green Balm |
Passes | WTG XTG ATG and touch up |
Process Quality | Blade Sharpness |
7/10 (Nicked myself) | 4/10 (Sharp Edge) |
Effectiveness | Shave Comfort |
8/10 (DFS+) | 8/10 (Smooth) |
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I love your description/comparison of the R41 and Knight Helmet! Sounds like they’d be fun to hand out with.Another bright Saturday morning.
Yaqi Knight Helmet + Dorco Titan blade
Semogue Torga C5 Mistura brush
Wickhams Russian Leather soap
Arko "Gold Power" aftershave
A razor I'd definitely call "aggressive". If an R41 is a former military officer sipping scotch and water in the corner, the Knight Helmet is just in the pub to get lagered and start something. The trick is not to show fear when it flashes its toothy grin at you.
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That said, it gives a very close shave and I like the shavette-level blade feel. Arko aftershave from its plastic bottle seemed a good companion and the Gold Power smell is growing on me - it somehow seems more Eighties than the aftershaves I have that were made in the Eighties.
Very smooth and very close. I'll knock it down to a "9" just so the razor doesn't think it's got me scared.
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Filarmónica 14 Doble Temple 8/8 Hollow - Semogue OC Boar - Eufros Vetiver de Haití - Myrsol Agua...
Spanish Saturday shave! Superb shave from this failsafe combination. 10/10
Get healed up. I think you might really like that combo when your face is feeling better.View attachment 1848043
Another lazy shave with Cremo cream over hot water splash. Lazy because Cremo provides excellent lubrication with virtually no effort.
Rex Konsul razor on 2 wasn't the most comfortable, but the end result was good. It will be better when I don't have irritated skin from the previous day.
Astra SP India (4) blade is still showing almost no dulling. I am confused how the measured sharpness is still in the same range as it was after the first shave. Is it the slant reducing wear, or perhaps the Cremo used a few times? Is the blade just amazingly consistent? Probably all of these to an extent. I will keep using this blade until measurements show some more significant dulling. Hopefully it doesn't take too long because I have a lot of blades to test.
Alum over the cuts, then Cremo cooling balm, which is nice for a rougher shave with some irritation.
Cremo bergamot and musk is a nice fruity fragrance to go with the sweet Palo Santo cream.
4/10 Low score because the shave was uncomfortable after messing up my skin last night. I had some weepers and a good nic, too. However, my skin is much happier than it was 24 hours ago and my face is much smoother. The experience was bad but the results, good.
Water | Razor(s) | Shaving Blade | Buffing Blade | Prep | Soap | Brushes |
Rain (small container) Prep Cold Shave Hot | KCG Shaving VDH Buffing & tight spots | Bic Chrome #56 of 100 Shave # 7 And out | King C. Gillette 7 of 10 | Cube 2.0 Menthol Left Timeless Blue Bowl | Noble Otter Lonestar Right Timeless Blue Bowl | Noble Otter 1 Prep2 Lathering |
Passes | Quality | Rating | Nicks | Weepers | Stubble |
2 | CAS | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | Heavy |
Comments: A tired #56 did its best this morning. An acceptable shave, but I needed lots of buffing with the VDH for moderate smooth face feel. Oops, had the wrong date on yesterday's post. |
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