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OCtober 2014

Shave 18 NEW SC, Astra SP. This Astra blade is very sharp and the first shave, despite my precautions, gave me a couple weepers and nicks. Very similar to the 7 o'clock yellows which I will revisit later. This was my last shave of OCtober. See everyone next month.
 
My last shave in OCtober :)

Brush: Semogue 620
Razor: Sheraton
Soap: Steeplechase
Pre: Noxzema
Post: Arko Ice Mint Balm
Blade: Super Iridium Polsilver

Its been a good month of shaving with solely OC's. I am looking forward to going back to multiple varietys though! :D $OCtober shave 7.jpg
 
Due to the success of this thread, maybe we should have a NEWvember? All NEWs and variants (7 o'clock/Probak/Minora/Rotbart/etc) allowed...heck, maybe even New Improveds. Yay/Nay?

I am, of course, a very big NEW fan and I think your idea sounds like fun. I'm fairly certain I have at least 30 razors from the extended NEW family. That said, I would not want to do it this November. I have too many experiments that have been put on hold this month.
Perhaps next OCtober, I will use only razors from the extended NEW family ...:001_smile
 
My last October shave. Decided to end the OC marathon with something different, so I picked up my Fatip Picollo. Thought to myself, 'no, this isn't different enough'.
So I went this route:

Oct 30th, shave 5

Gem Micromatic Open Comb
Gem Stainless blade
Cella
Gillette Wild Rain splash

Next year I will be prepared to join you gentlemen on Oct 1st!
 

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Due to the success of this thread, maybe we should have a NEWvember? All NEWs and variants (7 o'clock/Probak/Minora/Rotbart/etc) allowed...heck, maybe even New Improveds. Yay/Nay?

If we did it next year I would have plenty of time to add to my meager 10-12 NEW variant collection. But I'm game!
 
Hi,

I don't have a NEW any longer. I used to have three, but one by one they wound up passed onto others so they could try a NEW. My acquisition of the Fasans meant pretty much the end of my using a NEW on a regular basis. But, I could go for one of those Big Boy variants.....so maybe next year for my partaking in NEWvember....

Stan
 
October 31 - Shave 28

Well that finishes of OCtober for me. Fortunately although it is All Hallows Eve there was no blood or scary incidents with this shave. I did mix up my routine for the last shave though. I was a rebel and used ToBS Grapefruit rather than Cella :)

ToBS Grapefruit
Semogue 610
Merkur 15c
Gillette 7 O'clock SharpEdge
Thayer's Peach Astringent

I've had fun with this OC for a month thing. After reading all of the love heaped on the Gillette New it is now definitely on my todo list. I'm going to take a break and go back to 34c now, but I think I'll be rotating between the 2 Merkurs a lot more than I used to.

Thanks to Shutterbug57 for all the hard work collating the stats. And thanks to everyone else for participating. It has been a blast!
 
I forgot to mention that the seventh shave is where I ended the Gillette Silver Blue. It was leaving behind stubble on my cheeks, albeit very light, and it took extra J-hooking to clear it away. I had more burn with the alum when I finished, so I changed blades to a Gillette Black. I'll be using it for the rest of my shaves, and I'll see just how long that blade lasts with careful prep and attention to angles. :)

Happy Halloween everyone!
 
Wanted to save this razor for the last day of OCtober. Thought it'd be fun to shave with a razor that I'd imagine someone getting prepped for some gruesome surgery with considering it's Halloween after all. It's a Personna Derma Gard that I was PIF'd from a hospital worker. He found it in a supply closet one day and sent me a couple of them. I'll be all prepped and ready to go when I wake for the festivities tomorrow.

10.31.14

Personna Derma Gard
Personna Med Prep
B&B Frosted Blue
B&M Hallows
Fine Snake Bite

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This month has been a blast! Look forward to doing it again next year.
 
Forgot to ask what everyone's first shave after OCtober is going to be? My Tech is feeling very neglected this month. I have a feeling I'll be using him for the first few shaves of November :thumbup1:
 
Forgot to ask what everyone's first shave after OCtober is going to be? My Tech is feeling very neglected this month. I have a feeling I'll be using him for the first few shaves of November :thumbup1:

Great question!

I'm actually going to stick with my FaTip Grande for a while longer. I'm wanting to test out my new technique with a Gillette Black and a Feather. Until I know what I'm capable of with those blades in that razor, I'll be using it exclusively.
 
Good evening all, shave #25, day 30;

Razor; Valet AutoStrop OC.
Blade; Vintage English Valet Auto Strop blade.
Brush; Chinese Badger brush.
Cream; LaToja.
ASB; Nivea (sensitive).
Cologne; 360 Red.

The little Auto Strop razor did a great job. BBS in two passes with a little touch up. Here's the photo-
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Here is where we stand at the moment. I will be back in about 12 hours for an update.

No.NameRazor(s)ShavesNotes
1alaskazimmNEW SC
Old Type
ATT M2/Atlas
NEW LC
Old Type/Weber Bulldog
Old Type/Atlas
5
5
5
6
3
1
2BaldyCootNEW LC
NEW SC
1924 Bostonian New Improved
Old Type/ball end
1919 Single Ring
New Improved Tuckaway
6
3
6
3
3
3
3BaritoneJP
4Billy Goatee1905 Double Ring
Sheraton
1917 US Service Set
Khaki Set
1921 New Standard
NEW SC? R&B set
1920s NEW
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
Congrats on the cessation of smoking.
5bocefusNEW SC
Merkur 41C
NEW LC
Parker 26C
7
5
8
9
6briggsNEW SC bar handle
NEW LC/ball handle
NEW SC/ball handle
1930s NEW LC/ball handle
10
2
2
1
7cantujmATT R2/Kronos
Ikon OC Deluxe
Gillette Single Ring
HTGAM Name Taker
Old Type/iKon
ATT R2/Maggard
NEW/Bulldog
9
7
3
1
1
1
1
8CastleProudNEW SC
New Improved Tuckaway '25
17
1
9cgarland
10Chado
11chgruver
12Chronarch
13Clubman4Life
14CornishmanATT H2/Atlas
NEW SC
Fatip Piccolo
GilletteGoodwill
L'Essor
NEW Deluxe R&B set 1934
Myatt
Cadet
Old Type Mayfair
Oxford
New Improved Tuckaway
English 7 O'Clock
FaTip Grande Anthracite
English Winsor set 1930
Merkur 1904
English Bias Pinned NEW
English Raised Flat Bottom NEW #44
Famir
Coutellerie Prince
ATT R2/Atlas
Souplex
Canadian Old Type Ball End
Leresche
1921 Single Ring
1
1
1
1
3
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Still going strong with a new razor per day. Today broke your count for last year. How long will this continue - stay tuned, only Cornishman knows!!!

Sweet looking razors, the lot of them. :)
15Cosmos MarinerEnglish Flat Bottom w/ ATT Atlas
NEW LC/iKon Tuckaway
DLC Deluxe/UFO Colibri
NEW SC/UFO Colibri
Old Type/Bull Dog II
DLC Deluxe/Tuckaway
GEM Junior
NEW LC/UFO Colibri
DLC Deluxe/ATT Atlas
Eng. Flat Bot. NEW/Apollo
NEW LC/Bulldog II
DLC Deluxe/Bulldog II
Personna DermaGard
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
16countrydirtNew SC11
17davidsilvaRR Jaws/Elite Malachite
Sheraton
Feather AS-D2 Ikon base plate
NEW Standard
NEW LC
Plisson Paladium
Solingen Traveler???
Gillette Tuckaway
ATT M2/Atlas
ATT R2/Kronos
Le Taillefer
ATT H2/Atlas
Fasan Slant
Old Type SC
R41/UFO TF
New Improved Bostonian
Senator
iKon OC/Feather ASD2
NEW LC
British NEW LC
Eisen Lothrigen
ATT H2/Kronos
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
18dccNEW De Luxe
Old Type
1
1
19DrAwkwardATT H2
NEW Deluxe
NEW RFB LC/Weber
Le Coq
NEW LC - US
NEW LC - Brit
Leresche 51
British Popular #47 - 1939
Old Type Bulldog
Cadet
Richwood New Improved
English Richwood NEW RFB
R41 with printed cap
Old Type Big Fellow
#15 British Aristocrat
ABC Pocket Ed/Weber
Unknown Slanty OC
Goodwill #162
Goodwill #160
Goodwill SC Argentina
Goodwill CDN #164
English Goodwill Empire
Canadian Single Ring
New Improved Tuckaway
Fasan Slant
Bulgarian OC
Single Ring Clone
Rotbart RFB Heavy
Rotbart RFB Regular
1
1
3
1
0.5
0.5
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
.5
.5
20DresdenRR Jaws18
21EastomjacSingle Ring
Valet Auto Strop
GEM MMOC
GEM 1912
GEM Junior
NEW LC/Ball Handle
1909 Burham
1
1
2
3
1
2
1
22Ender78
23engblom
24fordfather1934 Aristocrat
1921 New Standard
NEW LC
Old Type/RR Little Bastone
Old Type/??? Handle
RR/Cadet/Pearl
6
1
1
1
1
1
25froogle_jimmyCanadian NEW1
1
What was the 01 Oct Razor
26GalaktusOld Type
NEW LC
3
7
27glofthoLittle Bastone??
28Guru17NEW Improved
MOFEM
Noname #1
RR Jaws
US style English NEW
British Military Issue
Soluna Czech DE
Noname #2
Perfecta
English RFB NEW
Soluna #2
Hermes single ring clone
NEW SC
NEW Deluxe R&B set
FR#1 Mercury w/ NEW SC BP
ENG. RFB NEW/Perfecta
NEW LC/Mercury
Mercury cap, NEW Deluxe BP & Jaws handle
Jaws cap, Brit. Mil. issue BP & Perfecta handle
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

1
1
29gwsmallwoodNEW LC22
30HaggisesSingle Ring
GEM MMOC
Old Type/Fat Handled Tech
EveryReady 1912
NEW LC/Ball handle
Pocket Old Type
3
3
2
1
4
2
31InvictaFatip Piccolo25
32ironfistAristocrat (20's style)
1934 Aristocrat
RR Slab/Leresche
Jaws
Gillette #15
2011 R41/RR Slab
Gillette Bell Aristocrat
Parker 26C
NEW LC
Sheraton
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
33jbradleyGillette Bulldog
Gillette Bostonian
ABC Pocket Edition, Ball End
Old Type
NEW SC/Bar Handle
Cooper
Segal
Senator
Sheraton
Another Old Type/Ball End
Cadet
FaTip
2009 R41
2011 R41
Goodwill #1
Goodwill #2
Goodwill #3
Goodwill #4
Goodwill #5
Goodwill #6
Old Type Military/Ball end
Khaki set #1
Khaki set #2
Military Issue #3
Single Ring
Single Ring - gold tone
Rotbart Mond Extra
1907 SR
NEW LC
Rose Gold Tuckaway
Big BOy
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Another shaver going strong with a new razor a day for October. :)
34jim9112
35jjking54Old Type
NEW SC
3
5
36JwesleymBritish Capital I NEW
Old Type
NEW LC
NEW LC/Ball end tech
NEW LC/Homemade bolt
9
6
3
6
6
37KenGriffith45Parker 26C
Merkur 1904
Merkur 1904
9
3
11 H
38KQY61Fasan Double Slant
Old Type
26.5
5.5
39Laird
40lunchmanATT R2/Kronos
ATT M2/Kronos
NEW SC
MMOC
6
9
9
3
41Malintyne
42Marine Dad
43matt71Aristocrat (30s)
NEW Deluxe
1920s Gillette Bulldog
Sheraton
Gillette #88
Probak
UK New French Import
Minora
7 o'Clock LC
1910 Double Ring Fluted Shell/ABC Pocket
Gillette #20 UK Aristocrat
NEW Norfolk SC
Big Boy
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

1
1
1
1
44modybluNEW???
45Morman BridgeCanadian Empire Pocket Ed Old
1936 English Aristocrat
1934 NEW Deluxe R&B set
1910 Single Ring
1909 Gillette ABC Smooth Case Scroll
1934 Aristocrat
1940s English #44
New Debutante
1907 Single Ring
1920 Pocket Edition Old Type
1938 Senator
1909 Basket Weave Double Ring
English Bias Pin NEW
1930s Federal NEW
1960's OC Tech
Sheraton
Crappy Mystery Razor
Gillette Berkshire set NEW
1919 Single Ring
1920 Gillette Bulldog
WWII Khaki set
GEM MMOC
EverReady SE
1905 Double Ring
Valet AutoStrop
1
1
1
1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Dry Shaver with an SE - way to go.
46MrSpeedy
47ncfyrfyterNEW LC
NEW SC
Muhle R41
Old Type
RR Jaws
NEW Goodwill
New Improved
1922 Tuckaway Gold
5
3
3
2
3
3
2
1
48Nick_OCanadian Old Type Pocket Ed
1918 Single Ring
1920s Old Type ball end
1930s NEW SC
1930s NEW LC Ball Handle
1937 Sheraton
Cadet TP-30
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
49NRAMOld Ball End
R41
Hoffritz
13
5
4
50nuclearblastNEW LC
English NEW #77
Leresche #44
Biased Pin Flat Bottom English NEW
17mm Deluxe/Tuckaway
English Old Type Empire set
English Single Ring "F series"
R41 Spitfire cap
British Popular #45
Gardette OC
Round Pin Flat Bot. NEW
CDN New #77
English NEW Empire Set
Rotbart RFB
NEW Deluxe Big Boy
English Goodwill
1
1
1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
51Ollie4ISU
52Opepin
53PenknightFaTip Grande11
54PepinOld Type
NEW LC
Damaskeene
Old Type Single Ring
3
??
??
1
55Peter_AJoris Palladium Spiral
ATT H2/Atlas
ATT R2/Kronos
SC 101 (OC Side)/Weber
iKon Deluxe/iKon SE100mm
1936 Aristocrat De Luxe
Gillette New Standard
NEW LC/Sabi T2 handle
Old Type (ABC Pocket Set)
2011 R41/EJ Georgian
Old Type
RR Jaws
Cadet TTO
FaTip Piccolo
GEM MMOC
2011 R41/iKon Tuckaway
2011 R41/Weber Classic
2
3
3
2
3
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
56rabidusNEW RFB/Kronos
NEW LC/Kronos
NEW SC
Old Type Thin Cap/Kronos
NEW LC
CDN Goodwill OT/Kronos
MMOC
US Goodwill LC/Kronos
17
30 H
1
2
2
4
1
3
Head shaves work too.
Please check my numbers for the head shaves.
57RoderickOld Type/Jaws
Goodwill
GEM Lathercatcher
NEW LC (Uncle Bob)
EverReady 1912
Snaggletooth OC
Valet VC3
RR Jaws
GEM MMOC
NEW LC (Walter)
Old Type Clone
Canadian Old Type
New Improved
5
3
1
3
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
1
2
58rp_63Vintage Merkur 15
1924 Tuckaway
NEW SC/Bar
NEW LC/Ball end
GEM MMOC
5
6
6
7
3
59Sceptic PencilTradere 2 gen
ATT H2/Atlas
Aristocrat #15
FaTip Piccolo/UFO Kaiser short
FaTip Piccolo/stock
NEW LC RFB/Weber Bulldog
Big Ben
7
12
4
2
1
2
1
60scoope7 O'Clock LC English FB/Webber
NEW Deluxe/Weber Bulldog
NEW Deluxe w/ Eng. FB LC top
New Improved Tuckaway/Weber Bulldog
Old Type, Single Ring
Tuckaway/iKon SS Tuckaway
Old Type/Ball handle
Old Type/Weber Bulldog
NEW Delux 15mm/Weber Bulldog
4
2
1

1
1
1
1
1

3
61ShaveYourSoulVintage Adams (Merkur)
Random Open Comb X
Old Type/Sabi T2
2
1
5
62Shutterbug57GEM MMOC
1934 Aristocrat
1938 Senator
1937 Sheraton
NEW SC
NEW LC
Old Type/ATT Titan
ATT R2/ATT Titan
Eveready 1912
GEM Damaskeene
NEW SC "Copper Top"
1
12
4
1
1
4
1
3
1
1
1
63skipNEW LC
1907 Single Ring
Canadian Single Ring
1918 Khaki Set (WWI)
1918 Bulldog
Old Type thin cap
1927 NEW Improved
1928 Tuckaway
GEM MMOC
Otto Roth
NEW LC Bostonian
NEW LC Windsor/ball
Canadian Goodwill OT
Canadian Goodwill SC
Canadian LC NEW/Sabi T2
No Name OC (Czech)
Cadet TP-23
1
3
1
1
4
1
5
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Marching through history during October.
64SocalRickATT R2/Atlas
NEW LC
NEW SC
Cadet TTO
4
8
9
6
65SquirrelFatip Piccolo
NEW SC
15
15
66StillShavingMerkur 12 C/Barber Pole5
67TheDeadlyBulbIkon Deluxe
FaTip Piccolo
FaTip Grande Retro Gunmetal
19
6
3
68thinBLUEline89
69TobyCGillette 20s ball type11
70tonichCDN NEW LC Gold1
71Uncli Brian
72vaplanmanNEW LC30
73whosaidpigeonMerkur 15c28The official first poster.
NEWPARTICIPANTS
74robkOld Type
ATT R2/Atlas
NEW SC/ball end Tech
NEW SC/Ball end Tech
Old Type SC/Ball end
1
10
1
3
1
75jhadsell1883NEW SC6
76steep-n-shallowNEW LC1A 1940s Fat Handled Tech is a fine razor, but it is not an OC - or is it? Show us a pic - please. They do give a nice shave however. (5)
77Bergstedt1918 Single Ring1
78SteveWYNEW LC
NEW SC
??
??
79jankdcABC Pocket Silver
NEW SC
GEM MMOC
10
3
1
80prometeoR41 (2011)1
81NavyShaveATT R2???+2Let me know how many shaves for this razor in October and I will correct the table.
82n2hqlNEW Improved??
83KipNoxzemaOld Type/Tech??
84Burgundy#15??
85bberg100NEW LC??
86prairie-dadOld Type
NEW LC
5
2
87showardNEW LC
GEM MMOC
4
1
88Batman9402????Wicked looking razor, what is it?
89Badger in the SunNEW LC??
 
31st OCtober 2014
Just like to thank Shutterbug for organizing this thread and updating the OCtober spreadsheet. He has done a great job again :thumbup:
Last razor for Open Comb OCtober is:
Kept this one till last!
It's an English New Improved head off an English Tuckaway with Bulldog handle, personalized with my B&B name by an old engraver friend of mine.
EJ Sandalwood soap face lathered with Semogue boar brush.
Voskhod blade.
Proraso splash.
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Forgot to ask what everyone's first shave after OCtober is going to be? My Tech is feeling very neglected this month. I have a feeling I'll be using him for the first few shaves of November :thumbup1:

I will be traveling, so my NEW SC is the go to razor for that with its custom made travel case :)

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