Vintage April 2025

[Schnitzel52]

Vintage April Shave 4

Shave 4
Prewar Fat Handle Tech (Silver)
Bic Chrome Platinum (4)
Colonel x2L
Mitchell's Woolfat
A Fine shave. Smooth, close, and comfortable
The prewar Tech is a sweet shave.




AoM, BOSC, Captains Club, LEMD, RMS, SASA

 

[Kbbond]

Friday 4/04

April GRUME - Vintage April

Pre: Hot Towel, RE Pre-shave Bar
Razor: 1959 Gillette Fatboy @2
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (4)
Soap: RE Old School
Brush: YAQI Rocks
Post: Thayer’s Unscented Witch Hazel, RE Old School AS Splash

9.5/10 excellent shave to start the Friday. Old school soap for a vintage shave cheers gents!

 

[lasta]

RFB, 7 O'clock Black, Proraso boar, TOBS Eton College, Aqua Velva.

Had a great shave today, very close and little discomfort. Smooth both during and after the shave with occasional instances of hair melting sensation. If I had used a Tech instead of RFB today, it would be close to a perfect shave.

I love British Gillettes, but I think they really came into strides during the 40s and peaked in the 50s. RFB is not quite there in either comfort or efficiency.

 

[Steve56]

KikuOkan frameback for Frameback Friday. This razor is likely 1950s - mid 1960s, and the design is a cheaper way to make a straight razor which has been around since the 1800s. The frame is not hardened and was sometimes even brass, and the steel was just a small slip of steel onto which the frame was swedged. Minimal amounts of fine steel, which was expensive before the Bessemer process, and no skilled hollow grinding. But they can be very good - because of their design, they are lighter and stiffer than many hollow ground razors, and much lighter than wedges or 1/4 hollow English barber grinds. This one has had the plastic scales replaced with nice horn.

 

[Edgelord]

F4 Toggle and Rapira Swedish Supersteel (1).

 

[JAHE]

 

[cryhavoc]

Razor: Gillette Old Type
Blade: Lord Silver Star (4)
Soap: Mike's Hungarian Lavender
Brush: Omega Jade Boar
AS: Pinaud Clubman Citrus Musk

 

[Anchovie666]

Friday 4/4 Shave
VINTAGE APRIL 2025 Day 4
All Vintage Razors - All Month

WOW - what a triumverate combination
WECK/Kismet/Schick was a BANGER
Pretty Much a Glass Smooth BBS

Razor: WECK Sextoblade Trade Sample Shavette
Blade: Kismet Hair Shaper (6X)
Clean Up: Vintage Schick Injector
Lather: Mama Bear Soap Haitian Vetiver
Brush: A P ShaveCo G5C Synthetic Knot
Post Shave: Osage/Mennen Splash Mix
Post Shave: Proraso Cypress & Vetiver Balma

 

[cranewarrior]

April 4th 2025

 

[Lee Van Cleft]

Vintage April #4

Zenith unbleached boar, D.R.Harris cream, Personna Lab blue blade.
Gillette, made in USA, Sheraton OC . Definitely a top tier TTO in my book.
Love the patina as well as the fantastically smooth shave with this one. Brass head and faded gold handle looks very cool.
Nice amount of blade feel and leaves me with a an irritation free , super smooth end result.
No nicks or weepers and just a great feeling razor in the hand.
The Personna is a lovely blade in combination with the Sheraton….. it’s about as good as vintage shaving gets for me.

 

[Crisp Rat]

The Probak open comb was today's razor of choice. Thanks to @mgweatherly for the info on this razor. I had no idea when it was from. And I agree, it shaves very well!

 

[helicopter]

 

[Whiterook]

Razor: Ronson Shaves & Sharpens
Blade: Schick Platinum Plus Injector
Lather: Shannon's Soaps Copaiba Rose
Brush: Simpson Commodore X2 best
Post: Thayers, Shannon's Copaiba Rose

It looks clumbsy, but it's one of the best Shaving razors in my collection.

 

[Guido75]

04.04.2025

• Guido75
• Thursday at 2:01 PM

Gillette ABC Pocket Edition • Eclipse Red Ring • vintage Wizamet • Razorock 400 • Mudder Focker

Date	04.04.2025
365 daily shaves	094/365

Razor	Blade	Brush
Gillette ABC Pocket Edition Eclipse Red Ring	Vintage Wizamet Iridium (5)	Razorock 400 Alu
Pre	Soap/Method	Postshave
Cold splash Mastro Miche preshave	Mudder Focker (5+6) Bowl lathered	Cold splash Aftershave Balm

Effectiveness	Facial Impact Score FIS™
8.75/10 (BBS)	9.5/10 (GlideFest)

Notes:

A brilliantly smooth shave today with two monoliths in the shaving world.

If anyone needs me, I will be in the shed for repairs…the head and handle of the Eclipse decided to separate!

Click here for today’s shave notes.

Enjoy your shave today!

 

[Dave himself]

Cold water shavers UNITE.
What Shavette/ Barber Razor did you use today?.
Weck Wednesdays

Razor= Weck Hair Shaper
Blade= Personna Hair Shaper 3
Brush= Faux Horn Shavemac pure badger
Soap= B&M Lavender
Aftershave= Witch Hazel Mentholated

First shave with this wee razor.

My shave was 3 passes no touch ups DFS drama free.

 

[Hair Scraper]

A ‘24 Bostonian and a Perma-Sharp.

 

[dmshaver]

1934 Aristocrat
Nacet
Captain's Choice Copper Lather Bowl
Rudy Vey Shavemac 26mm 2 Band
MdC Rose
Lucky Old Man

 

[JWCowboy]

#4

 

[TOVT]

Friday, April 4th, 2025 ~ GRUYERE2025, 086/300+

Didn't sign up for Vintage April, but it turns out that's what I've been using so far this month. Today, a Fatboy from ebay, bought Summer 2023, but not shipped for plating at BRG.

10/10 Two pass face shave in the shower. ATG then WTG.

Fatboy, Derby USTA, B&M Leviathan, Glandslam synthetic brush.

 

[Shaun asleep]

Eclipse Red Ring

I didnt know you had a Red Ring. That one's on my list, or rather maybe I'm hoping Yaqi will make a new version.

I hope you can fix yours, they're stunning.