What did you use today? +Rate the shave 1-10 (10 best)

[dotKomo]

Thursday (10/17/2024) evening shave:

Pre-Shave	Wet the face with warm water and PAA Cube 2.0
Soap/Cream	Stirling Haverford
Brush	RazoRock Big Bruce
Razor	Schick Injector (G)
Blade	Schick Injector (1)
Aftershave	WH, Nivea Sensitive Calm Beard and Face Balm
Rating	8/10
Comments	The Injector was preloaded with a fresh blade, so no issues trying to load one handed. Put my Timeless bowl on a face towel, loaded my brush with soap and whipped up a lather. The Haverford scent definitely grows on you. I left the lather pretty thin and it was nice and slick. Three-day beard growth. Used my left (not normal shave) hand. I am now17 days post surgery. Finished up with WH I put into a small spray bottle and the Nivea - also in a pump bottle. Three passes: WTG, XTG and ATG. The ATG pass was problematic as I was unable to stretch the neck, but I didn't push it. Another DFS shave. Happy Friday!

 

[Kix]

October 18, 2024 Friday shave

Razor: Karve Overlander, brass
Blade: Gillette Nacet (2)
Soap: Noble Otter The Noir et Vanille
Brush: Yaqi Sagrada Familia w/24mm Tuxedo knot
Bowl: Captain's Choice Heavyweight copper
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman

48 hour growth, 3 passes. Great shave, no drama. No irritation, just smooth skin. 9.8/10

 

[Texchappy]

9/10
old thing did great at 3. The scent on the St James stuff is just so strong for me (this minus 1)

 

[AlphaFrank75]

I was sorry to see your La Faulx ++ move on, but glad it sold in just a few minutes for you.

From the outside looking in, it appears you thoroughly enjoy your ASW Spirit. That makes me happy for you.

I liked the La Faulx, but I didn't love it. I'm glad I had the opportunity to give the La Faulx a whirl.

 

[Whiterook]

Razor: Asylum Shave Works Injector
Blade: Schick
Lather: Shannon's Soaps Balkan Blend
Brush: Simpson Commodore X2 best
Post: Thayers Facial Tonic, Tabac
Ten

 

[Teutonblade]

SOTD: 10/18/2024

Razor: Tatara Masamune Nodachi SB Ti
Blade: Wizamet Super Iridium, 1st use
Brush: Wald A1
Bowl: Cayuen Dark Nebula Bowl
Preshave: Hot Shower & L’Occitane Verbena Shower Gel Soap
Soap: HC&C Tax Man
Aftershave: HC&C Tax Man
Balm: Stirling Unscented
Additional Care: GBS Alum Block
Additional Care: Thayers Witch Hazel (Unscented)

The lesson I learned from the GC2.II is that sometimes a less sharp blade can lead to a higher efficiency shave. When I tuned down the GC2.II from a Wilkinson DE to a Wizamet the shave jumped from a BBS/BBS- to a BBS+. My theory is that with high exposure razors (>0.10mm) a very sharp blade might be overkill, and that by tuning down the sharpness it allows you to buff more and be more nimble which raises the efficiency. Today I applied this to the Tatara Nodachi with an exposure of 0.13mm and it worked. Whereas the Wilkinson DE I was yielding a BBS/BBS-, today it delivered a near perfect BBS+ with less irritation. The Nodachi is a work of art, more scalpel than razor and Tax Man is a fantastic soap, with a gentle mentholated feel and beautiful scent. BBS+

Happy Friday!

 

[helicopter]

8/10 DFS. Time to retire this Wilkinson Sword Classic.

 

[NorthernSoul]

Oct 18

Razor: RR 'German 37' slant
Blade: BIC Chrome Platinum (1)
Brush: Omega 11137 ash wood boar
P/S: Prep pre-shave cream (Italian)
Soap: Haslinger Sandelholz
A/S: Dickinson's witch hazel
A/S: Speick
A/S: Cerave cream (unscented)

DFS++

 

[Virgil Sollozzo]

Pre-Shave: scalding shower with B&M Paganini's Violin soap
Bowl/Scuttle: PAA Spacescape Lather Scuttle 4.0
Soap: B&M Seville
Brush: Parker Premium Handmade, 3-Band Pure Badger with Rosewood Handle
Razor: Rockwell 6C
Blade: Wizamet Iridium Super (7)
Post-Shave: Thayer's Witch Hazel - Unscented
Post-Shave: B&M Seville aftershave

DFS

Rating: 9.2

 

[Messygoon]

Following a 2-day recovery from an aggressive shave, today was all Mitchell’s Wool Fat: original tallow soap + hand/body lotion. MWF was once a top 5 soap until they broke my heart by reformulating without… wool fat. Really?! Case in point on why engineers or shepherds or milkmaids make better CEOs than CPAs. But I digress…

Silky smooth shave with an Astra stainless blade secured by the Rockwell 6S 4 plate. Then double balm-ed with Nivea followed by MWF hand/body. Now 10 hours later and my face still feels clean, soft and refreshed.

When this bad boy runs out, I’ll shed a tear and then move on. But until then, what luxurious shaves does real MWF yield.

 

[Wielblad]

Boker 6/8 / SV Tundra / G5 24mm / Speick as

Shave rating: 10/10

 

[OhioBob]

I actually shaved at 9:30AM EST but forgot to post today.

Pre Shave: Warm Shower, Stirling Baker Street Liquid Bath Soap, Stirling Unscented Pre Shave Soap
Razor: Stainless Steel Karve Overlander with Argyle Handle
Blade: Gillette Nacet (5)
Soap/Cream: Barrister & Mann Seville
Bowl: The CaYuen Workshop Medium Damascus Textured Wet Shaving Lathering Bowl
Brush: Maggard's Light Blue Handle APSCo 24mm Independent Knot Brush
Post Shave: Cold Water Rinse, Thayers Unscented Witch Hazel, Nivea Unscented Post Shave Balm & Barrister & Mann Cool AS
Rating: 10/10 A comfortable & efficient 3 pass BBS shave with no touch ups, weepers, irritation, but cut my upper lip. Still a very good shave!

 

[Lane101]

Today's shave:
Razor: Weishi 9306 Long Handle
Blade: Derby Extra (shave #3)
Brush: Razorock Blondie 26mm boar
Soap: Brand New Puck of Williams shaving soap
Result: Excellent 2+ pass 10/10 BBS shave

It's been over a year since I used Williams Shaving soap by itself instead of as part of a blend. Over that time I'd forgotten about how it can deliver great lather with the right technique. I'm glad I built up a good inventory of Williams before it was discontinued.

My shave started with my normal face wash while by Blondie boar brush soaked in warm water. My new Williams puck was nicely stuck in one of my apothecary mugs. My trick for getting Williams to stay in place is to take a quarter inch thick slice from a shaving stick, Razorock What the Puck in this case, and stick it to the divit on the bottom of the Williams puck with a few drops of water. A few more drops of water spread across the bottom of the combined puck lets it stick nicely to the bottom of my mug from the get-go. This was set up yesterday evening. A loose puck can prevent the loading of enough soap.

After washing my face I took my wet Blondie, without shaking it, and went to town on my dry Williams puck. Williams is my hardest puck with the result that it's thirsty requiring plenty of water for good lather. Within around 40-45 seconds I had plenty of soap loaded and a mug close to filled with proto-lather. This was applied to my face and further face lathered from around 30-35 seconds producing a nice creamy lather with plenty of slickness. The lather had really good body to it forming nice peaks.

I then proceeded with my normal 2+ pass shave with an excellent BBS result. When it was available locally for 99 cents per puck Williams was the best shaving soap value out there. Tomorrow I'm going to see if I can get it to work well with one of my 26mm synthetic brushes with the same technique. In the past using my softer brushes on Williams generated mixed results so we will see how this experiment works.

 

[Lane101]

Date	18.10.2024
366 daily shaves	292/366

Razor (Daily Double)	Blade	Brush
Fatip Piccolo OC	Lord Cool (6)	Zenith Manchurian Copper
Preshave	Soap	Postshave
Cold splash KCG Face Wash	Tabarko (83+84)	Cold splash Proraso Green A/S Balm

Effectiveness	Facial Impact Score FIS™
8.5/10 (DFS+++)	10/10 (GlideFest)

Notes:

Lovely shave with the Piccolo. All brass. All fun. All Italian. Love it!

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Wishing you an enjoyable shave today!

By Tabarko did you create a blended puck or stick or just load some of each soap prior to lathering?

 

[Lane101]

Truly a blade I will never revisit, Dan.

Have a blessed Friday, my friend.

Blades are one of the most YMMV elements of wet shaving. I suspect this is in part because we have very real differences in our beard characteristics such as density and hair thickness. I'm glad that Derby Extra's work well for me. While they don't last as long as my Astra SP and Dorco blades the shaves are generally of excellent quality.

Dan, your strategy makes sense, if I had found a blade that consistently delivered superior shaves to my three current brands I would also move on.

 

[Lane101]

Following a 2-day recovery from an aggressive shave, today was all Mitchell’s Wool Fat: original tallow soap + hand/body lotion. MWF was once a top 5 soap until they broke my heart by reformulating without… wool fat. Really?! Case in point on why engineers or shepherds or milkmaids make better CEOs than CPAs. But I digress…

Silky smooth shave with an Astra stainless blade secured by the Rockwell 6S 4 plate. Then double balm-ed with Nivea followed by MWF hand/body. Now 10 hours later and my face still feels clean, soft and refreshed.

When this bad boy runs out, I’ll shed a tear and then move on. But until then, what luxurious shaves does real MWF yield.

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Try some Cyril R. Salter shaving soap. Tallow based and a great alternative to tallow MWF. Shaves just as well with a pleasant scent. Post-shave feel is almost as good as MWF. Currently I enjoy both of these.

 

[wldecker]

9/10.

La Falux Ultra OC + ZT3 + B&M Amazelnut

 

[Chard52142]

Sat 19
Soap & Aftershave Barrister & Mann Vespers
Brush Boti 24mm Lemon Candy
Razor Henkels & Friodur 472
A lovely scented creamy and slick soap enhanced by the matching balm...
This high-quality razor provided a consistently smooth and efficient shave...Rating 10!!

 

[Ouelljas]

October 18th

Pre Shave: warm bath
Soap: Stirling MITA
Brush: Stirling Synthetic 2
Razor: Rockwell 6C Gunmetal (R4)
Blade: Astra SP (2)
Post Shave: Thayers WH & Aloe Cucumber, Proraso Green splash
Results: DFS 9.5

Received the gunmetal 6C in the mail today (already have the white chrome) and naturally, I had to shave with it. Usual smooth shave from the 6C. The gunmetal 6C is a looker, that’s for sure. It did come in with a very small scuff mark on the chrome finish on the top plate. Not enough to warrant sending it back, but we’ll see what happens with it.

 

[silverlifter]

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