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

[Virgil Sollozzo]

Pre-Shave: scalding shower with B&M Full Measure of Man soap
Bowl/Scuttle: PAA Spacescape Lather Scuttle 4.0
Soap: B&M Vespers
Brush: Parker Premium Handmade, 3-Band Pure Badger with Rosewood Handle
Razor: Rockwell 6S
Blade: Feather
Post-Shave: B&M Full Measure of Man aftershave

DFS

 

[FaroeseOz]

Pre: Hot Water

Cream: Palmolive Rinfrescante

Brush: Vulfix2234s

Razor: Schick I1

Blade: Schick (1)

Post: Alum/DWH

AS: Bootlegger’s Green Freeze

It was a head shave this morning but I must have to say that it one of my best shaves that I can remember. I am a lover of all things menthol and seen a few post about Palmolive Rinfrescante. I decided to purchase it and glad that I did so. I look forward to 90°+ summer Sunday days. DFS all around!

 

[JCinPA]

Sunday, March 2​

• hot face cloth, Proraso red preshave cream
• Captain's Choice stoneware lather bowl
• Yaqi Ghost 90SB DS head on Cosmetics Spiral Ti handle (China)
• Dorco Prime #1 (Viet Nam)
• DS Cosmetics 22mm mountain badger (China)
• S.V. Opuntia (Italy)
• Thayer's WH (USA)
• PAA Doppelganger grey A/S (USA)

10/10 BBS S.V. Sunday! There it is! Yesterday's shave on #7 with this blade was a 9.9 -- Today I got my customary daily BBS, very comfortable. It's nice to finally have mastered my hardware, software, and technique. Such a great shave!

 

[BigJ]

Today’s Shave

Razor: Wolfman WR1
Blade: Rembrandt (1)
Brush: ShaveMac beagle 2-band (fan)
Soap: Fine platinum
Splash: Fine platinum

Comment: Nice comfortable shave (9.5/10)!!

 

[Eric_75]

AS: Bootlegger’s Green Freeze

+1

 

[Phil Harmonica]

Prep: Hot water
Razor: Gillette "195" (1960)
Blade: Derby Premium (3)
Brush: Oumo "Red Metal"/Two-Band
Soap: Cella
Post: Cold water followed by Cella Aftershave

10/10

 

[ChrisPL68]

9.9/10

 

[OrangeSport]

9 / 10

 

[Rik75]

Fatip Piccolo w/ Mühle blade
SOC Finest Badger
Proraso Blue Shaving Cream & Balm

I've been laid up with the flu since Tuesday. I was looking like an extra scruffy nerf herder, but energy is returning, and I managed a pretty great shave today. I'll give it a 9+.

 

[silverlifter]

030325

• silverlifter
• Yesterday at 9:30 AM

Gergely Horváth Scimitar 9/8 Extra Hollow - Zenith Unbleached Boar - Eufros Lima-Especias -...

Magnificent shave to start the week. Three passes, razor singing like a bird; could not ask for more!

 

[Whiterook]

Razor: Schick Type G3
Blade: Schick Injector
Lather: Truefitt and Hill Grafton
Brush: Craving Shaving Neptune's Fortune
Post: Thayers Facial Tonic,
Truefitt & Hill Grafton Balm
Imperial Leather talc
9.5. I squeezed one last shave from that blade, with a little extra effort.

 

[Anchovie666]

Sunday 3/2 Shave
FIXED FOUR FOR MARCH MADNESS Day 2
Same Razor/Blade/Brush/Soap All Month

Second Shave in the challenge
Damn near BBS result today (9.85/10)
I was worried about these blades but they are proving themselves
Blade is still very viable after five uses

Razor: ANNIE Feather Cut Stainless Shavette
Blade: KAI PINK Feather Cut Blade (5X)
Lather: Tcheon Fung Sing Crema Purissima Per Barba
Brush: the Holy Black Horn Handle BADGER
Post Shave: Osage/Mennen Splash Mix
Post Shave: Gillette Cool Wave Aftershave

 

[mgweatherly]

Sunday morning shave (rated 10/10) using:

• Razor: Lambda Athena (no. 22-234)
• Blade: 1966 L3 English Gillette Super Silver (6)
• Brush: APShaveCo Angelic Harp G5C (excellent)
• Pre-shave: Stirling Glacial Chill preshave soap and Noxzema
• Soap: Barrister & Mann Seville
• Post shave: Thayer’s Coconut Witch Hazel followed by Old Spice splash and Stirling Glacial unscented balm

Excellent Sunday morning Athena shave with the English Super Silver on its sixth use. A perfect BBS finish in two passes plus minor touch ups. Nothing is more efficient than the Athena on the second pass ATG. The B&M Seville was wonderful. I may have over hydrated it, but no matter. The scent is beautiful, so says the LOTH.

My shave scoring log is found HERE.

Happy shaves everyone

 

[SgtCrppls]

Brush: @Rudy Vey ”Duke Style” 27mm Longshaving Rev III, great knot
Blade: Feather
Soap: GD “Lavender” Kairos SE
Razor: WR2 Ti SB 1.25 w/ Timeless Ti Crown Handle

 

[vladimir1986ca]

Prep: Hot Shower/Amish beard oil

Razor: HLS Polished Titanium Taiga

Blade: Kai (2)

Cream: CF 1445

Brush: HLS Polished Titanium 2band finest WT badger

Lather Bowl: CC Obsidian

Alum Stick: Sprouts mineral block

Aftershave: CF 1445 Balm

Quality: Slick BBS

Comments: 2 day growth on coarse beard/sensitive skin. Good shave. 1445 is an amazing scent; lately I have been noticing I do not like creams equally as I like soaps, shaving soaps are gaining strong priority in my usage. Castle Forbes is great, but I would not say it is 5/5. It is solid 4/5 lather and 3.5/5 balm, it takes 2-3 hours for the balm to really be absorbed and your skin to go from irritated to normal. Brush, I have to say once you try unbleached and ungelled HMW Silvertip badger-nothing compares, I am not in love with bleached and gelled version in HLS anymore, I always think about the experience with unbleached and ungelled custom brush I made recently. Second time using the same Kai blade and I could feel it become more dull compared to the 1st time…resulting in increased skin irritation across lower-mid neck. I am getting close to settling down—Taiga OC or Rex Konsul XL/Rapira SS Blade-perfect on all terms/unbleached and ungelled Hmw silvertip badger/ soaps (Bio Cella/Mike’s Natural/MdC Vetiver)…As for now gotta finish what I have or I just might give it away. Rating: 8.8/10

 

[cryhavoc]

Razor: Ever-Ready 1914
Blade: GEM SS PTFE (16)
Soap: Mike's Hungarian Lavender
Brush: Omega Jade Boar
AS: Skin Bracer

Rating: 9/10

 

[1e4]

Sunday, March 2, 2025

Hardware

Razor	RazoRock Game Changer 0.76P (face) Karve Bison (head)
Blade	Derby Premium (no. 4 / 5) [1] (face) Derby Premium (no. 3 / 5) [8] (head)
Brush	Semogue Asylum Boar

Software

Pre	-
Lather	Martin de Candre Original [12] (face) Mike’s Natural Soaps Lime [9] (head)
Post	Tabac

Notes

7 / 10 (face) 10 / 10 (head) I hadn’t used the Bison in a while. It’s still king of the hill for head shaves.

 

[WThomas0814]

2 Mar 2025 - Shave 59/300+ in 2025
March GRUME

Prep: hot shower, PAA Cube

Soap: MdC Magellan
Brush: SOC Boar
Lather Bowl: CC The Admiral

Razor: Game Chnger .76-P
Blade: Lab Blue (3)

THREE PASS SHAVE

Post Shave: cold water rinse, Dickonson's Original
Aftershave: Fine American Blend
Additional: Aloderma Aloe Vera Gel

Pushed a third pass, probably shouldn't have. Face is a bit tender and the American Blend burned like crazy. I'll either take tomorrow off or use the .68-P plate.

9.6/10 - BBS

 

[Phoenixkh]

Sunday, March 2​

• hot face cloth, Proraso red preshave cream
• Captain's Choice stoneware lather bowl
• Yaqi Ghost 90SB DS head on Cosmetics Spiral Ti handle (China)
• Dorco Prime #1 (Viet Nam)
• DS Cosmetics 22mm mountain badger (China)
• S.V. Opuntia (Italy)
• Thayer's WH (USA)
• PAA Doppelganger grey A/S (USA)

10/10 BBS S.V. Sunday! There it is! Yesterday's shave on #7 with this blade was a 9.9 -- Today I got my customary daily BBS, very comfortable. It's nice to finally have mastered my hardware, software, and technique. Such a great shave!

I'd like to report, I used my recent acquisition, the Ghost 0.90, this morning.... Lovely razor.. Thx to you and @JAHE for bringing it to my attention.... Lovely smoothness... comfortable yet close.... It was a joy to use and I'm hoping the shave lasts 12 hours. It feels like it just might as I'm almost to 7 hours now with a completely smooth face. <eg>

 

[Odinarcade00]

REX ambassador(setting 1)
REX platinum(2)
Ariana and Evans "Forbidden Fruit"
PAA cube preshave
Nivea Soothing post shave balm
9.5 out of 10(used a little alum to seal up a small cut) DFS++
1 Pass shave with pickups. XTG cheeks ATG neck no irritation