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Gillette New Improved from a Tuckaway set, Lord Super Chrome, DSC manchurian badger, Proraso red soap and splash.

This combination has been a favourite of mine for quite a while, but I havent paired them together for a long time. This morning I remembered why I love this. Smooth, efficiënt...simply fantastic 10/10!
 

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GRUME 15 March 2025

BobbyB’s Daily 1-Pass (WTG & ATG) Minimalist Shave Report

A dollop a day sends my beard away


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TODAY’S SHAVE AND CLEANUP:

Prep: Liquid face and hand soap.
Razor for Shaving / buffing: King C Gillette with WCS 84S handle.
Razor for tight spots and buffing A/R: Van der Hagen with Van der Hagen blade
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum Greece # 91 Shave # 7 and out
Brush: Noble Otter USA
Soap: Noble Otter’s RAWR
Bowl: Phoenix Shaving scuttle / and Timeless Blue bowl for cleaning the razor during the shave.
Witch Hazel: Dollar Tree’s brand
After Shave: Aqua Velva Musk
Alum: WCS Alum Stick (Philippines)
Quality: CAS
Nicks: 1
Weepers: 1
Stubble: Heavy
Comments: An acceptable shave with a very tired blade this morning. For the time being, this will be may be my last shave with the Bic Chrome. To date I have had 793 shaves from the 91 blades used to date. Amazon should deliver a 100-count sampler tuck sometime today. The tuck is the gift from my daughter-en-law. I will use these blades in alphabetical order—inserting my remaining BICs. In addition, I will also get a brush stand today. Pending are a basic blade bank, and two tubs of Noble Otter soap—King and Tahiti scents.




 

Lockback

Dull yet interesting
Preshave: Hot shower
Soap/Shave cream: Stirling Soap Bay Rum
Brush: Maggard 24mm
Razor: Razorock Game Changer 68-P
Blade: Personna Med Prep (2)
Post shave: Pinaud Clubman
Rating: 10/10

Absolutely superb blade. And a delightful shave with the smell of Bay Rum in the air, although Ben the cat knocked over my Pinaud Clubman with his tail as he got a drink of water. Luckily, the cap was on. :laugh:

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Morning Shave - 3/15/2025


Pre-Shave
Warm water face wash; PAA Cube
Soap/Cream
Proraso Sandalwood Shave Cream (can)
Brush
Shave Bowl
Razor
Gem G-Bar
Blade
Gem (5)
Aftershave
Witch Hazel, Duke Blackstone Sandalwood AS Balm, Captain's Choice Sandalwood AS Splash
Cologne
Rating
8.5/10
Comments
One day beard growth.

Leaving to volunteer at a BBQ fundraiser for my Knights of Columbus council.

Three passes:

WTG, XTG, ATG and one clean-up pass.

No nicks.
No weepers.
A little irritation based on the feedback from the alcohol in the AS Splash.
DFS.

Some Blues from my Spotify playlist.

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Cheers to all!
 
Pre Shave: Warm Shower, Stirling Baker Street Liquid Bath Soap, Stirling Unscented Pre Shave Soap
Razor: OliWorks Aluminum Meteorite on plate 1
Blade: Gillette Nacet (6)
Soap/Cream: Barrister & Mann Cool
Brush: AP Shave Co Briar Handled 26mm Cashmere knot brush
Post Shave: Cold Water Rinse, Thayers Unscented Witch Hazel, Nivea Unscented Post Shave Balm & B&M Cool AS
Rating: 10/10 A comfortable efficient 3 pass BBS shave with no touch ups, weepers, cuts or irritation. An excellent shave.
 
Received a package from yourshaving today. First time trying out arko (tallow stick) as well as The Cube and Gillette SharpEdge (yellow) blades.

Surprisingly I didn't mind the smell of arko. It wasn't as strong as I expected, and it did smell like a urinal cake, but they often have a citrusy smell, and I like citrus so no issues there.

The Cube didn't strike me as a particularly different soap, but when using it per it's instructions, with arko, the lather created was incredible. I've never had such a thirsty and thick lather before. Next time I use arko I'll try it without The Cube to see if it was the combination of the two which created such a monstrosity.

I did somehow manage to get 4 weepers... I'm going to blame the blades this time around. This contributed to a reduced score.

I was very hesitant about also buying the Kaliflower Organics AS balm. From my experience balms with these "medicinal herbs" (Weleda AS Balm, Haslinger balm) often have a funky smell. Unfortunately, this AS balm had a really funky smell. But it seems to work fine.

Overall a 7.5/10

Razorock GC 68 w/ Ti HALO | Gillette yellow | Omega Vintage Elite | The Cube | Arko tallow stick | Kaliflower balm

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Saturday's shave -

Razor: Blackbird
Blade: Personna Platinum Chrome (3)
Lather: Cella (red)
Aftershave: Fruit of the Earth aloe vera gel
Splash: Razor Emporium 1955

Outstanding shave with the Blackbird this morning. The War Department likes the 1955 scent. Cella is easy to lather and makes a nice slick shaving surface. I shaved the back of my neck also. For me the Blackbird has really "clicked" and is a top tier razor.
 
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Perfect BBS

Razor - Black Cerakote Brass with Yaqi Flipside Combi CC/OC Head
Blade - Torpedo Lieres Carbon
Brush - Black Boar
Bowl - Big Glass Ashtray
Soap - Faith in Nature - Blue Cedar
Oil - Khadlaj - Hareem Al Sultan Blue
Attar - Qadeem Cambodian Oud

I couldn't fail to get a fabulous result with the heavy grippy handle and the versatile twin head teamed with the smooth Lieres Carbon blade.

Went like clockwork - soap smelt great; so did the U.A.E. oil.

Very Happy Boy Tonight

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Here's me 8 hours post shave ; I saw my Brother today who shaved 6 hours before I saw him and he looked like me after 3/4 days HaHa !

I got him a cheapie Chinese Merkur Futur clone last Christmas and he's used it once and said it was too heavy so I'm gonna get him a mild wood one with enclosed tabs that still does the business.

- I'm gonna lead this horse to water and point his head down and get him some lovely trad Olive Oil soap and a posh frag

- That'll get him off cartridges and junk disposables - I'm gonna get him a razor that a blind drunk guy can use in the dark

HaHa !

Guys are there any mild Aluminium ones with a small gap/small blade exposure like the Henson but with a wider optimum shaving angle - something for a guy who is used to pressing hard with a plastic fantastic HaHa ?
 
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Saturday 3/15 Shave
FIXED FOUR FOR MARCH MADNESS Day 15
Same Razor/Blade/Brush/Soap All Month

A very nice Eighteenth Use of the Blade
We will keep going - try for 20
Overall a BRILLIANT Three Pass DFS Shave (9.7/10)

Razor: ANNIE Feather Cut Stainless Shavette
Blade: KAI PINK Feather Cut Blade (18X)
Lather: Tcheon Fung Sing Crema Purissima Per Barba
Brush: the Holy Black Horn Handle BADGER
Post Shave: Osage/Mennen Splash Mix
Post Shave: Apex Alchemy Aftershave Mix

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