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

[DesertIguana]

Well today Friday 12/27/2024 I used my Vintage 1962 H-2 Gillette Slim Adjustable again at Setting 3, 4, and last 5, with a Gillette 7 O-Clock Permasharp Blade. Day Number NINE usage of Blade. This blade has not got dull but is going that direction, so I am planning on one more use. Nine great shaves is good for cheap blade.


The Shave was good as previous with the 7-0 Clock Blade, call it a 9.5, Very Good Shave. Blade seems to have gone toward DULL, so pushing one more shave out of it. Can’t say nothing bad about Gillette 7-O Clock blades, all colors, all type get high marks. The Slim Adjustable sat in box with other Gillette Vintages, over 4 months of hibernation. Forgot how GREAT it shaves.

Again used the Cremo Classic today, tried doing two applications, and two passes. Think I found the best way for me to use this product with great result, think you got to reapply a little more Cremo between passes for optimal results.

The Cremo is very slippery, but you got to reapply between passes to get good results. IMHO. No way this Cremo tube is really a 90 Supply Tube? Maybe is you use One Almond Size Drop, but that don’t work if you reapply between passes.

Sixty two year old Vintage Slim Adjustable did great job, how could that be it not modern with Arm, and Leg Price Tag. King C. Gillette made good Razors, IMHO. If you do not own a Vintage Gillette Slim, you’re missing out. One Great Razors at bargain basement prices.





JMHO

 

[JoWolf]

Happy Birthday!!!

@JoWolf
@Junboy
@SMcG

Thank you Eric.

 

[Lockback]

Preshave: Hot shower
Soap/Shave cream: Stirling Soap Ozark Mountain
Brush: Simpson Trafalgar T2
Razor: Razorock Game Changer 68-P
Blade: AccuForge (3)
Post shave: Gillette Gel
Rating: 10/10

 

[Ron R]

DE SOTD, Friday, December 27th 2024, On the road travel shave gear!

Razor : Yaqi SLOPE slant
Blade : Nacet (4)
Soap : Razorock Blue barber
Brush : Yaqi "Black marble" 24 mm Cashmere knot.
Pre shave : (Dedicated Cashmere synthetic)Brush wash whole face with CeraVe hand bar cleanser with a dollop of clear Aloe Vera on the cleaned beard area.
Prep : Cold water rinse after each pass of 2 + pickups. WTG + ATG + pickups.
Post shave : Nivea refreshing lotion + a dollop of CeraVe moisturizing lotion(scentless).
Results : or CCS,DFS,BBS + no irritation + no weepers= Had a close comfortable shave this morning with my Yaqi Slope slant with a Gillette Nacet.

Have some great shaves!

 

[Halfbeard]

Gutche
Rhinoceros XR (1)
synthetic badger brush
Blue's soap
Lustray Bay Rum

Enjoyable skin-relaxing one pass shave. CCS++/DFS-
9.5/10

 

[dotKomo]

Morning Shave - 12/27/2024:

Pre-Shave	Warm shower; Wet the face with warm water, PAA Cube
Soap/Cream	Tabac (tallow formulation)
Brush	HL Thater Silver Tip Badger
Shave Bowl
Razor	Rockwell 6S Plate 4
Blade	Nacet (5)
Aftershave	WH, Cremo Heritage AS Balm, Pinaud Clubman
Cologne
Rating	8.5/10
Comments	One-day beard growth. Face lather. Three passes: WTG, XTG, ATG and one clean-up pass. DFS+ shave. Happy Friday!

 

[BelfastBlade]

26th December 2024

Razor: Muhle R41 Traditional
Blade: Wilkinson Sword Classic, Made in Germany (2)
Brush: Muhle Classic, Silvertip Fibre, faux ivory, medium (21mm)
Bowl: Timeless Lather Bowl (Timeless Blue)
Soap: Gentleman's Nod "Tusitala" shaving soap
Post: Gentleman's Nod "Tusitala" aftershave splash
Moustache Wax: Captain Fawcett's "Booze & Baccy"

Rating: 9.5/10

I hadn't shaved in.. six days it seems! I had to check my last post in this thread! It's very handy for that purpose! I'd gotten lazy over the holidays and just let it grow for a while.. but by last night it had become unbearable so I figured six days of growth is a job for the R41. I tend to always opt for the R41 or similar when I've more than 3-4 days growth. It's always good. After one pass 90% shaved just another pass to complete and one final light one for a cleanup.

Otherwise just a basic little shave, nothing fancy. I like that Tusitala from Gentleman's Nod. Peach is the main player.. a little boozy (rum), a little ambery, a little sweet mild spice.. some lime too. I think it's inspired by sailing ships exploring the new world in the 1800s and in my view it captures the feel of that quite well actually. The name I believe is Samoan and also was the name of a ship.

Another thing I like about Tusitala is.. it doesn't have any cooling agent! I have a number of their products and most have Koolada WS-23 synthetic cooling agent in the splash. I'm not a huge fan of cooling agents as sometimes they make me a little red/blotchy for 5-10 minutes after applying the splash. I don't mind mild menthol like Aqua Velva or Skin Bracer or Floid.. or even Noble Otters Orbit.. but in some instances cooling agent doesn't agree with me, especially if it's on the stronger side.

Gentleman's Nod in my opinion make some great products. I'd personally rank many of them very highly, they are a great artisan. I don't see them mentioned much on here at all but they do seem to be popular with some of the YouTube shave community. Would definitely recommend their products!

 

[OhioBob]

Pre Shave: Warm Shower, Stirling Baker Street Liquid Bath Soap, Stirling Unscented Pre Shave Soap
Razor: Occam's SE-noch with a Timeless Ti Spiral Handle
Blade: Kai Titan ProTouch MG (12)
Soap/Cream: Chiseled Face BlackFern
Bowl: The CaYuen Workshop Medium Damascus Textured Wet Shaving Lathering Bowl
Brush: Rudy Vey '24 B&B Group Buy Ivory Handle Muhle 23mm STF Knot
Post Shave: Cold Water Rinse, Thayers Unscented Witch Hazel, Nivea Unscented Post Shave Balm & Chiseled Face BlackFern AS
Rating: 10/10 A comfortable efficient 3 pass BBS shave with no touch ups, weepers, cuts or irritation. A very fine shave.

 

[Calyx]

PreShave---Wash
Soap--------Razorock XXX
Bowl--------Captains Choice Copper Heavyweight
Brush-------Perfecto Badger
Razor-------1941 Ranger Tech
Blade-------GSB(1)
Alum Block-Gentleman Jon
AfterShave-Witch Hazel (Drug store brand)

Rating: 9

 

[Anchovie666]

Friday 12/27
DecemBOAR Day 27
DE-cember
All BOAR Brushes - All Month

Fifth Shave on a Personna Blade
Finish with the KARVE OC-G /Shark Platinum
Between the two I am glass smooth
Overall an Amazing Shave (9.85/10)

Razor: WECK Hair Shaper - Pink Scales
Blade: Personna Hair Shaper (5X)
Lather: Proroaso RED Shave Cream
Brush: Ever-Ready 200T Vintage BOAR
Post Shave: Osage/Mennen/Glacial Splash Mix
Post Shave: RazoRock Tuscan Oud Mix

 

[DownSouthShaver]

Preshave: Proraso Blue
Soap: Cella
Brush: Parker Premium 3 Band Pure Badger
Razor: Rockwell 6c (plate 2 and 3)
Blade: Gillette Permasharp (2)
Postshave: Alum block and Dickinson's WH
Aftershave: Clubman Gent's Gin
Rating: 10/10

Great shave with the Permasharp and the Rockwell. Started on plate 2, which is ultra smooth, but switched to plate 3 for second and touch up passes. Think I will try plate 4 or 5 tomorrow, if I'm feeling brave. Good day everyone!!

 

[Teutonblade]

I wanted to benchmark the Velocity-One for Comfort and Ease-of-use so did a shave-off vs the Overlander which in my mind is the gold standard. The V1 performed admirably, just behind the Overlander in both. Beautiful shaves today. Overlander BBS-, Velocity-One BBS.

Soap & splash: HC&C Back it & Jack it
Brush: Runeman Ivory Star

 

[Whiterook]

Razor: Suppy The Single Edge 2.0
Blade: Schick Injector
Lather: Shannon's Soaps Copaiba Rose
Brush: Simpson Commodore X2 best
Post: Thayers, Shannon's Copaiba Rose
Ten

 

[BigJ]

Today’s Shave

Razor: Wolfman WR1
Blade: Personna lab (9)
Brush: Simpsons chubby 1 best
Soap: Vito’s red
Splash: Pinaud clubman

Rating: Very excellent shave (9.5/10) for day 9 with this blade!!

 

[Kix]

December 27, 2024 Friday shave

Razor: Karve Overlander, brass
Blade: Wizamet Super Iridium (3)
Soap: Stirling Sheep
Brush: The Razor Company/AP Shave Co. Deep Blue 24mm G5C
Bowl: Captain's Choice Heavyweight copper
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman

Today's shave was pretty much the same as the previous two with this same setup. Three passes of two days growth yielded another stellar shave.
Stirling Sheep made great, slick lather that goes a long way to assure an excellent shave. The Overlander is such a fabulous razor!
Simply wonderful! 10

 

[1e4]

Friday, December 27, 2024

Hardware

Razor	Feather AS-D2
Blade	Derby Extra (5 / 5) [7]
Brush	Zenith Kotibe Boar

Software

Pre	-
Lather	Martin de Candre Absinthe [7]
Post	-

Notes

8 / 10

 

[Ravenonrock]

Razor: Unknown Sheffield
Brush: Semogue 1520
Soap: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
Post: Stetson

Stellar!

 

[TOVT]

Friday, DecemBOAR 27th, 2024

Head and face shave in the shower. Head had at least 7 days growth. Decided to use my Blackbird OC long handle to mow down my dome growth. It worked great!
Back to front, front to back, and some clean up on my head. Super efficient OC shave with the USTA for me!
Two WTG passes on my face and neck, that is all it took!
I'm left with a super clean and smooth shave. No discomfort or weepers.
10/10 DFS

Blackland Blackbird OC, Derby USTA blade, Zenith 31mm boar, Mike's Natural Vetiver, Guerlain Vetiver EdT.

 

[Blade_Runner37C]

First 100% BBS shave ever.

Razor: Ikon B1 Slant
Blade: 6th shave Voskhod
Brush: PAA Atomic Rocket 26mm
Soap: Goodfellas smile Amber Fougere (bowl lathered)
Pre shave: Neutrogena Deep clean pre shave
Aftershave: Clubman Virgin Island Ray Rum w/ 4 drops of lime juice mix.
Rate: 10/10

 

[LJTheFox]

Todays shave:
Blade: Perma Sharp
Razor: Phoenix Shaving Straight Bar
Soap: Proraso Sensitive Skin
Aftershave: Phoenix’s “First Night (On Planet Earth)”
9/10. Glad to have single edges back after a couple months of carts.
Happy Chanukah to my fellow Jews, and happy New Year to the rest of my shaving brothers!