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

[Calyx]

Morning Shave - 3/4/2025

Pre-Shave	Wet the face with warm water, PAA Cube
Soap/Cream	Proraso Red Foam
Brush
Shave Bowl
Razor	Gillette Ranger Tech
Blade	Kai (1)
Aftershave	Witch Hazel, Blackstone Sandalwood AS Lotion, Captain's Choice Sandalwood
Cologne
Rating	8/10
Comments	One day beard growth. Day 1 of retirement! Nothing pressing to do, but got up early and shaved anyway, because I like to. Quick shave. Not really trying for pickups or really focusing on getting every little area. I am trying to use up a can of Proraso shaving cream I picked up at an Amazon return store. Three passes: WTG, XTG, ATG and one clean-up pass. No nicks. No weepers. No irritation. DFS+ shave. Have some great shaves!

Congrats on retirement! And I see you use a Ranger Tech also. Congrats again sir!

 

[OhioBob]

Pre Shave: Warm Shower, Stirling Baker Street Liquid Bath Soap, Stirling Unscented Pre Shave Soap
Razor: Occam's SE-noch with Timeless Ti Crown Handle
Blade: Feather Professional (3)
Soap/Cream: Arianna & Evans Limoncello
Brush: AP Shave Co Disco Handle Muhle 25mm STF knot brush
Post Shave: Cold Water Rinse, Thayers Unscented Witch Hazel, Nivea Unscented Post Shave Balm & A&E Limoncello AS
Rating: 10/10 A comfortable efficient 3 pass BBS shave with no touch ups, weepers, cuts or irritation. An excellent shave.

 

[Calyx]

4MAR25
Avatar: The Great David Gilmour
Preshave: Neutrogena Face wash
Razor: 1941 Gillette Ranger Tech
Blade: Astra SP (2)
Soap: RazoRock XX
Brush: Perfecto Badger
Postshave: Alum block/Thayers/SV Cosmo AS sample
Rating: 9.0

 

[awk_m4]

Tuesday March 4, 2025
Brush: SOC Cherry
Soap: Tabac
Razor: Henson
Blade: Feather
P/S: Thayers Witch Hazel

Rating: Love a Tabac shave! 10.

 

[cryhavoc]

3/3/2025

Razor: Ever-Ready 1914
Blade: GEM SS PTFE (17)
Soap: Mike's Hungarian Lavender
Brush: Omega Jade Boar
AS: Pinaud Clubman

Rating: 9/10

3/4/2025

Razor: Ever-Ready 1914
Blade: GEM SS PTFE (18)
Soap: Mike's Hungarian Lavender
Brush: Omega Jade Boar
AS: Grey Flannel splash

Rating: 8/10

Might be the last day for this blade

 

[vladimir1986ca]

Prep: Hot Shower/Amish beard oil

Razor: HLS Polished Titanium Taiga

Blade: Rapira SS (1)

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. Went with the same 1445 cream and balm, love the scent, but the skin reaction/feeling is ok. Again, I feel like I’ll be shifting from cream and balms away all together, just not my cup of tea. Soap and splash works best. Went back to Rapira SS and wow-butterfly smooth and extremely sharp, so sharp that I got carried away with my Taiga OC and got few nicks Rapira SS, you don’t feel the blade at all, so smooth-no skin irritation. Rating: 9.1/10

 

[Guido75]

Day 1 of retirement! Nothing pressing to do, but got up early and shaved anyway, because I like to.

Congrats Steve! Enjoy your free time and all those fine razors you have!

(is the LOTH adjusting to the new situation as well )

 

[Halfbeard]

Duomo
Rhinoceros XR (2)
synthetic brush
Nivea cream+ Aloe Vera handsoap superlather
Proraso Alum
Floid a/s

Two pass face shave. BBS
Several weepers on neck that needed alum treatment. I was used to mellowed out Rubie blade of OBIF and mild razors. Now sharp blade and aggressive razor gave red dots.

7/10
6/10

 

[MA128]

Tuesday, March 4

Razor:	Henson AL13+
Blade:	Feather Platinum (2)
Soap/Cream:	House of Mammoth: Alive
Brush:	Muhle STF 25mm
# Days Growth:	2
Pre Shave:	Warm water, CELLA Pre-Shave Gel with a few drops of jojoba oil
Post Shave:	Cold water, Thayers, Proraso Rinfrescante Balm
Sharpness:	10
Comfort:	10
Face/Neck:	BBS/DFS+
	Blade smoothed out on this 2nd use. Bookshelf tchotchke bought in Venice, Italy last year. Have a great day, everyone.

 

[MA128]

Day 1 of retirement! Nothing pressing to do, but got up early and shaved anyway, because I like to.

Day 2,620 for me and I got up "early" as well (7:15). The last 13 years of my career, I woke at 4:30 AM to avoid the heavy commuting traffic into Boston.

I hope you enjoy your retirement as much as I enjoy mine.

 

[Teutonblade]

SOTD: 03/04/2025

Razor: Rocnel 304
Blade: Wilkinson Sword Germany, 1st use
Brush: Razorock Beehive
Bowl: Cayuen Dark Nebula Bowl
Soap: Razorock Nomad
Aftershave: Razorock Nomad
Balm: Stirling Unscented
Additional Care: Thayers Witch Hazel (Unscented)

First shave with the Rocnel 304. The architecture of this razor is very unique, even a bit strange, with a flat, blind baseplate, narrow top cap and huge reveal. Surprisingly, the comfort is very high with only minimal blade feel. Conversely, the efficiency is fairly middling. Overall, an enjoyable shave. Tomorrow, I’ll try to amp up efficiency with a Dorco Prome. DFS+

Wishing you a peaceful day.

 

[vladgh]

Happy Mardi Gras, y'all!

 

[BigJ]

Today’s Shave

Razor: Wolfman WR1
Blade: Rembrandt (3)
Brush: Simpsons duke 2 best
Soap: Haslinger’s seaweed
Splash: Proraso green

Rating: Overall 9.5/10 today using some very fine kit!!

 

[Kix]

March 4, 2025 Tuesday shave

Razor: Karve Overlander, stainless steel
Blade: Personna Lab Blue (4)
Soap: Stirling Scots Pine Sheep sample (26)
Brush: Yaqi 24mm Sagrada Familia
Bowl: Captain's Choice copper
Aftershave: Fine Snake Bite

This was a good shave, although a little exhausting. I'm still fighting a stubborn illness.
There may be one more shave left in the Stirling soap sample, maybe... It's great soap.
No issues to report, just an easy and satisfying shave. 10/10

 

[silverlifter]

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Rigarazor 8/8 Quarter Hollow - Semogue OC Boar - Eufros Aura de lavanda - Pitralon Classic -...

 

[GTTony]

Razor: Above The Tie S1 Slant (Blackland made)
Pre-shave: Proraso Blue Protective
Blade: Personna Comfort Coated
Soap: SV 70th Anniversary
Brush: Captains Choice Custom Synthetic
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper Travel bowl
Aftershave: SV 70th Anniversary

Second shave with the new ATT S1 Slant. First slant razor I've tried. Face shave today was sublime. Wonderful smooth passes. Able to do WTG, ATG and XTG with no nicks or irritation.

One of the nicest shaves I've ever had. I rate this as an 8/10. DFS and almost BBS which I never tried for up to now.

 

[Whiterook]

Razor: Timeless Stainless. 68 OC
Blade: Treet Platinum
Lather: Long Rifle Hunting Lodge
Brush: Simpson Emperor 3 in Super
Post: Thayers + Long Rifle Brown Bess
Ten

 

[DownSouthShaver]

Soap: Proraso white cream
Brush: Omega Boar
Razor: Schick Krona
Blade: GSB (1)
Postshave: Dickinson's WH
Aftershave: Lustray Blue Spice
Rating: 9.9/10
BBS-

The Krona and a GSB are a super combination.

 

[Umma2gumma]

1966 Gillette Superspeed
Gillette Nacet (3)
Arko
Pinaud Clubman

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[Phoenixkh]

Razor: Above The Tie S1 Slant (Blackland made)
Pre-shave: Proraso Blue Protective
Blade: Personna Comfort Coated
Soap: SV 70th Anniversary
Brush: Captains Choice Custom Synthetic
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper Travel bowl
Aftershave: SV 70th Anniversary

Second shave with the new ATT S1 Slant. First slant razor I've tried. Face shave today was sublime. Wonderful smooth passes. Able to do WTG, ATG and XTG with no nicks or irritation.

One of the nicest shaves I've ever had. I rate this as an 8/10. DFS and almost BBS which I never tried for up to now.
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I loved your full review on the ATT thread... Well done.

New Above The Tie S1

You're doing a good job at pushing me over the edge! I'd love to read a review of the open comb though! I don't know that we've seen a review specifically about OC so far. So I'm hoping we do soon! I personally find it to be a good and smooth open comb, but of course that's what I'd say. 🤷‍♂️

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