Yeah, I love the scent of this one too. If you enjoy Peaches & Cognac, you'll love Asian Plum too. Thanks for the kind words.
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Sunday 4/6 Shave
VINTAGE APRIL 2025 Day 6
All Vintage Razors - All Month
Durham/ Personna duo did another great job
Just the fact we can resurrect and use this razor is amazing
Some touch ups with the Red Tip put it over the top
Overall a Fantastic BBS Shave (9.8/10)
Razor: Durham Duplex / Open Edge Guard
Blade: Personna Specimen Prep Blade (2X)
Clean Up: Gillette Red Tip / GSB Blade (1X)
Lather: Ariana & Evans SPARTACUS Soap
Brush: AP ShaveCo 25mm STF Bronze Handle
Post Shave: Osage/Mennen Splash Mix
Post Shave: Abbate Y La Mantia ISHTAR
VINTAGE APRIL 2025 Day 6
All Vintage Razors - All Month
Durham/ Personna duo did another great job
Just the fact we can resurrect and use this razor is amazing
Some touch ups with the Red Tip put it over the top
Overall a Fantastic BBS Shave (9.8/10)
Razor: Durham Duplex / Open Edge Guard
Blade: Personna Specimen Prep Blade (2X)
Clean Up: Gillette Red Tip / GSB Blade (1X)
Lather: Ariana & Evans SPARTACUS Soap
Brush: AP ShaveCo 25mm STF Bronze Handle
Post Shave: Osage/Mennen Splash Mix
Post Shave: Abbate Y La Mantia ISHTAR
Pre: Hot shower
Brush: Vulfix 2234s
Cream: GFT Rose
Razor: Weber Wave/Maggard V3
Blade: Black 7 (2)
Post: Alum/DT Rose Water
AS: DC/AVIS
4/5/2025 Very late last evening head and face shaves going on five days between shaves. Wasn’t a problem for the black 7 that resulted in BBSs for face and head. It is no Greenfreeze, but Ice Sport with Duke Cannon is another face freezer that I’m in love with. I said WOW after applying.
Brush: Vulfix 2234s
Cream: GFT Rose
Razor: Weber Wave/Maggard V3
Blade: Black 7 (2)
Post: Alum/DT Rose Water
AS: DC/AVIS
4/5/2025 Very late last evening head and face shaves going on five days between shaves. Wasn’t a problem for the black 7 that resulted in BBSs for face and head. It is no Greenfreeze, but Ice Sport with Duke Cannon is another face freezer that I’m in love with. I said WOW after applying.
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Sunday's shave -
Razor: Yates 921-H
Blade: Personna Platinum Chrome (3)
Lather: Stirling "Hot Apple Cider" shaving soap
Aftershave: Blackstone post-shave balm
The 921-H is a very efficient razor for me, and Stirling's soap works well for me also. Great combination for a great shave
Razor: Yates 921-H
Blade: Personna Platinum Chrome (3)
Lather: Stirling "Hot Apple Cider" shaving soap
Aftershave: Blackstone post-shave balm
The 921-H is a very efficient razor for me, and Stirling's soap works well for me also. Great combination for a great shave
April 6, 2025
Prep: CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser
Razor: RazoRock SS Lupo 72 with Super Knurl Handle
Blade: Gillette Nacet (2)
Brush: AP Shave Co G5C Amber Smoke
Lather: Martin de Candre Fougère
Post Shave: Stirling Deep Blue Sea Splash
Bowl: Captain’s Choice Standard Copper
Rating: 10/10
Prep: CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser
Razor: RazoRock SS Lupo 72 with Super Knurl Handle
Blade: Gillette Nacet (2)
Brush: AP Shave Co G5C Amber Smoke
Lather: Martin de Candre Fougère
Post Shave: Stirling Deep Blue Sea Splash
Bowl: Captain’s Choice Standard Copper
Rating: 10/10
Last night’s shave:
9.5/10 - minus 0.5 for overall efficiency but a wonderful DFS shave, no weepers or alum feedback.
Timeless Bronze
Nacet (2)
Captain’s Choice bowl, brush, soap sample, & aftershave splash sample
Thayer's & alum block
Sauvage aftershave balm
“Barbershop Shave” candle
My lathering seems to be getting better recently as well. I’ve been following a couple of the posted methods on here and am having better success!
9.5/10 - minus 0.5 for overall efficiency but a wonderful DFS shave, no weepers or alum feedback.
Timeless Bronze
Nacet (2)
Captain’s Choice bowl, brush, soap sample, & aftershave splash sample
Thayer's & alum block
Sauvage aftershave balm
“Barbershop Shave” candle
My lathering seems to be getting better recently as well. I’ve been following a couple of the posted methods on here and am having better success!
Razor: Farrant
Brush: Erskine boar
Soap: MdC Fougère
Strop: Custom Latigo
Post: Brut
Brush: Erskine boar
Soap: MdC Fougère
Strop: Custom Latigo
Post: Brut
•Preshave: Neutrogena Face Bar wash
•Razor: '41 Gillette Ranger Tech
•Blade: Diamond Edge
•Soap: Martin de Candre Magellan
•Brush: Semogue Torga C5
•Bowl: Captains Choice Copper
•Postshave: Alum•Thayers•Floid
•Rating: 9.8
•Razor: '41 Gillette Ranger Tech
•Blade: Diamond Edge
•Soap: Martin de Candre Magellan
•Brush: Semogue Torga C5
•Bowl: Captains Choice Copper
•Postshave: Alum•Thayers•Floid
•Rating: 9.8
Sunday April 6, 2025
Brush: SOC Cherry
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper
Soap: Southern Witchcrafts Boonana
Razor: Henson
Blade: Personna Red
P/S: Thayers Witch Hazel
P/S: Tabac
Rating: 10
Brush: SOC Cherry
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper
Soap: Southern Witchcrafts Boonana
Razor: Henson
Blade: Personna Red
P/S: Thayers Witch Hazel
P/S: Tabac
Rating: 10
Razor: Torrey No. 1 Lather Catcher
Blade: Pal Carbon Steel
Lather: Truefitt and Hill Grafton
Brush: Paladin Beehive
Post: Thayers Facial Tonic,
Truefitt & Hill Grafton Balm
Imperial Leather talc
Ten
My best shave in a week. 9.5
Lady Gillette
Lord Cool
Arko mixed with various scraps
Lady Gillette
Lord Cool
Arko mixed with various scraps
6 Apr 2025 - Shave 94/300+ in 2025
Vintage April - Shave 6
Soap: MdC Rose
Brush: SOC Boar
Lather Bowl: CC - The Admiral
Razor: Rocket Flare Tip (1950s)
Blade: Lab Blue (2)
Aftershave: Fine American Blend
Two passes and minimal buffing and I've got to call this a BBS.
9.9/10
Vintage April - Shave 6
Soap: MdC Rose
Brush: SOC Boar
Lather Bowl: CC - The Admiral
Razor: Rocket Flare Tip (1950s)
Blade: Lab Blue (2)
Aftershave: Fine American Blend
Two passes and minimal buffing and I've got to call this a BBS.
9.9/10
Handle
MULCUTO APRIL SHAVE
MUSIC: Combat Rock by The Clash, 1982.
Three Days Whiskers
PRE-SHAVE:
- Hot Shower
- Proraso Pre-Shave Cream Cypress and Vetyver (IT)
BOWL: Aluminium (PT)
SOAP: Buly Crème Pogonotomienne (IT)
BRUSH: Geo F Trumper Two Wood Three Band Silvertip, 24 mm (GB)
SR: Mulcuto Solingen Schrägschnitt (D)
"Schrägschnitt" means Oblique Cut.
This particular model is from the 1940s, WW2 time.
Many slants torsion the blade to get the oblique effect. And the two safety bars of those razors are mirrored, absolutely opposed.
Here it's the top cap which has a screw implanted in an oblique manner that determines the oblique anatomy of the base plate. The blade is minimally stressed and only anteroposteriorly curved as it happens in normal Safety Razors. It is not submitted to a torsion effect. The safety bars from both sides are aligned and not simetrically opposed.
The top cap has a lateral crest that must match a similar one on the baseplate for a correct unit mounting.
The top cap has an unequal elevation that facilitates the maintenance of the obliquity as one rides the cap.
The faceted handle permits only the sufficient grip, nothing spectacular.
The weight of the razor leans toward the head.
The whole SR looks like comming out of a medieval blacksmith's forge. An apparent primitive design that gained an innovation prize for the brand in 1932 at an exhibition in London.
This razor shaves very safely with a very feeble blade feel - it's unimaginably smooth.
It's advisable to ride the cap to keep the correct angle. The whole utilization is very intuitive.
Due it's high top cape it can be a bit awkward under the nose. But there you can go easily ATG if the shaving angle is respected. In matter of fact it's one of the few razors I go ATG under the nose with no problem.
A two pass shave is more than enough plus some retouches (few). An amazing 80 y.o. "rasierapparat", efficient since the day it was born.
Note: Originally this razor came with dual edge blades, dual cut. Vorrasur (Pre Shave) and Nachrasur (Post-Shave).
So the same blade had two edges with different class efficiency.
BLADE: Gillette Platinum Vintage (ENG) (2) -
Awesome!
POST-SHAVE:
- 444 Alum-Block (PT)
- Cella Lozione Dopobarba (IT)
- Cosmia Men After-Shave Balm (FR)
THE SHAVE:
Very efficient Two Pass Shave with little blade-buffing. A 10/10.
Perhaps the best shave of the year until now. If BBS exists than this is it!
MUSIC: Combat Rock by The Clash, 1982.
Three Days Whiskers
PRE-SHAVE:
- Hot Shower
- Proraso Pre-Shave Cream Cypress and Vetyver (IT)
BOWL: Aluminium (PT)
SOAP: Buly Crème Pogonotomienne (IT)
BRUSH: Geo F Trumper Two Wood Three Band Silvertip, 24 mm (GB)
SR: Mulcuto Solingen Schrägschnitt (D)
"Schrägschnitt" means Oblique Cut.
This particular model is from the 1940s, WW2 time.
Many slants torsion the blade to get the oblique effect. And the two safety bars of those razors are mirrored, absolutely opposed.
Here it's the top cap which has a screw implanted in an oblique manner that determines the oblique anatomy of the base plate. The blade is minimally stressed and only anteroposteriorly curved as it happens in normal Safety Razors. It is not submitted to a torsion effect. The safety bars from both sides are aligned and not simetrically opposed.
The top cap has a lateral crest that must match a similar one on the baseplate for a correct unit mounting.
The top cap has an unequal elevation that facilitates the maintenance of the obliquity as one rides the cap.
The faceted handle permits only the sufficient grip, nothing spectacular.
The weight of the razor leans toward the head.
The whole SR looks like comming out of a medieval blacksmith's forge. An apparent primitive design that gained an innovation prize for the brand in 1932 at an exhibition in London.
This razor shaves very safely with a very feeble blade feel - it's unimaginably smooth.
It's advisable to ride the cap to keep the correct angle. The whole utilization is very intuitive.
Due it's high top cape it can be a bit awkward under the nose. But there you can go easily ATG if the shaving angle is respected. In matter of fact it's one of the few razors I go ATG under the nose with no problem.
A two pass shave is more than enough plus some retouches (few). An amazing 80 y.o. "rasierapparat", efficient since the day it was born.
Note: Originally this razor came with dual edge blades, dual cut. Vorrasur (Pre Shave) and Nachrasur (Post-Shave).
So the same blade had two edges with different class efficiency.
BLADE: Gillette Platinum Vintage (ENG) (2) -
Awesome!
POST-SHAVE:
- 444 Alum-Block (PT)
- Cella Lozione Dopobarba (IT)
- Cosmia Men After-Shave Balm (FR)
THE SHAVE:
Very efficient Two Pass Shave with little blade-buffing. A 10/10.
Perhaps the best shave of the year until now. If BBS exists than this is it!
Attachments
8/10
Evening, last night's shave:
Razor: Razorock Lupo .58 with ti Halo handle
Blade: Gillette Minora (2)
Pre: Hot Water
Soap: A & E Asian Plum
Brush: Omega Boar Pro
Aftershave: n/a
Post: n/a
This razor is such an exceptional value. On any given day, it can sit in my top 3 with much more expensive offerings. Just a slight tingle on the alum for a post, forgot to use aftershave, as it really wasn't necessary. What a shave.
10/10
Cheers
Razor: Razorock Lupo .58 with ti Halo handle
Blade: Gillette Minora (2)
Pre: Hot Water
Soap: A & E Asian Plum
Brush: Omega Boar Pro
Aftershave: n/a
Post: n/a
This razor is such an exceptional value. On any given day, it can sit in my top 3 with much more expensive offerings. Just a slight tingle on the alum for a post, forgot to use aftershave, as it really wasn't necessary. What a shave.
10/10
Cheers
SOTD: 04/06/2025
Razor: Hone Type 15 Bronze
Blade: Feather New Hi-Stainless, 1st use
Brush: Oumo Molten Magma ST-1
Bowl: Cayuen Dark Nebula Bowl
Soap: Elysian Aurelius
Aftershave: Elysian Aurelius
Balm: Stirling Unscented
Additional Care: Thayers Witch Hazel (Unscented)
My first shave with both the Hone Type 15 and Elysian Aurelius. The Hone is a work of art, but feels a bit more about form than function. In the hand, it feels balanced, solid and comfortable. On the face, the very wide safety bar and head shape create a bit of drag and the blade feel is near nil with low efficiency, even with a Feather. Aurelius smells great, although the scent strength is low and the splash a bit oily. DFS+
Wishing you a peaceful day.
Razor: Hone Type 15 Bronze
Blade: Feather New Hi-Stainless, 1st use
Brush: Oumo Molten Magma ST-1
Bowl: Cayuen Dark Nebula Bowl
Soap: Elysian Aurelius
Aftershave: Elysian Aurelius
Balm: Stirling Unscented
Additional Care: Thayers Witch Hazel (Unscented)
My first shave with both the Hone Type 15 and Elysian Aurelius. The Hone is a work of art, but feels a bit more about form than function. In the hand, it feels balanced, solid and comfortable. On the face, the very wide safety bar and head shape create a bit of drag and the blade feel is near nil with low efficiency, even with a Feather. Aurelius smells great, although the scent strength is low and the splash a bit oily. DFS+
Wishing you a peaceful day.
Razor: Gillette Pre War Fat Handle Tech
Blade: Big Ben SS (1)
Soap: Mike's Hungarian Lavender
Brush: Omega Jade Boar
AS: Aqua Velva Ice Blue
Rating: 9/10
Blade: Big Ben SS (1)
Soap: Mike's Hungarian Lavender
Brush: Omega Jade Boar
AS: Aqua Velva Ice Blue
Rating: 9/10
Today’s shave:
Paladin badger
Karve Bison
Grooming Dept pre shave
CC Ceramic bowl
B&M Lavender
Blade felt a little dull so 8/10
Paladin badger
Karve Bison
Grooming Dept pre shave
CC Ceramic bowl
B&M Lavender
Blade felt a little dull so 8/10
