Razor: Yaqi Mellon
Blade: Gillette London Bridge (India)
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Razor: Yaqi Mellon
Blade: Gillette London Bridge (India)
Yaqi Avanti @5 / Bic Astor / Chubby 3 Sovereign / Brito lime / Panama 1924 / Floid
Yes. It’s in great shape with the exception of the missing end caps and the gold wash is coming off the top. Excellent candidate for a replace!
Baili BD176 + 5th use Gillette London Bridge = BBS
Blackbird Ti SB
Nacet
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Razor: Yaqi Katana
Blade: Euromax (2)
Soap: PAA La Tierra Mojada
Brush: Omega 10049 Boar
Blade: Euromax (2)
Soap: PAA La Tierra Mojada
Brush: Omega 10049 Boar
Nationaal Blauw 
Tatra Platinum 
Mastro Michè
Le Figaro 
Tatra Platinum Mastro Michè
Le Figaro 
English Gillette Four Piece Tech and a Gillette 7 O’clock Yellow (5).
FOCS Piccolo razor/ Tiger blade
Iridian
Cool and slimy
DSCosmetic DS-XT / Amazon Solimo
excellent combination of the GC OC razor and Feather blade!
Merkur Progress + Astra SP #12
20240920
Razor: REX Envoy (102)
Blade: ASCO Super Stainless (1)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush-26mm
Lather: VDH Luxury + Cremo Cooling
Aftershave: cold water rinse; Nivea Men Sensitive Soothing Post Shave Balm
No nicks; No irritation; Very Close; Very Smooth; DFS+ shave. The aftershave balm helps evaluate the shave quality. During clean up, I dropped the blade in the sink so this became a One & Done.
Cheers!!!
Razor: REX Envoy (102)
Blade: ASCO Super Stainless (1)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush-26mm
Lather: VDH Luxury + Cremo Cooling
Aftershave: cold water rinse; Nivea Men Sensitive Soothing Post Shave Balm
No nicks; No irritation; Very Close; Very Smooth; DFS+ shave. The aftershave balm helps evaluate the shave quality. During clean up, I dropped the blade in the sink so this became a One & Done.
Cheers!!!
Timeless SS 0.68
Bic Astor (7)
Bic Astor (7)
Yaqi OC with Astra SS (5)
9/20: Going to the cabin shave: YUMA, Big Ben, AOS badger, Irish Spring, LVBRAV. Super close shave; should last me til Sunday. BBS. Next shave: Fatip Piccolo OC.
Kare Bison, Feather
1946-47 Aristocrat
PPI Astra SP (1)
Three passes, BBS
This Aristocrat is smoother and significantly more efficient than either my un-notched '47 Super Speed or my '48-50 notched Aristocrat. I mostly attribute it to the pre-war style baseplate design that doesn't have the indents across the lather holes. It sounds small, but it makes a noticeable change to the shave geometry. It might change the blade gap or exposure, but I'm not going to buy a set of feeler gauges just to find out!
My '41 Ranger Tech has a similar bump in efficiency and uses the same baseplate as this Aristocrat, but the Aristocrat feels a little smoother.
PPI Astra SP (1)
Three passes, BBS
This Aristocrat is smoother and significantly more efficient than either my un-notched '47 Super Speed or my '48-50 notched Aristocrat. I mostly attribute it to the pre-war style baseplate design that doesn't have the indents across the lather holes. It sounds small, but it makes a noticeable change to the shave geometry. It might change the blade gap or exposure, but I'm not going to buy a set of feeler gauges just to find out!
My '41 Ranger Tech has a similar bump in efficiency and uses the same baseplate as this Aristocrat, but the Aristocrat feels a little smoother.
