Shave of the Day Thread - 2018

[Pbgoose]

And yes, Bruce, you are a few thousand short but you also have the benefit of your perennial straight razors!!

Hmm, recalculating..........emergency contingencies made, Polsilver numbers comfort level - shavepocalypse avoidance only. Recommend further Polsilver aquisition.

 

[LukehGee]

Rockwell 6S R3 w/ Polsilver (2)
Yaqi Tuxedo
Squadron Soaps Scramble soap / splash

 

[Pbgoose]

Pre: Pb Pre Shave Balm
Soap: Talbot - Iliahi Ridge
Brush: Vie Long Horse/Badger
Razor: Gillette Black Beauty (7,8)
Blade: Vintage Polsilver (1)
First use of Pre Shave balm. It was good. Was nice to apply and had slight cooling from the combo of essential oils, camphor, rosemary, lavandin etc and felt good on the face i.e. I normally use straight coconut oil so this was a lot lighter and more pleasant.
Rather than splash warm water I fill basin and face dunk or 'bob for apples'. Lather was beautiful and all round was a great shave.
@borked , I assuming this Polsilver is a vintage brown and not the Wizamet? It was in the coffee coloured wrapper not the chocolate brown.

 

[nav1]

Pre: Pb Pre Shave Balm
Soap: Talbot - Iliahi Ridge
Brush: Vie Long Horse/Badger
Razor: Gillette Black Beauty (7,8)
Blade: Vintage Polsilver (1)
First use of Pre Shave balm. It was good. Was nice to apply and had slight cooling from the combo of essential oils, camphor, rosemary, lavandin etc and felt good on the face i.e. I normally use straight coconut oil so this was a lot lighter and more pleasant.
Rather than splash warm water I fill basin and face dunk or 'bob for apples'. Lather was beautiful and all round was a great shave.
@borked , I assuming this Polsilver is a vintage brown and not the Wizamet? It was in the coffee coloured wrapper not the chocolate brown.

The pre shave sounds great!

I'm going to make a simple pre shave oil of grape seed, sweet almond, macadamia and lemon Myrtle EO. I prefer a lighter texture mix rather than a heavy feel on the face. I may add some jojoba to it too.

 

[nav1]

Pre: 3 drops jojoba oil
Progress XL w/Polsilver
EJ silvertip fibre V1 - 23mm in faux horn
CRSW Select - Puro Fresco
Anherb balm

Brand new Polsilver in the progress today resulted in a delightful BBS!!

The CRSW is awesome soap! The scent is so beautiful, delicate and calming.

Tried Jojoba oil as pre shave today and really liked it a lot. It didn't impact the lather at all and worked great!

If I could choose just one brush, this would be it!!
I'm a huge fan of the V1 silvertip fibre Muhle invented. It has very natural splay as the fibres are thicker but not so densely packed (finer fibres must be densely packed in order to serve the purpose).

 

[SpeedyPC]

Date: 23 April 2018

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Brush:- RazoRock Plissoft Synth. 24/57mm knot
Soap/Cream:- La Toja (3 shave sticks grated into a 150ml plastic tub)
Razor/Blade:- Merkur 34C / Gillette Nacet #8
Post-shave:- Thayers Witch Hazel & Tea Tree Oil / Lucky Tiger Aftershave & Face Tonic
Fragrance:- Hugo Boss (Original)

Need a shave for tonight lodge as I didn't go last month and I really missed my friends, I went to see my father yesterday at the Sydney Clinic private mental hospital and he's in a total mess he's very abusive and angry, I didn't stay for very long as his psychiatrist told me to leave.

 

[Rabid Badger]

1. Preshave: Shiner Gold
2. Blade:Astra Superior Platinum
3. Razor: Giesen and Forsthoff 1350K
4. Soap: The Fat
5. Brush: Sam and Son 22mm Silvertip
6. Postshave: RazoRock Don Marco
7. Earworm: Surging out of Convalescence, Half man Half Biscuit

Well 'The Fat' never fails. Great shave this morning, pity I was so damn tired after being kept up most of the night with 2 sick kids.

 

[sealer]

Pre: Myrsol emulsion
razor: V3A maggard
blade: Feather #2
soap: APR Fresca
splash: APR Fresca
EdP: APR Fresca

Last two days wonderful sunny days down here, so the choice for today was somehow clearly easy.

I love those days when one shaves with the window open...

 

[Snooze]

Mikes 'Orange, Cedarwood and Black Pepper' / RR Monster Synth / GEM 1912 + GEM SS / Fine 'L'Orange Noir'

Mikes soaps are not mentioned much more in the forums it seems...but they give an amazing creamy lather and the orange scent on this one is beautiful.

Three passes with the 1912 and more orange scented splash and on with the Monday madness...

Have a good day guys ​

https://flic.kr/p/Jj9hhs

 

[borked]

Pre: Pb Pre Shave Balm
Soap: Talbot - Iliahi Ridge
Brush: Vie Long Horse/Badger
Razor: Gillette Black Beauty (7,8)
Blade: Vintage Polsilver (1)
First use of Pre Shave balm. It was good. Was nice to apply and had slight cooling from the combo of essential oils, camphor, rosemary, lavandin etc and felt good on the face i.e. I normally use straight coconut oil so this was a lot lighter and more pleasant.
Rather than splash warm water I fill basin and face dunk or 'bob for apples'. Lather was beautiful and all round was a great shave.
@borked , I assuming this Polsilver is a vintage brown and not the Wizamet? It was in the coffee coloured wrapper not the chocolate brown.

Top is vintage
Bottom is modern discontinued
Middle I've not seen, yet suspect are current in eastern bloc countries.

 

[UKSteve]

Monday 23rd April

Acqua Di Parma Cream
Antica Barbieria Colla Boar
King Pelican 5000
Xerjoff Homme Murano Attar

This perfume oil is an incredible journey you don’t want to end. Masculine and powerful, delicate and subtle. Thor’s hammer and a loving caress. Stunning, absolutely stunning.

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[UKSteve]

Monday 23rd April

Acqua Di Parma Cream
Antica Barbieria Colla Boar
King Pelican 5000
Xerjoff Homme Murano Attar

This perfume oil is an incredible journey you don’t want to end. Masculine and powerful, delicate and subtle. Thor’s hammer and a loving caress. Stunning, absolutely stunning.

​

I can’t help but think that this is what Bond would wear whilst out doing Bond ‘stuff’.
Beatifully seductive enough for when you fancy blowing the legs off some Miss World type bit of skirt yet masculine enough that you don’t smell like a bit of a dandy when dispatching wannabe global domineering cat stroking villains.

 

[Razor Burn]

SOTN 23/04/2018

Brush: Proraso (Omega)
Razor: RR Mamba
Blade: Rapira P/Lux (4)
Scuttle/Bowl/Mug: Shaving Factory mug
Soap: EJ Menthol puck
Post: Witch Hazel & Tea Tree Oil + Rockwell balm

A much improved near BBS shave with the Mamba. I believe I have found the right razor for this blade as it felt smoother, with slight resistance XTG but as the razor shaves mild I was able to buff certain areas with little effort. Got home late so jumped in the shower and shaved from my trusty mug and the lather was a bit wet but that just added to the comfort of the shave. Might skip a shave and try something different come ANZAC Day...? Happy shaves and have a pleasant Tuesday!

 

[tim33z]

Brilliant shave today which was so smooth with the R4 plate.
The Dr Jon’s Classic soap (sample) feels a touch drying on my skin post shave but lathered up nicely and gave great protection. Not sure I’d buy this one but once finished I’ll try the Savannah Sunrise sample. That one smells great to my nose!

 

[todras]

Chatillon Lux Pre Shave Butter
Doug Korn D7 Manchurian
Wolfman WR1 SB
Feather
Barrister & Mann Eventide Soap/Splash
Guerlain Héritage EDP​

 

[Rabid Badger]

1. Preshave: Shiner Gold
2. Blade:Astra Superior Platinum
3. Razor: Charcoal Goods, SS, Bishop, Level 1
4. Soap: St James of London Lavender and Geranium cream
5. Brush: Sam and Son, 30mm Silvertip
6. Postshave: St James of London Lavender and Geranium gel
7. Earworm: Five Years - David Bowie

Copious amounts of lather this morning as shown. Both kids managed to sleep through last night, so feeling much better today. Now the wife is sick though. Great shave all up, although, I'm not the biggest fan of the post shave gel.

 

[Pbgoose]

Pre: Pb Pre Shave Balm
Soap: SMG Pasion (compliments of @todras PIF)
Brush: Epsilon Horse
Razor: Peerless 5/8"
Post: Jojoba Oil
AS: B&M Citricuya (compliments of @todras PIF)

 

[SpeedyPC]

Brush: Epsilon Horse

How's the horse and what's the backbone like and can you please tell me what's the knot size and loft height, also do you find the horse better than the boar?

 

[Pbgoose]

How's the horse and what's the backbone like and can you please tell me what's the knot size and loft height, also do you find the horse better than the boar?

26mm Knot, 50mm loft. I've included the link at Gifts and Care for more info:
https://www.giftsandcare.com/en/hor...ot.html?search_query=epsilon+horse&results=22

I'm very pleased with this brush. It's a dense knot but I'd say quite soft. I was a little worried when I ordered it as others had said they found the horse hair scritchy but I think it's fine. I think the knot size and density give it plenty of backbone. Probably use more soap to lather due to density.
Can't really compare with the boar brushes, it's just different. Probably more similar to my 26mm TF Badger.
If I had to choose between the horse and boar brushes I'd go the boar brushes but again they're just different and I love the different characteristics between badger, badger/horse, boar, and horse. I've a got a badger/boar knot from maggards that I'll get around to at some stage, looking forward to that as well.

 

[SpeedyPC]

26mm Knot, 50mm loft. I've included the link at Gifts and Care for more info:
https://www.giftsandcare.com/en/hor...ot.html?search_query=epsilon+horse&results=22

I'm very pleased with this brush. It's a dense knot but I'd say quite soft. I was a little worried when I ordered it as others had said they found the horsehair scritchy but I think it's fine. I think the knot size and density give it plenty of backbone. Probably use more soap to lather due to density.
Can't really compare with the boar brushes, it's just different. Probably more similar to my 26mm TF Badger.
If I had to choose between the horse and boar brushes I'd go the boar brushes but again they're just different and I love the different characteristics between a badger, badger/horse, boar, and horse. I have got a badger/boar knot from maggards that I'll get around to at some stage, looking forward to that as well.

A badger/horse??? never seen or heard of a badger/horse knot, I've got this brush below put away and it's been so desperate to get back into the wet shaving. I was thinking about getting the Epsilon white horse into my den because I'm not 100% sure.