Shave of the Day 2015

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Tuesday 3 February 2015

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Traveling with a Mastro Livi CarboInox​

The pleasure of shaving and traveling with a masterpiece! This Mastro Livi CarboInox straight razor is a joy to see and a joy to shave with. Another notable thing about this shave, is that I finally managed to get some Pinaud aftershave, as it recently is getting easier to find it in some European stores. Pinaud is a burning hell on your face - alcohol seems to be pretty a lot - but it definitely feels very refreshing and smooth.​
  • Pre-Shave: Roberts Distilled Rose Water
  • Soap: Negozio Leggero Hazelnut and Lavender
  • Brush: Mühle Travel Silvertip Fibre, 21mm
  • Bowl: Chinese Bowl
  • Strop: Mastro Livi Loom Strop and Hand Palm
  • Razor: Mastro Livi CarboInox, 6/8 Full Hollow, Barber's Notch
  • Post-Shave: Argan Oil
  • After Shave: Pinaud Clubman
 
Nocturn is awesome LaP nice shave. You can look forward to being able to smell it next time!
 
Brush: Semogue 1305
Soap/Cream: ShaverHeaven Aladdin
Razor: Weber PH
Blade: Feather
After-shave: Speick

Since really enjoying ShaverHeaven's original (v1.0) Forbidden Forest, I've been curious as to how @Anthony 's lather has evolved - esp. when most folks rate these improvements. Big thanks to @filobiblic for the Aladdin. Well from the get-go the scent is very much to my tastes - a little bit of Marrakesh market in a tub - yum! Lather generation is absolutely amazing. An easy yoghurty bit of goodness breaches the bowl with little encouragement. Only dip in my mind is the glide - odd as most folks rate the glide - but I found it a little lacking. Now I caveat this by saying this was my first run with the soap. Also I guess next shave I'll add more water to the mix as the post-shave feel was phenomenal. Nice and slick...so maybe more water will provide more glide. If I can get that right then this one will be a winner.

Otherwise quite an uneventful shave - which is exactly what I need on a Wednesday.
 
As promised started on the samples

Occams Original cream. Very nice it was too. Thick lather and nice feel to it.
Gillette Slim on 7 (Discovered I now have 3 of these will never run out).
Slick Schick that is becoming not so slick by now. Should get one more out of it.
Brush - none of my brushes seem to have labels on them - so they are just a brush (may get carried away one day and put some photos up for identification)

End result a nice clean shave.
Finished off with some TOBS after shave cream that I found and a splash of Musgo,

All in all a successful event.
 
gthomas04 said:
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Slick Schick that is becoming not so slick by now. Should get one more out of it.
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WHY!!!

Hasn't it served you faithfully enough already?
 
Mark1966 said:
WHY!!!

Hasn't it served you faithfully enough already?
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Retiree, has to eek out every bit to survive, thanks to the generosity of fellow gentleman and peers you're surrounded by mate :)
 
Brush: Duke 2
Razor: Fatboy on 9
Blade: Vintage English Gillette (3)
Soap: Vintage Williams
A/S: Aqua Velva

Great shave today, I can see why so many over at YKW rave about the Vintage Williams, it's leaps and bounds ahead of the current Williams. A 30 second load of the brush and I had more lather than I knew what to do with. A very nice, thick, dense and slick lather. Topped off with the Aqua Velva and a perfect shave has been had.
 
Plisson Synth
Slim@5 & 3
Mike's Lavender
Rapira Swedish Super Steel (0)

Good effort from everything else but as posted in other thread the Rapira is pretty pedestrian, not a bad blade but leagues behind the best stuff on the market - perhaps it'll fare better in a different razor but I specifically used the Slim as it's a very evenhanded medium.
 
Razor: Wilkinson Sword Classic
Blade: Wilkinson Super Sword Edge@8
Cream: Erasmic shaving cream
A.F: Aqua Velva Ice Sport

Classic WTG, XTG & ATG for a smooth DFS+ result. Eighth shave for the english wilkinson, sharpness has been traded for smoothness, and the blade shine with the extra passes.
 
TR Cadman & Sons
Omega Straw Broom
Strop Shoppe Baker Street
1805 A/S

Gingerly getting the hand of the straight again, after a month with the R41. The shave simply isn't as close, but it's more fun to use!
 
Brush: Plisson Synth
Soap/Cream: WSP Rustic Soap Marrakesh
Razor: PH Weber
Blade: Personna Super/Blue [2]
After-shave: Natio for Men Cooling Balm
Scent: Truefitt & Hill 1805 Cologne (Thanks for the sample @Nonick)

Great lather from the WSP soap. Applied the cologne sample from @Nonick - seems ok to my semi-blocked nose. Actually quite nice unlike Jermyn Street. I'll try it again once I kick this cold.
 
I had a shave with two samples last night, croap 1 on the right side of the face and croap 2 on the left.

@Nonick / @filobiblic gave me samples of Shaver Heavens grapefruit (that nonick didn't get on with) and QCS iced key lime (I think) which is supposed to have a fair whack of the cooling stuff

I couldn't work out which was which from smelling them, so decided to try shaving with both to see if I could determine which had the big menthol hit. I got nothing, from either of them. Both had quite faint scents to my nose, (lathered well) but not a touch of menthol in either.

That's a surprise as Nick said it was supposed to be as cool as their Vostok soap, which is supposed to be right up there in the menthol stakes.
 
eggbert said:
I had a shave with two samples last night, croap 1 on the right side of the face and croap 2 on the left.

@Nonick / @filobiblic gave me samples of Shaver Heavens grapefruit (that nonick didn't get on with) and QCS iced key lime (I think) which is supposed to have a fair whack of the cooling stuff

I couldn't work out which was which from smelling them, so decided to try shaving with both to see if I could determine which had the big menthol hit. I got nothing, from either of them. Both had quite faint scents to my nose, (lathered well) but not a touch of menthol in either.

That's a surprise as Nick said it was supposed to be as cool as their Vostok soap, which is supposed to be right up there in the menthol stakes.
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You're getting into the hang of things with dual face lathering!

The Shaver Heaven grapefruit has no menthol at all. It smells a sweet citrus like air freshener. I'm not sure what kind of lime (sweet? limey-lime? tangy?) the QCS iced key lime would smell like.
 
Another perfect shave with my travel setup and Stirling Coniferous. I am starting to think, that the lather ( ie soap and brush) have a far larger effect on the shave than some people think - could it be the case?
 
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