Shave of the Day Thread - 2016

[silver]

Gillette Slim
Feather Blade
Epsilon 2 Band Badger
B&M Le Petit Chypre

Lately I am struggling to get super slick lather with the brush. I try & start with it completely dry & then slowly add water as I am loading but that doesn't seem to work?

The lather on the puck starts looking like it's got too much water but when I apply the brush to my face it's a bit dry.

Might try with a wetter brush & go from there next time.

On a more positive note, given the cooler weather my brushes are taking a little bit longer to try so it's a perfect excuse to start looking for more brushes!

I used to find harder pucks give me dry and thin lather. Until I discovered lately (thanks to @SpeedyPC for the SOC M's Method video), i start with a gravity drained brush and slowly swirl on the face of the soap, not fast enough to start the lathering process, but you can slowly see the excess water on the puck slowly turn milky white and I usually pour it away after a while. I find that doing it this way, I tend to load up a lot of soap (you will notice a crater on the face of the soap after this) Once I am sure there's enough soap, I'll start the quicker swirls to start the lathering process.

 

[Draco Noir]

Thank you Sensei @Draco Noir! I can only put down my progress to your advice and expertise.

I'm not a sensei @saku39 - just a guy on a learning curve like most of us here And you deserve the credit for your wonderful progress, not me. So give yourself a big pat on the back and keep on enjoying the journey you've started so well

 

[Mark1966]

Razor: Gillette 'Fatboy' Adjustable (5)
Blade: Vintage Schick Superior Platinum (7)
Brush: Vintage butterscotch Simpson H2 boar
Soap/Cream: Mike's Natural Shaving Soap - Barbershop
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve

A little bored with the Fatboy - might change soon.

Schick SP still going strong.

Vintage butterscotch Simpson boar is soft and gentle - well broken in and definitely a keeper.

Mike's again? Yeah, making a choice was too hard this morning and this is my current default, so easy to make a great lather!

Clubman Special Reserve, a classic finish when you don't want bay rum

Life is too short to have bad shaves ...

 

[Draco Noir]

Face Wash : Menthol Lime Glycerine Soap
Pre-Shave : Myrsol Emulsion
Brush : Thater 2 band
Soap : Mike's Soap - Peppermint and Rosemary
Razor : Gloria "Smiling" straight
After Shave : Alum, Witch Hazel, Hanae Mori HiM

Just a great shave today. The smiling razor with its elegantly curved blade is definitely not a gimmick. It shaves beautifully - close and comfortable, and the curved blade makes those hard to get at places a doddle.

Happy shaving all

 

[Sxot]

Pre: Occams Lime
Brush: The Duke - 2 Best aka "the shedder"
Soap: Tabac
Blade: Hoshi Tombo 8000
Post: Thayers
Scent: Tabac

After @alfredus' post in the Finished Products thread I realised the Occams Soap had fallen off the daily. Brought it back on... The Duke has been dropping one or two hairs a day for three months now. I've emailed Shaver Hut in the hope of a replacement. Sadly I will have a new brush to break in - again! An already broken in Chubby on it's was though so maybe the Duke will get put in the drawer and forgotten about.

After a bad start, I have got the Hoshi shaving very well. I think the extra hard steel resulted in me leaving it under done. Some crox, and more pressure / more strokes on the strop have given it a very smooth and efficient edge. BBS-
Loving the half hollow feel. Have to get another like this.

Tabac, Thayers... Excellent as always.

Shave on!!

 

[saku39]

I'm not a sensei @saku39 - just a guy on a learning curve like most of us here And you deserve the credit for your wonderful progress, not me. So give yourself a big pat on the back and keep on enjoying the journey you've started so well

Yes sensei! You are both wise and modest

 

[SpeedyPC]

Razorock Chubby

@unobtainium81 my brother has been asking me about 5 times what's the Razorock Chubby because I've never own a Razorock Chubby Extra Silvertip Badger Shaving Brush comes in a 28mm knot with a 51mm loft, what's the brush like is it better than the Simpson Chubby Super Badger ?

 

[unobtainium81]

@unobtainium81 my brother has been asking me about 5 times what's the Razorock Chubby because I've never own a Razorock Chubby Extra Silvertip Badger Shaving Brush comes in a 28mm knot with a 51mm loft, what's the brush like is it better than the Simpson Chubby Super Badger ?

I've never used a chubby but imagine it would be a better quality than the RR. It's a nice big plush brush that isn't floppy. It's got a bit of a glue bump though. I've heard they are the same as the Zenith brushes which might be cheaper / easier for you to get?

 

[SpeedyPC]

It's got a bit of a glue bump though

@unobtainium81 I'm lost could please explain and can you provide a picture so I can fully understand this carefully sorry.

Edit:- do you like this brush a lot?

 

[alfredus]

Pre-Shave: Cypriotian Olive/Argan Oil soap, cold water
Razor: Wolfman SB-P WRH2
Blade: Voskhod (2)
Brush: Nathan Clark Envy White
Lather: Mike's Orange, Cedarwood, & Black Pepper
Post-shave: Alum, Barrister & Man Kyovu Original, Australian Emu​

After finishing my Occams pre-shave soap I decided to use a soap, that was kindly gifted to me by @Lifes a Peach - which means this is the first time in ~3 years that I didn't start a shave with Occams

I must admit, the scent is not...to my licking (I hope it will mellow down a bit) - but the conditioning properties are excellent, so I will keep at it for the time being.

I have now my brush fully under control and it produces batch after batch of spectacular lather - picture in the lather section - review hopefully soon.

The shave it self was very calming and relaxed, but with 2 very minor weepers. Maybe too calming? Who knows, but the end result is half a day later still perfectly silky smooth.

 

[unobtainium81]

@unobtainium81 I'm lost could please explain and can you provide a picture so I can fully understand this carefully sorry.

Edit:- do you like this brush a lot?

I like it. It's not my favourite and I went into last nights shave thinking I'd sell it but I think I'll keep it now.

By glue bump I mean at the bottom of the knot where the hairs are glued into the plug. The glue comes up a little high which makes the loft less than it actually appears. Does that make sense?

 

[SpeedyPC]

By glue bump I mean at the bottom of the knot where the hairs are glued into the plug. The glue comes up a little high which makes the loft less than it actually appears. Does that make sense?

@unobtainium81 got it understood and lucky me I don't have any of those issue phew!

Try and use it for at least two or three weeks might give you your final answer.

 

[bald as]

How good is a straight razor shave.
2 pass DFS+
Clone MDC with lanolin
Plisson brush
Bengall 5/8" honed with my new Coticule and pretty good.

 

[Reegs]

Face Wash : Menthol Lime Glycerine Soap
Pre-Shave : Myrsol Emulsion
Brush : Thater 2 band
Soap : Mike's Soap - Peppermint and Rosemary
Razor : Gloria "Smiling" straight
After Shave : Alum, Witch Hazel, Hanae Mori HiM

Just a great shave today. The smiling razor with its elegantly curved blade is definitely not a gimmick. It shaves beautifully - close and comfortable, and the curved blade makes those hard to get at places a doddle.

Happy shaving all

I would imagine this is just a small proportion of your amazing hardware collection @Draco Noir

 

[unobtainium81]

@unobtainium81 got it understood and lucky me I don't have any of those issue phew!

Try and use it for at least two or three weeks might give you your final answer.

The others get jealous [emoji12] plus I might have accidentally ordered a couple of more brushes [emoji33]

 

[Psmith]

Pre: Blind Barber Facewash
Brush: Shavemac 2 Band 173
Soap: S.V Cosmo
Razor: iKon DLC Slant 'The Dark Knight'
Blade: PSI (3)
Post: Myrsol Formula C

Holy Cow! What a brush, what a soap. I didn't need to shave tonight, but with this gear I couldn't not.
I'll go into the soap another time (it really is excellent) but cannot say how good this brush is. So much presence, so much backbone, such soft tips, so much great lather.
It actually put me in mind of @Sxot and his quest for something more than the Duke 2. I have a Duke 2 and this brush reminds me of it. But so much softer. And so much more backbone. A truly superb face latherer.

 

[silver]

Pre: GFT lime skin food
Brush: SOC
Soap: SV 70th
Razor: iKon B1 OSS
Blade: GSB
Post: alum, calendula toner, Myrsol Plastic Shave

Soaked the boar with warmer water, somehow still scritchy but not as scritchy as couple of days ago. Lathering capabilities wise, no slacking off here. Lathers like a pig in a mud pit. Lather shots. Really digging the wet method atm.

SV is fantastic. Seriously am so tempted to get another puck. The SOTD post from above is so tempting. Great shave with the razor, though I am really missing the Standard. Finished off with the cooling plastic shave.

 

[eggbert]

Those brushes really do splay their legs more than the lady boys in Patpong, don't they?


Apparently

 

[SpeedyPC]

plus I might have accidentally ordered a couple of more brushes

@unobtainium81 please don't make me jealous also my brother got me another brush again coming soon it's a Semogue Special Edition 2013 Silvertip 24mm knot with a 48mm loft

 

[silver]

Those brushes really do splay their legs more than the lady boys in Patpong, don't they?


Apparently

HAHAHAHAHA, yes they do splay a lot actually. It lathers like a champ, but it's very scritchy lately I don't know why. Wasn't as scritchy before.... Hope it slowly further breaks in and splits more... more than the lady boys?