Shave of the Day Thread - 2019

[tim33z]

Another top shave with loads of comfort for a better than DFS. The lather was absolutely top notch for comfort, glide and moisturiser...
Have a great day!

 

[RubenRedNuts]

A surprisingly good shave from my first restoration project (a 170 year old Wade and Butcher - yes the date on the razor says 1776 but these hit the market in the 1850's)

 

[fruityasu]

Pre: Warm Shower, Truefitt & Hill Oil....
Razor: Wolfman Guerrilla OC....
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Yellow....
Brush: Turn-N-Shave Smoke On The Water....
Soap: AP Reserve Florian....
Post: AP Reserve Florian Aftershave and EDT....

 

[RazorPlay]

Cold shower
Proraso green pre shave cream
Rockwell 6S R1
Personna lab blue - 1
Proraso green
Omega 48
Proraso green balm

Warm day for the first shave back in my den in six months. I felt like some euc and menthol and had a great DFS+. This blade cut me on plate 2 but plate 1 does tame it at the expense of some efficiency, although there is no skin discomfort at all. A good option if I want to baby my skin - never thought I would use plate 1 but this blade pushed me there!

 

[Bozley82]

B&R Adjustable
Feather
Wolf Whiskers Beehive
Declaration Grooming B6
GD Tao​

 

[beerhog]

Just a lovely shave matched perfectly to the weather.

 

[Nightguard]

Brush: Edwin Jagger Best Badger
Razor: Schick Adjustable
Blade: Personna Injector
Soap: Aussie Palmolve
A/S: Homemade Menthol Splash

 

[Pbgoose]

A surprisingly good shave from my first restoration project (a 170 year old Wade and Butcher - yes the date on the razor says 1776 but these hit the market in the 1850's)

Love to see the pictures.

 

[RubenRedNuts]

Love to see the pictures.

I didn't get too many pictures as wasn't overly confident that it was all going to come together as I hadn't restored a razor before... Anyway here is where the journey began:
I got the razor thinking it didn't look too bad... you know, maybe just re-glue the broken scale and and clean it up... how hard can it be?

Hmmm

OK a little worse than I thought... But the blade cleaned up OK and was able to save the washers so all that was required was to make new scales out of buffalo horn blanks (this can't be hard can it?).

OK with a little patience (not one of my strong points) and perseverance I got to here:

The end result was an amazing shave!

 

[Pbgoose]

@RubenRedNuts Came up nice. Good job. Thanks for posting the pics.

 

[rlroadie2004]

21 January 2019

Lancaster Razor Works Shave Bowl ~ CB Karve + Personna Super Platinum Chrome
Black Anvil ~ Grooming Dept Preshave ~ DG/CL YRP ~ DG/CL YRP Toner & AS​

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[Mark1966]

Pre-shave: Hot Shower
Brush: Tony Forsyth P&C LE Platypus brush
Soap/Cream: Phoenix & Beau Spitfire shaving soap
Razor: Vintage Ever-Ready Heavy Flat Top SE razor
Blade: GEM SE blade (7)
Post-shave: Phoenix & Beau Spitfire after shave lotion
Fragrance: Phoenix & Beau Spitfire solid cologne

Finished the Spitfire! Got to post here for the first time in ages!

Great soap, great scent, great post shave, and great solid cologne - what else to say?

 

[todras]

Valobra Pre Shave
M&F
Dart+Uf0
Feather
Noble Otter Monarch
Zoologist Dragonfly EdP

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[Pbgoose]

Pre: Coconut Oil
Soap: Pb Fantome de Menthol
Brush: Vie-Long Horse American Barber Style
Razor: Kickuth
Post: Jojoba Oil
Haven't pulled out the Fantome for a while and really glad I did this morning. It's subtle but succinct.

 

[StratMan]

Pre-shave: Warm Shower
Brush: Yaqi Moka Express
Soap/Cream: A&E Vanille de Tabac
Razor: Rockwell 6C R5
Blade: Persona Platinum (2)
Post-shave: A&E Vanille de Tabac Splash

 

[tim33z]

Pre - Hot shower/Proraso pre cream/cold water throughout
Brush - Yaqi Timberwolf synthetic
Soap - Caties Bubbles Tonsorial Parlour
Razor - Rockwell 6S (R2)
Blade - Gillette Platinum (3)
Post - APR Florian

Have really only been using the 2 plate for a while and it gives me a nice shave in 2 passes plus minor touching up. Even yesterday's shave with a 2 day beard was taken off with the 2 plate easily. I was going to flip it to 4 yesterday, but decided to try the 2 out and was impressed.

I also discovered that when using APR splashes, that less is more. I mean normally i would shake the bottle into my palm about 6-7 times. I would find that my face might feel 'greasy' during the day, but today (and on other occasions), i used half as much and my face feel is much nicer. Not bagging the product in any way, and i also wet one hand before rubbing the splash over both hands and then the face. I heard that this helps get a more even coverage when applying any aftershave.

 

[Rabid Badger]

E Jagger - Menthol
Simpsons - 58, Manchurian
ATT - CR Windsor
Feather
Earworm: Intergalactic - Beastie Boys

 

[StratMan]

I also discovered that when using APR splashes, that less is more. I mean normally i would shake the bottle into my palm about 6-7 times. I would find that my face might feel 'greasy' during the day, but today (and on other occasions), i used half as much and my face feel is much nicer. Not bagging the product in any way, and i also wet one hand before rubbing the splash over both hands and then the face. I heard that this helps get a more even coverage when applying any aftershave.

thanks for the heads up mate. I also use quite a lot of splash and on dry hands and apart from going through it quicker i also found that my face feeling 'greasy'. will, give it a go tomorow

 

[todras]

I also discovered that when using APR splashes, that less is more. I mean normally i would shake the bottle into my palm about 6-7 times. I would find that my face might feel 'greasy' during the day, but today (and on other occasions), i used half as much and my face feel is much nicer. Not bagging the product in any way, and i also wet one hand before rubbing the splash over both hands and then the face. I heard that this helps get a more even coverage when applying any aftershave.

My splashes come in at around 5.3% which is really strong and they are also loaded with 'skin food'. You only need a couple of splashes to get the full benefit of both, if you want more of the fragrance for longer thats where the EdT/EdP's come in.

 

[tim33z]

My splashes come in at around 5.3% which is really strong and they are also loaded with 'skin food'. You only need a couple of splashes to get the full benefit of both, if you want more of the fragrance for longer thats where the EdT/EdP's come in.

Good point.

I recall you mentioned somewhere about you believe using 2 x bottles of splash for 1 tub of soap about normal. I thought this was saying to use more splash than i was previously. I almost think 1 x splash to 2 x soaps, but i might load heavy