Shave of the Day Thread - 2019

[58RW]

A SHAVE Made in Heaven BBS

Thanks @Mark1966 Cheers mate

 

[tim33z]

Pre: shower
Brush: Yaqi Timber Wolf
Soap: Uncle Jon’s Tahitian Dream
Razor: Merkur 37c slant
Blade: Gillette Vintage Spoiler (8)
Post: Floid Vigoroso splash

Felt like using the slant today for a change and what a fantastic result. 2 passes for a DFS with no issues. The soap had plenty of slickness to do my usual buffing on pass 2 and the blade held up fine.

 

[SpeedyPC]

Date: 09 February 2019

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Brush:- RazoRock Plissoft Synth. 24/57mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Arko (4 shaving sticks grated into a 250ml plastic tub)
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Razor/Blade:- Gillette Rocket HD500 made in England 1950's / Vintage NOS England Wilkinson Sword #10
Post-shave:- Thayers Witch Hazel & Tea Tree Oil / WAHL Bay Rum Aftershave Splash
Fragrance:- L'Eau Bleue D'issey Pour Homme

 

[fruityasu]

Pre: Warm Shower, Truefitt & Hill Oil....
Razor: Karve 'D' Plate....
Blade: Personna Red....
Brush: Paladin El Dorado....
Soap: Oaken Lab Batavia Barber....
Post: Oaken Lab Batavia Barber Aftershave, Guerlain Vetiver EDT....

Thoughts:
Soap loads easily onto brush out of the tub and boy is it slick both during the shave and residual - blade just glides across the face....Lather will take a bit of water to build on face but the reward is a beautiful dense protective pillow....Post shave feel is beautiful and leaves face very very supple....

 

[LukehGee]

Pre: Warm Shower, Truefitt & Hill Oil....
Razor: Karve 'D' Plate....
Blade: Personna Red....
Brush: Paladin El Dorado....
Soap: Oaken Lab Batavia Barber....
Post: Oaken Lab Batavia Barber Aftershave, Guerlain Vetiver EDT....

Thoughts:
Soap loads easily onto brush out of the tub and boy is it slick both during the shave and residual - blade just glides across the face....Lather will take a bit of water to build on face but the reward is a beautiful dense protective pillow....Post shave feel is beautiful and leaves face very very supple....

The soap base sounds great. Thoughts on the scents and the splash @fruityasu?

 

[fruityasu]

The soap base sounds great. Thoughts on the scents and the splash @fruityasu?

Hi @LukehGee....Scent on soap is light for my liking but that could just be my nose, I like soaps with a strong scent out of the tub....Scent picks up once lathered and it’s a smokey/leathery scent mostly....There’s something else in there but I can’t pick it....Aftershave is wonderful to finish with but there’s no alcohol so there’s no burn that I like but face feels nourished and it does smell great....

 

[LukehGee]

Rockwell 6S R3 w/ Kai (3)
Mondial1908 Boar
Declaration Grooming Shore Soap and Splash
Australian Private Reserve Bombora EdT

This arvos

Rockwell 6S R3 w/ Kai (4)
Mondial1908 Boar
Squadron Soap Dispatch Rider Soap
L'occitane Cade Aftershave Balm (thanks to @dangerman)

 

[Keen edge]

Pre-shave - Shower and Proraso Red.
Brush - PAA Star-Craft.
Soap - ARKO !
Razor - Rockwell 6C, plate 4.
Blade - Voskhod. (3)
Post-shave - Alum block and Geo F. Trumper, Sandalwood Skin food.
Fragrance - Nothing.

9 days down, 19 days to go with the Arko.

 

[SpeedyPC]

Pre-shave - Shower and Proraso Red.
Brush - PAA Star-Craft.
Soap - ARKO !
Razor - Rockwell 6C, plate 4.
Blade - Voskhod. (3)
Post-shave - Alum block and Geo F. Trumper, Sandalwood Skin food.
Fragrance - Nothing.

9 days down, 19 days to go with the Arko.

Hey Rabbit, how’s shooting going? are you planning for the next Olympic ????

 

[nav1]

Rockwell 6C@R6 w/Polsilver
DS Cosmetic two band silvertip
Stirling - unknown sample
Gaia ASB

Another wonderful shave! My skin conditioning regimen has really saved me this harsh winter!

The DS brush is nice and no issues as all but it doesn't hold a candle to Yaqi badger brushes!
Yaqi brushes have way better hair quality and a LOT more density!

 

[bomber.79]

Pre-shave: Proraso Green Tea & Oatmeal Pre/Post cream
Brush: Vie Long 13061S
Soap/Cream: Palmolive
Razor: Karve CB (D)
Blade: Merkur (1)
Post-shave: Alum block, Witch Hazel, Proraso liquid after shave cream, Myrsol Blue
Hair Tonic: Jeris

 

[Nightguard]

Brush: Vulfix 403 Mixed
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Personna BLue
Soap: Aussie Palmolive
A/S: Floid Black

 

[Keen edge]

Hey Rabbit, how’s shooting going? are you planning for the next Olympic ????

No, I retired from international competition at the end of 2016.

 

[SpeedyPC]

No, I retired from international competition at the end of 2016.

Bummer, may I ask how many medals have you earned so far

Are you still in the Commonwealth Games??

 

[RubenRedNuts]

Mmm Mm, Arko you ain't got nothin'. Das what I'm talkin' about.
Home shave, and it was goood.
Pre: Coconut oil
Soap: Pb Henry
Brush: Zenith Boar
Razor: TI Bijou De France
AS: Pb Max

Nice razor @Pbgoose

 

[TomG]

Prep: Valobra Glycerlanolina soap, Myrsol Emulsion
Brush: Semogue Owners Club Boar
Soap: Stirling Margaritas In The Arctic
Razor: ATT SE1 / UFO Tornado
Blade: Schick Proline P-30 (1)
Post: Thursday Plantation Tea Tree & Witch Hazel, CRSW Alcohol-Free American Barbershop Moisturising Aftershave
Scent: Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet

A very hot weekend here in Perth, so a mentholated soap was a blessed relief. Good old Stirling - such great soap; so consistently excellent.
Three very comfortable passes for a BBS outcome. I'm enjoying being back in the SE groove.

 

[Sticky]

Brush: Ever Ready 100
Soap: Nivea Stick
Razor: Gillette Fat Boy
Blade: Racer
Post: Nivea

 

[Mark1966]

Pre-shave: Hot shower
Brush: Tony Forysth P&C LE Platypus shaving brush
Soap/Cream: The one, the only, ARKO! shaving soap
Razor: Vintage NEW head (replated) on TSW Bren handle
Blade: Polsilver 'Brown' (1)
Post-shave: Mysrol F/extra aftershave splash
Fragrance: N/A

Not as much change as I thought ...

 

[todras]

Varlet Mega
WR1 - OC
Feather
AP Reserve Florian
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[58RW]

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