You should get yourself Stirling Spice shaving soap into your bloody den, because, it's very close to the original old spice aftershave.
APR Skye Fall soap and splash
Dovo silvertip
Blackland Vector + Kai Captain Mild
Supreme shave. Sad though because I can now see the bottom of the container of the soap.
APR Skye Fall soap and splash
Dovo silvertip
Blackland Vector + Kai Captain Mild
Supreme shave. Sad though because I can now see the bottom of the container of the soap.
Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Semogue 1305 boar
Soap: APR Raconteur
Razor: Smart Helix Apollo Light (aggressive plate)
Blade: Polsilver SI (1)
Post: T.N. Dickinsons witch hazel with Speedys herbal go fast additives
Scent: Jovan Musk
As I had shaved yesterday, I had thoughts of waiting until tomorrow to get a healthy growth to test fly the Apollo. But not for long! Who could resist?
As it turned out it was a good test as the growth that was there was either my heavy growth areas (such as they are) or 'difficult' areas.
It's just one shave, but I am extremely pleased with the razor; not only does it look superb but it performs accordingly. I found it a little less blade forward than
my Blackbird but that's a good thing. The acoustics with the Polsilver fitted were great; a pleasing crunch as it cut through. Balance and handle grip were terrific,
and I was just completely on auto pilot as far as the angle, very intuitive. I thought the handle might feel too long for me as my other razors are short handled, but never gave it a thought during the shave. Delivery from Ukraine took 21 days from when they posted it and boy was I relieved to see it in the letter box today. End result was a DFS verging on BBS but it remains to be seen how I feel when the honeymoon is over; even happier I'm guessing! I hope the other guys who ordered around the same time see theirs arrive soon if they have not already.
Congrats on receiving the new razor and ecstatic to see another happy user. Great to read it arrived safely and judging by your estimate I should expect to see mine reaching Australia soon...? Happy shaves!
Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Semogue 1305 boar
Soap: APR Raconteur
Razor: Smart Helix Apollo Light (aggressive plate)
Blade: Polsilver SI (1)
Post: T.N. Dickinsons witch hazel with Speedys herbal go fast additives
Scent: Jovan Musk
As I had shaved yesterday, I had thoughts of waiting until tomorrow to get a healthy growth to test fly the Apollo. But not for long! Who could resist?
As it turned out it was a good test as the growth that was there was either my heavy growth areas (such as they are) or 'difficult' areas.
It's just one shave, but I am extremely pleased with the razor; not only does it look superb but it performs accordingly. I found it a little less blade forward than
my Blackbird but that's a good thing. The acoustics with the Polsilver fitted were great; a pleasing crunch as it cut through. Balance and handle grip were terrific,
and I was just completely on auto pilot as far as the angle, very intuitive. I thought the handle might feel too long for me as my other razors are short handled, but never gave it a thought during the shave. Delivery from Ukraine took 21 days from when they posted it and boy was I relieved to see it in the letter box today. End result was a DFS verging on BBS but it remains to be seen how I feel when the honeymoon is over; even happier I'm guessing! I hope the other guys who ordered around the same time see theirs arrive soon if they have not already.
Hope so mate! Mine was posted July 13 . Neither Aus Post nor Ukrposhta tracking sites were updated; it just arrived out of the blue.
Haha same date as mine and I'm constantly checking tracking for updates so fingers crossed it shows up soon as COVID-19 has me panicking it'll get lost or delayed...
I guess that would have been appropriate here - our first real snowfall for a couple of years happening right now.
