Shave of the Day Thread - 2022

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Pre-shave: Hot water, Pears soap
Brush: Forgotten Art "Macchiato" Snow Leopard
Soap: D.R. Harris - Windsor
Razor: Blackland Sabre
Blade: Personna GEM Stainless
Post-shave: Shower, homebrew moisturiser, La Roche-Posay Anthelios SPF50+, Stirling Bergamot Lavender EDT
COTD: Mocha Ismaili, Yemen

I normally change about my setups on a weekly/weekend basis, but I'm having an "anything goes" shave this week.
 
Gargravarr said:
Natural selection at work: Chinese badgers have evolved to grow nylon fur. Makes perfect sense... :whistle:
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'Makes perfect sense' - only if it is self shedding nylon fur.

Nanook said:
It's genuine pure synthetic hair from the best badger.
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Now don't get me started on "VEGAN leather' ...
 
Pre-shave: Hot Shower
Brush: Vintage butterscotch Simpson boar shaving brush
Soap/Cream: Stirling Soap Co Bay Rum shaving soap
Razor: Vintage Gilette L1 'Slim' (6)
Blade: Schick Plus Platinum (4)
Post-shave: Stirling Soap Co Bay Rum splash
Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co Bay Rum EDT

So nice

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Wilkshire13 said:
How can something be "Genuine, pure, best badger hair" and also synthetic? Just sounds like the seller chucked every keyword they could think of in the title of the brush to sell units
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It's the Chinese way of marketing. Reminds me of Australia before we had "truth" in advertising legislation.
 
SOTD – 25 May 2022
Aussie Wednesday shave features Squadron- “The Warden”. Squadron uses a WWII Air Force themes in their artwork and names that are reminiscent of the British 'Commando' Comics and are based in the rural outskirts of the Barossa Valley in South Australia, they have been making shaving soap since 2015. The Warden perennial favorite scent and is described as: “A masculine smelling blend of citrusy bergamot, with a bold strong base of vetiver, cinnamon bark, cedarwood and tobacco leaf.” Squadron soaps come in 125g tubs that cost AU$22.00, that’s 17.6 AU cents/gm which is “Exceptional” value in my Bang-for-Buck guide.
BTW: Squadron WebSite has restocked.

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Shave Result: Squadron produced a lovely medium density, rich creamy, shiny lather from my normal half teaspoon scoop of soap(about 3.5g), the soap likes a bit of water. The lather provided excellent slickness and protection, I rate Squadron lather a solid Tier 2 performer. From the Warden lather I get a lovely well blended citrus, vetyver, wood aroma, lather scent strength 5/10. The DSC T7SE is a Zamac clone of the RR Mamba 70 head and it gave a mild, smooth and clean DFS.

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The Gear:
+ Pre Shave: Nak Close Brushless Shave Cream (A)
+ Brush: ShaveXDave “Bluey Boar” with Yaqi 26mm Gel-Tip HD Boar knot(A)
+ Soap: Squadron - ”The Warden”(A)
+ Bowl: Whisper from the Woods (A)
+ Razor: Dscosmetic T7SE head with Yaqi 90mm handle
+ Blade: Personna Platinum (1)
+ Splash: TN Dickinsons Witch Hazel with menthol
+ Balm: Natio Men Calming After Shave (A)
+ After Shave: Malizia UOMO
+ Moisturiser: Sukin for Men Facial Moisturiser (A)
(A) = Australian Made
 
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Pre-shave:- Cold Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Semogue SOC 2 Band Finest Badger in Ash Wood 24/53mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Whispers from the Woods (Australian made) ~ All Things Nice "Spiced Sandalwood & Honey"
Razor/Blade:- Merkur 34C / Cloud Super Stainless #3
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Invite E High Potency Pure Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerin (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Moisturising Cream:- Aveeno Active Naturals Daily Fragrance-Free (for winter season)
Fragrance:- Proraso Wood & Spice

This Chinese Cloud super stainless blade edge properly isn't going to last much longer for my very thick stubble, the blade still feels comfortable and still not smooth enough while starting to tug a bit during my third pass final shave.
So I don't think I might be able to reach the maximum shaves of no more than 10 to 15 per blade, the Cloud blade might end up stopping around either 5 or 6 (maybe) and nowhere near 10 shaves per blade. However, the Chinese Cloud super stainless is very very cheap for a tight budget daily shaver, for roughly around 5 to 6 maximum shaves per blade depending on how thick is your stubble.

Also, I've forgotten to rate the BIC Chrome Platinum FYI below

Feather Hi-Stainless <---- Very very sharp
Kai Stainless
Gillette Nacet
Vintage Gillette Aussie 'Gold' Super Stainless (spoiler)
Vintage NOS Schick Plus Platinum
Vintage NOS Gillette Bleue Extra
Gillette Stainless red & white (old) the old version is no longer available on the market
Gillette Minora Stainless (new) see above FYI
Polsilver Super Iridium (old) & Wizamet Super Iridium (new) both are the same blade
BIC Chrome Platinum
Gillette 7 O'Clock Black Super Platinum
Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (yellow)
Gillette Platinum & King C Gillette
Wizamet Polsilver Brown Stainless
Gillette Rubie
Gillette Silver Blue
Astra Superior Stainless
Vintage NOS England Wilkinson Sword
Treet Platinum (orange & white)
Astra Superior Platinum <------ Middle of the road everyday shave
Vintage US Gillette Super Stainless (spoiler)
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless (green)
Perma-Sharp
German Wilkinson Sword
Tiger Platinum (grey)
ASCO Super Stainless (orange)
Parker Premium Platinum
Rapira Platinum Lux
Rapira Super Stainless
Rapira Swedish Super Steel
Cloud Super Stainless (still reviewing at the moment, this may change again soon.)
Ladas Super Stainless
Rockwell Swedish Stainless
Gillette Sputnik
Voskhod <---- This is the low level, not the lowest crap blade
 
This morning I had a comparison shave between two identical SRs; one finished on a new 12k(?) Cnat and the other with a diamond pasted balsa strop finish. Both SRs are ¾ Titan 1918 ACRO T.H-70 with a very hard steel (about 70 RHC). Green ball SR (LHS) has an 18.6° bevel angle and has been finished and maintained on diamond pasted balsa, and the orange ball SR (RHS) has an 18.5° bevel angle and is finished on the 12k(?) Cnat.

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The shave started with my normal prep and face lathering with Palmolive regular cream. The green SR (balsa) was used exclusively to shave the LHS of my face and the orange SR (Cnat) for the RHS of my face. Three passes; WTG, XTG with fool's pass and another XTG in the opposite direction.

First pass (WTG), the orange SR (Cnat) was noticeably my comfortable to shave with. On rinsing the face before re-lathering for the second pass, the LHS (green SR) was noticeably smoother than the RHS (orange SR).

I re-lathered and performance my second pass (XTG + fool's pass). With the fool's pass, the orange SR (Cnat) was noticeably more tuggy than the green SR. For the rest of this pass (XTG), both SRs felt about the same. Rinsing showed that the green SR was definitely cutting closer.

Re-lathered for the final pass (XTG in the opposite direction). Again both SRs felt about the same. The final rinse before my aftershave splash proved to me that the green SR (balsa) produced the closest shave of the two.

I am not going to give up (yet) on the orange SR (Cnat). I will continue working on it to see if any improvement can be made. Later, I might even put a Cnat finish on one of my ¾ "Bengall" SRs which have softer steel and bevel angles around 16° to see if that helps.
 
SpeedyPC said:
Pre-shave:- Cold Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Semogue SOC 2 Band Finest Badger in Ash Wood 24/53mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Whispers from the Woods (Australian made) ~ All Things Nice "Spiced Sandalwood & Honey"
Razor/Blade:- Merkur 34C / Cloud Super Stainless #3
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Invite E High Potency Pure Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerin (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Moisturising Cream:- Aveeno Active Naturals Daily Fragrance-Free (for winter season)
Fragrance:- Proraso Wood & Spice

This Chinese Cloud super stainless blade edge properly isn't going to last much longer for my very thick stubble, the blade still feels comfortable and still not smooth enough while starting to tug a bit during my third pass final shave.
So I don't think I might be able to reach the maximum shaves of no more than 10 to 15 per blade, the Cloud blade might end up stopping around either 5 or 6 (maybe) and nowhere near 10 shaves per blade. However, the Chinese Cloud super stainless is very very cheap for a tight budget daily shaver, for roughly around 5 to 6 maximum shaves per blade depending on how thick is your stubble.

Also, I've forgotten to rate the BIC Chrome Platinum FYI below

Feather Hi-Stainless <---- Very very sharp
Kai Stainless
Gillette Nacet
Vintage Gillette Aussie 'Gold' Super Stainless (spoiler)
Vintage NOS Schick Plus Platinum
Vintage NOS Gillette Bleue Extra
Gillette Stainless red & white (old) the old version is no longer available on the market
Gillette Minora Stainless (new) see above FYI
Polsilver Super Iridium (old) & Wizamet Super Iridium (new) both are the same blade
BIC Chrome Platinum
Gillette 7 O'Clock Black Super Platinum
Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (yellow)
Gillette Platinum & King C Gillette
Wizamet Polsilver Brown Stainless
Gillette Rubie
Gillette Silver Blue
Astra Superior Stainless
Vintage NOS England Wilkinson Sword
Treet Platinum (orange & white)
Astra Superior Platinum <------ Middle of the road everyday shave
Vintage US Gillette Super Stainless (spoiler)
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless (green)
Perma-Sharp
German Wilkinson Sword
Tiger Platinum (grey)
ASCO Super Stainless (orange)
Parker Premium Platinum
Rapira Platinum Lux
Rapira Super Stainless
Rapira Swedish Super Steel
Cloud Super Stainless (still reviewing at the moment, this may change again soon.)
Ladas Super Stainless
Rockwell Swedish Stainless
Gillette Sputnik
Voskhod <---- This is the low level, not the lowest crap blade
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So sick of seeing this ranking in random posts - it is worthy of its own thread - http://paste-and-cut.com.au/community/threads/speedypcs-blade-ranking.7435/
 
neongas said:
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/ Oumo Goblin Lotustip
/ Hub City Soap Co Doctrine
/ Blackland Vector
/ Kai Captain Titan Mild (4)
/ The Ordinary Mandelic Acid 10% + HA
/ Nivea Skin & Stubble
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I've been looking at the Goblin brush for a while now. It's good to see a different photo of it other than those on a seller's website. It's made up my mind now to pick one up. For some reason, I have a liking of green brushes.
 
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