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Post by jayaruh on Apr 1, 2020 12:23:27 GMT -6
Williams Wednesday's Shave
Cold Water Rinse Williams Mug Soap Jayaruh #400 My Dad's Schick E3 Personna CWR Speick AS The Williams Mug Soap face-lathered well with Jayaruh #400 brush. I took a break from one of my Unmentionables to use my Dad's Schick E3 in his honor. He made the wooden handle for this razor. Today, he would have been 106. He lived to be 83. I still miss him. Two passes and touch ups with the My Dad's Schick E3 with a Personna blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Speick AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed... That's really cool to have your Dad's razor. Especially since he made the handle. Did he do a lot of wood working? Thanks. He did not do a lot of woodworking, but he was known to have made furniture. He made a crib for our first child. This razor was my inspiration to make other handles for Schick razors.
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Post by gaw9576 on Apr 1, 2020 12:31:05 GMT -6
That's really cool to have your Dad's razor. Especially since he made the handle. Did he do a lot of wood working? Thanks. He did not do a lot of woodworking, but he was known to have made furniture. He made a crib for our first child. This razor was my inspiration to make other handles for Schick razors. I'd like to try making a few handles off the lathe. I just don't have any razors with shot handles and I'm not yet inclined to sacrifice a good vintage handle.
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Post by birdlives on Apr 1, 2020 23:52:03 GMT -6
This week the shaves have been sooo good!
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mlb549
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Post by mlb549 on Apr 2, 2020 10:41:10 GMT -6
Razorock ECO, Fine Accoutrements L'Orange Noir Shaving Soap, Omega 102 boar, AV!!!
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Post by Electrif on Apr 3, 2020 7:08:02 GMT -6
Friday 3rd April Yaqi Red Marble Tux - OSP Lemon & Cedarwood - TNNSER 3D - GEM SSC #9 - Boots Freshwood A/S - Aloe Vera Gel Stay safe, be well.
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mlb549
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Post by mlb549 on Apr 3, 2020 7:50:43 GMT -6
Razorock ECO, Poraso Red Soap, Semogue Owners Club Badger brush, Pinaud Citrus Musk!!
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kyle3r
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Post by kyle3r on Apr 3, 2020 9:41:22 GMT -6
First burham razor shave. I tried a few ideas I had on modifying the gem blade. The best I found to make the blade similar to the original was to first remove the spine. Then inside the gem spine is a crimp and empty space. I used a micro screw driver to open that crimp. Then I shoved the gem blade further into the spine. This the blade was longer than a despined blade but shorter than the factory gem. I then put a couple of drops of glue on the spine to make sure it stayed even and secure. The blade was still slightly shorter than the factory burham. The shave was ok no irritation just could've been closer. I had to experiment. I don't normally skin stretch but it seemed beneficial with this razor. I also held the handle closer to the head like I do with other gentle razors. I got a socially acceptable plus shave. I see the potential for a damn fine shave tomorrow with my technique improvements. I show the blade gap in the pictures. www.flickr.com/photos/187068272@N03/49731201371/in/album-72157713739572473
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rayr
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Post by rayr on Apr 3, 2020 11:10:30 GMT -6
Razor: Valet Autostrop VB1 Blade: GEM SS PTFE Soap: TFS Tobacco Verde Brush: Proraso/Omega Professional Boar A/S: Alum Block, Witch Hazel, Daxton Aftershave
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Post by Tony'schin on Apr 4, 2020 6:13:15 GMT -6
04/04/20 Pre: shower & Face scrub Brush: Jayaruh #355 Maggards Knot Soap: Arran soap Co. Lochranza Razor: Blackland Sabre Blade: GEM PTFE S/S (4) Post shave: Alum Block, cold water splash, homemade Witch Hazel Balm: Arran soap Co. Lochranza Aftershave: Arran soap Co. Lochranza Back onto an SE today,The wonderful Blackland Sabre. A lovely face lather with the Jayaruh #355, it is made for it, lovely on the face and it can basically lather any soap i throw at it. 2 Passes with the Sabre and a bit of buffing on the stubborn areas, leaving me with a DFS+ finish. I find the Arran Balm really "feeds" my face leaving it soft and supple, finishing with a splash of the matching aftershave, the scent is quite light & not overpowering but made up of 2 fragrances i really like. Stay Safe and enjoy your weekend All.
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mlb549
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Post by mlb549 on Apr 4, 2020 11:19:16 GMT -6
Razorock ECO, Barrister & Mann Dickens soap, Razorock Monster synthetic brush, Florida Water!!
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Post by culcreuch on Apr 4, 2020 11:35:42 GMT -6
Saturday 4th April Oumo 24mm SHD Manchurian Fan - Le Père Lucien Barbershop - Schick L1/Personna - Dolce & Gabbana The One Just a little too busy to post much at the moment.....but this shave was a 'cracker' and my favourite LPL scent to date. I think this Oumo is my favourite brush!
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mrconklin
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Post by mrconklin on Apr 4, 2020 11:51:12 GMT -6
Back in SE territory again. Did a fixed month last month that was with an unmentionalble. Fuzzy's video reminded me I needed to break out this soap and aftershave. Very nice indeed. I call this the "gentle" bay rum. To me it's a very easy and natural scent.
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Post by 120inna55 on Apr 4, 2020 17:09:10 GMT -6
Zingari Man | The Blacksmith Leo Frilot Tru-Stone Copper Matrix | AP Shave Co. SynBad 30mm The New Improved Schick Injector Razor | Personna 74 Bulgari Man | In Black The Blacksmith is an r/Wetshaving exclusive and my first experience with a Zingari Man product. In terms of fragrance, it's inspired by the popular men's fragrance Bulgari Man In Black. I blind bought both The Blacksmith and In Black at the same time since the profile (amber, spices, rum, leather, guaiac wood) would very likely be in my wheelhouse. The Blacksmith arrived several days before In Black, so I spent a few days applying the matching Zingari Sego After Shave Balm as a post-shower moisturizer. I'm really impressed with The Blacksmith's fragrance. The soap and balm smell the same to my nose, and I feel like the soap is lightly scented which seems appropriate for this kind of fragrance. An authentic warm, weathered leather is a prevailing undercurrent, but it never overrides the other notes. A dark, spiced rum with judicious sweetness makes a respectable sustained presence. For you rum-heads, think smoky Brugal Leyenda as opposed to syrupy Captain Morgan Private Stock. Otherwise The Blacksmith allows the booze to burn off, leaving a bed of spicy warm amber in the dry down. And that dry down lasts just a little bit longer than it takes to get dressed. Certainly, a balm is never intended to be a fragrance offering any notable longevity, but it absolutely left me anticipating the Bulgari EdP that influenced it. Unfortunately, Bulgari Man In Black is a bit of a disappointment. The leather just smells fake. The spiced rum is done well, but I detect a musty iris note that I do not experience in the Zingari The Blacksmith balm or soap. It's almost as if Bulgari is trying to impart musk while being determined to avoid anything animalic. This is purely subjective, of course, and I admit both iris and orris have been a personal point of contention with other fragrances. The bottom line is, while The Blacksmith and In Black share similarities, I find The Blacksmith to be a more pleasant fragrance. In the future, I will probably complement this set with Zoologist's Rhinoceros. In terms of performance, Zingari Man's Sego tallow base is immediately competitive with the top artisan soaps. Customary preliminary test lathers reveal this base demands relatively large amounts of water. Anything short of this yields a serviceable, dense lather, albeit suboptimal. At this stage, you can almost double the water to experience a truly luxurious, creamy, glistening lather. In practice, Sego is remarkably slick on my skin but it doesn't carry over to slippery gear as can sometimes be problematic for a shower shaver with an all-metal razor. Residual slickness is equally impressive, permitting low-risk revisiting of areas devoid of visible lather. Not surprisingly, the post-shave is very nice as well, making a post product redundant. I'll probably always prefer splashes---alcohol or otherwise---over balms, but the Sego balm is an extraordinary product. As previously noted, I used this balm for a few days prior to using the soap. The results on non-shave days clearly make my stubble softer, but also make my skin feel the same way it feels when I've just shaved with the Sego soap. For best results, your skin should be fairly damp as you apply a very small amount of balm. I found a single-pump dose was more than adequate to cover my scalp, face, and neck. I assume face-only shavers may need to distribute the excess to their arms and hands which is hardly a negative. Speaking of negatives, I always have to do this unfortunate part with my inaugural use of an artisan's product. Fortunately, these are minor. The balm pump mechanism is finicky. Initially, I could not get it to prime. In fact, with my first two uses, I had to remove the pump and apply the product directly from the stem. Ultimately, I fiddled with it, disassembled it, and finally got it working correctly. The soap's label seems to have fallen victim to shipment and handling battle wounds as evidenced by scratches, feathered edges, and scuffs. Had the art been a lighter color, it would not have been so photogenic. As it is, the faux texturing in the image obscures these imperfections with some biased photography. (The balm's label is flawless, by the way.) See, I told you they were minor. Overall, I'm very pleased with my introduction to Zingari Man products both in terms of fragrance execution and performance. I congratulate r/wetshaving for using your platform to introduce this artisan to more wet shavers.
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Post by wchnu on Apr 4, 2020 19:33:05 GMT -6
So a couple of shaves from the week. Really busy these days but still have to look good. Kramperts finest with a Schick G reworked by jayaruh. I am going to include the video from this one incase someone has not seen this beautiful set. Today was a veddy nice VDH and MM shave.
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Post by wchnu on Apr 4, 2020 19:36:14 GMT -6
Back in SE territory again. Did a fixed month last month that was with an unmentionalble. Fuzzy's video reminded me I needed to break out this soap and aftershave. Very nice indeed. I call this the "gentle" bay rum. To me it's a very easy and natural scent. I agree with that. Welcome back to the sharp side.
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