S.O.T.D. Saturday 20th May to Friday 26th May 2017

Blackmass said:
Good to hear the blades have improved. I've only used the Proline's with The General and I prefer them to the Feather Pro's. I have used the Kai Captain Mild (No guard) in The General and really liked them, mild but smooth enough not to cause any irritation.

You should try the Proline in The General next. I've got an ATT SE1 arriving shortly on loan. I'll be trying the Proline with it too.

Thanks for the tag.
Cheers
Rob
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My top SE blade so far is the Kai mild pinks, I'll try out the proline in the general next
I'll be interested in your thoughts on how the SE1 performs for you, it's my favourite razor.

Cheers
 
Wednesday 24th May
Zenith 506 Synth
Rose of Bulgaria cream
Ever Ready 1912
GEM SSC #7
Rinse > Alum > Rinse
Duru Mandarin Cologne
Lacura Body Moisturiser
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I'm in love with this brass 1912. It shaves just like my other US Ever Ready but the finish raises it to different level.
Additional praise goes to the Rose of Bulgaria cream. When I first tried it I got an amazing amount of lather, so I reduced it this time and still get a copious amount of beautiful scented lather with super slickness. My 2pass increased to a 3pass as didn't want to waste it.

I'll be pleased if your shaves are as good!!!!
 
24/05/17

Pre shave - Cien soap
Razor - DE89
Blade - Lord Super Chrome (3)
Shave Soap - Real Shaving Company Shave Cream
Brush - Omega 80265
Post Shave - Witch Hazel
After Shave - Nivea Sensitive Balm

Products by Real Shaving Co don't really seem to get much attention in the forums, their shave cream in usage seems to be very close to the Nivea Sensitive Shaving Cream which many are enthusiastic about and tbh I'm not sure I'd be able to differentiate between the two in a blind test! For the frugally minded UK residing frequenters of the forum, if you have a chance to pass the shop 'Savers' they have the 150ml RSC Shave Cream for little more than one of your shiny pound coins.
 
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Brush: Omega 2012
Razor: Ever Ready 1912
Blade: Pal Blue Carbon (2)
Soap: The Shaving Shop Acqua di Florida
Post: Boots Tea Tree Witch Hazel, Aloe Vera Gel & Florida Water

Second use of the Pal blade and again I didn't feel like it was comfortable, the next time I use the razor I'll throw in a Gem blade to try it. The soap is an almost exact clone of the Florida Water but I think there is something in it that may not agree with my skin. Which would really disappoint me, my skin looked red and I don't think it was the razor. I'll try it again and failing that it will be on the BST. It cleared up in an hour, aside from that it felt a trouble free shave aside from the comfort or lack there of!​
 
Midday Madness

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Got to work with the RR Hawk, this time loaded with a Feather Pro, first use of the blade. Boy oh boy, this did exactly what I hoped it would. Whereas the Kai Pink seemed to require a bit of effort before pinging down the hair, this just glided through them, giving you a little auditory reminder that it was doing what it should. RR synth 24mm whipped up a bountiful, greasy lather with P&B Albion. Only went for the one pass and didn't even bother with touch-ups. I could have done more but decided against it today as I was pushed for time. Bit of Witch Hazel distillate, washed off with cold water after a couple of minutes, packed up and back off to work I went. A refresher of Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet and job's a good'un! No dramas except a slight weeper on my chin which sorted itself out pre-WH. I am beautifully smooth in 90% of places (usual suspects on neck). Feather + RazoRock Hawk is the way to go for me, I think! I could happily shave again tomorrow but I think I'll resist until Friday.

Happy hump-day, y'all!​
 
donnie_arko said:
24/05/17

Pre shave - Cien soap
Razor - DE89
Blade - Lord Super Chrome (3)
Shave Soap - Real Shaving Company Shave Cream
Brush - Omega 80265
Post Shave - Witch Hazel
After Shave - Nivea Sensitive Balm

Products by Real Shaving Co don't really seem to get much attention in the forums, their shave cream in usage seems to be very close to the Nivea Sensitive Shaving Cream which many are enthusiastic about and tbh I'm not sure I'd be able to differentiate between the two in a blind test! For the frugally minded UK residing frequenters of the forum, if you have a chance to pass the shop 'Savers' they have the 150ml RSC Shave Cream for little more than one of your shiny pound coins.
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I'm a user of The Real Shaving Co products, have been since i started DE shaving, and have always found to get good shaving results with all the products i have tried...The post shave balm is excellent, probably one of the reasons why they don't get much attention in the forums is because people are "name snobs", not all..granted, because of the very reasonable cost of the products the "name snobs" consider it cheap and nasty, and wouldn't like other people on the forums to think that they are using so called "cheap products" because it's not a "so called higher bracket name brand shaving product", i myself don't care about such stupid nonsense, "a egg is a egg"..ok some are better than others, but they all do the same thing at the end of the day..The Real Shaving Company products are a good value for money product and give a good shave.So for that reason, i will keep buying them.Regards.;)
 
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Brush: Omega 2012
Razor: Ever Ready 1912
Blade: Pal Blue Carbon (2)
Soap: The Shaving Shop Acqua di Florida
Post: Boots Tea Tree Witch Hazel, Aloe Vera Gel & Florida Water

Second use of the Pal blade and again I didn't feel like it was comfortable, the next time I use the razor I'll throw in a Gem blade to try it. The soap is an almost exact clone of the Florida Water but I think there is something in it that may not agree with my skin. Which would really disappoint me, my skin looked red and I don't think it was the razor. I'll try it again and failing that it will be on the BST. It cleared up in an hour, aside from that it felt a trouble free shave aside from the comfort or lack there of!​
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I've never tried the Pal Blue carbons. Always had consistently great shaves with the GEMs.
 
Palmolive fox said:
I'm a user of The Real Shaving Co products, have been since i started DE shaving, and have always found to get good shaving results with all the products i have tried...The post shave balm is excellent, probably one of the reasons why they don't get much attention in the forums is because people are "name snobs", not all..granted, because of the very reasonable cost of the products the "name snobs" consider it cheap and nasty, and wouldn't like other people on the forums to think that they ae using so called "cheap products" because it's not a "so called higher bracket name brand shaving product", i myself don't care about such stupid nonsense, "a egg is a egg"..ok some are better than others, but they all do the same thing at the end of the day..The Real Shaving Company products are a good value for money product and give a good shave.So for that reason, i will keep buying them.Regards.;)
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I'll pick up the balm the next time I can, thanks for the recommendation. I myself find one of the great pleasures of wet shaving are being able to enjoy the multitude of products at different price categories be it the 50p Palmolive shave stick (my benchmark soap irrespective of price) or boutique made razors, soaps and so on.
 
nolisco said:
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Brush: Omega 2012
Razor: Ever Ready 1912
Blade: Pal Blue Carbon (2)
Soap: The Shaving Shop Acqua di Florida
Post: Boots Tea Tree Witch Hazel, Aloe Vera Gel & Florida Water

Second use of the Pal blade and again I didn't feel like it was comfortable, the next time I use the razor I'll throw in a Gem blade to try it. The soap is an almost exact clone of the Florida Water but I think there is something in it that may not agree with my skin. Which would really disappoint me, my skin looked red and I don't think it was the razor. I'll try it again and failing that it will be on the BST. It cleared up in an hour, aside from that it felt a trouble free shave aside from the comfort or lack there of!​
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Greetings
I do not profess to be an authority on traditional SE blades but I do have a bit of experience and I am fairly sure that the PAL Carbon blades made by Personna are not shaving quality blades, I have certainly tried them and I did not find them good enough to have a comfortable shave with.

The PAL blades that are shaving quality are unfortunately not sold (to the very best of my knowledge) by anybody in the UK. They are sold in 10s in the USA and have the word "Super" on the box as do the GEM Blue Stars and the Treet carbon shaving quality blades.

The only shaving quality SE blades sold in boxes of 100 are the GEM Stainless Coated blades sold by Connaughts and all of the lab supply houses.

I have posted about it in the past I have found one of the postings here, but I am unable to find the others:-
http://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/com...r-scientific-carbon-blades.31478/#post-431313

Regards
Dick
 
donnie_arko said:
I'll pick up the balm the next time I can, thanks for the recommendation. I myself find one of the great pleasures of wet shaving are being able to enjoy the multitude of products at different price categories be it the 50p Palmolive shave stick (my benchmark soap irrespective of price) or boutique made razors, soaps and so on.
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+ 1 on the Palmolive shave stick..a unbeatable shaving product for it's price IMHO..;)
 
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