SOTD: Saturday 28 September - Friday 4 October 2024.
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My Shave today consisted of...
PrepHot shower.
Brush Omega Italian flag Boar.
Soap Zingari man The Watchman.
Razor Blackland Sabre V2 lvl2.
Blade Gem (1)
Post Zingari man The Watchman splash.
Aftershave Czech and Speake no88.
Tonight was a bit of a surprise for me as I wanted to test out one of the new Gem blades that arrived today.
I have to say my shave with the Sabre was the best one yet, even though I was expecting it to be a rough shave because Gem blades are known to he rough on the first one or two outings but this shave was a real pleasure.
Is this just the Placebo effect or is this blade actually slightly different to the ones I have been using?
I really don't know but I can only report what I experience good or bad,perhaps the blades in my ice Cube dispenser are just a random duff batch?
Time will tell because I will do another 7 shaves with this blade and then pop one of my old blades back in to make sure, things might have changed again tomorrow.
I am now bloody smooth and no redness anywhere with no nicks.
A happy Sabre shaven Johnny Bravo at last, enjoy the night everyone.
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very close shave with this R41 clone but my skin felt a bit raw today, there were a few spots of blood during the shave and there was a fair bit of alum and aftershave sting. I need to work on not applying any pressure with it. it's surprising how it just wipes away the stubble and leaves the skin smooth even from the first pass. I've had great shaves with it before but I had to be really careful. is it worth the effort? maybe once in a while when I've got extra time but not one to use frequently for me.
tomorrow I'm going wth the third of my open combs, a double open comb, and it's the complete other end of the spectrum for me. might be too mild to keep around. this will be a good month to evaluate both with different blades. maybe by the end I'll have decided to get rid of one or both.
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Erm - found the SOTD at last - new here - joined today - Thanks all for having me !
I`m an old Russian hippy and also a proud alcoholic caveman - so try not to laugh - too hard - haha !
Gotta baby smooth scrape with an unbranded Chinese blue chunky thing with a S/S Yaqi best of both ( closed & open comb ) head with a plain unbranded blade and loved both sides - mild and aggressive ! used some neolithic Imperial Leather that was in my big green washing up ashtray.
The utilised soap was the dirty white one in the middle and the bright blue blob is the remains of a soap on a rope microphone from the 1980`s.
Used no brush no mirror and no preshave as usual - skin like rhino hide.
Oh took the 1990`s vintage California for Men aftershave for a drive - to cheer me up this morning - Job`s a good `un !
Thanks for the thumbs up Johnny and gile - I`m a Johnny as well - Shaving Brothers ! Haha !
Only been shaving 45 years...eeeck !
Can do it in the dark or with my eyes shut - just like music - playing my tenor sax or S*X - the original rock `n roll - honest - look it up - Haha !
The best one is using a cut-throat in the dark drunk on vodka - Fun - sorts the men from the boys !
And I win the bet - so more gorgeous voddy Russian Mules (with ginger and lime) for me !!!
How can you tell I`m Russian ? - The keyboard stand is a winebox - a foot away !
You think that`s bad ? I have to use a mug for my loo brush holder because the John is the size of a coffin !
If I run out of coffee - it`ll do for urine therapy !
Only been shaving 45 years...eeeck !
Can do it in the dark or with my eyes shut - just like music - playing my tenor sax or S*X - the original rock `n roll - honest - look it up - Haha !
The best one is using a cut-throat in the dark drunk on vodka - Fun - sorts the men from the boys !
And I win the bet - so more gorgeous voddy Russian Mules (with ginger and lime) for me !!!
How can you tell I`m Russian ? - The keyboard stand is a winebox - a foot away !
You think that`s bad ? I have to use a mug for my loo brush holder because the John is the size of a coffin !
If I run out of coffee - it`ll do for urine therapy !
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And as my final entry for this past week of SOTD's it is much to your pleasure (as I won't be publishing any more tripe for this week), that I give you my shave c/w the theme, 'Tripe and other delectable food(?)'
You talk tripe Mr Friendly - Timeless bronze
The pigs trotters - Feather
Brawn and brushes - Highlander LFC
Bulls cock cream - Penhaligons Bayolea
Sheep's testicle moisturiser - Collagen
Snout smell - YSL Y eau de perfume
'A few quick passes and.....voila! shaved to perfection' **
** Not recommended as a shaving implement
And even more delight from the bronze. How it makes sense of a Feather I have no idea. Usually these blades rarely go beyond two shaves, but this was on its sixth outing and could still have managed another day by the sink. But sod that, I didn't want to push the boat out much further. I've spent a lifetime pushing boats and it's shite.
One very comfortable and pleasurable bit of time in the shower room and as smooth as fresh liver.
The YSL Y was a sample and to be honest it's rather similar to Versace 'The Dreamer' to my bad sense of smell. Given the latter cost me £23 and the Y would be around £80, it becomes a 'Thank you for the sample, but fuck that in the bigger picture'
Well it is that time of the week when I part this week with a dose. A dose of puffyshoes that is. I cleared the other one up quite some years back. So here they are....
More? May be next Wednesday if I can be bothered to make an early appearance
Until the next time, I love you all
You talk tripe Mr Friendly - Timeless bronze
The pigs trotters - Feather
Brawn and brushes - Highlander LFC
Bulls cock cream - Penhaligons Bayolea
Sheep's testicle moisturiser - Collagen
Snout smell - YSL Y eau de perfume
'A few quick passes and.....voila! shaved to perfection' **
** Not recommended as a shaving implement
And even more delight from the bronze. How it makes sense of a Feather I have no idea. Usually these blades rarely go beyond two shaves, but this was on its sixth outing and could still have managed another day by the sink. But sod that, I didn't want to push the boat out much further. I've spent a lifetime pushing boats and it's shite.
One very comfortable and pleasurable bit of time in the shower room and as smooth as fresh liver.
The YSL Y was a sample and to be honest it's rather similar to Versace 'The Dreamer' to my bad sense of smell. Given the latter cost me £23 and the Y would be around £80, it becomes a 'Thank you for the sample, but fuck that in the bigger picture'
Well it is that time of the week when I part this week with a dose. A dose of puffyshoes that is. I cleared the other one up quite some years back. So here they are....
More? May be next Wednesday if I can be bothered to make an early appearance
Until the next time, I love you all
Thanks for lovely J-pop Satanfriendly - so cheerful and uplifting.
Love Japanese girl jazz, J girl heavy metal and pop especially eccentrics - like the Jazz Avengers !
JAZZ AVENGERS live highlights - 2023.5.9
Love Japanese girl jazz, J girl heavy metal and pop especially eccentrics - like the Jazz Avengers !
JAZZ AVENGERS live highlights - 2023.5.9
Hi Semi - I`m new today and don`t know my shaving tackle onions but I spotted those Chinese blades from Aliexpress and Alibaba - I think they`re great - The blue cheaper ones are fab but the dearer black ones are better - Swedish steel if I remember rightly and I love light weight resin / quality plastic / composite handles that grip in the wet.
I am just recently being getting into open comb heads and I love them.
So glad I went back to DE - can`t beat the original fundamental design - even now IMHO.
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have you tried the suneko blades from AliExpress? I find those even better. smoother than the flydear to me. similar to nacet or silver star blades.
Suneko "Amorphous Diamond" Super Stainless
I've used one twice and found it to be sharp but not the smoothest. I plan on using them more over the course of the month to get a better insight into them, and also to see how long I get out of a blade. More and more good Chinese blades on the market these days. London Bridge is one of my...
www.theshavingroom.co.uk
the razor head, handle and the synthetic yaqi brush are from AliExpress too.
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OCtober
Friday 4th October
Coty Avocado (Vintage) Shaving Bowl & Muhle Silvertip Fibre (White) 23mm
Gillette 'Old' Type (c.1915) & Lion Super Stainless (1)
Jovan Musk Aftershave Cologne
Much thanks to @markamonaghan for the blade.
Lion is made by the same folks that manufacture Derby. I think there is some broad agreement that Derby make three actual blades: the Extra (comfortable), Premium (sharp but still comfortable) and the Usta (most definitely sharp, not so comfortable) and with that in mind Derby also make a number of alternative brands: Bluebird, Concord, Diamonds Excel, Lion, Lamix & (for) Parker ... and so our constant puzzle is always, which of the core blades are these alternative blades?
Well, straight out of the blocks the Lion defined itself as sharp. Comfortable? Not so much. With a few more strokes it was clear that this was mowing down my daily stubble and getting very close. Consider also that I've been using a GSB in the same razor all week with the same soap and brush, and so after the GSB almost anything is not going to feel quite so smooth ... but gosh, this was an effective blade. That is its character.
Versus other Derby blades, I thought it far more effective than the Premium (or Lamix, which I think is also the Premium) and could not bring myself to score the same level of comfort that I have recorded for the Premium. It's clearly not the regular Extra.
... so, er ... Usta?
Anyway, smashing shave which I am very much looking forward to repeating with a couple more shaves off this blade over the weekend.
Little lad wanted to check out what I was using ...
Friday 4th October
Coty Avocado (Vintage) Shaving Bowl & Muhle Silvertip Fibre (White) 23mm
Gillette 'Old' Type (c.1915) & Lion Super Stainless (1)
Jovan Musk Aftershave Cologne
Much thanks to @markamonaghan for the blade.
Lion is made by the same folks that manufacture Derby. I think there is some broad agreement that Derby make three actual blades: the Extra (comfortable), Premium (sharp but still comfortable) and the Usta (most definitely sharp, not so comfortable) and with that in mind Derby also make a number of alternative brands: Bluebird, Concord, Diamonds Excel, Lion, Lamix & (for) Parker ... and so our constant puzzle is always, which of the core blades are these alternative blades?
Well, straight out of the blocks the Lion defined itself as sharp. Comfortable? Not so much. With a few more strokes it was clear that this was mowing down my daily stubble and getting very close. Consider also that I've been using a GSB in the same razor all week with the same soap and brush, and so after the GSB almost anything is not going to feel quite so smooth ... but gosh, this was an effective blade. That is its character.
Versus other Derby blades, I thought it far more effective than the Premium (or Lamix, which I think is also the Premium) and could not bring myself to score the same level of comfort that I have recorded for the Premium. It's clearly not the regular Extra.
... so, er ... Usta?
Anyway, smashing shave which I am very much looking forward to repeating with a couple more shaves off this blade over the weekend.
Little lad wanted to check out what I was using ...
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OCtober
Friday 4th October
Coty Avocado (Vintage) Shaving Bowl & Muhle Silvertip Fibre (White) 23mm
Gillette 'Old' Type (c.1915) & Lion Super Stainless (1)
Jovan Musk Aftershave Cologne
Much thanks to @markamonaghan for the blade.
Lion is made by the same folks that manufacture Derby. I think there is some broad agreement that Derby make three actual blades: the Extra (comfortable), Premium (sharp but still comfortable) and the Usta (most definitely sharp, not so comfortable) and with that in mind Derby also make a number of alternative brands: Bluebird, Concord, Diamonds Excel, Lion, Lamix & (for) Parker ... and so our constant puzzle is always, which of the core blades are these alternative blades?
Well, straight out of the blocks the Lion defined itself as sharp. Comfortable? Not so much. With a few more strokes it was clear that this was mowing down my daily stubble and getting very close. Consider also that I've been using a GSB in the same razor all week with the same soap and brush, and so after the GSB almost anything is not going to feel quite so smooth ... but gosh, this was an effective blade. That is its character.
Versus other Derby blades, I thought it far more effective than the Premium (or Lamix, which I think is also the Premium) and could not bring myself to score the same level of comfort that I have recorded for the Premium. It's clearly not the regular Extra.
... so, er ... Usta?
Anyway, smashing shave which I am very much looking forward to repeating with a couple more shaves off this blade over the weekend.
Little lad wanted to check out what I was using ...
Glad you enjoyed!! I may try one for my Sunday shave.....