Shave of the Day - 2025
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Weekly Shave
Arlington is definitely my favourite D.R Harris scent.
Delightful shaves from this setup. Another palm strop of the Gem blade and see if I can get another week out of it.
Pre-shave:- Shower
Brush:- Simpson - Duke 2 Pure Badger
Soap/Aftershave:- D.R. Harris - Arlington
Razor:- British Made 1912 Gem
Blade:- Gem (8)
Sunday Str8
Pre-shave:- Shower
Soap/Aftershave:- D.R Harris/Castle Forbes Lavender
Brush:- Morris & Forndran 1" Blonde Badger in Natural Horn handle
Razor:- @Blackie's F.R.Wellmann Gold Medal No.3 - Altona Hamburg
Arlington is definitely my favourite D.R Harris scent.
Delightful shaves from this setup. Another palm strop of the Gem blade and see if I can get another week out of it.
Pre-shave:- Shower
Brush:- Simpson - Duke 2 Pure Badger
Soap/Aftershave:- D.R. Harris - Arlington
Razor:- British Made 1912 Gem
Blade:- Gem (8)
Sunday Str8
Pre-shave:- Shower
Soap/Aftershave:- D.R Harris/Castle Forbes Lavender
Brush:- Morris & Forndran 1" Blonde Badger in Natural Horn handle
Razor:- @Blackie's F.R.Wellmann Gold Medal No.3 - Altona Hamburg
T.R. Cadman Bengall 8/8 Hollow - Zenith Manchurian - Speick Stick - Pitralon Classic - Sukin Moisturiser
Is the pinky lube stick tallow or vegan crap?
T.R. Cadman Bengall 8/8 Hollow - Zenith Manchurian - Speick Stick - Pitralon Classic - Sukin Moisturiser
The vegan crap. Just as good as the original in terms of performance.
I aren’t touching the pinky veggies.
Pre-shave:- Cold Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Omega 11047 "Mixed Midget" (Badger/Boar) 20/43mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Mike's Natural Soaps ~ Wild Honeysuckle
Razor/Blade:- Muhle R41GS / Astra Superior Platinum #1
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Plunkett's Vita E Pure with Rosehip Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerine (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Moisturising Cream:- Aveeno Active Naturals Daily Fragrance-Free (for autumn & winter season)
Fragrance:- Burberry for Men
It's been a year since I haven't used my R41 throughout my shaving rotation, boy! I do love the feel of this nasty beasty razor on my skin again.
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Omega 11047 "Mixed Midget" (Badger/Boar) 20/43mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Mike's Natural Soaps ~ Wild Honeysuckle
Razor/Blade:- Muhle R41GS / Astra Superior Platinum #1
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Plunkett's Vita E Pure with Rosehip Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerine (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Moisturising Cream:- Aveeno Active Naturals Daily Fragrance-Free (for autumn & winter season)
Fragrance:- Burberry for Men
It's been a year since I haven't used my R41 throughout my shaving rotation, boy! I do love the feel of this nasty beasty razor on my skin again.
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I just remembered you passed when I was PIFing a whole puck of the (hard) soap in this flavour a couple of years ago...
The Osprey ranks in my top 5 razors. I use a 7 O’Clock Green Superstainless or a Wilkinson Sword in it somewhere between 5 and 6 as the mood takes me. Delightfully consistent Shave.Menthol Monday Shave
RAZOR: Blackland Osprey Adjustable @5
BLADE: Personna Lab Blue
BRUSH: Heritage CMON 77-6 Black/Butterscotch 28mm Badger
LATHER: Valobra Menthol Soft Shave Cream Soap
POST: Floid Suave Aftershave Splash
BOWL: British fish motif lather bowl (vintage)
klinker
... seems to have LOTS of brushes
Agreed. Blackland recommends Presonna Lab Blues, which also seem to work well in most of my other DEs.
Koraat 14 2.0 15/16 Bellied Full Hollow - Zenith Unbleached Boar - SV Desert Vetiver - Malizia Vetyver - Sukin Moisturiser
Pre-shave: Hot flannel, Valobra Glicerlanolina
Brush: CaYuen "Copper Ore" DsCosmetic G7
Soap: Yardley
Razor: Blackland Sabre
Blade: Personna GEM Stainless
Post-shave: TND witch hazel, homebrew moisturiser, La Roche-Posay Anthelios SPF 50+ Invisible Fluid, Oxford & Cambridge cologne
rbscebu
Mr. Strop
Last weekend I spent some time cleaning up and honing a Gold Dollar 66 provided by @LesC to PIF. The PIF can be found here. I took the razor's honing up to an unknown 10k Jsynth and stopped there so that the PIF winner had an option on his preferred finish.
This morning I was pondering which razor to shave with - the most stressful part of my day. Then I remember the "unfinished GD66. I had been many years since I had shaved with a razor directly off my synthetic whetstones so I thought I would give this GD66 a tryout. I stropped the razor on clean leather and prepared as normal but wasn't expecting much of a shave as I am very use to natural or diamond pasted balsa finishes on my blades' edges.
I was pleasantly surprised with the results. The blade's edge is not up to my normal shave-ready standard but it did the job and did it reasonably well. The fool's pass did not leave my upper lip BBS nor even DFS but there it was a CCS finish. The rest of the three-pass shave was a DFS+ finish (meaning mostly DFS with some areas of BBS).
This GD66 has now been again stropped on clean leather, treated with Renaissance wax and put away for the lucking PIF winner. For the shaving soap this week, I am using the citrus with floral undertones ARKO stick out of my travel kit.
This morning I was pondering which razor to shave with - the most stressful part of my day. Then I remember the "unfinished GD66. I had been many years since I had shaved with a razor directly off my synthetic whetstones so I thought I would give this GD66 a tryout. I stropped the razor on clean leather and prepared as normal but wasn't expecting much of a shave as I am very use to natural or diamond pasted balsa finishes on my blades' edges.
This GD66 has now been again stropped on clean leather, treated with Renaissance wax and put away for the lucking PIF winner. For the shaving soap this week, I am using the citrus with floral undertones ARKO stick out of my travel kit.
Koraat Sheffield 15/16 Half Hollow - C&H Elm 2-Band Finest - Extro Bergamotto di Calabria - Myrsol Agua de Limón - Sukin Moisturiser
The Extro soap is great. Scent is well balanced, with complex citrus and then deeper florals when you lather. Residual slickness is good. Lovely shave!
