Shave of the day

[JugV2]

Merkur Progress
Treet
Eton College Cream
Badger scrubber
finished with Hugo Boss Black

Fair enough for a friday morning.

 

[Pjotr]

Todays offering:

Tabac stick.
Wee Scot.
Streamline with GEM on No 4

Pretty much unbeatable combo.

 

[Monsta_AU]

Just to clear up any confusion, Merkur have their own head designs.

Muhle and Edwin Jagger share a head design - I believe that it was a joint partnership design. Muhle have then taken that design and made it into an open comb to get the R41. I think they also made changes to the safety bar to make it more aggressive.

The main difference between the EJ's and Muhles is the weight of the razor. My plastic-handled EJ DE86 is rather light and not well balanced. If I had a heavier handle it would be much better.

Also, even though it has not had much use really (3-4 months), and after being cleaned and carefully stored, my DE86 already has pitting in the once-perfect plating. Not impressed at all.

 

[bodge]

Yesterday and today
proraso face lather
Gillette with Pers. red for 1st pass
Gem featherweight for the rest
witch hazel.

Thats enough for now with the reverse TM method. The gillette does less than the Gem, like a wasted pass.

 

[Pjotr]

......Thats enough for now with the reverse TM method. The gillette does less than the Gem, like a wasted pass.

Looks like we've got a true SE dude here!

 

[Monsta_AU]

This morning:

• Fatboy (6)
• Permasharp Super (2)
• Da "Fat"
• 'Pharlap' Kent VS80 Hog

Seriously, the water in Sydney agrees with MWF much more. Not a lather as such, it behaves differently and comes out more like a bath soap suds.... Also the glide is weird but leaves the skin awesomely moisturised. My cheeks feel amazing.

Back into the rotation you go Fatty.

 

[pablo_h]

MM CP
MWF - I never unloved it
Horsey brush from gifts and care
Floid from gifts and care

I couldn't go all spanish again, maybe just because I'm a newbie at using a shave stick, but the la toja isn't working for me. Needed to test the brush with a soap I am used to.

Brush works well with MWF, it's still scratchy but you got to like that for a horsey, and I didn't mind it at all.
And the MM CP is a shaver for men, with a couple of days growth of wire growing from your face and just want to do one pass to look presentable.
Never been a razor out there as good as the SE GEMs for that situation where just one pass makes you 'look' fully shaved.

 

[Pjotr]

I couldn't go all spanish again, maybe just because I'm a newbie at using a shave stick, but the la toja isn't working for me. Needed to test the brush with a soap I am used to.

You could just grate it in to a bowl.

Brush works well with MWF, it's still scratchy but you got to like that for a horsey,

I'm finding that my horsey has lost nearly all the scratchyness.

And the MM CP is a shaver for men, with a couple of days growth of wire growing from your face and just want to do one pass to look presentable.
Never been a razor out there as good as the SE GEMs for that situation where just one pass makes you 'look' fully shaved.

They're the original Chuck Norris of the razor world. Although I'm sure Chuck hinself wouldn't be in to all this metrosexual stuff.

 

[bodge]

yesterday
cold tap, proraso face lather, new blade in featherweight.

today added some warm water to get to room temp.
The cold tap is getting colder these days.
same equip as yesterday but it just worked out much easier.
As I was shaving I could tell it was different
The dilemma - was it the slightly warmer water, or the second shave on the blade, or was my lather different or what I ate last night? All of the above? I wish everyday was like today. I went closer with less effort.

 

[Drubbing]

They're the original Chuck Norris of the razor world. Although I'm sure Chuck hinself wouldn't be in to all this metrosexual stuff.

Chuck has always had a beard. His stubble won't take any crap from any razor.

 

[Pjotr]

Here's your answer:

.......new blade in featherweight........

 

[Monsta_AU]

I couldn't go all spanish again, maybe just because I'm a newbie at using a shave stick, but the la toja isn't working for me. Needed to test the brush with a soap I am used to.

I found that the La Toja does not lather up on the face at all, it just goes watery and sudsy. If it's not dripping off for face then it's not La Toja.

The trick is to get yourself all sudsy on your face, then get your brush wet and hit it with the stick also just to get a tiny bit of product into it. Then just attack your face with the brush - it will just explode into a tallow-like lather.

You load your face, not the brush.

 

[Pjotr]

Not sure what you mean there RM. Are you loading your face or the brush?
That said, I've had no problems at all with La Toja. Just rub it on your stubble and away you go like any other stick out there. If it's sudsy and dripping off your face you're not rubbing enough in.

Anyhow the last two offerings:

No name travel brush with TGN finest.
Tabac and then MWF sticks
7 O'Clock bakelite with a blade (obviously). Can't remember which one. And I can't praise this little razor enough. Perfect, trouble free shave every time. Glad I initially tried it before thnking I'd give it away.

 

[Monsta_AU]

Not sure what you mean there RM. Are you loading your face or the brush?

I load my face, then wipe the brush over the stick a couple of times for good measure.

I find that because LT is a hard 'veggie' formulation, it does not seem to 'cream' up on your face like Tabac stick will. I usually wet my face, dip the stick, rub it all over my face, wipe it over the brush 2-3 times and then attack my face with the brush. Works well.

That said, I've had no problems at all with La Toja. Just rub it on your stubble and away you go like any other stick out there. If it's sudsy and dripping off your face you're not rubbing enough in.

That or I have my face too wet. But soon as the brush hits the skin it lathers up incredibly well. I never have any problems with La Toja - it is one of my most reliable soaps, and I am a cream guy. It just goes on quite differently.

 

[Pjotr]

Yes it is a pretty hard soap. I think a stick will go a long way.

 

[pablo_h]

Been so quiet here I'm beginning to suspect most people here really shave with an electric, just like talking about safety razor paraphernalia.

Normally when I used LT, it was after a hot shower, rubbed it all over my face so it was soapy, then lathered it with a brush. I even tried soaking the tip of the soap in some water while I was in the shower.

I think I just wasn't getting enough soap off the stick because it isn't in my nature to want to rub an object of that shape on my face very long, or at all :embarrest:
I'll give anything a good hard go at least once though

I think next time I try it I'll do the same as I have done before, because that's how it is supposed to work anyway, but I will also try pre lather the brush up a bit as well off the stick.


edit: Maybe I didn't do the correct amount of swirls, in the right order?

 

[Pjotr]

I think I just wasn't getting enough soap off the stick because it isn't in my nature to want to rub an object of that shape on my face very long, or at all......

That's the problem some have with sticks. Grate it in to a bowl would be the solution of course.

edit: Maybe I didn't do the correct amount of swirls, in the right order?

It was formulated when Spain was run by a right wing dictatorship, so only swirl to the right i.e. clockwise.

 

[eggbert]

I used La Toya tonight. She was a little thin on lather for touching me up, but perfectly adequate for the first two passes she made.

 

[gthomas04]

Still at the same old stuff.

Cella
GEM SE in one or other of the regulars (Featherweight, Clogpruf or Flying Wedgie)
One of four brushes depending on the mood.
Indian Wilkinson in Gillette Slim
Thomas method technique.

As both razors need new blades I might wander through the "Why did I buy this?" box and make some changes just to have something new to write about.

 

[Pjotr]

I used La Toya tonight. She was a little thin on lather for touching me up, but perfectly adequate for the first two passes she made.

In danger of going way off topic here.