What Single Edge Did You Use Today

Growth: 2.5 day beard
Prep: Warm shower: Stirling Sheep bar soap
Pre: Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap

Brush: Semogue 1470
Lather: Van Der Hagen Select Shave Soap
Load/Lather Bowl: HC&C shave bowl (straight walled)

Brush: Maggard Razors 24mm G5 knot with Maggard Razors midnight blue 25mm handle
Lather: PAA Supreme Sandalwood Science (CK-6 formula)
Load/Lather Bowl: soap tub

Razor: Ever-Ready 1914 "Little Lather Catcher", half spine shim
Blade: TryABlade.com PTFE-coated Stainless Steel (D8)

Post: Stirling witch hazel, PAA Mysterium Serum

Tried pushing the VDH soap for one last shave but the lather was too thin. In all fairness, there was only a small chip the size of my pinkie fingernail of soap left and a little film on the bottom of the shaving bowl. I received a few extra weeks of shaves from this puck of soap than I thought I would, so I am more than satisfied with how long the puck lasted.  I switched to the PAA soap (which is also almost done) to finish the shave. I plan to finish that soap as well to clear out some room in the shave den.

Razor: Wolfman WR3 Bronze .40
Blade: Personna GEM PTFE Stainless Steel Blade
Brush: Wolf Whiskers Raptor SB in Granny Apple
Lather: Zingari Man Rogue
Aftershave: Zingari Man Rogue
Additional Care:
  Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented

Occam's v1 AC razor/KAI Pro touch AC blade/ Proraso White cream/Edwin Jagger 23mm SilverFibre 2 brush

Eric

Friday 26, 2024
Razor: Gem Micromatic
Blade: Gem SS
Brush: Semogue 1305 Boar
Soap: Ethos Fresco
AS : Witch Hazel + Avon Island Lime
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 2,088

Growth: 2 day beard
Prep: Warm shower: Stirling Sheep bar soap
Pre: Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap
Brush: Maggard Razors 24mm SHD 2-Band Badger bulb knot with Maggard Razors sky blue 25mm handle
Lather: PAA Supreme Sandalwood Science (CK-6 formula)
Load/Lather Bowl: HC&C shave bowl (straight walled)

Razor: GEM Damaskeene (Closed Comb)
Blade: TryABlade.com PTFE-coated Stainless Steel (D9)

Third pass and touch ups:
Razor: Schick 500 Injector Razor
Blade: Chinese Schick

Post: Stirling witch hazel, PAA Mysterium Serum

I scraped the last of the PAA soap (gathered around the edges of the soap tub) and put in the HC&C shave bowl to make it easier to load. I did a similar thing with the Van Der Hagen Select Shave Soap when it ran low. This is an excellent use of this bowl. I was able to get a few extra weeks out of the VDH. I also had an easy load with the PAA soap as well.

First time trying the SHD knot. I had swapped the Maggard premium boar knot for the Maggard SHD knot in this handle. This knot made a nice lather in very little time. The knot felt like you were using a soft pillow to apply lather to your face. The extra water trapped in this knot handled the thirstiness of the PAA soap (something I always struggled with for PAA soaps). Even when I rinsed out the sides of the brush under the faucet, there was still a cache of lather in the center of the knot that I had to remove by rinsing directly into the knot. Excellent knot. I think this gives my synthetics like the Maggard G5 and the Muhle STF a run for their money. The brush is not floppy and has the right amount of backbone. Very worthwhile purchase.

The TryABlade.com PTFE-coated Stainless Steel worked for 9 shaves (my usual stopping point for GEM-style blades) but I decided not to push it any farther. I am not sure if it was the same as the GEM PTFE-coated Stainless Steel blade or not. I guess it doesn't matter since TryABlade.com is out of business. Still a decent blade and I would use them up.

It was a pleasant shave.

Friday 26, 2024
Razor: Gem Micromatic
Blade: Gem SS
Brush: Semogue 1305 Boar
Soap: Ethos Fresco
AS : Witch Hazel + Avon Island Lime
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 2,088

Very nice shave combination!
I really enjoyed my Semogue 1305 boar brush.

Friday 26, 2024
Razor: Gem Micromatic
Blade: Gem SS
Brush: Semogue 1305 Boar
Soap: Ethos Fresco
AS : Witch Hazel + Avon Island Lime
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 2,088

Very nice shave combination!
I really enjoyed my Semogue 1305 boar brush.

Thanks

Razor: Supply V2.0 Stainless, matte black
Blade: Supply Black Label Injector blade
Brush: Simpson Commodore X2 Best Badger
Lather: Shannon's Soaps Balkan Blend
Aftershave: Maurer & Wirtz Tabac Aftershave Lotion
Additional Care:
  Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented

Growth: 2 day beard
Prep: Warm shower: Stirling Sheep bar soap
Pre: Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap
Brush: Maggard Razors 24mm SHD 2-Band Badger bulb knot with Maggard Razors sky blue 25mm handle
Lather: Sudsy Soapery Unscented Tallow Shaving Soap
Load/Lather Bowl: Captain's Choice standard copper shave bowl (rolled edged)

Razor: Against the Tie SE1 (2016)
Blade: Feather ProGuard (D6.5)
Handle: Against the Tie Windsor handle

Post: alum, Stirling witch hazel, Trumper's Skin Food - Sandalwood

Yaqi Romulus AC razor/KAI Pink Mild AC blade/ Proraso White cream/Edwin Jagger 23mm SilverFibre 2 brush

Eric