Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Orange Soap
Lather: Derby Lavender cream and Derby shave stick
Brush: Semogue TSN 2012 LE mixed boar-badger
Razors: Merkur 25C and Gillette ’58 TV Special, but with a “Flying Eagle” blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum, and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Another DFS, with copious quantities of dense lather.
If you’ll excuse the aeronautical term, the angle of the blade have been somewhat on my mind lately – not the angle it has in regards to the razor (which differs between various razors), but the angle it has in regards to the skin when it cuts.
It is – like many other things – the fault of the cartridge shaving systems… the so called modern razor tends to have a flexible head, which is supposed to make shaving easier. A cartridge razor teaches us a lot of bad habits – use of excessive pressure is the one mentioned most often, but just as bad is the lack of proper angle… and when shaving DE (or SE) the angle of attack is alpha and omega in my opinion for getting that great shave.
The head of a traditional safety razor does NOT pivot. Therefore the pivoting action have to come from the wrist – making shaving a little more labour intensive, but more importantly giving the shaver near perfect control… unlike a wibbly-wobbly plastic hinge.
Maintain proper AoA at all times – and check your six for bogeys.
/ for a more complete discussion on the how and why of the shaving angle, please see this article over at the Badger & Blade wiki
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Lavender Soap
Lather: Derby Lavender cream and Arko shave stick
Brush: Vie Long 14033 mixed horse-badger
Razors: Merkur 25C and Gillette ’58 TV Special, but with a fresh “Flying Eagle” blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum, and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Still plodding along with mixing creams and sticks, as well as trying out a new blade.DFS all around, more so from a ‘weird’ blade.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Orange Soap
Lather: Arko Cool Mint cream and Derby shave stick
Brush: Semogue TSN 2012 LE mixed badger-boar
Razors: Racer and Yuma, both with a Racer blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum, and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Still experimenting with combining shavesticks and cream – thirsty, dense lather with a very noticeable citrus scent. DFS though, and nick free.
The post the other day where I showed an old time razor made from a bent metal plate made me think of 3D printed razors. I figured that if I could come up with that idea, so could other clever people, so I headed over to Thingiverse – one of the better known places online to share all things 3D printed.
No razors – at least that I could find – but plenty of shaving gear. A few I liked:
– A fancy razor stand
– A less fancy razor stand
– A combined razor and brush stand
– A combined razor and brush ‘hang’
– A shave brush handle
– A blade disposal box
Now, if I could only justify spending a huge wad of cash to buy a 3D printer I would have all the razor stands I would ever need… but no printed razor.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Lavender Soap
Lather: Arko Cool Mint cream and GzD shave stick
Brush: Vie Long 14033 mixed horse-badger
Razors: Racer and Yuma, both with a Racer blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum, and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Yet another DFS with a mixed lather.
Stumbled over an interesting web page the other day; Origins of the safety razors.
Lots of interesting razors, even if I like the so called Pig Scraper the most:
I can actually see making something like this on a modern 3D printer, suitable modified to use a modern SE or DE blade… shouldn’t me too hard.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Teatree Soap
Lather: Arko Cool Mint cream and Arko shave stick
Brush: Turkish No6
Razors: Racer and Yuma, but with a fresh Racer blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum, and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Harking back to an experiment I did a couple of months ago, I’ve started an experiment… one that today resulted in rich, creamy lather and a damn fine shave – as usual.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Lavender Soap
Lather: Derby lavender Cream
Brush: Turkish No7
Razors: Cadet TP-01 and Cadet TTO-13, both with Green Astra
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum, and Proraso Liquid Cream After Shave
Yet another DFS.