Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Magic Soap, liquid peppermint
Lather: Nieva Shave Cream
Brush: Body Shop syntetic brush
Razors: Merkur 985CL loaded with a fresh “Lord Platinum” blade
Post-shave: cold water rinse and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
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Sort of on the go, so using the GoBag – using my new folding cup to build the lather. Thanks to Krampert I can now enjoy his Finest A/S from a travel-sized bottle, which make shaving on the Go about 20% more awesome…
Pre-shave: Pure glycerine soap
Lather: RazoRock XXX
Brush: Turkish No7 horse hair
Razors: Merkur 25C open comb with a “Treet Platinum” blade, Racer Safety Razor with a “Racer Super Stainless” blade
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum block and Krampert’s Finest Experimental Menthol
On a whim tried a cold water shave today. Used a block of what was intended as a melt-and-pour from the local hobby store for the face wash, built up a good lather from the RozoRock and went to town. The cheap Racer razor keeps impressing me. Cold water rinse and Krampert’s Menthol was a cooling end to a damn fine cool shave. Worth doing again on a summer day!
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Magic Soap, Lavender
Lather: Mike’s Unscented Soap
Brush: Vie-Long mixed horse-badger #14033
Razors: Merkur 25C open comb with a fresh “Treet Platinum” blade, Racer Safety Razor with a fresh “Racer Super Stainless” blade
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum block and Krampert’s Finest Experimental Menthol
First shave in quite a few days – being ill is no fun – and the first outing of two new razors. The 25C performed excellent as expected, having the same head as my 985CL travel razor. The Racer was a pleasant surprise, being a gentle-yet-aggressive razor performing better than the 3.75USD I paid for it would indicate.
Krampert’s Menthol – which I do sincerely hope he’ll be able to offer for sale when my sample bottle is used up – rounded off a really nice Monday shave on a muggy summer morning.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Magic Soap, Orange
Lather: Proraso eucalyptus and menthol soap
Brush: Turkish No6 horse hair brush
Razors: Vintage EverReady Model 1914 with a GEM, Feather Popular with a “Feather Hi Stainless”
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum block and Krampert’s Finest EXPERIMENTAL Menthol
I was still very excited about trying my vintage, but… had to switch to a regular DE for the second pass. Got a decent shave on my cheeks, but anything but on my neck. Seems like me and SE is just not meant to be.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Magic Soap, Lavender
Lather:C&E Sandalwood soao
Brush: Omega #10048 boar brush
Razors: Vintage EverReady Model 1914 with a fresh GEM
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum block and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Very excited about trying my vintage, but… lovely lather, not so lovely shave. A bit of shave burn, a few weepers on my neck. As far as I can tell there is nothing wrong with the razor – logically the fault must be in my technique…
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Magic Soap, peppermint
Lather: Mike’s Peppermint & Rosemary Soap
Brush: Cie-Long mixed horse-badger #14033
Razors: YUMA with a “Shark” blade
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum block and Krampert’s Finest EXPERIMENTAL Menthol
Last shave for now with the cheap and cheerful YUMA. While the handling is a little rough, the end result was a DFS.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Magic Soap, peppermint
Lather: Arko Ice Mint Shave Cream
Brush: Turkish No6
Razors: YUMA with a “Shark” blade
Post-shave: Alum block and Krampert’s Finest EXPERIMENTAL Menthol
Again I’m going almost all the way Turkish. I’m sort of impressed with the YUMA – while somewhat harsh, of questionable quality and a tendency for the head to work itself loose, it actually shaves remarkable well.
Kramperts Finest Menthol is still working great – I do hope this goes into production along his wonderful Bay Rum.
Overall a pretty DFS.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Magic Soap, peppermint
Lather: Arko Shave Stick
Brush: Turkish No7
Razors: YUMA with a fresh “Shark” blade
Post-shave: Alum block and Krampert’s Finest EXPERIMENTAL Menthol
Going almost all the way Turkish today – the YUMA is a cheap and cheerful razor made from pot metal (aka whatever fell into the pot). The shave was surprisingly good considering the harshness implement – my first impression is that the YUMA is NOT a mild razor at all.
I’ve also been lucky enough to be be beta testing a new aftershave – and it is just as good as Kramper’s Finest bay Rum, except it isn’t bay rum. Nice and mentholly scent, not too strong, not too weak – and cooling too. I think I have found my aftershave for summer.
Overall a DFS.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Magic Soap, orange
Lather: Orange Essential Oil Shave Soap
Brush: Vie-Long mixed horse/badger brush
Razors: Merkur 39C slant and Parker 22, both with “Personna Platinum” blades
Post-shave: Alum block and Krampert’s Finest
Felt like an orange kind of morning – the combination of soap and brush made great lather. A good shave all round.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Magic Soap, peppermint
Lather: Arko Ice Mint shaving cream
Brush: Turkish No6 horse hair brush
Razors: Merkur 39C slant and Parker 22, both with “Personna Platinum” blades
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum block and Krampert’s Finest
A minty start for a long day – and a great shave too.