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Re: Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #570 on: April 18, 2013, 12:17:33 PM »
Last night's SOTD was soothing and BBS.  I slept good that night.

Razor:  Merkur 37C

Blade:  Astra SP

Soap:  Mystic Water Soap (Sandalwood)

Brush:  Semogue 610

Dessert:  Ice cube rub, refrigerated WH, refrigerated Osage Rub

The Astra SP blades are amazing.  Plus you can get a 100 pack for less than $10.50 at Amazon.com.  Try buying a 100 pack of Fusion or Mach 3 blades.  The MW Sandalwood has a clean, refreshing scent.



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Re: Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #571 on: April 18, 2013, 04:42:15 PM »
Last night's SOTD was soothing and BBS.  I slept good that night.

Razor:  Merkur 37C

Blade:  Astra SP

Soap:  Mystic Water Soap (Sandalwood)

Brush:  Semogue 610

Dessert:  Ice cube rub, refrigerated WH, refrigerated Osage Rub

The Astra SP blades are amazing.  Plus you can get a 100 pack for less than $10.50 at Amazon.com.  Try buying a 100 pack of Fusion or Mach 3 blades.  The MW Sandalwood has a clean, refreshing scent.



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Re: Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #572 on: April 25, 2013, 04:32:22 PM »

Isn't she a beauty?!?

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wich razor is this?
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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #573 on: April 26, 2013, 04:11:48 PM »

Isn't she a beauty?!?

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wich razor is this?

Isn't that the G Bar?
I've never used one but I'm pretty sure...

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Re: Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #574 on: May 01, 2013, 09:06:28 AM »

Isn't she a beauty?!?

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wich razor is this?
That is a vintage 1940s-50s GEM G Bar razor.

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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #575 on: May 04, 2013, 06:39:54 PM »
Wonderful shave last night.

A couple of days ago I visited an old Japanese barber friend and his wife at their shop.  Watching his wife wielding the Feather Artist club (folding style) with such skill was great, and she inspired me to start using mine again.  So I dug out my criminally underused Kai Captain folding, threw in a Kai mild blade, whipped up a nice lather with the 1305 and Mike's Lemongrass and Eucalyptus soap and went to town.  

The result was a fantastically smooth, nick-free shave.

Afterwards I splashed on some witch hazel and followed up with Vitos Karite after-shave balm.  My skin felt great afterwards!

If anyone is thinking about straight razors without all the honing and stropping upkeep, these disposable blade straights are great.  The CJB from Korea is a great entry level model (non-folding) and they show up on amazon and eBay from time to time.  Otherwise they can be picked up pretty easily on badger and blade or other forums.

Happy shaving SBGers!


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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #576 on: May 09, 2013, 11:54:47 PM »
@ Bluebriz:  Brian... thanks for sharing your SOTD.  I look forward to seeing and hearing more of your SOTD posts.  I hope more of our SBG brothers can chime in.

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Re: Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #577 on: May 10, 2013, 12:03:49 AM »
Thursday night, May 9, 2013  SOTD

Razor:  Weber ARC with Bulldog Handle

Blade:  Feather

Soap:  Mike's Natural Soap (Lemongrass & Eucalyptus)

Brush:  Semogue 620

Dessert:  Ice cube rub, refrigerated WH, refrigerated Osage Rub

I had a super, smooth face & dome shave late night shave.  Ahhhhhh. . . life is good.


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Re: Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #578 on: May 10, 2013, 07:01:35 AM »
had a great shave a couple of nights ago, using my new Edwin Jagger De89bl and sandalwood shaving products cream, only a couple of nicks in the usual place, my neck, but no burn. I can honestly say it was the best shave of my life!

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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #579 on: May 12, 2013, 01:48:11 AM »
had a great shave a couple of nights ago, using my new Edwin Jagger De89bl and sandalwood shaving products cream, only a couple of nicks in the usual place, my neck, but no burn. I can honestly say it was the best shave of my life!

Sounds great Geeman!
It's been a while since my DE89 even saw daylight, but they're great razors!

Who is the cream made by?  How about your brush; are you using badger, boar, horse, synthetic?

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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #580 on: May 12, 2013, 01:51:18 AM »
Thursday night, May 9, 2013  SOTD

Razor:  Weber ARC with Bulldog Handle

Blade:  Feather

Soap:  Mike's Natural Soap (Lemongrass & Eucalyptus)

Brush:  Semogue 620

Dessert:  Ice cube rub, refrigerated WH, refrigerated Osage Rub

I had a super, smooth face & dome shave late night shave.  Ahhhhhh. . . life is good.


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Sounds great Mel!
I've used the Kai Captain for 6 or 7 days now, and I'm loving it.
My Feather AC SS and CJB have been sold and I bought a Feather RG to replace them.  First shave coming up in a couple of hours!
Maybe I'll remember to post some pics on here later!

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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #581 on: May 12, 2013, 07:37:18 AM »
taylors shaving cream, old school..... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bond-Street-Shaving-Cream-Sandalwood/dp/B0007MW2ZW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1368365713&sr=8-2&keywords=sandalwood, and an antique badger hair brush...just shaved my head again with the DE, couple of nicks, but again, closer than the fusion pro....loving it

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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #582 on: May 12, 2013, 08:13:42 PM »
I've only used one of the TOBS cream/soaps (croaps), which was lemon/lime if I remember correctly, but it was at least as good as anything I've used since then!  :)

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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #583 on: May 13, 2013, 03:34:33 PM »
Love TOBS.  I have Avacado and Jermyn Street

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Re: Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #584 on: May 13, 2013, 10:52:13 PM »
Monday night, May 13, 2013 SOTD

Razor:  GEM G Bar

Blade:  Gem

Soap:  Mike's Natural Soap (Lemongrass & Eucalyptus)

Brush:  Semogue 2012 Special Edition (Badger&Boar Mix)

Dessert:  Ice cube rub, refrigerated WH,  Aqua Velva

I went vintage with a 1940-50s GEM G Bar razor.  I had another super, smooth face & dome shave.  I am sleeping good tonight.


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