(11-28-2021, 07:32 AM)Grassy Wrote: Gem Feather-Weight
Gem PTFE 
Ever-Ready H40
Razorock Yellow label 
Squadron Empire 



Happy (belated) thanksgiving, I hope you all had a great weekend.
We don't have Thanksgiving here so we miss out on all that turkey. We have somehow managed import Black Friday lately and all we get for that is a lot of spam.

   

(11-28-2021, 08:55 PM)Old Sarge Wrote:

Cold Water Shave w/ Hot Water Lather
Pre: Aloe Vera Glycerin Soap Face Wash, Noxzema Cream as Pre Shave
Razor: Schick Type J2
Blade: Personna PTFE Injector (1st Use)
Brush: Omega Pro 49 Boar
Lather: Cella, Face Lathered
Post: Generic Reformed Alum Block, T.N. Dickinson’s Witch Hazel, Clubman Pinaud Lime Sec EDC, Nivea Sensitive Balm

This razor was a Black Friday antique store score. BLUF...this shave will do nothing to minimize desire for future acquisitions of injector style razors!

(11-29-2021, 01:24 PM)Twelvefret Wrote: Hydro-Magic equipped Golden 500 for a monday shave. Happy coming week all. 

(11-29-2021, 08:30 PM)Old Sarge Wrote:

Festival of Featherweights!
Menthol Monday!

Cold Water Shave w/ Hot Water Lather
Pre: Aloe Vera Glycerin Soap Face Wash, Noxzema Cream as Pre Shave
Razor: Gem Gen I Featherweight Deluxe
Blade: Gem SS PTFE (4th Use)
Brush: Vulfix 374 Super Badger
Lather: Proraso Green, Face Lathered
Post: Generic Reformed Alum Block, Thayers Unscented Witch Hazel, Jeris Osage Rub, Nivea Sensitive Cooling Balm


I interrupt my regularly scheduled programming to bring you the Festival of Featherweights! Please allow the Mardi Gras like atmosphere to wash over you! 

A moderately adequate two pass shave. No real issues with the first pass, while I got a bit of irritation from the second pass. I struggled a bit in my most challenging area, that which is below the ends of the mustache and above the chin. The whiskers there are the toughest, while the skin is a bit rough. Surprisingly, ATG on my mustache went well. I think I still need to get comfortable with a proper angle. The top cap to me seems so flat. Even if I try to ride the cap, there is still the angular safety bar that doesn't seem to slide the smoothest across my skin.

No issues face lathering the Proraso soap and even thought the Vulfix brush is small, I would have had enough lather for a third pass. However, post shave I really noticed today that the soap left my skin very dry.

On to day two of the Festival of Featherweights!

 I used an almond size scoop to my bowl (It's VERY soft Fuzzy )and when the soap had the right water it exploded with an amazing lather that just felt so good on the face. I had way too much lather for my 3 pass shave but I prefer way more than not enough lather. After rinsing the bowl out I saw that some soap remnants were on the bottom and never even mixed as it was an excessive and unnecessary amount. I got all that lather from maybe 2/3's of the almond size scooped. I don't see how anyone wouldn't get enough lather from this soap unless their brush is eating it all. With the small amount I used I had enough lather left that I could have shaved a couple Yak's and a Sherpa. The scent was so good and still lingering from the soap and splash that I skipped picking an EDT. Have a great day Folks !