SOTD - January 2021

[GAW9576]

06/01/21
Vintage Month Razor #06
Pre: Shower
Brush: Vintage Vulfix service #3 1950's
Soap: Vintage GIBBS 1950's
Razor: Ever Ready 1912 Peerless, 1951
Blade: GEM PTFE S/S (8)
Post shave: Cold water Rinse, TC's infused Witch Hazel
Balm: Barts Balm Lime Balm & Lotion
Aftershave: Vintage Ferd. Mülhens Vintage 4711 EDC

I over did it with the amount of cream i put in the bowl and was rewarded with copious amounts of wonderful creamy slickness for todays shave.
3 passes for an easy comfortable BBS finish.
The Barts Lime post shave, i find, matches the 4711 really well, sadly, the little bottle of Vintage 4711 is coming to an end, thankfully i have about another 4 or 5 to go at  .

I really enjoy all the variants of 1912 I have. I'm curious what differentiates the Peerless from other 1912s. I thought it was a handle pattern. However I must be mistaken as that roazor has a different pattern than the one I thought it was.

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I had a fantastic shave with 2 new to me razors yesterday but was having internet issues so I didn't get around to posting it till now.
I used a 5th use Gem SS PTFE in both razors.
Razor #1 Gem Damaskeen OC. WOW this razor is wonderful. Very Efficient and still very smooth. Several days growth were knocked down to SAS on the first pass were I used the OC Dammy. I did another pass and a half to get a very close shave.
Razor #2 was used a little here and there to try it out and it did not disappoint. I'll have to do a full shave with it soon. On initial use it seems very efficient and smooth but not quite as efficient as the OC Dammy.
I did get a little irritation on the sides of my Adams apple were the skin was already not exactly happy. However for me that has been par for the with any razor I've used when going for a very close shave.