SOTD - November 2021

[Dave in KY]

Williams Wednesday

Wednesday November 10, 2021
Razor: Williams Unmentionable Razor
Blade: Unmentionable
Brush: Trotter Handcraft Kickflip
Soap: Williams Shave Cream
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: Williams Aqua Velva
Fragrance: Paco Rabanne 1 Million
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,099

   
 

[Tony'schin]

10/11/21
Pre      -  Shower
Brush  -  Silver Birch Brushes - Cocobolo
Soap   -  1912 Irish Fern
Razor  -  Unmentionable
Blade  -  Unmentionable
Post    -  Cold water Rinse, TC's infused Witch Hazel
Balm   -  Barts Balm Amber and Moroccan Jasmine Balm & Lotion
A/S     -  Avon Siege Cannon

Smooooth!



Stay safe and enjoy your day All

[Jayaruh]

Williams Wednesday's Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Williams Mug Soap
Oscar11 Synthetic
ENDGEM SPEED 3D
Personna GEM SS PTFE
CWR
Aqua Velva Musk AS

Day 10 of 3D Printed Razor Month.

The Williams Mug Soap lathered well with the Oscar11 Synthetic Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the ENDGEM SPEED 3D Razor with a Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

[Jayaruh]

Looks like a bloody bullet hole.

I saw a poppy right off.

[srqshaver]

Another day, another GEM razor. This is my first use of a GEM Jr. and it was a good one. I paired it with a third-use PTFE blade. The Hendrix Classics & Co soap is really growing on me. It has a nice fragrance and the lather is effortless. I did incur one small weeper in my trouble spot under the jawline but I was being a bit too aggressive so you reap what you sow. The end result was a heck of a shave. My daughter, unprompted, called it a baby smooth shave.

Even though I had such a great shave, I can't say I particularly enjoyed using this razor. The angle and length of the handle made it seem a bit awkward, especially compared to the G-Bar and MMOC. I'm not sure I'll use this very often but I am going to try using this handle on the Ever-Ready Shovelhead to make it more usable. The stumpy handle on that thing is silly in my big hands.

   

[Whiterook]

Razor: Unmentionable and undisplayable 
Blade: Unmentionable 
Brush: Frank Shaving G4 Synthetic striped handle
Pre-Shave: Proraso White
Lather: Malama Soaps Fresh Cut
Aftershave: Old Spice Classic
Additional Care:
  Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented
  Imperial Leather Talcum Powder

[Old Sarge]

Williams Wednesday!
Cold Water Shave
Pre: Neutrogena Soap Face Wash, Noxzema Cream as Pre Shave
Razor: Unmentionable
Blade: Unmentionable (3rd Use)
Brush: Semogue SOC Boar in Taj Resin
Lather: Williams Mug Shaving Soap, Face Lathered
Post: Osma Alum Block, T.N. Dickinson’s Witch Hazel, Aqua Velva, Nivea Sensitive Cooling Balm

A successful, yet subpar, two pass shave. This unmentionable razor was my first non-grocery store razor, which is the classic two-piece FNG razor. I thought the unmentionable blade would be fine for a third use, but oh was I wrong. Once I realized what the deal was, I decided to soldier on to see what kind of shave I could get. In the end, only one weeper, but a lot of blade buffing that didn't seem to do much good. Oh well.

The good news was in the lather department. As you can see in the image, I went to Lowes and picked up some rubber o-rings and slid one on over the handle to try and give this brush more backbone. I can say I could tell a difference and it was better, but still a soft, mostly floppish knot. The last time I tried to face lather Williams didn't go so well...this time much better. I made sure to load plenty of soap to the brush and then once I got it on my face I cycled a few times between adding water and scrubbing. Worked fine, but not sure how much soap was left if I had done a third pass.

[mlb 549]

Happy Birthday to all of our Marines!!! Once a Marine, always a Marine Semper Fi!!!! todays shave--Razorock ECO, Razorock What The Puck Gold Label Sophisticated Citrus soap, Omega1048 boar brush, Pinaud Citrus Musk AS!!

[TobyC]

Another day, another GEM razor. This is my first use of a GEM Jr. and it was a good one. I paired it with a third-use PTFE blade. The Hendrix Classics & Co soap is really growing on me. It has a nice fragrance and the lather is effortless. I did incur one small weeper in my trouble spot under the jawline but I was being a bit too aggressive so you reap what you sow. The end result was a heck of a shave. My daughter, unprompted, called it a baby smooth shave.

Even though I had such a great shave, I can't say I particularly enjoyed using this razor. The angle and length of the handle made it seem a bit awkward, especially compared to the G-Bar and MMOC. I'm not sure I'll use this very often but I am going to try using this handle on the Ever-Ready Shovelhead to make it more usable. The stumpy handle on that thing is silly in my big hands.

Two fingers on one side, thumb on the other, at the balance point. Most razor handles are longer than they need to be.

[Dave in KY]

Thursday November 11, 2021
Razor: Unmentionable
Blade: Unmentionable
Brush: Techichi "The Hive"
Soap: Flak Bait
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: Nivea Deep
Fragrance: Paco Rabanne 1 Million
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,100