Shave of the Day - 9/24

Williams Wednesday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse

Williams Mug Shave Soap

Jayaruh #454 Two-band Badger

Gem Contour

Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade

CWR

Humphrey's Witch Hazel

Lustray Spice After Shave

The Williams Mug Shave Soap was face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #454 Two-band Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gem Contour and the Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Humphrey's Witch Hazel and Lustray Spice After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 8/16

Friday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse

L'OCCITANE Cade Shave Soap

Jayaruh #460

GEM Contour 

Personna PTFE SE Blade

CWR

Lilac Vegetal

The L'OCCITANE Cade Shave Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #460 Silvertip Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the GEM Contour Razor and the Personna PTFE SE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Lilac Vegetal AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 8/15

Thursday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse

L'OCCITANE Cade Shave Soap

Jayaruh #460

GEM Contour 

Personna PTFE SE Blade

CWR

Lilac Vegetal

The L'OCCITANE Cade Shave Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #460 Silvertip Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the GEM Contour Razor and the Personna PTFE SE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Lilac Vegetal AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 8/14

Williams Wednesday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse

Williams Mug Soap

Jayaruh #460

GEM Contour 

Personna PTFE SE Blade

CWR

Lilac Vegetal

The Williams Mug Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #460 Silvertip Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the GEM Contour Razor and the Personna PTFE SE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Lilac Vegetal AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 8/13

Tabac Tuesday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse

Tabac Shave Soap

Jayaruh #460

GEM Contour 

Personna PTFE SE Blade

CWR

Tabac After Shave

The Tabac Shave Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #460 Silvertip Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the GEM Contour Razor and the Personna PTFE SE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Tabac After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 8/12

Menthol Monday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse

Virgilio Valobra Shaving Soap

Jayaruh #460 (First Shave)

GEM Contour 

Personna PTFE SE Blade

CWR

Mennen Skin Bracer AS

The Virgilio Valobra Shaving Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #460 Silvertip Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the GEM Contour Razor and the Personna PTFE SE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Mennen Skin Bracer AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 4/9

  

Cold Water Rinse

ARKO Extra Performance

Jayaruh #398

GEM Contour

Personna GEM SS PTFE

CWR

Pinaud Clubman AS

The ARKO Extra Performance Shave Cream lathered well with the Jayaruh #398 Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the GEM Contour with a Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pinaud Clubman AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 11/16

Cold Water Rinse
Palmolive Shave Cream
Jayaruh #41
J.R.Torrey 5/8
Gem Contour
CVS CS SE
CWR
Aqua Velva Musk

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Palmolive Shave Cream face lathered well with the Jayaruh #41 Badger Brush. I did two passes with the J.R.Torrey 5/8 razor and a cleanup pass with the Gem Contour with CVS blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 11/15

Cold Water Rinse
Palmolive Shave Cream
Jayaruh #313
Gem Contour
CVS CS SE
CWR
Aqua Velva Musk

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Palmolive Shave Cream face lathered well with the Jayaruh #313 Badger Brush. I did two passes and a cleanup with the Gem Contour razor with a CVS CS SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 4/12

Cold Water Rinse

Amalfi Basil Lemon Shave Soap

Jayaruh #224 Synthetic

Gem Contour

Gem Stainless

CWR

PSC Caffeinated AS

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Amalfi Basil Lemon Shave Soap face lathered well with Jayaruh #224 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Gem Contour razor with a vintage Gem Stainless SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with PSC Caffeinated AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 7/12

Keep It Simple Shave Week

Williams Mug

Ever-Ready 200T

GEM Contour 

GEM Blue STAR CS SE

CWR

Aqua Velva Musk

The Williams Mug Shave Soap face-lathered well with the Ever-Ready 200T brush. I did two passes with the GEM Contour Razor with a GEM Blue STAR CS SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 7/11

Keep It Simple Shave Week

Williams Mug Shave Soap

Ever-Ready 200T

GEM Contour 

GEM Blue STAR CS SE

CWR

Aqua Velva Musk

The Williams Mug Shave Soap face-lathered well with the Ever-Ready 200T brush. I did two passes with the GEM Contour Razor with a GEM Blue STAR CS SE blade blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 7/10

Keep It Simple Shave Week

Tabac

Ever-Ready 200T

GEM Contour 

GEM Blue STAR CS SE

CWR

Aqua Velva Musk

The Tabac Shave Soap face-lathered well with the Ever-Ready 200T brush. I did two passes with the GEM Contour Razor with a GEM Blue STAR CS SE blade blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 7/9

Keep It Simple Shave Week

C.O. Bigelow

Ever-Ready 200T

GEM Contour 

GEM Blue STAR CS SE

CWR

Aqua Velva Musk

The C.O. Bigelow Shaving Cream face-lathered well with the Ever-Ready 200T brush. I did two passes with the GEM Contour Razor with a GEM Blue STAR CS SE blade blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

GEM Contour

From the 1960s, the Contour was one of the last models made by GEM. The Contour is a push button model. It was followed by the Contour II in the 70s which was a flip top. I found this nice specimen on AndrewShaveShop on Esty. Andrew has some fine user grade vintage razors at reasonable prices. This one cleaned up very well. I look forward to trying it out in a couple of weeks.

It appears to be mostly stainless steel with the handle partially clad in plastic or vinyl. It is a push button razor with a very nice feel.