Shave of the Day - 5/12

  

Cold Water Rinse

Mitchell's Wool Fat Shave Soap

Jayaruh #432

Gillette Super 84

Gillette Silver Blue

Lilac Vegetal AS

The Mitchell's Wool Fat Shave Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #432 Synthetic Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gillette Super 84 Adjustable Razor with a Gillette Silver Blue 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 - 4/9

Another Week of Adjustables

Cold Water Rinse

Tabac Shave Soap

Jayaruh #206 2-band Badger

Gillette Super 84, U4 

Gillette Silver Blue 

CWR

Tabac ASB

The Tabac Shave Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #206 2-band Badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gillette Super 84 razor with a Gillette Silver Blue blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Tabac ASB. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 6/1

Proraso Pre Shave

LaToja Shave Stick

Jayaruh #292 HMW Badger

Gillette Super 84 

Astra SP

CWR

Thayer's Peach WH

Tabac

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The LaToja Shaving Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #292 High Mountain White badger brush. I did two passes with the Gillette Super 84 Razor with an Astra SP blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Peach WH and then Tabac AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 11/29

Proraso Pre Shave

Williams

Jayaruh #30

Gillette Super 84

Gillette Silver Blue

CWR

Thayer's Lemon WH

Pinaud Clubman AS

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Williams Mug Shaving Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #30 silvertip badger brush. I did two passes with the Gillette Super 84 Razor with a Gillette Silver Blue blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Pinaud Clubman AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 11/16

Proraso Pre Shave
Stirling Soap Pharaoh's Dreamsicle
Jayaruh #241
Gillette Super 84
Gillette Silver Blue
CWR
Thayer's Lemon WH
Barbasol AS

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Stirling Soap Pharaoh's Dreamsicle Shaving Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #241 synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Gillette Super 84 adjustable razor with a Gillette Silver Blue blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Pharaoh's Dreamsicle AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 11/3

Proraso Pre Shave
Musgo Real
Jayaruh #235
Gillette Super 84
Gillette Silver Blue
CWR
Thayer's Lemon WH
Aqua Velva Musk

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Musgo Real Shaving Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #235 synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Gillette Super 84 razor and Gillette Silver Blue blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

November Adjustables Month

OK, here is the line up for November, excluding weekends. I am going to have an adjustables theme. I will still do my straights on Saturdays and my Gem Jr. Lather Catcher on Sundays, but the rest of the week I will be using one of these razors. I have chosen to take them in chronological order.

Gillette 195, Gillette Slim, Gillette Super 84, Gillette 190 Black Beauty, Schick M2 Adjustable, Bunny V3, Parker Variant, Rockwell 6C, Ming Shi.

Shave of the Day - 6/8

Nivea Men Face Wash
Williams Shaving Soap
Jayaruh #182
Gillette Super 84
New Improved
Rockwell Swedish Stainless
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayer's Lemon WH
Florida Water AS

The Williams Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #182 Synthetic brush. I did the first pass with the Gillette Super 84 razor and Rockwell Swedish Stainless blade and second/clean up pass with New Improved, and I ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Florida Water AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 6/6

Nivea Men Face Wash
VDH Luxury Shaving Soap
Jayaruh #182
Gillette Super 84
New Improved
Rockwell Swedish Stainless
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayer's Lemon WH
Florida Water AS

The VDH Luxury Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #182 Synthetic brush. I did the first pass with the Gillette Super 84 razor and Rockwell Swedish Stainless blade and second/clean up pass with New Improved, and I ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Florida Water AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 6/2

Nivea Men Face Wash
L'OCCITANE Cade Shaving Soap
Heldtite Synthetic
Gillette Super 84
New Improved
Rockwell Swedish Stainless
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayer's Lemon WH
Florida Water AS

The L'OCCITANE Cade Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Heldtite Synthetic brush. I did the first pass with the Gillette Super 84 razor and Rockwell Swedish Stainless blade and second/clean up pass with New Improved, and I ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Florida Water AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 5/31

Nivea Men Face Wash
Tabac Shaving Soap
Heldtite Synthetic
Gillette Super 84
Rockwell
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayer's Lemon WH
Florida Water AS

The Tabac Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Heldtite Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Gillette Super 84 razor and Rockwell Swedish Stainless blade, and I ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Florida Water AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 5/29

Nivea Men Face Wash
CO Bigelow Shaving Cream
Heldtite Synthetic
Gillette Super 84
Rockwell
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayer's Lemon WH
Florida Water AS

It is Menthol Monday, and I am actually participating. It is quite by accident, but I may make an effort to continue to participate.

The CO Bigelow Shaving Cream face-lathered well with my Heldtite Synthetic brush. I did two passes the Gillette Super 84 razor and Rockwell Swedish Stainless blade, and I ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Florida Water AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

New Super 84

I received my new Gillette Super 84 Adjustable today. It is a U4. That makes it from the fourth quarter of 1974. It was pretty clean, but I gave it a soak in hot Dawn water and a good scrubbing with a toothbrush. It did not need any polish. All the parts move freely, the doors open and close nicely, the quarter turn works well, and the adjustment ring works freely. This is the short handle version of the Black Beauty. This month is "Anything But Gillette DE" month, so I will be putting this into service in May. I look forward to that. The eye candy in the pictures is my Bunny B-400 Brush by Tom with an Omega 49 boar knot.

New Razor and Brush

First up is the Gillette Super 84 Adjustable. The 84 references the length of the handle, 84mm. It is a U4 which translates to the 4th quarter of 1974.

This is the Made-Rite #12. I want to do a restore on it when it arrives.