Shave of the Day - 7/18

Cold Water Rinse

Proraso Red 

Jayaruh #224 synthetic

Weck Sextoblade

Personna

CWR

Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS

The Proraso Red Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #224 synthetic brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Weck Sextoblade with a Personna blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 4/4

Cold Water Rinse

Speick Shaving Cream

Jayaruh #400 

Classic Samurai

Personna Half Blade

CWR

Speick AS

The Speick Shaving Cream face-lathered well with Jayaruh #400 brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Classic Samurai with a Personna half blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Speick AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 6/15

Cold Water Rinse

Vintage Life Licorice 

Jayaruh #273 Synthetic

Luxor Pro Master

Gillette Silver Blue

CWR

Florida Water

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Vintage Life Licorice Shave Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #273 Synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Luxor Pro Master razor with a Gillette Silver Blue blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Florida Water. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shavette from Albania

I was gifted this unbranded shavette by a gentleman in Albania. It is made in China and uses an unusual blade that is reversible. I will be shaving with is this Saturday for the first time. I thought I would create an entry describing it. A similar razor can be found here: Professional Straight Razor

Saturday's planned shave.

The blades.

The blade is loaded into a holder.

It is then slid into the shavette.

Here it is ready to shave.

Shave of the Day - 8/18

Williams Mug Shave Soap
Jayaruh #270
Classic Samurai (First Shave)
Derby Premium
CWR
Tabac AS

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Williams Mug Shave Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #270 brush. This was my first shave with the Classic Samurai shavette. I did two passes with the Classic Samurai shavette with a Derby Premium half blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Tabac AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 7/14

Keep It Simple Shave Week

Williams Mug

Ever-Ready 200T

Luxor Pro Master

CWR

Aqua Velva Musk

The Williams Mug Shave Soap face-lathered well with the Ever-Ready 200T brush. I did two passes with the Luxor Pro Master Razor with an Astra SP 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 - 4/7

Proraso Pre Shave
Stirling Lime Shave Soap
Jayaruh #277
Luxor Pro Master
Derby Premium
CWR
Thayer's Lemon WH
Lucky Tiger

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Stirling Lime Shave Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #277 silvertip badger brush. I did two passes with the Luxor Pro Master Razor using a Derby Premium blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Lucky Tiger AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...