Shave of the Day - 4/20

Saturday Straights' Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse

Proraso Sensitive Shaving Cream

Jayaruh #188 Synthetic

SXDGS 6/8

Gillette Trac //

CWR

Lustray Spice After Shave

The Proraso Sensitive Shaving Cream lathered well with the Jayaruh #188 Synthetic Brush. I did the first pass with the SXDGS 6/8 straight and was not  satisfied with the results, so I switched to my Gillette Trac// razor which gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Lustray Spice After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 12/2

Saturday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse

HC&C Gun Slinger Shave Soap

Burma Shave Boar Brush

Trac II Clone

Personna Twin Pivot Plus Blade

CWR

Humphrey's Witch Hazel

Lucky Tiger After Shave

The HC&C Gun Slinger Shave Soap lathered well with the Burma Shave Boar Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Trac II Clone and a Personna Twin Pivot Plus Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Humphrey's Witch Hazel and then Lucky Tiger After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Personna Twin Plus Blade

 I have planned to shave with my Trac II clone with a Personna Twin Plus blade. The Personna Twin Plus has a lubricating strip and can be used with any Trac II type or Atra type razor. I have the clone version of Trac II and an original Gillette Atra. These blades are very good and can be bought on Amazon for as little as $.14 each when bought in quantities of 100. 

This is tomorrow's shave.

See all about the Twin Pivot Plus blades here.

Treasures from the Flea Market

I found these three razors at the flea market today: Trac II, Atra, and Slim.

The Trac II handle is probably not a Gillette handle, but it accepts the Trac II cartridges. The handle is a nice wood, maybe walnut. I shaved with the Trac II for a number of years before Gillette introduced the Atra.

The Atra accepted a two blade cartridge and pivoted up and down as you shaved. I really liked the Atra, but when the Sensor came out, I moved up to the Sensor. This Atra is an X4 which means that it was made the fourth quarter of 1977. It was also the first year the Atra was made and the year and quarter that our son Tim was born. It is a very special handle indeed.

Next is the Gillette Slim. It is a H2. It was made the second quarter of 1962. 

It cleaned up pretty good.