Shave of the Day

[Michaelshane]

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[Herr Hitman]

Thanks. It is one made for ClassicShaving.com; I believe it's made by Parker.

I have only ever used my Merkur, and it works like a charm. How does yours work?

 

[Herr Hitman]

Shaving kit in airport luggage limbo for a week, so:

Can of Barbasol
Gillette Fusion

Zip-Zop done.

Ouch, face murder.

 

[JEEP]

Isn't that aftershave the best?

It is rather nice. I would probably have bought the alcohol based splash today though. ASB's feels nice on my dry skin and soothes burn a little better than an alcohol based splash - but it also clogs up the pores quite easily.

The scent is a little so/so for me; some days I love it - and other days not so much.


Regards.

Jakob

 

[Lamplight]

I have only ever used my Merkur, and it works like a charm. How does yours work?

It works quite nicely for me, though no better than my brother's Merkur. I do prefer the Feather blades to the Merkur blades he uses, however.

 

[JEEP]

It has been a good week so far

Got this yesterday:

A nice (early?) US ball-end Gillette NEW in box w. bladeholder. The razor and box were quite dirty, but cleaned up nicely, the plating is 85-90% intact. The handle has a small crack in both ends, the endcap was loose, some industrial grade epoxy solved that.

Today:

A very nice Gillette Sheraton. The plating is 95% intact, with some discoloration of the laquer on the handle. The doors does not close entirely even and the blade gap on on side is slightly uneven, but I do not think it is enough to cause any problems while. Tomorrow will tell.


Regards.

Jakob

 

[Michaelshane]

Jeep I was just a little late,saw that one after you bought it.[huh]

 

[JEEP]

I have been rather lucky lately. I also have a cased gold Aristocrat on the way.


Regards.

Jakob

 

[Michaelshane]

BTW...what causes those cracks?

 

[Cigarband]

Looking Forward to Sunday

This coming Sunday is my birthday (none of your business how old). My Sister has gotten me a Royal Shave from The Art of Shaving, by their Master Barber at the shop in Beachwood Ohio. I'm looking forward to Sunday like a kid on Xmas Eve. I've never had a Barber shave. If there is any interest here, I will be happy to tell FL all about.

 

[JEEP]

The cracks are caused by the fact that the endcap and headpiece are of a slightly bigger diameter than the handle itself, it was done so in order attatch the endcap and headpiece firmly without using glue or welding - over time the preassure, combined with temperature changes, has caused most old-style handles to crack. It is rare to find one without cracks. Luckily the cracks can rather easily be stabilized with epoxy.

This morning:

Gillette Sheraton w. Derby Extra (4)
Kent Bk4
Indian Palmolive Refreshing Lemon SC
Unscented Thayer's Witch Hazel
Yellow Italian Floïd


Regards.

Jakob

 

[JEEP]

This morning:

40s Gillette Super Speed w. Derby Extra (1)
Omega prof. boar
Indian Old Spice SC
Unscented Thayer's Witch Hazel
Family Dollar Spice "Old Spice" AS


Regards.

Jakob

 

[kaiser]

Hi Jeep,

A quick question, what is your source for the Thayer's Witch Hazel ? Is it from Europe ?

 

[JEEP]

No. I am having it sent from the US. I would, however, really like to find an EU based source.


Regards.

Jakob

 

[kaiser]

Thanks Jeep, here is a source I have in Europe for a Witch Hazel that is not bad. You may want to give it a try to compare to the Thayer's. That is what I want to do, compare that is, that is why I am looking for the Thayer's here.

http://www.english-scent.de/Hautpflege/Reinigung/Pflege/Witch-Hazel-Hamamelis-Wasser-200ml::526.html

 

[JEEP]

Nice bottle. Is it with aloe vera aswell?

This morning:

Gillette NEW Standard w. Derby Extra (2)
Blindes Arbejde bubinga handle pure badger
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Yellow Italian Floïd


Regards.

Jakob

 

[Esme]

Oh thank god I looked twice!

At first glance I read the name of this thread as Shiv of the day!! What are we coming to, I thought!!

 

[JEEP]

This morning:

Brit. Gillette NEW w. Derby Extra (3)
Omega 10098 Prof. Boar
Worning & Petersen milled down shaving stick
Unscented Thayer's Witch Hazel
Yellow Italian Floïd


Regards.

Jakob

 

[Lone_Ranger]

Not really a shave of the day, but a wet shaving question. How do you sterilize a shaving brush?

I've been wet shaving for years, and have never had a problem. I figure, that as long as the brush isn't kept some place where it stays wet all the time, nothing funky will grow on it.

Then the other day, I dropped the brush on the floor, in the middle of a shave. Not to be paranoid, I don't want to have to do a Seinfeld, and throw away a Silvertip brush, but is soap and hot water good enough to kill the bad things?

 

[John in Covina]

How do you sterilize a shaving brush?
Is soap and hot water good enough to kill the bad things?

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The next question: how do you sterilize your head?
(Not a challenge but to provoke thoughts along this line...)

In general, if a brush gets funky you wash it with non-conditioning shampoo.

Has anyone here ever seen fungus mold or mildew grow directly on soap? I know I never have so I am thinking that it has an anti-bad stuff component that staves this off, which is one of the reasons we wash with it. So a shave brush should be protected.

However if you use preshave oil, sometimes a brush will get "clogged up" by it and that's when you shampoo it out.