29 October-4 November 2017

Razor: Gillette Fatboy
Blade: Feather
Brush: Rick Montalvo Gray Wolf
Soap: Wholly Kow Jamestown Gentleman
Balm: Institute Karite
Finish: Dior for Men

Tobacco Tuesday
Outstanding shave from WSP today, a less talked about artisan, but one that provides top notch products. The soap yielded slick lather to the boar and built easily on my face. The matching balm is one of the best I've used and it includes a nice menthol chill.
Prep: PAA Cube
Soap: WSP Tobacco Formula T
Brush: Stirling Boar
Razor: Rockwell 6sR6
Blade: voskhod ??
AS: WSP Tobacco Balm

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

RR Baby Smooth
Gillette Silver Blue
RazoRock Chubby Extra Silvertip
RazoRock Zi' Peppino
ABC Tobacco Verde Milk
Penhaligon's Sartorial EdT

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John

SOTD: 10.31.17

OCtober 31, 2017

Love Your Shave Two Band
MDC Agrumes
Rhodium & Gold Gillette New LC
Personna 74 Tungsten
Fine Italian Citrus
Terre D'Hermes

31 October 2017

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Graphite Black
* Iridium Super
* Shavemac Americana XL Unique 2-Band 35mm
* L&L Marshlands
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

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Tuesday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Stirling Margaritas in the Arctic
Razor: Gillette NEW Long Comb
Blade: Personna Med Prep (Shave #1)
Brush: Elite Razor/TGN Grade A Silvertip-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Stirling Executive Man w/Menthol

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Stirling MITA today. 20 seconds to load the Elite Razor/TGN Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. I loaded a new Personna Med Prep in the Gillette NEW LC. Excellent smooth, close shave. I finished with Stirling Executive Man w/Menthol aftershave.

Bob

The Month in Review:

This month was a series of comparison pairings with Open Comb razors that was broken into two parts. In the first Phase five Gillette OCs were paired with five newer OCs.  Surprisingly, the newer razors actually came out on top in three of the five pairings.

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The first phase:

•  RazoRock Old Type vs a 1918 made Gillette Old Style and the RR was significantly more comfortable and more efficient.
  
• Merkur 1904 vs Gillette No Date Code No Serial number Old Style and they were really close but the Gillette just slightly better.
  
•  Merkur 25C vs Gillette New LC; this pair were so close it was just the Gillette still showing original gold plating that made it the winner.
  
•  Fatip Grande vs Gillette New SC and the Fatip Grande was significantly more comfortable with the same shave result.
  
•  Finally an ATT S2 vs a Gillette Sheraton where surprisingly the S2 was more efficient than the Sheraton.
  
  

The second phase:

In the second phase the best from the first phase were pitted against five different OC razors as well as different blade formats and three additional OC razors added at the end.

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• The RazoRock Old Type against a different 1918 made Gillette Old Style and again, the RR rocked.
  
• The No date code Gillette Old Type vs a GEM MMOC; close but the Gillette was more comfortable.
  
• The Gillette LC vs a Durham Duplex and surprisingly the Durham Duplex was much more comfortable and as efficient.
  
• The Fatip Grande vs a Valet AutoStrop VC1 with a despined GEM blade; close again but the Fatip slightly better.
  
• This is actually a trilogy with an ATT S2 vs ATTSE2 with a Feather AC blade & a R2 with the same blade that was in the S2; of the three the S2 was by far the most comfortable.
  
• The final two were a Fatip Piccolo and one of my Rolls Razors and again those were pretty close.
  

So that was OCtober 2017.

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