Shaving notes of the MaineYooper

Guess what next Wednesday is, go on, guess! 



Well, yes, it is that. But it is also 


GROUND HOG DAY!

Ethos Clean
Kai DE blade (3)
Omega Jade
Karve Overlander

TL;DR It lived up to the hype.

A 60 sec load time yields plenty of lather with the bigger boars I am using this week. I could have gone less, but I wanted everything as ideal as possible for the first outing of the Overlander. I used my Christopher Bradley with the B plate the last two days and had great shaves. I love the comfortable feel of the SB-B plate, and if I am careful with maintaining the proper angle (versus over shaving!) I can get a glass smooth finish. That is where I want to start from.

The Overlander was very easy for me to find and keep the proper angle, and I really didn't have to think about it. That reminds me of the injector shaves. I tried "riding the cap" and that resulted in the blade lifting too high off of my face. Other DE razors that didn't get along with me had best angles that I found hard to maintain without really focusing on the shave. And too much blade feel. That combo reduces my enjoyment of the shave. YMMV. 

And it shaves very close, without that blade feel. After 2 passes I could have stopped with a DFS, but I have grown accustomed (thanks to single edge shaving!) to having glass-like smoothness over the majority of my face with minimal irritation or discomfort. Only a couple of swirly growth spots prevent the classic BBS. So I strive for RCS, Really Comfortable Shave. The C should probably be squared to include Close, but Comfort is the main goal. [Note: I totally stole the RCS acronym, and I wish I could remember who from in order to give him credit. I believe he posted it on B&B some years ago.]

Three passes and I have achieved my goal and exceeded my expectations! While many have posted that the Overlander shaves like a SB-B plate, it gives the closeness of a SB-C or SB-D plate. Both those plates got me closely shaven, but comfort was diminished, sometimes greatly. The SB-B plate, for me, shaves how Marko had described one of the Rockwell 6S plates as "Look ma, no hands!" (I have always loved that comment, and there are only a few razors I can be so care-free with and get a great shave.) I had feared that the shave comparison would be hype, or that my face wouldn't agree. I mean, some folks say the Vector is a pussy cat! Yet try as I might, I couldn't get it to purr for me. I didn't get scratched, but shaving had my on my toes! Whereas the General and the Hawk purr for me.  I am happy to report that for my face, no drama, not edge of the seat "am I gonna live through this," just a very close and very comfortable shave. That is bliss to me, and what I want for daily shaves. 

The next step is to shave for the rest of the week with the Overlander and make sure it stays comfy as a daily shaver. I will report back this weekend, life permitting! Carry on, my friends, and may you have a great remainder of the week!

I KNEW u would like it a lot. The Karve B and ATT M1 are drama free comfortable close free shaves. I love this razor. In my ring of honor and weekly rotation. Congrats man. It is a pretty razor as well....love the handle

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Ethos Clean
Kai DE blade (3)
Omega Jade
Karve Overlander

TL;DR It lived up to the hype.

A 60 sec load time yields plenty of lather with the bigger boars I am using this week. I could have gone less, but I wanted everything as ideal as possible for the first outing of the Overlander. I used my Christopher Bradley with the B plate the last two days and had great shaves. I love the comfortable feel of the SB-B plate, and if I am careful with maintaining the proper angle (versus over shaving!) I can get a glass smooth finish. That is where I want to start from.

The Overlander was very easy for me to find and keep the proper angle, and I really didn't have to think about it. That reminds me of the injector shaves. I tried "riding the cap" and that resulted in the blade lifting too high off of my face. Other DE razors that didn't get along with me had best angles that I found hard to maintain without really focusing on the shave. And too much blade feel. That combo reduces my enjoyment of the shave. YMMV. 

And it shaves very close, without that blade feel. After 2 passes I could have stopped with a DFS, but I have grown accustomed (thanks to single edge shaving!) to having glass-like smoothness over the majority of my face with minimal irritation or discomfort. Only a couple of swirly growth spots prevent the classic BBS. So I strive for RCS, Really Comfortable Shave. The C should probably be squared to include Close, but Comfort is the main goal. [Note: I totally stole the RCS acronym, and I wish I could remember who from in order to give him credit. I believe he posted it on B&B some years ago.]

Three passes and I have achieved my goal and exceeded my expectations! While many have posted that the Overlander shaves like a SB-B plate, it gives the closeness of a SB-C or SB-D plate. Both those plates got me closely shaven, but comfort was diminished, sometimes greatly. The SB-B plate, for me, shaves how Marko had described one of the Rockwell 6S plates as "Look ma, no hands!" (I have always loved that comment, and there are only a few razors I can be so care-free with and get a great shave.) I had feared that the shave comparison would be hype, or that my face wouldn't agree. I mean, some folks say the Vector is a pussy cat! Yet try as I might, I couldn't get it to purr for me. I didn't get scratched, but shaving had my on my toes! Whereas the General and the Hawk purr for me.  I am happy to report that for my face, no drama, not edge of the seat "am I gonna live through this," just a very close and very comfortable shave. That is bliss to me, and what I want for daily shaves. 

The next step is to shave for the rest of the week with the Overlander and make sure it stays comfy as a daily shaver. I will report back this weekend, life permitting! Carry on, my friends, and may you have a great remainder of the week!

I KNEW u would like it a lot. The Karve B and ATT M1 are drama free comfortable close free shaves. I love this razor. In my ring of honor and weekly rotation. Congrats man. It is a pretty razor as well....love the handle

Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

Thanks, Tommy. You knew right!

Crown King scuttle
Vintage Williams
Communion (Trotter Handcrafts)/28mm MR premium boar
Karve Overlander
Kai (4)


I had to take a break from the Ethos Clean to participate in William's Wednesday. A very good lather gave a very good shave! Today will be the test, can the Overlander keep me smooth as long a single edge shave? Stay tuned, we are going to find out!

And, through some very nice circumstances falling into place, I am adopting a Jayaruh handle, with the knot provided by me and set by Jim (Jayaruh)! Very excited to use this brush!
This is the finished product photo Jim sent me. The wood is Bolivian rosewood. The knot is a 26mm MR premium boar.

Crown King scuttle
Vintage Williams
Communion (Trotter Handcrafts)/28mm MR premium boar
Karve Overlander
Kai (4)


I had to take a break from the Ethos Clean to participate in William's Wednesday. A very good lather gave a very good shave! Today will be the test, can the Overlander keep me smooth as long a single edge shave? Stay tuned, we are going to find out!

And, through some very nice circumstances falling into place, I am adopting a Jayaruh handle, with the knot provided by me and set by Jim (Jayaruh)! Very excited to use this brush!
This is the finished product photo Jim sent me. The wood is Bolivian rosewood. The knot is a 26mm MR premium boar.

Oh, that one was yours...... GORGEOUS

Crown King scuttle
Vintage Williams
Communion (Trotter Handcrafts)/28mm MR premium boar
Karve Overlander
Kai (4)


I had to take a break from the Ethos Clean to participate in William's Wednesday. A very good lather gave a very good shave! Today will be the test, can the Overlander keep me smooth as long a single edge shave? Stay tuned, we are going to find out!

And, through some very nice circumstances falling into place, I am adopting a Jayaruh handle, with the knot provided by me and set by Jim (Jayaruh)! Very excited to use this brush!
This is the finished product photo Jim sent me. The wood is Bolivian rosewood. The knot is a 26mm MR premium boar.

Those brushes look awesome. You can’t beat the beauty of a natural medium.

Congrats Eric.  Looks like you've snagged some pretty fine hauls.     

So is this what Tabac users aspire to be?! 





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From Wikipedia 

Peter Paul Wyngarde (born Cyril Goldbert,[1] 23 August 1927[disputed – discuss] – 15 January 2018)[2] was a British television, stage and film actor from the late 1940s to the mid 1990s. He was best known for portraying the character Jason King, a bestselling novelist turned sleuth, in two television series: Department S (1969–70) and Jason King (1971–72). His flamboyant dress sense and stylish performances led to success, and he was considered a style icon in Britain and elsewhere in the early 1970s.

What do Tabac users aspire to be? Are Tabac users iconically stylish in their own time period, whether 1959, 1970's. or the 2020's?

Yes to Peter Wyngarde. No to Napoleon Dynamite’s brother.