What soap/cream did you use today?

Mike's Lemongrass & Eucalyptus

Floris No. 89 shaving soap (tallow)

A&E Platinum Barbershop

Traditionnel v. (Le Père Lucien) lemon, rosemary, thyme, lavender, eucalyptus

A stiff boar brush and the flat of my palm made an especially slick, dense lather this morning. It’s not often that I palm lather. That’s a surprise since I almost always get splendid results. It can be messy, but I can always coax so much water into a handmade lather, and that makes for an especially smooth shave.

So far I’ve got twelve shaves out of this Gilette Silver Blue blade. I used to change my blade after five shaves, three if it was a Feather. Lately though my blades have been far more durable. What am I doing different? I’ve been dismantling my razor after each session to let the blade dry separate from the other parts. Somehow this seems to keep the blade sharp longer. I hear of some shavers getting forty to fifty shaves out of a single blade. I wonder what they're doing.

LPL Original Scent. Love it.

This is pretty good stuff, wish it was juuuuust a little slicker but it checks all the other boxes.

Proraso Green Menthol Shave Cream

Traditionnel v. (Le Père Lucien) lemon, rosemary, thyme, lavender, eucalyptus


So far I’ve got twelve shaves out of this Gilette Silver Blue blade. I used to change my blade after five shaves, three if it was a Feather. Lately though my blades have been far more durable. What am I doing different? I’ve been dismantling my razor after each session to let the blade dry separate from the other parts. Somehow this seems to keep the blade sharp longer. I hear of some shavers getting forty to fifty shaves out of a single blade. I wonder what they're doing.

Bouki, I do the same thing...I always remove the blade, simply dry it with my fingertips, and then store it separately from the razor. I currently have a Kai blade with ~28 uses on it. It doesn't tug or feel uncomfortable but it does take a little extra effort in the cleanup passes to get a BBS shave. Otherwise, I could easily walk away with a DFS shave.

I've always changed the blade because I felt like that was what I had to do. I'm finding, just like everything else in this wet-shaving hobby of ours, do what fits you best. So, I'll continue to experiment with that blade and see what happens