What soap/cream did you use today?

I had the pleasure of using the Blackbird Ti this past week with both baseplates and that lite is very smooth but nicely efficient especially for the everyday shaver.

Yes, Frank, the Blackbird Lite Ti is a pleasure to shave with! It feels so mild, yet it gives such a smooth shave, even after only two passes. I don't have the standard Blackbird baseplate yet (but it's in my shopping basket!). How would you compare the Blackbird Ti to the stainless steel version? Completely different beasts?

Hi Bouki

So I have both baseplates in the Ti Blackbird that a friend sent me to use as I’m in the process of evaluating my razors as I want to get down to only a few. 
In the past as some on here may know  when I called another shaving forum my home I had a thread where I was doing Shave Offs using two razors in one shave and comparing them for things like efficiency or as some call aggressiveness or effectiveness. Also maneuverability., Smoothness, balance etc. I’ve shaved with many different Blackbirds from the very first version in SS right up to a couple of years ago.  I honestly never loved the various different SS BB’s. Could I get a good shave out f then? Yes but I had other razors that were much more pleasant to shave with. Well only about a year or so ago a shaving friend sent me the original Ti Blackbird and I was blown away as how much better I enjoyed it than any SS BB I had shaved with and I started a thread in the Double Edge razor section on here.  I didn’t buy one as I was going back and forth on do I want the matte finish or polished that was coming out. So now I find myself with the latest version of the Ti and with  both baseplates.  For me I very much prefer the BB Ti to the SS version. For me the Ti is smoother, is better balanced and is more maneuverable, all of which means a lot to me at this point in my wet shaving journey of almost 23 yrs.  The regular baseplate definitely has more blade feel than the lite plate but with a sharp blade and using no pressure and doing some skin stretching I get a very comfortable shave. I’ve used it with both a hand stropped Feather and a Polsilver blue blade and both have been great in the razor.
Just my opinion of course.

FWIW Bouki,  I am of the same mind as Frank.  The first thing I did when I got my Ti Blackbird was to shave with it three days straight, which is more often then usual for me.  For me, the Ti runs circles around the SS version in every respect.  It is still amply efficient, yet much smoother, better balanced, and more manoeuvrable.  I do not always find the Ti vs SS difference so striking, for example, not so much between the Ti and SS Timeless 095.

Fine Accoutrements / American Blend

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Thu ° Rose ° Day

Thursday May 11, 2023
Razor: Weck Medical Prep
Blade: Personna Hair Shaper
Brush: Lutin/Badger
Soap: Ethos Shave MD
AS 1: Witch Hazel
AS 2: Ethos Shave MD SFS
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,648

After being spurred on by MarkB to pick Ethos Shave MD soap andSplash for today's shave I figured I'd use the Lutin Brush acquired from Mark (Shave MD) and then complete the ensemble by using the Weck Med Prep Razor. I didn't intend it to be an afternoon shave but my FIL decided to add the ER to the ensemble at 6:30 so took him there before I had a shave or coffee. He's being treated and getting transferred to Lexington VA now to get his dialysis and follow up for a few days on the Pneumonia and Congestive Heart Failure. They say whenit rains it pours but no one ever says when the pouring stops.......Great shave with a great set up and hope all have a great day !

Thu ° Rose ° Day

Truly an all time great: best rose soap ever encountered

BARRISTER MANN * LaVanille 

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Grooming Dept - L'Avventura (Kairos)

Right on NEROLI!

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Traveling this week. Woefully behind.
Thu°Rose°day next, but earlier soaps below :

ABC
Confluence! Love this one. Make more DG!

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