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Razor: Mongoose B1 Razor
Blade: Feather Artist Club Pro
Soap: House of Atlas Shave Cream
Brush: Charcoal Goods Silvertip 24mm
Aftershave: Thayer's Rose petal witch hazel
Aftershave: Duke Cannon Ice Cold Aftershave
Fragrance: Coty Aspen
Love seeing a Mongoose
Head shave:
Above the Tie SE1 (2016)
Brush: Thater travel brush
Suds: Dr. Jon’s Anne Bonny
One of my favorite twists on a bay rum scent.
Enjoy your shave.
Tom
Cold Water Rinse
WSP Formula T Pumpkin Pie Shave Soap
Jayaruh #1 Badger
Gem Jr. Bar Lather Catcher
Personna Gem SS PTFE
Aqua Velva After Shave
The WSP Formula T Pumpkin Pie Shave Soap lathered well with Jayaruh #1 Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gem Jr. Bar Lather Catcher Razor and a Personna Gem SS PTFE blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Aqua Velva After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
Razor: Vintage Gillette - 1956 Ball End Tech DE Safety Razor - Made in U.S.A. Blade: Personna - Gem Platinum Diamond Glide Double Edge Blades. Bowl: Lathered in AliExpress - Chinese Made - Navy Ceramic Lathering Bowl. Soap/Cream: Razor Emporium - 2026 Meetup - Limited Edition - Shave Soap Sample - Made in U.S.A. Brush/Instrument: Phoenix Shaving, aka PAA - Moon Stryker Synthetic Generation One - Made in Asia. Extra Stuff: Witch Hazel. Shave Rating: DAM FINE SHAVE, VERY Close to BBS as you could want.
Comments: Using my Vintage Gillette - 1956 Ball End Tech, DE Safety Razor, with a Personna - Gem Platinum Diamond Glide Double Edge Blades. I really like this Razor & Blade combo, efficient, sharp, blade is super sharp. Almost prefect, but noting is perfect.
Today was normal routine, Three Pass Shave, better than NORMAL DFS results, close as could be to a BBS but not BBS. TECHNIQUE IS KEY TO GOOD SHAVES, Razor, Blade, Brush, & last Shave Soap, Croap, or Cream. THREE DIRECTIONS TODAY, yielded a DFS, almost BBS result.
My Soap was Razor Emporium - 2026 Meetup - Limited Edition - Soap Sample, I got at Arizona Wet Shave Meetup February 2026, at Razor Emporium Shop in Phoenix, Arizona. Like this Soap because you use so little, it is pretty easy to Lather, and it leaves my Face in wonderful condition post Shave. This Soaps Base IMHO is close to PAA’s CK-6, like the 2023 Meetup Edition Soap.
Honestly I use a Baskin Robbins - 31 Flavors, FREE TASTE Spoon. Use like a Level Spoon of this Soap scooped into my Shave Bowl, Damp Brush, and about a Full Teaspoon H2O applied by atomizer. THICK CREAM LATHER is end results. Product is super easy to work with even a Caveman could do it. This Soap does the three things well, Soaps need to do, Wet & Soften Beard, Provide Slick Shave Surface, and last leave Skin nice post Shave. This Soap Sample hit a home-run for me, it preformed wonderful. Not sure it ever became a regular offer from Razor Emporium.
Still using New AliExpress - Chinese Made - Navy Ceramic Lathering Bowl works some much better then the Plastic AliExpress Lathering Bowl with Flower Pattern, this New Lather Bowl was under $7.00, snd I would call it a Best Buy. It sort of poor mans copy of a Captain’s Choice - Ceramic Lather Bowl.
This Razor, Blade, Soap combo works better than great, for a 70 Year Old Vintage. Correct me if you disagree BUT IMHO IT ALL ABOUT Technique, Technique, Technique, is way more important than SHAVING TOOLS. Never ever will chase BBS, Skin problems, why do I need too? DFS is good enough for me, this Non Tallow Based Soap provided some extra slick to my shave, over all results were DFS.+++.
Razor: Aylsworth Atelier Razor
Blade: Feather Artist Club Pro
Soap: Prosaso Bowl Sensitive Skin
Brush: Alpha Brush & Shaving Company Classic Royal Blue Shaving Brush
Aftershave: Duke Cannon Ice Cold Aftershave
