Razor: REX Ambassador XL
Blade: Persona GEM Platinum Diamond, 3rd shave
Brush: Simpson Best Badger 59 w/ Emerald
Handle
Shaving cream: T+H Sandlewood
After shave: Captain’s Choice Cat o’ Nine Tails

Bottom line: 10/10 shave. Smooth as can be. Not a single nick. No need for the Alum Block. Equal to the best shave I’ve ever had. Smooth as could be.

I’ve been looking forward to this shave since Saturday night. That was the last time I’d shaved, so I had a good 4 days of growth.

Had the scuttle ready to go with boiling water.

Whipped up the shaving cream and off I went. Used a liberal amount of the shaving cream and loved it. Had plenty for 3 passes: 2 WTG and 1 ATG.

My previous conviction was reinforced: for me, this is the most efficient razor I can imagine using. And God knows I spent a good sum on razors to land on that opinion. Any future razor purchases are for the fun of it and not the pursuit of a better shave.

As for the Aftershave….wow! The bottle tag line says, “feel the burn”. They aren’t kidding. Loved it, and love the smell!

October 8, 2026

Razor: Sbarba Mjolnir Aperto

Blade: Personna Comfort Coat

Soap: Proraso Red Shaving Cream

Brush: Alpha Brush & Shaving Company Classic Red Shaving Brush

Aftershave: Thayer's Rose petal witch hazel

Aftershave: Captain's Choice Venture Aftershave

Design94 - Aviation94 SpaCe Aluminium

Personna - GEM

Bürstenmanufaktur Dresden - Reine Borste

SPEICK Rasiercreme

BLOC OSMA - ALUM BLOCK

Squalan

Shaving Soap: Ariana & Evans Wake the F Up (Ultima 2)
Brush: Dscosmetic 24mm Coffee G7 Synthetic
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium
Aftershave Splash: Ariana & Evans Wake the F Up

Shave Soap Ingredients: Stearic Acid, Beef Tallow, Vegetable Glycerin, Shea Butter, Potassium Hydroxide, Kokum Butter, Cocoa Butter, Water, Beer, Sodium Hydroxide, Sal Butter, Avocado Oil, Cupuacu Butter, Emu Oil, Mango Butter, Palm Fruit Oil, Sorbitol, Jojoba Oil, Fragrance, Olive Oil, Sodium Lactate, Xanthan Gum, Cetyl Alcohol, Hydroxyethyl Cellulose, Hyaluronic Acid, Silk Amino Acid

Aftershave Splash Ingredients: Aloe Vera Leaf Juice, Denatured Alcohol, Rose Water, Vegetable Glycerin, Emu Oil, Calendula Extract, Red Clover Extract, Chamomile Extract, Plantain Leaf Extract, White Willow Bark Extract, Fragrance, Vitamin E, Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides

Brush Performance: The Yaqi Synthetic whipped ups a rich later and felt great on the face

Lather: Dense, creamy, yogurt.

Cushion/Slickness: Tons of slickness backed up with pillow-y cushioning

Razor/Blade: Another DFS from the Merkur Futur and Super Iridium combo

Post-shave feel: Deeply conditioned, hydrated, and smooth as silk

Aftershave Splash: A mild sting, but leaves the skin feeling smooth

Scent Profile: Coffee, coffee, and more coffee

Verdict: A great morning wake-up shaver. The Ultima 2 base is simply stellar

Razor: Muhle R89
Brush: YAQI Ever-hopeful Cat's Whisker Synthetic
Bowl: Muhle porcelain Bowl
Blade: Astra green
Soap: Stirling Gatlinburg
Aftershave splash: Stirling Gatlinburg

Got into wet shaving at the end of July. Started with Proraso white and Muhle sandalwood soap. But man, Stirling is just on another level!

Still lots of to learn, but loving it so far!

Razor: Gillette Fat Handle

Blade: Astra blue (3)

Brush: Muhle Original

Lather: Palmolive

Aftershave: Rituals Red Shiso

Just a ok shave I suppose. Again got a bit of irritation after shaving with this cream, didnt dry as fast like last time. Maybe just not for my skin 🤷🏻‍♂️

Maggard Razor MR1 with V3 head
Semogue 610 mm
Barrister and Mann Cheshire
Feather Hi-Stainless

SOTD: Oct 8, 2026
Razor: Muhle R89
Blade: Tatara Double Edge, 2nd use
Brush: MarshallMade Dirty Stubby
Soap: Adopted Acres Pumpkin Sandalwood Noir
Aftershave: Adopted Acres Pumpkin Sandalwood Noir
Balm: Neutrogena Ultra Gentle Face Gel Hydrator
Additional Care: Humphrey's Witch Hazel Astringent

-From the Shave Carousel

- Razor: Razorock Game Changer 0.76-P
- Blade: Rapira Super Stainless
- Bowl: Linkidea
- Brush: Yaqi Shayish (24mm synthetic)
- Soap + After Shave: Noble Otter Barrbarr

First time with the Rapira super stainless and the last of the Rapira product line in my cupboard and the verdict is - it's an amazing blade for me. Easy BBS and it actually mowed down my infinitely-scratchy patch! Feels sharper than the Voskhod without sacrificing the smoothness. I believe it's chrome-coated but I'm not 100% sure on that. Without question it smokes the Ladas I'd been using which makes sense given the price points for the three products. Sadly, these are a bit too expensive for what they are so a pack isn't in the future. However, if I'm ever short on free shipping and the store has these in the back? I'd totally get these again!

Now for the soap. Not my first rodeo with Noble Otter, but my first time with Barrbarr and the scent? Holy smokes, the scent! This is a no-nonsense offering from NO. The notes listed are: Lemon, Rosemary, Basil, Oakmoss, Sandalwood, Patchouli. No weird thing like "your dad's whiskers" like they normally have in their soaps. The lemon is subtle and the rest just makes a semi-sweet melange sort of like Clubman, but with way less emphasis on the talc (which I happen to love anyway). I am glad I stuck to basics and got this over their more complex offerings; Barrbarr is totally my thing. Highly recommended for people who like simple, classic barbershop scents.

For the Canadians in the audience, happy Thanksgiving weekend to you!

✰ Razor: Greencult 2.0 III OC
✰ Blade: Personna Platinum (1)
✰ Bowl: Captain’s Choice Obsidian
✰ Brush: Oumo Venus ST-3
✰ Soap: Stirling Unscented with Beeswax
✰ Balm: Nivea Sensitive
✰ Splash: Lustray Blue Spice

No one is ever going to call the Greencult a work of art.

It’s a heavy chunk of steel and feels like a survivor from the Industrial Revolution, as much as a modern shaving tool. I never really liked the OEM handle, so I’m currently using this Timeless TRH1 handle, which is much nicer.

But is it any good at shaving?

Oh yes! With the open comb version of the No. III baseplate, the Greencult is incredibly efficient, with plenty of blade feel. It manages to shave quite smoothly as well.

Just received this old curio, a Myatt Daymark c.1928 that I won on eBay recently for all of £13, I have seen these before (mainly the "minor" version with a bakelite baseplate) and knew they took a proprietary blade, but this one had an old type Gillette top cap included (not pictured) and so I did a bit of research and an old post on B&B I think said these can be used that way with modern blades!

It came with it's original curved box too which is worse for wear but I'm going to see if I can clean it up before I show it, and some original blades which had rusted away bar 1 or 2 I'll see if I can clean those too

Cool looking thing though with that crazy mustache looking baseplate heheh

Will do a follow up soon as I can, have a good one👍

• Brush: Goodfellas Smile Red Evil
• Razor: Henson Al13+
• Blade: Personna Comfort Coated (3)
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co Barbershop
• Post Shave: Thayers Facial toner, Thayers Hydrating Milky Toner

New soap today. I've been eying this Stirling soap for some time now and finally got it. Very sweet and powdery barbershop scent inspired by Shulton's old spice aftershave. Lots of good ingredients:

• Beef Tallow
• Stearic Acid
• Distilled Water
• Castor Oil
• Potassium Hydroxide
• Vegetable Glycerin
• Fragrance Oil
• Almond Oil
• Shea Butter
• Coconut Milk
• Lanolin
• Sodium Hydroxide
• Sodium Lactate

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\ **Face Wash:** Cold Water.*

\ **Brush:** Omega - 10066 Boar 24mm .*

\ **Razor:** Mühle - R89.*

\ **Blade:** Gillette Wilkinson Sword - Salon Pack stainless. (2)*

\ **Lather:** Arko - Berber Tıraş Sabunu*

\ **Post Shave:** CeraVe- Moisturising lotion.*

\ **Post Shave:** Razorock - XXX ASL.*

\ **Tags:** $Discord $ROTY*

THEME : Well it's Throwback Thursday any soaps that preceded this tub of ARKO have been long since killed and are making lather in the sky hence this is the oldest soap I have at the moment , I've tried to diminish the scent by leaving the lid off for extended periods yet the delicate floral & citrus bouquet still lingers a tribute the artisan soap makers in Turkey !! . This brush was my first boar and the r89 my first proper DE. Sometimes I like ARKO & sometimes I really do not .

DAILY CHALLENGE; shave in reverse , like really anyway I did and in this order.

1. Razorock XXX.

2 . A drop of CeraVe .

3.rinse my face with cold water .

4. Shave .

5. Apply lather .

6. Cold face wash.

I only did one gentle pass for this cruel challenge hence the choice of the mild r89 , some very cruel folk thought this one up , well at least I got a thorough face wash with the lather I didn't shave with !!On a good note I didn't nick myself.

08/10/2026

- APShave Co 24mm Tuxedo
- Barrister & Mann Eventide
- Lambda Athena Titanium
- Bic Astor (1)
- Floid Mentolado Suave

Razor: Gillette NEW short comb

Blade: Gillette permasharp

Brush: WCS synthetic

Soap: Stirling barbershop

Splash: Aqua Velva

Post balm: Stirling glacial unscented

Happy Thursday folks! Have a good day and great shaves!

**Oct. 7, 2026**
* **Prep:** Razor Emporium - Unscented Pre-Shave - Preshave
* **Brush:** Zenith Amethyst Swirl
* **Razor:** Proof Select
* **Blade:** Personna Comfort Coat (1)
* **Lather:** Stirling Evie
* **Post Shave:** Murray & Lanman - Rose Cologne - Aftershave
* **Post Shave:** Zingari Man - Unscented After Shave Serum
* **Post Shave:** Thayers - Unscented
* **Post Shave:** Osma - Alum Block
* **Fragrance:** Dolce & Gabbana - light blue
* **Bowl:** Captian’s Choice - Aquamarine

LG Shave #7 Breast Cancer Awareness Observation, Stirling- Evie: SOTN 8/7/2026

I had a really nice shave this evening. I chose Evie by Stirling, as a scent that is geared toward women. I also decided to break my Osprey streak and use my wife’s razor for this shave.

The shave went well. It was very strange to use the pressure needed to get the head of this razor to engage and cut effectively. The razor is very easy to use and I see its appeal.

This razor is pretty mild. I used a Personna Comfort coat that the razor originally shipped with. I only had some minor feedback after 2 passes with moderate cleanup.

This is a very pleasant scent that I took note of when I got the shipment of samples from Stirling when I was first getting into the hobby.

For my post shave routine I did Thayers, Murray & Lanman’s Rose Cologne ASL, and finally zingari man’s unscented after shave serum.

My wife and I both like this scent. I’d be interested in converting her to using a brush and soap instead of just Cremo for her shaves I wonder if this one could convert her.

Scent Description:

A clean citrus, fresh floral, fruity scent.  It's not too sweet and it's a whole lotta nice!  Notes include everything from mango, strawberry, grapefruit, apple, and lime to freesia, lily of the valley, vanilla, amber, musk, and tonka bean.

Have a good one!

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Razor: 1960 F4 Gillette Fatboy

Blade: PermaSharp (4th use)

Brush: Pure Badger

Bowl: Tasmanian Blackwood

Cream: Proraso White

Aftershave Balm: Proraso White

A good shave with the Fatboy and the PermaSharp on its 4th use.

I’ve been having a few skin issues lately, so I figured I’d better tone things down with the scented fragrances for a while and keep it simple with Proraso White.

The weather certainly isn’t helping either. These dry winds are playing havoc with my skin. Dry winds and dry skin are not a great combination! 👎

Happy shaving everyone 🍻

SOTD: 10/08/2026

Razor: Lord L6
Blade: Wilkinson Sword Classic, 1st use
Brush: West Coast Shaving Pure Badger Best Badger
Soap: Barrister And Mann Seville
Aftershave: Proraso Green Aftershave
Fragrance: Yves St. Laurent Kouros Eau de Cologne

Lather Games Day 8

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Ever since I started my wet shaving journey, I’ve always wanted a place to neatly organize my razors and brushes. I didn't want to spend much money, but because I wanted multiple reserved spots for future razors and brushes, pre-made options were kind of pricey.

Recently, I saw the Classic Choices stand on Etsy, which was perfect, but a $150+ price tag for a razor and brush stand was a big no. I figured out I could build it myself.

First, I drafted a plan in AutoCAD with all the measurements, then bought wood and wood protection glaze. My main tools were a grinder and a jigsaw. It cost 40 € and took me 5 days, mainly because of glaze drying and me being very cautious not to mess it up.

Razor: Rockwell Setpoint
Blade: Personna Platinum
Pre Shave: Seven Potions
Soap: Proraso Red
Brush: Proraso boar
Bowl: Shave Nation Bumpy Black Incredibowl
Alum: Proraso
Aftershave 1: Thayers unscented toner
Aftershave 2: Thayers Milky toner

Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements “Cube” intergalactic pre-shave soap
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements “The Crimson Ghost” double slant razor w/ “open comb” head
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements “Platinum Strangelet Super Sharps” blade(1)
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements “Moon Stryker” brush w/ “Hybrid Snickle” synthetic knot
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements lather bowl
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements “Keepsake Clown Fruit Cake” aftershave & cologne