Feather Pro Super - Hawk V3A - Super Aggressive Shave
Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors.
Pre-Shave: Geo F Trumper Skin Food
Soap / Cream: Southern Witchcraft Incorporeal
Razor: Razorock Hawk V3A
Blade: Feather Pro Super
Post Shave: Barrister & Mann Muir Wood balm
Result: 8.5
10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG
9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest
8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest
7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest
6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere
5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there.
4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.
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The Daily Shave #40 - Razor Emporium / REX 1955
Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors.
Pre-Shave: RE Block
Soap / Cream: REX 1955
Razor: Merkur 42C
Blade: Derby Extra
Post Shave: Barrister & Mann Spice Splash
Result: 7.5
10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG
9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest
8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest
7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest
6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere
5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there.
4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.
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The Daily Shave #33
Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors.
Pre-Shave: GFT Spanish Leather Skin Food
Soap / Cream: Noble Otter Tahiti
Razor: Vintage Gillette Super Speed
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Post Shave: Barrister & Mann Muir balm
Result: 7.5 close, 8 comfort, but I did have a couple weepers where I had some pre-existing bumps.
10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG
9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest
8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest
7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest
6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere
5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there.
4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.
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The Daily Shave #32 - Hawk V3A DFS
Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors.
Pre-Shave: GFT Skin Food Spanish Leather
Soap / Cream: Noble Otter Tahiti
Razor: Razorock Hawk V3A
Blade: Feather Pro
Post Shave: GFT Skin Food Spanish Leather
Result: DFS and very comfy. An excellent low effort every day shave.
10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG
9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest
8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest
7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest
6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere
5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there.
4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.
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The Daily Shave #28
Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors.
Pre-Shave: GFT Skin Food Spanish Leather
Soap / Cream: Razorock Don Marco
Razor: Razorock Hawk V3 A
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild
Post Shave: GFT Skin Food Spanish Leather
Result:8.5 (two pass shave, XTG/ATG
10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG
9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest
8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest
7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest
6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere
5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there.
4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.
Cantina Blues - Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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The Daily Shave #27 - Razorock Don Marco
Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors.
Pre-Shave: Forgot
Soap / Cream: Razorock Don Marco
Razor: Razorock Hawk V3 A
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild
Post Shave: Geo F Trumper Skin Food - Spanish Leather
Result: 8 for closeness and 8 for comfort. Forgetting the pre-shave product really does matter for comfort and while I thought I did better on the closeness, the lack of cleanup cost me some. I didn't feel like going to the extra effort though, and it's still a very nice shave.
10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG
9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest
8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest
7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest
6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere
5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there.
4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.
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The Daily Shave #26 Should I shave in a Kilt?
Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors.
Pre-Shave: Geo F Trumper Skin Food
Soap / Cream: Razorock Don Marco cream
Razor: Razorock Hawk V3 Aggressive
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild
Post Shave: GFT Spanish Leather Skin Food
Result: 9 for closeness, 9 for comfort. Great shave.
The spots it felt like I missed mostly faded away once my face relaxed.
10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG
9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest
8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest
7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest
6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere
5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there.
4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.
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The Daily Shave #25
Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors.
Pre-Shave: GFT Skin Food Spanish Leather
Soap / Cream: Southern Witchcraft Incorporeal
Razor: Razorock Hawk V3 - Aggressive plate
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild (Pink)
Post Shave: More Spanish Leather Skin Food
Result: 9 on comfort, 8.5 again on closeness.
I need to figure out the areas that are not getting perfectly shaved due to the wider blade format. I have some ideas.
10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG
9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest
8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest
7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest
6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere
5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there.
4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.
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The Daily Shave #24 - Razorock Hawk V3 Aggressive First Shave
First shave with the Razorock Hawk V3 with the aggressive plate and a Kai Captain Titan Mild blade. I've never used an artist club razor and this is the best made modern razor I've used. It's hard to compare it to my vintage Super Speed, they're so completely different.
It was an excellent shave and while I need to refine my technique, I'm very pleased with the Hawk.
Pre-Shave: GFT Spanish Leather Skin Food
Soap / Cream: Southern Witchcraft Incorporeal
Razor: Razorock Hawk V3 Aggressive
Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild (Pink)
Post Shave: Barrister & Mann Muir Wood balm
Result: 9 closeness and 8.5 comfort overall. My technique needs work but overall it was very nice.
10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG
9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest
8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest
7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest
6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere
5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there.
4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.
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The Daily Shave #23 - Irish Themed
According to YT a huge chunk of my audience is in Ireland so I thought I'd bias the music this time. Sorry, this was the best I could find on the YT audio library.
Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors.
Pre-Shave: Spanish Leather Skin Food
Soap / Cream: Southern Witchcraft Incorporeal
Razor: Vintage 40's style undated Super Speed
Blade: Personna Lab Blue (2)
Post Shave: More Spanish Leather Skin Food
Result: 8.5 for closeness and comfort. Considering how fast I went and how much buffing I did, not bad at all.
10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG
9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest
8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest
7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest
6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere
5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there.
4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.
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