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- Fri May 31, 2019 11:27 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Williams Mug Shaving Soap is still horrible
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9230
Re: Williams Mug Shaving Soap is still horrible
I have zero trouble lathering modern Williams, but I use a synthetic brush which makes it much easier.
- Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:27 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Gillette Platinum Blue Box
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1820
Gillette Platinum Blue Box
By Blue Box I mean these which are as of now only available in Europe and you need to order off Ebay such as I did to get some: https://i.imgur.com/UTYLWmO.jpg Some reviewers were saying that these were smoother than the regular Platinum that has been available for years. This one: https://i.imgur.c...
- Fri Apr 06, 2018 7:37 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Schick Proline B-20
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1773
- Fri Apr 06, 2018 3:59 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Schick Proline B-20
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1773
Re: Schick Proline B-20
You will have to disgorge them one blade at a time and then load each one into an empty injector magazine. It's easy. You just have to be smarter than the razor.
- Fri Apr 06, 2018 7:08 am
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Schick Proline B-20
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1773
Schick Proline B-20
I see that Bullgoose is now selling this rare & touted injector blade here in the USA now:
https://bullgooseshaving.com/products/s ... -20-blades
https://bullgooseshaving.com/products/s ... -20-blades
- Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:30 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Williams Redux
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6560
- Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:21 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Williams Redux
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6560
Re: Williams Redux
MWF smells like the old female perfume White Shoulders if I recall.
- Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:30 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Williams Redux
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6560
Re: Williams Redux
Gee, I'm sorry I tried to offer merely a pointer on how to make this soap work. I'm done. 

- Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:28 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Williams Redux
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6560
Williams Redux
I use Glycerin to lube razor threads and also TTO mechanisms. On a whim I used a French formula for improving shave soap, but with a current made puck of Williams shave soap made in the USA. The biggest complaints against this modern version are that it can be a SOB to lather and lacks glide. I cut ...
- Tue Dec 26, 2017 4:29 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Tabula Rasa
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1660
Re: Tabula Rasa
pausted gifted me a small container of this and it is a superb vegan soap. It is very much like Sudsy Soapery vegan soaps IMO. These are two vegan soaps that bridge the tallow "gap" in performance IMO. The secret is to bowl lather as pausted said with these soaps and use very little water as opposed...
- Sat Dec 16, 2017 6:26 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Tabac inspired
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6143
Re: Tabac inspired
I have the soap and AS, but I find that the days between usage are further & further apart as the extremely powerful & lineal scent becomes overbearing. 

- Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:32 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Supply Provisions Injector Razor
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3257
Re: Supply Provisions Injector Razor
Not the G Model IMO.brothers wrote:My main issue with injectors, any brand or vintage, has been that they're all too mild and leave stubble. I haven't tried this new one. Maybe the next version will be quite a bit more efficient in removing whiskers.
- Tue Oct 31, 2017 4:48 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Speick Soap Stick
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4598
Re: Speick Soap Stick
FWIW, a perfect match scent wise for the Speick stick in an AS/Edt is this:
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Alf ... -1652.html
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Alf ... -1652.html
- Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:59 pm
- Forum: Shaving Brushes
- Topic: New brush envy - BOSS or tuxedo knots
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3606
Re: New brush envy - BOSS or tuxedo knots
I have a regular Tuxedo and also the fan shaped Tuxedo knot as well. It is the best synthetic knot money can buy now, bar none. I favor the fan shape as I face lather.
- Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:55 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: AOS unscented shaving cream compare to XPEC
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1427
- Mon Sep 11, 2017 6:44 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: For curiosity; Wilk sticky
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5343
Re: For curiosity; Wilk sticky
...As for carbon steel blades, Treet Dura Sharp blades (PTFE-coated carbon steel) are among my favorites. I prefer carbon steel for knives, as well. - Murray PTFE on baldes is new technology (post WWII) as was the Personna 74. That was what I was describing. I have used many Personna 74 blades and ...
- Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:39 am
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: For curiosity; Wilk sticky
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5343
Re: For curiosity; Wilk sticky
How the razor positions the blade is critical, and I think improvements have been made. I think an Edwin Jagger is more effective than most old Gillettes, and my Mergress (not as new as the EJ) certainly is. Gillette's design of adjustables was inherently flawed by the fact that they couldn't raise...
- Sun Sep 10, 2017 6:07 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: For curiosity; Wilk sticky
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5343
Re: For curiosity; Wilk sticky
Hi Clive - I think the market for vintage razors is soft, in general. The choice used to be between Merkur and vintage razors. Now there are so many new razors on the market - and they often outperform the classics - that demand for vintage razors has largely tanked. - Murray I do agree that nowada...
- Mon Sep 04, 2017 8:52 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: OSP - Obsessive Soap Perfectionist - UK
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3021
Re: OSP - Obsessive Soap Professional - UK
I have several samples of their soaps and they are indeed good, with their Orange Patchouli being my favorite.
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 3:37 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Gillette Rubie Double Edge Safety Razor Blades
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2858
Re: Gillette Rubie Double Edge Safety Razor Blades
One of the best modern Gillette blades made IMO. Try a sample here:
https://www.maggardrazors.com/product/g ... -5-blades/
Or here:
http://www.tryablade.com/blade/gillette-rubie-platinum
https://www.maggardrazors.com/product/g ... -5-blades/
Or here:
http://www.tryablade.com/blade/gillette-rubie-platinum