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Thursday, Thanksgiving Day Morning!:

Vitos Soft Italian Soap
Simpson Special Best Badger
Gem Damaskeene SE razor
Gem SS ptfe (3)
'70s vintage Yardley AS (my last drops- finished the bottle)

A great shave. I had to finish the Yardley eventually; Thanksgiving Day couldn't have been more appropriate.

Interesting.

If I'm too busy in the AM for my blade shave (since once again shaving with a blade) my day simply isn't "right". I like to take the time.

If I ever had to go back to carts' I'm certain I'd revert back to shaving every 3 or 4 days.

I put 'em in a steel can that once held broth. Once the can is filled I will toss it in with the rest of my recyclable metal and plastics. Same used blade container I use, except mine held evaporated milk. Suitably washed of course. I used a Dremel cut off wheel to grind a slot, once they're droppe...

Wednesday AM: Vitos Soft Italian soap Handcrafted badger brush Gillette Black Handle SS Polsilver SI (5) Bay Rum Yesterdays shave with this blade in the Slim told me that I'd be lucky to get another shave out of it. So I decided to try backing off on the aggressiveness. I put it back in the BH razor...

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After reading your SOTD I couldn't miss this.

Tuesday AM shave:

Rooney 3/1 SuperSilvertip
KMF cool mint
OCMM
Gem SS ptfe (2)
Menthol AS

Monday AM:

Blazingly hot towel face prep+
Simpson Special Pure badger
Speick stick
Slim set to 9
Polsilver Super Iridium(4)
Bay Rum

A duplicate shave to yesterdays pretty much. But I don't think I'll get 7 shaves from the blade.

Sunday Morning!!: KMF cool mint Simpson Special Best Badger Slim set to 9 Polsilver Super Iridium (3) Menthol AS I've been blade shaving for awhile and I thought I had experienced everything. Too, I'm blade testing and while I cringe when I decide to test a new blade (way too many crappy blades!), t...

Not sure, but I think they're saying it's dry and needs some water. Anyway, that's what ran through my mind when I first saw it. I like KMF, I don't know that I ever used glycerine with it. Never really had to. It's a pretty decent cream IMO. (cool mint) Too, it's quite useable with no brush or lath...

Hmm, read the posts, mine is missing. Busy this morning, I forgot/didn't have time to post. I did have time to shave however. Semogue 1438 VDH Gillette Black Handle SS Polsilver Super Iridium (2) bay rum I couldn't believe it, a super comfortable 2 pass BBS with touchups with a BH SS! Could it be th...

Some other stands that might work are test tube and stamp pad racks. Depends how many one has though.

For variety? Friday AM: Menthol Day Bigtime!! Blazingly hot towel for a few minutes (multiple immersions to keep it hot) Bigelow Cream w/added menthol Rooney 3/1 SS Gillette '40s gold Tech Polsilver Super Iridium (1- blade test) Menthol AS An extremely comfortable BBS. I don't think I could cut myse...

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Thursday AM:

Simpson Special Pure Badger
Todays Williams
OCMM SE razor (lefthand razor)
Ted Pella GEM SE ptfe coated blade
Bay Rum

They all seem to be highly rated and moderately priced. Who's your pick for lather quality and scent? Do you grate into a bowl or use as is? Stick to your guns and defend your answer! I voted for Arko simply for the best bang for the buck contest- it asked for favorite- that's mine. It's very diffi...

Wednesday AM: Simpson Special Best Badger Valobra stick Slim set to 9 Gillette 7 O'Clock black (7) Bay Rum The 7th shave on this blade puts it onto a pretty exclusive list of blades that meet my specs. One very nice blade. One very nice BBS shave. I decided my plan after my blade testing is finished...

In todays litigious society it wouldn't surprise me one whit if it was to prevent lawsuits. Or even perform multiple functions with the one statement. Maybe someone needs to make a safety razor blade, that is one that won't cut and is completely unuseable. Whoops! Sorry, it slipped my mind, one manu...

Interesting what can be read into that "Do not wipe". I assumed it was because of coatings.

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