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    • Lather: Tabac Stick (Vegan Formula)
    • Brush: AP Shave Co G5C 24mm
    • Razor: Gillette Old Type
    • Blade: Gillette Wilkinson Sword (India) (2)

    Tabac Tuesday! It has been rare that I shave on a Tuesday but I just recently moved to daily shaving so decided to do a Tabac Tuesday.

    How was the shave? Glad you asked. It was great! The lather was slick, the blade and razor combo made the shave efficient and smooth. Even after one WTG pass most of the hair was gone.


    • Lather: Noxzema Yellow Tube Cream
    • Brush: Razorock Big Bruce 26mm
    • Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable
    • Blade: Gillette Wilkinson Sword (India) (1)

    This blade was one that I really liked but I hadn’t used it in a while because I’ve been trying lots of other blades. I wasn’t sure if I would still feel the same about it before today’s shave. Well it turns out I still really like it. Smooth and Plenty sharp for me. It’s also fortunate I still like them because I have loads of them left.






    • Lather: Sweyn Forkbeard Mango & Papaya Cream
    • Brush: AP Shave Co G5C 24mm
    • Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable
    • Blade: Derby Extra (1)

    The only thing that was new to me on this shave is the blade, so I’ll write a bit about that. I’ve avoided the Derby Extra because of the mixed but generally somewhat negative talk I’ve seen about it. But today I decided to try it. My conclusion? Not particularly sharp, left some more stubble on my face than others, but smooth on on the parts of my face which don’t have the thickest hairs and a little tuggy on the thicker parts. So it wasn’t the most pleasant or effective for me, but for someone with thinner hair who shaves daily I think it might be quite good. Perhaps that explains why some love it and some hate it (like marmite).




    • Lather: Proraso Green Soap
    • Brush: AP Shave Co G5C 24mm
    • Razor: Lord 1822L
    • Blade: ASCO Platinum (4)

    This is the Lord razor also called the L6, not the one with a Tech style head (which I prefer). This razor was still able to give me a close shave but it was not that comfortable to me. I even got a single nick which I haven’t had in quite a while.

    The blade is still going strong on shave 4, Proraso is Proraso and the G5C knot is excellent.



    • Lather: Nivea Sensitive Pro Liquid Cream
    • Brush: Razorock Big Bruce 26mm
    • Razor: Gillette Tech
    • Blade: ASCO Platinum (3)

    Another great shave with this blade and it matches quite well with this razor for me.

    This shaving cream is also good. It produces copious amounts of lather and is slick enough. It is a bit of an unusual format for a shaving cream, being in a liquid form and coming in a bottle with a pump. It also takes plenty of water which perhaps wouldn’t be expected with it being a thinner consistency to begin with.


    • Lather: Folk Soap
    • Brush: AP Shave Co G5C 24mm
    • Razor: Gillette Tech
    • Blade: ASCO Platinum (2)

    Overall a very nice shave. The ASCO Platinum was just as smooth as the first shave but a little less sharp. It hadn’t lost anywhere near enough sharpness to make the shave uncomfortable, but it didn’t feel quite as sharp as last time, also worth considering that I was using it in a different razor so that may be the cause.

    I posted about this soap last time I used it on R*ddit. It’s the only shaving soap made by Folk Soap in Wales. I bought it through Etsy. For me I find it to be a good soap. Very slick and produced a good lather.