Thursday April 1, 2021
Razor: Gillette RFB SHaDE
Blade: Astra SP (3)
Brush: Rubberset 400/Oumo Boar
Soap: Palmolive Stick
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: Palomolive Splash
Fragrance: Dragonsbeard EDP
   

Is the Twig Razor by Leaf considered by the forum to be a Single Edge Razor or is it an unmentionable?

Hi all, And thank you in advance for the wealth of information you provide, and for your contribution to the hobby, if we can call it a hobby. I've been a traditional wet shaver for about eleven years. I'm partial to SEs and like many, I enjoy restoring them as well. I admire the tools from yesterday but also appreciate the tools and technology of today since I also enjoy designing and 3D Printing some of my shaving gear. Thank you again.

From the Triceratops...
https://www.tost3.com/showthread.php?tid=267

... an evolution.
A homage to the iconic Rapide / Wotan style.
Another clever design by SlimGem.

Raptor SE

After seeing Justin talk about this one I decided to give it a go. I ordered the cake from ebay. Around $10 shipped. There was some delay in shipping so the owner threw in the shave stick as a freebe. It is good soap at a decent price. The cake is barbershop scent which I find close to the Wilkerson Sword in the blue spaceship. The stick is Southern Comfort. It’s a similar scent. Both are veddy nice. As far as performance goes they did great. Easy lather that is slick. My face felt good after the shave even before aftershave. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/293871191578

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I fell down the SE Rabbit hole with a GEM Featherweight about ten months ago after collecting quite a few “unmentionables” which I still use, but find myself gravitating to the Single edge razors. After the feather weight I got the Micromatic Open Comb, Clogpruf and Bullet tip before adding a bunch of 1912s, a 1914, 1924 and a New GEM  lather catcher and Ever Ready lather catcher followed closely by sever Auto Strops. I found TOST3 through Fuzzy’s YouTube channel and I believe that the Single Edge razors give a superior shave and I love the feedback they give when I’m using them—I just wish blades were easier to get as DEs.  I’m glad to be part of the wet shaving community but more importantly the subset of the SE crowd.

I simply can't remember  the last time I used one. It's been quits a few years. 
How long for you?

I came across this patent:

https://razors.click/patents/US1453487/

It's an adapter for using proper SE blades with any unmentionable razor, thus making it mentionable. 

Genius or madness?




Madness I think.
Maybe someone should make a model for 3D printing. For a laugh.
The "TOST unmentionable razor salvager"
Not me though.

Sitting yesterday at my desk. I did a quick 1 minute max doodle. Let’s see what can be done with it.

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Tuesday March 9, 2021
Razor: G.E. Jones Shake Sharp
Blade: Wizamets Double Stacked (5)
Brush: Brush of Shame #1
Soap: Pereira Shavery's Baron's Choice
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: Proraso Green Splash
Fragrance: Paco Rabanne 1 Million EDP

So I had this new soap to try. It was a gift from ExtraProtein and a favorite of his Grandfathers in another Country.(Can't tell you where so as not to blow his 007 cover and put my family in danger  ) It's made in the Country of Portugal and Googling it for info I found it's available thru WCS. It's a small low budget, thin wall plastic tub and has a nice bright and slightly floral scent to it. I'm not big on florals but this is VERY nice to me but I can't put my finger nose on what it smells like. As far as lather it was so easy to lather and get the soap where you want it. Very cushy and slick enough to get things done. Afterwards it left my face feeling refreshed and neither dry or oily............just invigorating. Doing some research shows this to be from a company that has soap with charcoal but that is NOT present in this iteration. The Shake Sharp gave me a shave for the ages with this soap and I can't stop faceturbating and feeling my face. I assume this fits the criteria here as even though you load an unmentonable blade it is a Single Edge Shaver. To make up for the thinner current production blades I as many do double stack 2 blades and no other modification is done. You close the top cap and slide to the side to lock it and are ready to go. One of my favorite vintage razors that gives a remarkable shave. I do not use the Shake Sharp feature to maintain the blade. Thanks again Rob for a soap that while not a luxury presentation, gives the results we are all looking for and then some. I'm impressed and this stays in the den. Have a great day Everyone  !