Strictly Man sent me a tube of their new Arctic Shave Butter to try out.

It is a non-foaming, clear, shave butter. I am not a fan of this type of product, but I said I would give it a try. Today, I had my first shave with it. It is pretty slick. It has a lot of oils in it. I continued with my cold water shave routine. I did two passes and got a great shave. I didn't have to face lather or clean my brush, so I saved a little time. The shave butter was just about gone after the second pass. It was pretty easy to rinse off after the shave. Because it is clear, you have to feel your way through the shave. My guess is that this was aimed at multi-blade cartridge shavers.

Cold Water Rinse
Arctic Shave Butter
GEM Flying Wing
GEM Stainless
CWR
Granddad's Blend AS

The Arctic Shave Butter is a non-lathering product. Two passes and touch ups with the GEM Flying Wing with a GEM Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Granddad's Blend AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...


Here's the shave.

Hope you don't mind , I'll kick off the July hauls with a couple of Schicks

   

One NOS the other unused as it's still holding the dummy blade, looking forward to trying them out.

I saw a similar one and wanted it, so I made this today. I will be taking it out for a spin for Sunday's Lather Catcher shave.

As it turns out, the wife likes this. I was running low on my Granddad's Blend After Shave, so I mixed up a new batch. Makes me proud to be a Granddad. I should be set for a while now. The recipe is:

I use the Strand Safety Razor Blade Sharpener to sharpen a Damaskeene blade. Tom White sent me his sharpener to sharpen my blades. This video is the second blade I sharpened.



See it in action.


Here is the blade in my Open-faced Damaskeene razor.

Williams Wednesday's Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Williams Mug Soap
Jayaruh #413 Two-band badger
GEM Flying Wing
GEM Stainless
CWR
Granddad's Blend AS

The Williams Mug Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #413 Two-band Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the GEM Flying Wing with a GEM Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Granddad's Blend AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

I saw the video, and tried it.
https://youtu.be/VuyBdmNzH4Y

This is my journey into the Froth method world.
http://ilrasoio.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=16982

The summary of my experience is that this method is inconvenient.
It does not bring advantages (initially hoped) on the yield, and is harmful especially for the most precious soaps.
On the other hand, since I have had good results in brushless mode, it can be a valid alternative in particular and emergency situations.

I'm sure many more Type H1 users will be here to lavish praise on this excellent injector....it often comes with me as one of my travel razors, and it never-ever-EVER disappoints.  It's a smooth shaver and while the smallish squarish handle is a bit unorthodox, I find it easy to handle and shave with.  Here is a pic from a recent shave....the Prorarso Blue was a birthday gift from Tost (awesome cream) and the Yaqi Moka Express (synthetic knot) is also a favorite of mine.
 
P.S., I've heard even greater things about the H2 (the Debutante)....but they are MUCH more scarce, at least in my hunting grounds.

What is the difference between the three Colgate vintage soaps?

    Any more watches anyone wants to share. Also here a vintage Timex falcon eye I had serviced. It's from the late 70s. The movement was seized the watchmaker said it looked like water or moisture damage. It had been sitting in a pile of watches in the antique store for who knows how long. But a parts watch and 30 hours later they got it going. Really unique quartz and mechanical hybrid very fast beat rate giving a smooth second hand.