SOTD - SEptember 2025

[Jayaruh]

   
Williams Wednesday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Williams Mug Shave Soap
Jayaruh #454 Two-band Badger
Gem Contour
Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade
CWR
Humphrey's Witch Hazel
Lustray Spice After Shave

The Williams Mug Shave Soap was face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #454 Two-band Badger
Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gem Contour and the Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Humphrey's Witch Hazel and Lustray Spice After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

[Jayaruh]

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Tabac Tuesday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Tabac Shave Soap
Jayaruh #454 Two-band Badger
Gem Pushbutton
Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade
CWR
Humphrey's Witch Hazel
Tabac After Shave

The Tabac Shave Soap was face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #454 Two-band Badger
Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gem G-Bar and the Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Humphrey's Witch Hazel and Tabac After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

I must admit I’m a little jealous of your Tabac Tuesday. I have never yet had opportunity to pick up the Tabac shave soap but always wanted to take the time to find some. Then people started saying they didn’t like the new formulation recipe some time ago already. Jayaruh, if you have tried them both do you find the newer Tabac much different? I am thinking of ordering some finally, but am uncertain if it is still the same stuff. How would you describe Tabac? Sorry to bug you with that. Thanks!

It took me a while, but I found my first shave with the Tabac. https://jrshaving.blogspot.com/2014/04/s...ay-45.html
I won it in a pif on April 1, 2014. It is one of a few soaps that I will replace. I noticed on my website tag bar that I have 581 tags for Tabac. That is a lot of tags. As for new and old formulations, I cannot tell. It is the same with Williams. I just lather up and shave with them. So every week I have a Tabac Tuesday and a Williams Wednesday. Get yourself some Tabac. You will love it. If you don't, I will gladly take it off your hands.

[Rocketman]

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Tabac Tuesday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Tabac Shave Soap
Jayaruh #454 Two-band Badger
Gem Pushbutton
Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade
CWR
Humphrey's Witch Hazel
Tabac After Shave

The Tabac Shave Soap was face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #454 Two-band Badger
Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gem G-Bar and the Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Humphrey's Witch Hazel and Tabac After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

I must admit I’m a little jealous of your Tabac Tuesday. I have never yet had opportunity to pick up the Tabac shave soap but always wanted to take the time to find some. Then people started saying they didn’t like the new formulation recipe some time ago already. Jayaruh, if you have tried them both do you find the newer Tabac much different? I am thinking of ordering some finally, but am uncertain if it is still the same stuff. How would you describe Tabac? Sorry to bug you with that. Thanks!

It took me a while, but I found my first shave with the Tabac. https://jrshaving.blogspot.com/2014/04/s...ay-45.html
I won it in a pif on April 1, 2014. It is one of a few soaps that I will replace. I noticed on my website tag bar that I have 581 tags for Tabac. That is a lot of tags. As for new and old formulations, I cannot tell. It is the same with Williams. I just lather up and shave with them. So every week I have a Tabac Tuesday and a Williams Wednesday. Get yourself some Tabac. You will love it. If you don't, I will gladly take it off your hands.

That is amazing that you have been keeping up  Jayaruh Shaving all this time! That is just fabulous, and what a legacy item that will last pretty much forever. You need be applauded.     I read over your entry about receiving a Pif of Tabac back then and I think  of all those years I have been procrastinating and remaining Tabac-less. Sigh. You have gently nudged me into the giant puddle of commerce on a hunt for Tabac. Thanks! And if it turns out to be misaligned with my taste, I will forward it to you for sure. (But don’t count on it!)


Here is Happy Me one day in the future ………

[Rocketman]

SEptember 2025 - Week 4 - Day 3 - and counting 

No Contour for me. So sticking with yesterday’ razor for another day.

Hauled out the big guns shaving set up -  the  Tasmanian Barber! I use this for fun a couple of times a year, and I figured today would work just fine. I chose the Williams since as Jayaruh pointed out, it is Wednesday after all! But, I needed to put it in a low edged bowl before I soaked my little devil which worked just fine. Another lovely shave with the Push-Button and my little shave buddy.

   

[ischiapp]

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[Jayaruh]

   
Thursday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Lea Shave Cream
Jayaruh #454 Two-band Badger
Enders Speed Razor
Supply Black Label Injector
CWR
Humphrey's Witch Hazel
Lustray Spice After Shave

The Lea Shave Cream was face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #454 Two-band Badger
Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Enders Speed Razor and the Supply Black Label Injector Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Humphrey's Witch Hazel and Lustray Spice After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

[Rocketman]

SEptember - Thursday Sep 25

I used the Enders Speed Shaver with a ground down Enders blade as a holder for a Pella injector blade. Another make do solution that may not present the blade in the intended position, but it allows for getting in a shave with another oldie but goodie. 

I used a vintage horse hair and Stirling’s Scarn - a decent blend of scents. It was an ok shave with the Speed Shaver.


   

[Jayaruh]

Here is the blade holder I used. I cannot remember who made it, but it works great.
https://jrshaving.blogspot.com/search?q=blade+carrier
           

[GAW9576]

       

Great shave the other day with my Wester Bros. Anchor Brand razor and Ishtar which is an incredible scent.

[Rocketman]

Here is the blade holder I used. I cannot remember who made it, but it works great.
https://jrshaving.blogspot.com/search?q=blade+carrier

Thanks for posting pics of this adapter. I had heard chatter of an Enders adapter and may have posted with GAW#### once about it too I think. So this is a similar approach to using an original Enders blade but with the added rare earth magnets for extra holding power. I wonder why make it from brass rather than use an original steel blade? It is good to hear it works great for you! I think I will pick up some teeny rare earth magnets if I can find them and try them on the blade I ground the edge from. Perhaps they may not need be glued that way. And if it doesn’t work out I could try one from brass. Thank you Jayaruh - great pictures for it. The speed razor is a very nice to hold razor so it would be worth the effort! Yeah SEptember!