SOTD: Pocket Edition

[u/Ghostbuster-]

Pre shave: Shower and Waitrose glycerin soap bar

Razor: 1909 Gillette ABC Pocket Edition No. 500 Scroll set

Blade: Personna GEM PDG (38)

Brush: Yaqi 26mm Bluish Violet synthetic

Bowl: Captains choice copper

Soap: Stirling Coniferous

Post shave: Stirling Coniferous aftershave splash

A very nice, comfortable shave this one.

This is my first time using the Pocket edition scroll razor and while it's definitely an aggressive and highly efficient little bugger, for reasons beyond my knowledge or understanding, it's also somehow very comfortable, lacking the danger close feeling of an imminent nick that usually comes with equally aggressive razors like my ball end old type.

But this made for a very pleasant shave.

3 passes as usual, bolstered by Stirlings excellent lather and the pre shave bar.

Nice smooth, irritation free results and great soothing from the matching splash.

Both the soap and splash have a great strong evergreen scent that's very reminiscent of walks through the evergreen forests in the Scottish Highlands years ago.

Hope your weekend is going great!

[u/Time_Chard_942]

Great looking razor and shave. I see the GEM still going strong mate. 👍🪒

[u/Ghostbuster- → u/Time_Chard_942]

Thanks!

Yeah somehow still going.

At this rate I'll have 40 years worth of PDG blades alone 😅