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The 5th Annual Williams Mug Soap 3017 Challenge!

Days 1 .
A used puck of Vintage Williams( probably 5 shaves on it)that came with a vintage shave scuttle I bought off Etsy.
Yaqi 24 mm boar brush
Aqua Velva Ice Blue.
Gem Clog Pruf. ( not sure what year) Personna gem blade. 2 pass Accidental BBS. (Wasn't trying for BBS, but got anyways)
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Shave #1
Soap: 1930’s Williams Barbers Bar
Aftershave: 1930’s Williams Aqua Velva (need to add some alcohol to this it’s a bit strong)
Brush: Everready 150
Razor: Blackland Vector
Blade: Schick Proline (1)
Balm: Aqua Velva Sensitive

Had to use my old bottle of AV too! @Spider yours is awesome!!!!
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Excited to see 10 people signed up for the challenge, especially since I didn't give you much lead time. Happy to see so many that have a puck or two (or more) in their den. This is the one time of the year that I bust the Williams out, and am always happy to do so. Always a great shave!
 
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Gillette pre war tech.
Gillette Wilkinson Sword blade.
Razorock 400 Plissoft synthetic brush.
Williams Mug shave soap.
Timeless Razor shave bowl.
Scottish Antique by Andy Hilfiger cologne.

First shave of the month and first shave of the Williams challenge.

Happy Monday everyone!
 
First use of Williams in a long time and I’m experimenting to find the best lathering technique for me. Today, I treated the puck as a shave stick. I dipped the puck in hot water and liberally applied product to my face, then face lather with a Stirling Kong. I got a pretty ok lather and coupled with a Gillette Slim and Aqua Velva Ice Sport got a pretty good shave. I think I can improve the lather as I did get some irritation from my alum block. Being this is a modern Williams, I’m prepared to wrestle a bit. But I’ve wrestled with Eucris so I’m no scared.

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I didn't add my name to the offial participant list but so far this month I have only used Williams. I have an parially used puck of unknown vintage that i dug out and put in my turkish copper bowl. This particlar puck has aged to a fine yellow and yields a fantastic lather with minimal effort. Unlike the newer stuff that works best (for me) when it has been soaked in hot water first, this stuff required NO particular effort or special treatment. It loaded as qucikly as Martin D Candre and produced an excelent vintage quality lather. I don't know how many use this puck has had but it looks to be 1/4 to 1/3 used based on the size of what is left.
I think @Majorrich had the right idea, paring with a vintage bottle of Aqua Velva seems to be the right thing to do. I shaved with the Weck safety razor loaded with a Fromm blade with at least a doezen shaves on it and got a straight razor waulity finish. I think I could stretch this blade throught the month (thus completing the one blade challenge as well) but I might swap it out for a fresh one THEN go for a one blade month.
 
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