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Post your shave of the day for Tuesday!

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[–] djundjila 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Travel Tubac Tubesday

Tubes of Tabac creme and aftershave balm standing next to an E-bar leaning on the handle of an ESC Medium Jock handle in front of a decorated bathroom wall.

  • Razor: Ever-Ready Natural Angle (E-Bar)
  • Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
  • Brush: Executive Shaving Medium Jock
  • Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz Tabac Original Cream
  • Post shave: Mäurer & Wirtz Tabac Original aftershave balm

First of a few travel shaves in merry old England, and I brought my made in England E-bar for the occasion. I'm not sure the brush is made here, but at least its branding is from Scotland.

Happy Tabac Tuesday, everyone!

[–] enndeegee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you think of the E bar? For me it's the worst of the GEMs I've tried. Way too mild and pretty inefficient

[–] djundjila 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh, really? Mine's definitely not inefficient. I prefer Micromatics because they have the coolest mechanism in shaving technology, but I don't see any fault in how the E-bar shaves.

I think my Flying Wings might be milder, and I like those, too.

I can't get excited about the E-bar because it's a bit boring, though.

[–] merikus 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m not sure I ever tried the e-bar.

[–] djundjila 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] merikus 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At some point. I should probably just buy one for my collection…

[–] djundjila 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair warning: it is remarkably unremarkable. That being said, I bought one for the exact same reason :D

I'm happy to lend you mine if you want to try, just don't expect anything mindblowing.

[–] merikus 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks! I’d take you up on it if it wasn’t for the fact that for a bit more than the price of transatlantic shipping I can buy myself one. I don’t feel too compelled to buy a new razor right now, but when the urge strikes it’s good to know what I can look at.

[–] djundjila 2 points 1 year ago

You do you 👍

[–] enndeegee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've the sexy gold version. Still not my favourite. I liked my 1912 best

[–] djundjila 1 points 1 year ago

Gold version of the E-Bar, or the Flying Wing?