merkur 25c open comb razor: green astra blade: PAA diver down.

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 75

  • @RobertsClassicShave
    @RobertsClassicShave Рік тому +1

    I'm chopping wood and taking a little break with your video! When I bend over I often get a severe lower back pain. I think this Razor must be good. Great shave John. I'm to time on the Shavette Side. Practice practice practice. Have a great day, brother.

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +2

      Nice robert, stay safe my friend and have a great weekend 👍👍😎

  • @bradleycred99
    @bradleycred99 Рік тому +1

    📝 📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝
    Ok- let’s look at my post it notes to ensure I get my thoughts out here…
    📝Oh yea- Howdy John, Angie, Sammie and Posse!
    DFS if my post it note 📝 says it does and it does.
    I love post it notes- best damn invention since sliced bread.
    Have a blessed rest of your weekend‼️👊🏼🤠❤️

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +2

      I love post it notes, or as i somtimes call them. "saved my bacon" notes lol, a blessed weekend to you and your family bradley 👍👍😁, hapoy monday eve 👍

  • @andrewhawkins6454
    @andrewhawkins6454 Рік тому +1

    Hello John. Nice video again. I've got the 23c. Mild razor. But only use it with a feather blade. Nice n easy Sunday morning clean shave. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +1

      Hi andrew, i think it would be great with a feather or a kia, it was smooth tho, have a great weekend mate 👍 👍

  • @stephendove2654
    @stephendove2654 Рік тому +1

    Nice shave today John. Have an excellent week. My SOTD Merkur 34c,Wilkinson sword blade, Proraso green soap,and aftershave.
    All the best to you and your family.

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +1

      Thankyou stephen, sounds like you had a nice shave too, monday comes round tooooo soon lol, you and your family have a blessrd week too 👍👍😁😎👍

  • @drunkn711
    @drunkn711 Рік тому +1

    Nice shave John! Like you, I usually don't like bayrum scents as well, for me it's the clove scent I really don't like. So it's nice when an artizan offers them without the clove, like some of the PAA bayrum themed scents. The one you mentioned with the mermaid is coconut bay with lime, really nice 😎👍
    SOTD: GEM G bar razor with a no name blade, PAA Black Bot soap and splash, WCS Honeycomb synthetic, and Nivea Sensitive Cooling Balm.
    Have a good one!
    Steve

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +2

      Hi steve i agree with you, paa do some great stuff, that black bot sounds nice, ists on my hit list, nice shave steve, have a great weekend mate 👍 👍 😁

  • @joaonevessantos
    @joaonevessantos Рік тому +1

    I find the head of the 15C/25C very similar to the Gillette Old head. Strangely, the Gillette has a bit of blade feel and the Merkur is very very mild.
    If you have the Gillette Old, would you do a head to head (pardon the pun) comparison between the two?

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +1

      Hi joao, i think i have an old tec i could use, ill do one in the future, have a great weekend my friend😎😎👍😁

  • @leehaseley2164
    @leehaseley2164 Рік тому +1

    Sammie went to a reservoir on Saturday and Tyler and I went on Sunday. I walked the chubby little legs off him!🤣🤣🤣

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +1

      Haha and dave walked the chubby lil legs of sammie🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @devster52
    @devster52 Рік тому +1

    You must have read my mind. I have been looking at the Merkur 25c and thinking how much it resembled the 1918 Gillette that Sinatra Lennon uses occasionally and I just suggested to him that I would like to see him shave with the Merkur and compare it to the Gillette. After seeing your video I am satisfied that it would be too mild for me. I have a Merkur 39c slant blade that I like and I have a Chinese knockoff of the Merkur Futur that gives me great shaves now that I have got it dialed in. Thanks for another good video John!

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +2

      Hello, glad you like the video, itsa great razor just too mild, but it was smooth, i have a gillette tec but its waaaaaay to mild for me, i have a lil porject on the go with a futur watch this space😁😁👍, have a great weekend mate 👍 👍 😁

  • @johnmcpherson5622
    @johnmcpherson5622 Рік тому +1

    John I've got the short handle version of this called the 15c. I also have the 23c which is the closed comb version of the 25. Strangely it gives a closer shave. Go figure.😀 I love the handle. 👍

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +2

      Hi john thanks for the info, i have the 23c.the heads are different that may explain the closer shave?, ill use the 23 in my next shave, have a great weekend mate 👍 👍 😁

  • @andrewhill1965
    @andrewhill1965 Рік тому +1

    Enjoyable shave. I got a sample of diver down last year, and loved it. I need to get the full size of it. My sotn was last night. Rockwell 6c, with a proraso green shave. Have a great wknd

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +1

      Its great stuff andrew, i had a tub and my son claimed it, interestingly enough he didnt like the splash, so when frans sent me a tub i have a full set again, 😁😁👍, have a great weekend andrew 👍👍😁😎

  • @leehaseley2164
    @leehaseley2164 Рік тому +1

    You are thinking of Coconut Bay with Limes and it is heavenly.
    PAA tends to have a great "house character " which tends to let you know it could only be PAA.

  • @christopherthompson3313
    @christopherthompson3313 Рік тому +1

    This was a really nice and interesting shave, John! Great brush and lather, but the razor is the most interesting aspect. Very mild OCs don't seem to be common. I have a couple of them of the mild (RoR Old Type) and mid aggression (RoR Game Changer .68 OC), because I like to do extra pickups. I usually shave every day, so I might think about picking this one up. I prefer scalloped SB and OC razors because they have better blade feel and don't strip the lather away before the blade contacts the skin. Funny enough, my SOTD was an all RazoRock shave today...RoR Old Type OC, The Stallion soap and splash, lathered with a RoR Plissoft. Great shave! I felt like Rocky Balboa afterwards! 🥊🥊🥊Great scent of Oud, which is new to me! I've been busy this full week back, too, and knocked out on Wednesday after work like you did. 🤣🤣 I'll be catching up on your other videos! Have a great rest of the weekend!👍🍻😎💈

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +1

      Hi christopher, its an enigma the 25c, but frank who gave it to me made a good point, if its designed to take beards down maybe it was never intended for a bbs finish, rocky is based on my childhood workouts i think 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍, take it easy in work chris, look after yourself and ill seeya on the next one 👍 👍

  • @leehaseley2164
    @leehaseley2164 Рік тому +1

    Not menthol, mucker. It is Spikenard, or something like that.

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +1

      Was a fresh'un lee 🤣🤣🤣🤣👌👍😎

  • @MarkDavis558
    @MarkDavis558 Рік тому +1

    John some of the cart razors are made to leave a stubble but I've never heard of a DE or SE made for that.

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +1

      Hi mark.... It took me by surprise i had to re read it a couple of times, id be intrested to see how merkur describe it on there site🤔, have a great weekend mark 👍👍😁😎😎

  • @leehaseley2164
    @leehaseley2164 Рік тому +1

    You don't need to soak a synthetic, but you still need a bit of water between the fibres.

  • @leeprice9649
    @leeprice9649 Рік тому +1

    Hi John. Nice shave. That’s an interesting description of that razor. The Razor Company describes it as a razor for sensitive skin and perfect if you’re looking for the closest shave possible while still protecting your skin from razor burn. From the lean in it looks like it did a good job. Have a nice weekend.

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +1

      Hi lee, it did do a good job but when i ran my fingertips over my chin, felt like 12 hours after i normally shave, have a great week mate 👍 👍 😁

  • @leehaseley2164
    @leehaseley2164 Рік тому +1

    I recently used one of the newer green Astra blades and had a terrible time of it.

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +2

      This one was great, i havnt used them in a while 👍👍

  • @kevinlock7637
    @kevinlock7637 Рік тому +1

    20 minute video and a sponge bob appearance mixing it up all good

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +1

      Cheers kevin🤣🤣🤣 have a great weekend mate 👍 👍

  • @BetterEveryShave
    @BetterEveryShave Рік тому +1

    I'm not a fan of bay rum either so maybe I'll try the PAA varieties. Thanks for the suggestion.
    I would read that description the same way. I feel like sometimes vendors don't really check the listing text or, let's say, read it critically. I think they get the text from someone else and just paste it in. I hope you have a good week!

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +2

      Hi eric, hope your havin a great day 👍👍😎😁, enjoy the week 👍

  • @leehaseley2164
    @leehaseley2164 Рік тому +1

    Diver Down is a top-notch scent. A true classic.

  • @leehaseley2164
    @leehaseley2164 Рік тому +1

    I didn't shave on Saturday as I was so snowed under with housework and marking tests, bur today's shave was the same as yesterday's:
    Rockwell 6Shady
    Voskhod blade.
    Yaqi Ferrari 24mm tuxedo.
    TRC/Grooming Dept Pomp.
    Lucky Tiger and Cusson's Imperial Leather aftershave.

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +2

      Feels good to leave it a day or 2 somtimes.... Great shave mate 👍

    • @leehaseley2164
      @leehaseley2164 Рік тому +1

      @@johnshaves101 cheers, John. Every now and then an extra day is good.

  • @MK-wl6zz
    @MK-wl6zz Рік тому +1

    Hello mate,PAA Diver Down is my favorite soap. I love the typical old school smell. The glide and care properties of PAA are awesome. This morning I got Black Droid from PAA. I can also recommend it. Have a great weekend. Greetings from a wet and cold Germany

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +2

      Hello mk from an also cold and wet manchester 😢, i love droid black, if im honest i like most paa offerings, im with you 100% on its properties too, greatsoap, have a great weekend mate 👍👍😁

    • @MK-wl6zz
      @MK-wl6zz Рік тому +1

      @@johnshaves101 The aftershave Droid Black from PAA is an exact copy of Floid Black🖤👍👍😍. I still have an original Floid Black bottle😎

  • @leehaseley2164
    @leehaseley2164 Рік тому +1

    No matter how late, or how not Saturday it is, I still get there eventually!

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +2

      I was snowed under on friday lee, lol 😂 😂

    • @leehaseley2164
      @leehaseley2164 Рік тому +1

      @@johnshaves101 I hope your week is off to a good start.

  • @Gooner_Mo
    @Gooner_Mo Рік тому +1

    Good shave there John. That soap is a real lather monster. Shame you thought the razor was too mild. I always thought OC razors would be aggressive. Have a great weekend 👍👍

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +1

      Hi moses, it did ok but as i sit here now rubbing my chin, its not a great shave, i think daily use would help, have a great week mate 👍 👍

    • @Gooner_Mo
      @Gooner_Mo Рік тому +1

      @@johnshaves101 Used the Futur today for the first time. Was a bit apprehensive on how aggressive it would be so started at the lowest setting. Still got a BBS shave though which is always nice

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +2

      @@Gooner_Mo i am working on summat right now involving a futur, watch this space 🤔🤔

  • @leehaseley2164
    @leehaseley2164 Рік тому +1

    🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @jamierees9226
    @jamierees9226 Рік тому

    Well I’ve never shaved with big hands 🙌 I’ve never drank dish water and I’ve never wanted the Don Johnson look with a razor. But that was a cracking shave John 😂👍🏼👍🏼 cheers Mate.

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому

      Haha thankyou jamie, have a great week too mate👍👍😎

  • @BartBuzz
    @BartBuzz Рік тому

    Next to PAA Droid Black, Diver Down is my second favorite PAA soap when it comes to fragrance. All PAA soaps are lather monsters. All-in-all you did okay. But who would sell a razor that features leaving stubble? They must have meant something else. I'm a daily shaver and the Rockwell 6S is my go-to. I almost always get a BBS shave with the 6S. Not that I have any weddings to attend 😉 Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому

      Hi bart, i love paa cad too, i agree with you on the razor, it surely must be a typo, lol, great shave too the 6s, have a great weekend mate 👍👍👍😁😎

  • @jcshaves
    @jcshaves Рік тому +1

    Worth the wait. Great shave with a very mild razor. Probably would work good with some feathers. My SOTD was actually yesterday because no need to shave after that today it was so close. A weeks worth of growth with Personna Comfort Coated USA blades. Used Stirling’s MITA glacial for that extra kick of menthol. That must be your favorite because how much you love menthol. Very close and
    Comfy BBS and am still at DFS level this morning. Have a great rest of the weekend mate.

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +1

      Hi jc, the razor do ok ish in the end, i think the kai being a wider blade would suit it very well, ill try it soon, have a great weekend my friend, take care 👍👍😁

  • @TheShaveArcade
    @TheShaveArcade Рік тому +1

    Yes! The PAA!

  • @stuartgeorge2324
    @stuartgeorge2324 Рік тому

    Love PPA atomic bay rum soap 🧼👌 think SpongeBob got the January blues by the looks of him 🤔😆

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +1

      Its good stuff paa, bobs tired, i think he is going on strike!!!

    • @stuartgeorge2324
      @stuartgeorge2324 Рік тому

      @@johnshaves101 isn't everyone !! Post nurses teachers rail

    • @johnshaves101
      @johnshaves101  Рік тому +1

      Yeah lol, yet minimum wage me, still plodding on 😡

  • @barbusthecompany9265
    @barbusthecompany9265 Рік тому

    Omg beautiful collection Man. Take it easy England

  • @shootintheshave
    @shootintheshave Рік тому +1

    Nice shave John! Have a wonderful week!

  • @bmoney536
    @bmoney536 Рік тому

    Never forget John , a stubble free man is a trouble free man. 🫡