Merkur Progress - Setting 10 - Proraso Shaving Soap Sandalwood (Red) 

Proraso Red was my first shaving soap when I got into wet shaving. Great soap for the money, and is super easy to lather. Also one of my favorite sandalwood scents behind TOBS. 😎

Setting "10!", I almost closed my eyes for the first pass, but well done Paul. Thank you for the lovely burst of color Mrs. H, it's snowing heavy here so to see those beautiful flowers gives us the hope of spring to come. Good report from my cardiologist this morning, so I'll see him in a year. Thank you for the mention, it made Mrs. W and I smile. She is planning her garden despite the snowstorm. It will be a smaller garden with tomatoes, beans, zucchini, peas, and peppers. I'm planning an extra bean patch too. Everything will have to be fenced due to the deer and rabbits. When I opened the patio blinds at 4am there was four deer waiting for me, they could feel that storm coming and wanted their treat. Congratulations on the 12k subs! Take care, Ossie

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Hi Paul- Great mid-week shave; thank you! Lovely flowers from Mrs H! Looking forward to the tour of the den; you seem to have it planned out quite nicely! Enjoy the rest of the week and all the best. See you on Sunday for the weekend shave!

Proraso products are so good! Very nice for the price. Congratulation for the 12K subscribers !! 👍🏻

EXCELLENT MY GOOD MAN....!! One of my favourites Paul, both the Proraso and the Razor.

Great vid as always!!! And Congrats!!!!!

Very, very enjoyable, Paul. Excellent way to start the day!

Great shave and very brave too! That blade gap was insane 😮

Great shave, nice razor, ordering this soap today

Old joke: I cut my Adam's apple yesterday...got apple juice all over the place...

I've always fancied trying that with the Progress. Nice shave as always Paul.

A Progress is my daily razor. 👍👍. Wide open is a great shave ! Great video. Well Done!

Excellent shave Paul as always, I had the Merkur progress but unfortunately I sold it didn’t workout for me very well. Love the proraso line specially the red line, smells amazing. Great arrangement of flowers from Mrs.H Thanks both.

Great shaving Paul,beautiful product!! Good weekend!

Wow, unbelievable shave! I was holding my breath on that first pass but what a testament to the Merkur razor and the med prep blades and a steady hand! Not even a weeper! I love Proraso products, great protection. Mrs H outdid herself today! Great video.

Hey Paul. Larry from Kingsville Ontario. Another fantastic shave. I continue to be inspired to replicate your shaves and will continue to do so. Thanks so much for all you do for our beloved hobby. Cheers

Great video! Always nice to see people experiment with things. Congratulations with 12k subs. Very kind of you to do a give away, and of course it helps cleaning up a (little) bit. Looking forward to the tour. I’ve recently cleaned out my bathroom, was getting too full. Also it was getting a bit dusty on the shelves ;) bet you have some cleaning to do after removing everything :)

Great video with lots of suspense with that scary razor setting - was waiting for a gusher! Useful advice about avoiding the Adam's apple - 'swallow and hold it' .

Fantastic shave mate! Cheers!

Great shave man thanks!

Great video as always love Proraso, got practically every soap, preshave...hey even a can in yellow with chololate lol shaving foam that is weather just now rainy

Nice shave Paul, I enjoy watching your videos.

Another great video...would love to have you and Mrs H as neighbors on BOTH sides...take care Paul

Gr8 midweek shave Paul 💈Gavin really likes Prorasso. Love hearing Alys saying hello 👍 Lovely flowers Mrs H. Hope you've both had a good week 💈💐👍💈

Great shave, Paul. You’ve inspired me to pull out my Mergress. I use Proraso White pre quite often, and I really go through the Green aftershave. Sometimes I use the tube of cream in the Green as well. But today in Green Bay, Wisconsin it is snowing and I am itching for spring weather that is still a long way off. So I dug out my Petrichor set from Barrister/Mann and will use that astounding scent to fool my senses into thinking it’s spring. There is an amazing Fougére a/s, now discontinued, by Peter Charkalis called “Afternoon In Paris” that adds a bit of vegetable glycerin, a tiny hint of menthol and a beautiful bouquet of blossoms atop the grass and damp earth of the amazing Petrichor soap and splash. It’s as though you went for a walk in the grass after a light spring rain, then came home to your den to a fresh bouquet from Mrs. H. Or at least that’s how I’m hoping it will go. Astra, 3rd use, RazoRock 400 aluminum brush, Crown King hot scuttle just to hold the brush between face lathering.

Your a brave man Paul. I’d be wearing bandaids all over my face. You did great at that setting. Hats off to Mrs. H fantastic flowers.

Wow you could have driven a truck through that blade gap lol , great job . Cant wait to see the shave den tour , have a great week

Nice demo. Made my cat thirsty! My next shave will be with Prorazo Red...thanks Paul. 🙀

Great shave Paul! ;) You can't go wrong with Proraso and the Red Sandalwood it's lovely. Please tell Mrs H the flowers are beautiful, well done! Have a good day and take care! :) #Heart

WoW!! 🤗🤗🤗 page 10!! 😐😐😇😇 Love that razor with that blade.

Thank you Sir Paul for another cool shave with Proraso, one of my favorite brands, I use both the red & green versions.. You can't beat the quality & the price with this brand..a beautiful razor by Merkur, a bit aggressive for my taste, especially on a 10... I will be taking a walk over to my pet store😀....thank you for the tip... A beautiful flower arrangement by Mrs.H... Cheers David

Nicely done Paul💈💈. #10 on the Progress was a brave experiment, lucky no issues as the head looked a little loose. Proraso is really good stuff, all the products perform well and it's not expensive. Personna Med Prep blades are good, a bit expensive. Beautiful flowers today as always, thanks Mrs H. Great video and comments again. Enjoy!

Great shave dude hope all is well over your side of the pond 🤙💈

nice to be back watching ure vidz…..I love proraso red....I use the preshave as a post shave lotion...I have the balm in the bottle as well....team welsh kitteh!!! ure beauty mark's gone? tell the missus well done on the flowers...

Great shave Paul you’re a brave man taking the progress that high, what’s next a Roedter 1909! MrsH did a wonderful job with the flowers again enjoy the rest of the week:-)

Hi Paul. A good shave as usual. Its tough to beat Proraso products. They`re just so good. Thanks for the video. 👍

Well I know what I am going to use tomorrow for my soap and aftershave.

wow, that's a great video!

I love the smell of standard Witch Hazel

Great shave 👍

I picked up a nice ceramic finger bowl from Sainsbury's quite cheap. And very stylish. Need to try those med prep They seem to give nice close pass

Yaqui brushes.... look great. It is a pity they are not available in Spain. Thanks a million!

Paul you go man. I have always been gun shy of setting #3 on my merkur progress and you jump up to #10. Looked like one of your best shaves. Give Mrs H a big hug.

Hi Paul I have seen those bowls in home bargains so I will get one at the week-end, I'm eager to try the proraso products especially the sandalwood looks good, nice looking razor and another great video take care and have a great day 😀

Your channel is fantastic. I'm beginning now in the classic shave, a pity here in Brazil to be so expensive shaving products, as soap, after-shave, brushes, etc ... I use Brut after shave, its fantastic smell, certainly remits to the past, I want import now old spice, aqua velva among others. Hugs...

Great shave Paul. Very much a fan of inexpensive and utilitarian items for the den. Dedicated products are nice, but my salsa bowl produces just as good a lather as my nice scuttles. Looking forward to the weekend shave. Cheers 👍🏻💈

Great shave, I'm off for one of my own very shortly....Merkur 34C HD with a new Perma Sharp blade, Simpson Chubby 2 synthetic brush with SV 70th anniversary soap. Nivea 2 phase aftershave lotion and Weleda skin food post shave. Cant wait. BTW....the little nozzle widget in the top of your aftershave bottle is called a reducer. So there 😎👍

Good evening Paul! Looking forward to the shave den tour video. Great tip for an inexpensive lather bowl. Sandalwood soaps; I liked the Truefitt and Hill sample I used. The smell of it was intoxicating. The Progress's blade gap was intimidating to say the least. I think the Personna Med Prep blades are good...I have found they are a bit inconsistent...in my box of 100 I have found one blade is super smooth and sharp with great longevity and the next blade will be mediocre and only good for a few shaves. That was a nice looking shave Paul. Yes, the blue lilies look so gorgeous! Thanks for sharing. Take care.

Great shave Paul!...I have a huge storage roller box full of artisan goodies but at the end of the day, I really do enjoy the old Proraso. No fuss, perfect lather every time. I'm particularly fond of Proraso 'Blue' cream. It ticks every box for a great lather with a magnificent post-shave that doesn't overdo it. Mmmmmyeah I wouldn't find that setting on a progress a great deal of fun. It's a test of nerves when you can see that cap is just barely captured and the blade capture is possibly unstable LOL...you did very well my brother!

Nice shave Paul...Although my name appears to be R7 it is really Dr. Bob Kieffer. :) R7 is shorter and easier to remember and the spelling of it is simple too. See you for your Sunday shave. I always look forward to your videos.

Watching from Shenzhen in the south of China here, weather today was 26 degrees C and it's still only late Feb!.. Tomatoes all year round here haha. Not been long DE shaving, was a 'cartridge' user before, had razor bumps, razor burn and hated shaving each and every day !!. Took up DE and razor bumps almost gone, razor burn? I've forgotten what that feels like now. Anyway, most of my bowls are 'repurposed' into shaving bowls, real cheap to buy here (rice bowls etc) razor I managed to get in HK on a visit there, as were the soaps and the badger brush. Here on the mainland there's very little available other than cartridge stuff and 'spray can 'foams' .. looks like another HK trip needs to be made. love watching your vids... real informative and useful for a DE newbie - keep it up.

I'm mulling over picking up a Yaqi brush. I own the Progress too. I might man up & go for the 10 setting! My wife likes the Proraso Sandlewood smell. The weather in Northern Arizona? Cold with snow in the forecast!

Looking Forward To Your Shave Den Tour Paul . I Think Ill Have A Shave With My Rolls Razor And Use Ingram Shave Cream @ The Weekend .

Good Morning old friend, nice to see you too :-) Yes, having a cold... and yes, having children ;-) One in the school and the other starting Kindergarden now... can´t wait to get all the viruses ;-) All the best, looking your shave now. Progress on 10...oh man... ;-)

Paul, Stainless Steel small salad bowl 0.39p in Homebargins down the Kitchen aisle. Awesome shaving bowl. Slightly smaller then the one on your video.

I was wondering if any nut would go past the 5 + setting which is super aggressive on my face. I might try the 10 setting or + 5 setting. The Parker Variant has the same + on their adjustable razor. Brave man you are.

Wow. The gap and channels on that razor. 😳

I had the same Proraso Red shave tonight too, but with a Personna Platinum. The razor I have is so mild that I couldn’t even feel the blade. Lol

Just shaved with the progress. I was meaning to use the mildest setting, 1. Felt very aggressive and I wondered what was off. After the first pass I realized I hadn't set it properly. I had it on 1 but I had one full "round" to screw, meaning it was on a super aggressive setting.. No wonder I had some nicks. Good thing I had a proper lather (Moon soaps Union) and an alum pen. And wasn't using a feather blade..

I’ll take third!

great shave Paul. I love the Proraso red aftershave so much, I bought the 400ml bottle. But i also bought the 240ml Aramis, two 300ml Tabacs and an 800ml bottle of 4711......maybe I have a problem.

Great shave. I am doing great. The weather agent Maxine is not allowed to use that kind of worlds. See you Sunday. Mrs H does a great job

Oh yes, for that reason I subscribed to this channel! To see things like the Progress on "10". Excellent Paul! 4:34 "This could be a blood bath, as usual!!" hahahaha I can't stop laughing Paul... :-) Next time instead of pickup time, say "overshave time"! PS I believe you have only two-three soaps to show us on DEN tour, right? 12.000.000 subs I wish and more to come Paul. Giveaway? I'm in!

Paul. I have a question about how you film your flowers on every video. What camera do you use for that and do you use a stabilizer? I have noticed that you usually start filming on the right, pan left and then pan to the upper right and back away from your great flower arrangements by Mrs.H. Just curious.

Wow, on setting ten. Another fine shave video. You know what you are dooing. I have a question for you. Do you enjoy your shaves as much now as before starting making shaving videos or has it changed.? Thanks for the videos and info. Take care. Greetings from Norway. 😊

Can't go wrong with Proraso… BTW Sunday is my Birthday... Can't wait to see the Sunday Shave!

Congrats on the 12K.

Great Paul!!! I am new in this channel and I love it. Congratulations! In this period I am looking for a synthetic brush with more backbone and density than my razorock plissoft (24mm). How would you compare the yaqi you have used in this video with the Fine Stout brush you have used in other videos? Many thanks in advance.

Med Preps are double the price of Lab Blues here in Australia. Hard to understand as although Med Prep may sound impressive, it is just a blade to shave the body where a surgeon is going to cut.

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Çok keyifli bir traş oldu. Türkçe altyazı desteği olursa çok sevinirim 🙏

Great shave nice razor do you prefer the Merkur or the Parker? I really like pros soaps a lot. Thank you for the video👍

I started with a dip bowl that came free with the dip Lol

Everybody's first soap... I don't know why its so popular beyond that. I found it quite average. Love that brush, though. Great workhorse

another nice close shave,Proraso shave cream is great stuff ,but for me the sandalwood scent is too strong for me

I’m intrigued! I heard you say that you wet the soap . Please tell me the steps you use to get the soap ready for your face.What do you use to put the Poraso in the bottom of the bowl? Then when you put it in the bowl do you smash it down in the bottom of the bowl before working up a lather?

Great shave Paul how would you compare the aggressiveness to the r41

Always use Nivea Sensitive Post Shave Balm and I use probably about twice what you use lol

Hi Paul I have a big shave scuttle already but want to get another one do you know if there still available I looked on Etsy but don’t see them on there thx much

i want to know what sandlewood smells like ,,,,what would you compare the smell to

Paul, do you ever use your Yuma razor anymore? What commonly known razor do you think it’s similar to?

Hi Paul. Have you used the Qshave futur clone before?

Good shave, you're braver than I, but if the razor has settings 1-5 and +, then wouldn't wrapping it around to 5 again be setting 11? I'm having flashbacks to Spinal Tap: "these go to eleven". 😆

Heavens! Another absolutely arrangement from MrsH. Yes, the camera was lopsided lol

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Ice And Snow Here 3 or 4 Inches

The weather you ask? 18 below zero Fahrenheit and two feet of snow in Central Montana.

eBay is where I got my sleeve of those blades. Wow, you could drive a Semi through those channels.

Oh, and last Sunday I did a vintage shave, just to say I did it, with a very special Gillette President set (New De Luxe type, heavy gold plated and engraved brass, 1930). Mitchell’s Wool Fat, Same Astra Blade as today. What a beautiful shaver. Too pretty and historic to use on a regular basis but to celebrate the acquisition I had to shave with it, right? For your gazing pleasure: imgur.com/gallery/5YG4y8O

How would you compare Merkur Progress vs R41 in terms of aggressiveness?

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Paul,i need your help... I will buy a used razor, what must do before use it?

2nd!

The slickness of proraso is not good even with use of the preshave cream

Where did you buy your Merkur Progress?

Yes it was a silly thing to do,but then you are a silly man...lol...Mrs H said so...lol..love the progress I go 4..3...2...or....1...depending on the blade....no go on the bowl for me...to shiney..lol....great lather Shaving at that level just makes me nervous...I shave to relax. ....Better your face then mine..lol Notice you didn't go 10..9...8...went right to 5-3...lol...great soap and brush.....in conclusion it's not the size of your.bowl that counts...but what's in the bowl....Great flowers Mrs H....now their a 10 cheers!🇬🇧🇺🇸🐈🐈🐈🍺🍺🍺

The lather at the beginning looked a bit too dry.

One of these days someone in complete and somber seriousness is going to ask: "how do you walk and chew gum at the same time?" and then Mister H. you will know that the end of the world is nigh.....

Just started watching you trying to decapatate yourself Lol