1-7 October 2017

Merkur 34C HD/ Iridium Super/ Rubberset 400 #4 & Envy White Supreme 2Bd/ Saponificio Varesino Manna di Sicilia

Thursday, October 5, 2017

RazoRock Baby Smooth
Astra Superior Platinum
Kent H4 Faux Horn Best Badger
TOBS Rose Cream
Lucky Tiger Face Tonic
WSP Tobacco Aftershave Balm

--
John

5 October 2017

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Iridium Super
* MS 2-Band XD 32mm + WildWestBrushworks Lime
* Tallow & Steel Rainforest
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

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Thursday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Arkadia
Soap: Martin de Candre Fougere-FINAL Shave from jar
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Vintage Schick Plus Platinum (Shave #6)
Brush: Ever-Ready 50R/TGN Premium Silvertip-20mmx55mm
Aftershave: Anucci EdT

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

MdC Fougere today (last shave from jar). 20 seconds to load the Ever-Ready/TGN Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Vintage Schick Plus Platinum still in the Gillette NEW SC. Excellent smooth, close shave. I finished with Anucci EdT

Bob

Thursday, October 5, 2017 Shave of the Day:

Pre-Prep  |  Shower w/Stirling Naked and Smooth
Prep  |  Proraso Pre/Post
Razor  |  Mergress XL / Astra SP
Brush  |  Vulfix 2235 Silvertip
Soap  |  Sapone Di Paolo Cremoso
A/S  |  Sapone Di Paolo Cremoso Balm

The Leresche 34 is a pretty aggressive piece (and the Tian Li needs some break in) and I managed a couple weepers on my chin figuring that out. Once accustomed to its ways I appreciated its efficiency, finishing up the head shave portion of the morning show in just one ATG pass with clean ups. A very close shave.

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Thursday AM 2017-10-05

Georgetown Pottery G12 Scuttle (Green Oribe & Purple)
Rooney 3/3 Ivory Finest #2 (26mm/65mm)
Colgate Barber shaving soap with added menthol
Charcoal Goods Brass L1/Triad Brass Aristocrat
Polsilver Super Iridium (4)
Cigar Aficionado aftershave/Beer Soap Co. Ireland Tweed solid cologne

I melted about 1/8 tsp of menthol crystals in 1-1/2 tsp hot water and then pipetted that into the soap lather as I built it in my scuttle bowl. The lather was quite cold on my skin, and I liked it. I certainly would not want to use it every day, but once every couple weeks or so will be fine.

Tabactober Time Out
We delay Tabactober for a day so that I can try a new to me set. Play it Again, Sam is made by Through The Fire Fine Craft and features a very classy combination of ginger, lime and tobacco. I get the scent notes in that order at a good medium strength. Getting this set was a no-brainer for a Bogart fan like me - this is similar to his favored scent, Creed Tabarome Millesime. I don't have any experience with that cologne, so I don't know how close this one is, but I really like it. Ginger should be in more things, imho. The lather was excellent and easily made with this amazing boar - had I gotten this brush back when I started, I may not have tried synthetics.
Prep: Van Yulay PSO
Soap: TTFFC Play it Again, Sam
Brush: Stirling Boar
Razor: Rockwell 6s R6
Blade: voskhod ?
AS: TTFFC Play it Again, Sam

Proraso Green Pre/Post
Majestic handle APShaveCo 24mm Tuxedo Knot
Saponificio Varesino Manna di Sicilia
Gillette Bulldog / Personna 74* (5)
Thayers Superhazel ~ Proraso Green Pre/post ~ Manna di Sicilia

Wednesday 10.4.2017

Barrister & Mann :: Paladin :: Paradigm :: Myrsol