December 2017

With the holidays upon us what on your wish list arrived at your house?

Well, these actually just arrived yesterday, the very last day of November, but to get this thread going … I’m excited for these shaving cream samples from Stone Cottage Shaving. Two of them are the new formula, three the old. The scents are mostly on the subtle side (at least from the small jars), but very, very classy. Can’t wait to try each of them!

I realized that I had sold too many, so I picked up another vintage Penhaligon's Lords/Douro shaving cream

Got an amazing mail call today. I’m especially excited for the Simpson Chubby 2 band “Best Badger” and my first go with the One Blade. both of these will be used for today’s SOTD.

got these in from maggard's on Saturday:

Mail Call:- Today received a Schöne Italian open comb nickel

Mail Call:- Today received a Schöne Italian open comb nickel

The only DE I use these days. Fantastic weight, smooth and efficient. What a steal. enjoy!

Mail Call:- Today received a Schöne Italian open comb nickel

The only DE I use these days. Fantastic weight, smooth and efficient. What a steal. enjoy!

GroomingDept I hope is more efficient and smooth than my Fatip Grande Open Comb otherwise I will scream out loud if not.

Paladin Falstaff 28mm Disco

The front left in the picture is my new acquisition. I lucked out with seeing it on eBay and then again when the original knot easily popped out. I'll be cleaning it up and hopefully getting a nice badger knot into sometime this week. The handle and socket are much larger than I expected!

If I feel up to it and have the time I'd like to see the one in the rear on the right of this photo with a new knot as well. No rush though as it's one I intend to do very slowly and carefully.