SOTD 18-24 June 2017

Saturday AM 2017-06-24

Georgetown Pottery G12 scuttle (Hamada & Persimmon)
Rooney 2/1 Ivory Finest #2 (20mm/52mm)
Floris JF shaving soap (tallow)
Feather AS-D2/Stork EX3 Titanium
Polsilver Super Iridium (5)
Floris JF aftershave (vintage)

24 June 2017

* Weber DLC + Stork Aristocrat 1 Titanium
* Iridium Super
* WSP Original 2-Band + Oscar11 Rootbeer Translucent C7
* Mystic Water Bergamot/Cedar/Juniper
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

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Sammy Lee Saturday

MLS The Kraken
30mm WD Silvertip on Ivory Handle
'77 Gillette Super Adjustable
Gillette Platinum
The Kraken Splash

Sammy Lee Saturday

MLS The Kraken
30mm WD Silvertip on Ivory Handle
'77 Gillette Super Adjustable
Gillette Platinum

Lovely colours.

Sammy Lee Saturday

MLS The Kraken
30mm WD Silvertip on Ivory Handle
'77 Gillette Super Adjustable
Gillette Platinum

Lovely colours.
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Thanks! I like putting a filter on every once in a while.

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BBS-1 Razor
Feather
Simpson Captain 24mm Manchurian Badger in Ivory
B&M Reserve Spice Soap
B&M Reserve Spice Splash

Beautiful Shave today! I always enjoy using this brush, it never disappoints. Love the Handle style, and the knot is fantastic, great backbone with very soft tips. The Barrister's Reserve Soap and Splash have quickly become one of my favorites, I always get thick slick lather, and the Splash leaves my skin feeling great. I also love that old school Old Spice scent!

Have a Great Day!

Mastro Livi 8/8
Wiborg
Saponificio Varesino

First time using Extro cream/soap. Loaded very well. I think it's basically the same formula as the more expensive Razorock soaps. No complaints, nice and expensive feeling glass jar and the splash lasted a good 6 hours or more.

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Tallow + Steel "Morocco"
DrivenLegend Red & Black | APShaveCo Tuxedo 30mm
Ever-Ready 1912 | Delta Echo | Gem PTFE (1)

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Tallow + Steel's "Morocco" soap imparts an extremely smoky fragrance courtesy of the abundance of cade.  I happen to be a fan of smoky fragrances, particularly those of the cade variety.  For those that don't know, cade can ride the line between resinous and caustic.  Morocco does just that.  I did detect some cedar, but that's about it.  The only soap I have that's smokier is Stirling's "Texas on Fire".  Some may compare this with Barrister and Mann's "Roam", but only in the likelihood of the stigma accompanying it.  Every soap maker should have their Roam.  Everyone needs to have that one product that compels some users to erect shrines while other's call for the artisan's head…that one product who's name is invoked by random hacks without provocation and years after its discontinuance.  Frankly, "Roam" is much more artfully done than "Morocco" at least from the soap's fragrance.  However, the splash is a different story.  The cade does make an everlasting presence, but it leaves room for the depth provided by the cedar and other nondescript woody notes.  A brief effervescence is noted that's closer to crushed pine needles than it is to the turpentine note of cade.  The drydown remains smoky, but much more approachable. The cedar becomes more prominent and singular before fading after about 4 hours.  Despite the documented notes, I never once detected rose, Moroccan or otherwise.

As to performance, I stand by my previous impressions, and I feel Tallow + Steel's new base can stand up against just about all of my favorite artisans' soaps. The exception possibly being Barrister's Reserve, but I need to use both of these bases more before I can say that definitively.  The race is close, regardless.