SOTD 21-27 May 2017

21/5/2017

Unconditional Surrender Sunday
I might use this more than once a week. I tried the salve as a preshave, and it did the job a while adding to the scent from the soap and aftershave. Superb shave in every way.

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21/5/2017

Lovely photo, Nick.

hawns, I am so looking forward to the St. Louis Shave Meetup.  Airline tickets to St. Louis? √.  Hotel room booked? √.  Tickets to Shave Meetup? √.  Light rail and bus directions to Tower Grove Park? √.  Now, I just know you are going to bribe Mother Nature for some ideal San Diego weather in St. Louis.  You know, sunny, 72°, gentle breeze.  

Wolfman WR1 with WRH1
Feather Platinum
Nuàvia Blu
Saponificio Varesino 30mm Paragon Brush

21/5/2017

Lovely photo, Nick.

Thank you very much, Celestino!

Nice stuff this Desmond's Barrow although I'm not getting the rich and thick lather others are. Still good though.

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Nice stuff this Desmond's Barrow although I'm not getting the rich and thick lather others are. Still good though.

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Wow, that surprises me, Will.  One of the great things I found with Desmond's Barrow was the incredible lather I got from it and San Diego has hard water.  If Glasgow is like much of Scotland I should think you have soft water making a lather buildup pretty easy.

- Stirling Sharp Dressed Man
- Edwin Jagger Finest 3 band "blondebadgerized"
- Merkur 37C+Astra SS
- Speick+Eufros Neutro

First use of this brush, that has undergone a home made treatment with chemicals meant to soften its tips, successfully, I have to say, but that has resulted in a funny "blonde" tone on its hair. Time will tell how much I have damaged the knot but it was a cheap knot anyway, and this brush is intended as a travel brush, it won't be part of my regular rotation. Some other fellows at the Spanish forums have done this kind of "procedure" before and so far, they haven't reported problems with the knots being overdamaged.

Beautiful three pass shave with this excellent soap. I know there are a lot of other artisan soaps that are so good, and so worth being tried, but you know the saying, if it works...

Sunday Night, May 21, 2017

PAV Brushworks with Envy White Two Band
MDC Original Le Bol en Bois
The OneBlade
GEM SS PTFE
Gold Bond Green
Fine American Blend
Brooks Brothers 1818