I Really Enjoy Reading The Shave Of The Day Thread

I find it fascinating seeing all the esoteric (to me) and exotic shave creams and AS and balms. I end up getting absorbed searching them out and reading.
Like today, I noticed Jabon Artasanol Foroafeitado, Se'bum Gold, Ground Havana, SG Customs, and something called: Martin de Candre Fougère??

All I can say is wow! Makes me think of apothecaries and dark age sorcerers and alchemy. And I say, "Man! Where do they get all these cool shaving creams lotions and elixirs?
So I go online and find out where and then think; I really want to try some of these one of these days. They are expensive, but then I think I'm just a broken down old guy; what else do I have to spend my money on besides grandkids???

Well done indeed gents!

Being that I am the keeper of the flame and caretaker of the Shave of the Day and Month, it really makes me happy to see that you are enjoying and benefiting from the posts.

Be careful though....what you mentioned is a bottomless rabbit hole, occupied by many people that are still falling into the abyss.

Pete <:-}

Thanks Pete, I think I've already toppled over the edge though...

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Originally Posted by theoldguy53

Martin de Candre Fougère??

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Love it :)
Don't know abroad, but MDC is an institution in France, probably one of the most, if not the most, acclaimed soap makers here.
I've been gifted a Fougère one some years ago (because it takes a lot of time to empty a pot), it's one of my favorite fragrances :)

Check this out https://sharprazorpalace.com/soaps-c...ps-creams.html
An honest review and tiered placement of hundreds of soaps and creams.
As mentioned Martin De Candre is a top tier soap for most, a fair few pennies up front but it lasts for ages so is well worth the investment. At the other end of the cost spectrum but equally efficient is soaps like tabac and arko

Thanks Mark for finding that thread and sharing it with me. And thank you Obie for your insight. I always defer to those who have the experience and wisdom and I'm not being patronizing I truly believe that the folks with the experience and wisdom make this forum so outstanding. I realize pretty much all my soaps and creams with a few, well two exceptions are in the basement maybe even the sub-basement. But I'm going to bookmark Obie's thread and drill my way through all the comments. There's over 100 pages!!!! so lots of good chewing there.
I'm going to start and make a few purchases from Obie's tier one list and go from there. The problem is as someone mentioned, that one cake, decorative bowl lasts a LONG time. I'm 66, and I'm running out of altitude before I hit the big eject, lever.
Cheers all and have a great week! Enjoy every precious moment because it's all we have!

Next time you roll into cow town or Edmonton, check out Kent of Englewood. Also there is a guy in Calgary that does a lot of flea markets and farmers markets, his business is called Calgary Straight Razor shavers, his name is Ralf. He also carries a lot of stuff not stocked at Kent. Both of them have open containers so you can smell the product. Scent is a bit of a personal thing, and I still haven’t figured out how to make it work with online shoppping.

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Originally Posted by RezDog

Next time you roll into cow town or Edmonton, check out Kent of Englewood. Also there is a guy in Calgary that does a lot of flea markets and farmers markets, his business is called Calgary Straight Razor shavers, his name is Ralf. He also carries a lot of stuff not stocked at Kent. Both of them have open containers so you can smell the product. Scent is a bit of a personal thing, and I still haven’t figured out how to make it work with online shoppping.

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Smell-O-vision or scratch and still cards. They were a thing at one point. I may be dating myself.

Hey Rezdog, thanks man! I've actually bought a lot of product from the folks at Kent of Inglewood.

Well, thanks to Obie's tier one list I pulled the trigger on four.
Pete, I told you I jumped off the edge into the rabbit hole.

Saponificio Varesino Cubebe Shaving Soap
Martin de Candre | Vétyver Shaving Soap 200g
PannaCrema Nuavia Nera Shaving Soap × 1
Czwch & Speake No. 88

[Pete, I told you I jumped off the edge into the rabbit hole.

Geronimo!!!

At least you're traveling first class...all superb choices.

Pete <:-}

A nod and a tip of the hat to DZEC (Dave) for pointing me to a Canadian distributor where I managed to score these.
I went to Kent of Inglewood to be put on a waiting list for the Czeck & Speake 88. They are currently out of stock but I hit the 'notify me' when it's back in stock option so hoping it won't be too long a wait.

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Originally Posted by theoldguy53

Well, thanks to Obie's tier one list I pulled the trigger on four.
Pete, I told you I jumped off the edge into the rabbit hole.

Saponificio Varesino Cubebe Shaving Soap
Martin de Candre | Vétyver Shaving Soap 200g
PannaCrema Nuavia Nera Shaving Soap × 1
Czwch & Speake No. 88

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Wow, you didn’t just pull the trigger, you got some of the best of the best.

I have the MDC and PannaCrema and am pretty sure you’ll really enjoy them. Been using both for over a year and haven’t made even a small dent in the contents. They appear expensive, but they last a long time.

Some great choices there. You can go wrong with any of them. Should keep you out of trouble for a while :)

I feel like Bummerman. Not that I don't like the SOTD nor do I begrudge anyone using lots of soaps and fragrances and PS /AS potions. What I mean is I have been encouraged to post shaves and my answer is my shaves are just not very interesting. I posted my one and that about covers it. I use 1 of 2 brushes I have. I have 3 mugs but only 2 different soaps, one of which won't fit in a mug. I have 2 different strops and one old belt that was my Dad's. I use store brand rubbing alcohol and I don't care about scents, in fact I prefer no scent. Maybe I get it from my dad. He used a brush till it had hardly enough bristles to make lather. I only knew him to use 1 mug. He always used Williams regular shave soap. He only had 1 straight razor...now razors I differ from him on because I have just short of 150. But the gist is he just.stuck.with what he knew and didn't stray from it. I guess he just liked what he knew and I must be similar. I do like.seeing them though so keep it up

Well Paul, I used to feel that way too. Then I came to a point of enjoying sharing my shaves. My gear doesn’t change a lot and I don’t post the same picture for three shaves in a row, just when I swap my gear around. It’s more about wanting to share my great shave. It’s ok to look and not post.

Hey Paul, it's only recently that I've had the resources to splurge a little. Some people golf, other's do a whole lot of other things. My goal was to have a seven day set of new razors and I have only just realized that goal. I have seven estate razors that I used for years and about a dozen sitting on my work bench to restore. Please don't feel discouraged about sharing your SOTD with the folks here.

I don't think there is a single member who would ever think your razors were dull or boring or bad mouth them. I used to be ashamed to post my little collection of razors because I used the same old same old day in and day out. I just got to the point where I said, hey man, these are my razors, and I enjoy the shaving experience with them and so I'm gonna post them. Again, without flogging a dead horse; I enjoy so much going through the SOTD threads. Every razor is fascinating at least to me.
Anyway, post away brother! Let's see those razors!
Spoken kindly and with the intention of encouraging you.
Have a wonderful day wherever 'your' day is. Feel the wind. Feel the sun. Feel the rain. But above all; FEEL!

It isn't what we take from life that makes us rich. It's what we give back to life that makes us rich!

Thanks for all that guys. I'm not trying to pee on the picnic basket. Just sort of feel like my nickel isn't as shiny and I certainly don't have that many of them, at least in terms of paraphernalia besides razors. I guess I've been looking at the entire package and feeling like mine is not the matching set like so many of them I see. I enjoy seeing all of them I just think wow that sure blows mine out of the water. I do have some fairly nice razors though so maybe I should just concentrate on that.
Again thanks for the words of encouragement.

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Originally Posted by theoldguy53

Well, thanks to Obie's tier one list I pulled the trigger on four.
Pete, I told you I jumped off the edge into the rabbit hole.

Saponificio Varesino Cubebe Shaving Soap
Martin de Candre | Vétyver Shaving Soap 200g
PannaCrema Nuavia Nera Shaving Soap × 1
Czwch & Speake No. 88

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Saw your SOTD. TOBS Sandalwood is one of my very favourite shaving creams. Just finished a tub of it this past weekend. My wife loves the aroma in the bathroom whenI use it and I really enjoy the scent for the rest of the day. Nice skin feel during and after the shave as well.

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Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Thanks for all that guys. I'm not trying to pee on the picnic basket. Just sort of feel like my nickel is in a shiny and I certainly don't have that many of them, at least in terms of paraphernalia besides razors. I guess I've been looking at the entire package and feeling like mine is not the matching set like so many of them I see. I enjoy seeing all of them I just think wow that sure blows mine out of the water. I do have some fairly nice razors though so maybe I should just concentrate on that.
Again thanks for the words of encouragement.

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It's about the shave and enjoying it not the gear.

I have been wet shaving, on and off, for 50 years and most of that time I used one brush, one razor, one soap/cream and one after shave. The last 10 years or so I got on the shave forums and expanded my horizons on knowledge and gear. My main take away is that can get just as good and satisfying shave with inexpensive gear as I can with the more expensive stuff. I could still get by quite nicely using just one of everything too.

Point is, just feel free to post your SOTD gear be damned.

Bob

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Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Thanks for all that guys. I'm not trying to pee on the picnic basket. Just sort of feel like my nickel isn't as shiny and I certainly don't have that many of them, at least in terms of paraphernalia besides razors. I guess I've been looking at the entire package and feeling like mine is not the matching set like so many of them I see. I enjoy seeing all of them I just think wow that sure blows mine out of the water. I do have some fairly nice razors though so maybe I should just concentrate on that.
Again thanks for the words of encouragement.

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Most of my razors are custom but 9 times out of 10 I use a 10$ Kinfolks. So there that is