Thread: Sun June 15th - Sat June 21th

Have a Great Saturday Gents!

Saturday Shave Narrative

Going with a majority of a combo that delighted me earlier in the week. The juxtaposition of the Geo. F. Trumper Coconut Oil Shaving Cream and the finish with the citrus splash of the Floris "JF" Splash is quite a splendid mix. With no badger in the den until a Kent BK4 arrives on Monday, the Omega PRO 48 Barber Boar was pressed into duty. Swedish Steel is the mainstay of course, the Heljestrand MK31 received Cordovan Shell strop time, 50 laps making the 5/8 full hollow blade sing. A dab of Tabac Hair Cream through towel dried hair completes the sink time. A Global fairly Traditional shave.

Vie Long Mens Only LE
Scent from Heaven Bergamont & Lemon
F.Reynolds 6/8" hollow
Big Daddy 3" English bridle and felt
Floid Vigo

SOTD 2014.06.21
SV1945

Pre: Bottega Verde al Burro di Karité
Lather: Saponificio Varesino 1945 Felce Italica
Brush: Liojuny Tampa Finest 2-band 23x54x114mm
Method: Face Lathering with Brush Scuttle Silver-Ceramic
Razor: Gillette Adjustable Fat Boy 1959 E2
Blade: Perma-Sharp Super #2
Pass: WTG@9/XTGN@9/ATG@3/XTGR@1
Post: Proraso Blue Balsamo Dopobarba
AS: Demin Musk AS Lotion
Frag: Atkinson Rockford EDT Vapo


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21 June 2014

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Graphite Black
* Super Iridium
* M&F 2XL Heritage 3-Band
* Mystic Water Sardinian Honey
* Unrefined Shea Butter

I haven't used this blade in, literally, years. A nice reminder of how much I enjoy a stiff hollow grind.



How shower
MWF / Thater
Lucido Splash

Kikuokan Best Deluxe tamahagane

Supporting actors:
MdC
Pixel Lignum and ivory 2 band brush
Dominica bay rum aftershave

Bartmann 86
Frank Shaving synthetic brush
Proraso pre shave
Mama Bear's Dublin Tweed soap
Proraso Green AS
Razorock Cumba Cheech balm

Blade: Dovo Best Quality 6/8
Brush: SOC2
Suds: The Grooming Co. Shaving Soap
ASL: The Grooming Co.



Just a Marvel!!
Good Day Gents!!

SOTD 21 JUNE

Irish Spring and Hot Towels
Semogue 1438 Boar
Speick
'68 Lady Gillette
Feather Hi Stainless (4)
Cold Towels
Old Spice



Speick is a lovely cream, IMO. Lather is nice and slick. I'll need to try it with a straight. Can smell the lavender in it, but the scent to me is not floral. It is more earthy, with hints of floral. The speick scent, or at least what I think is the scent of the speick plant, is I think what is giving it it's earthy scent. There might also be a bit of tree oil, or something quite like it(maybe the speick plant?), and maybe a bit of menthol under it all. As I said, quite lovely. And I just got one of THE closest shaves of my life. Don't get them much, but a true BBS. Wonderful.
Have a great shave, all of you.