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1 September 2014

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* Super 3-Band + ZenShave C7 Snakewood
* Mystic Water Sardinian Honey
* Unrefined Shea Butter

6/8 Hart
XPEC (self scented with a light Bay Rum)
Classic 2
V.I. Bay Rum
Excellent shave this morning. This is the only factory brush I own and it took more than a few attempts to find a Simpsons in best that I liked but this is a good one. Have a good one.

Monday
Facewash and a nice shave result.

Koraat 8/8 schorkopf
Silvertip brush
Macra root shaving crème
Pinaud clubman lime

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Originally Posted by AntiqueHoosier

"Single in September", one of my favorite months and I had a head start pretty much using this setup for a few days in advance...

Monday SOTD

C.V. Heljestrand MK No.31 in Genuine Tortoise
Kanayama #3 Strop
Shavemac Americana D01 3 band badger
Tabac
Floris "JF" Aftershave splash
Tabac Hair Cream

Tabac is the dominant part of my September Song... The shave soap was once my desert island soap and there is a reason why. Wonderful creamy lather and a scent that wakes me up with a comforting warm spicy goodness that is unique. The Heljestrand Swedish steel glides with a high pitched singing on the handcrafted Japanese shell of the Kanayama. Cloaked in Genuine Hawksbill Tortoise it ( the pair actually) is my Holy Grail set of razors. The Floris "JF" splash with its full on punch of citrus is a perfect foil to the warm spicy goodness remnants of Tabac. Expensive yes, but adds the refreshing finish to a very masculine shave. The Tabac hair cream has been a constant for the last four years and is ancillary to the grooming experience as is the Tabac Luxury bath soap in the shower as is the Tabac Deo stick.

Some time in September I will source more Tabac products to incorporate but for now I will journal the particulars about my established setup daily through September and enjoy the well rounded enjoyment it provides!

Interesting you posted this...for awhile, the Tabac was an occasional soap, along with the MWF, but lately, have been drawn more and more to the Tabac. I agree, there is something, for me, very utilitarian yet elegant about it, same with the MWF to a different degree, but the Tabac has been what I've been reaching for more and more lately.

Interesting and thanks for your observations.

Monday, 9.1.14

Labor Day in the U.S.

Cool Water Splash
Tcheon Fung Sing Bergamotto y Neroli Shave Cream Soap
Kent BK4 Silvertip
MoDoSo #14 7/8 Square Point by Wacker
Scrupleworks Vegetable Tanned Horse .. 30/50
Witch Hazel
Lucky Tiger Aspen AfterShave Splash

USMC Clauss
Taylor of old Bond St. Lime
AoS Lemon Pre Shave
Alum block
pixelfixed custom brush

First shave with the USMC and man is it sweet!

Labor Day Shave and Haircut

Call me crazy but it's just real tough to beat a Merkur Slant with a fresh blade. Spud and face are both BBS+


Merkur 37C, Tweezerman Badger, New (to me) scuttle, Tabac, Aqua Velva Classic, Polo Blue

Belated Sunday shave
Hot water prep
Jeness Dragon Slayer 15/16 razor - generic silvertip badger brush - Scrupleworks Horween strop - Truefitt & Hill Sandalwood shaving cream - cold water splash - Proraso Green tea & oat balm - Lorenzo Villoresi Piper Nigrum EdT

Had a busy weekend, so post was postponed.
Have a good week gents.

SOTD 2014.09.01
Desert Pleasure

Pre: Alum Rock & Yardley London English Lavander Talc
Lather: Saponeria Artigiana Vegetale alla Mandorla (RIP)
Brush: Liojuny Tampa Finest 2-band 23x54x114mm
Method: Face Lathering with Brush Scuttle Silver-Ceramic
Razor: Dovo Reinassence
Blade: Inox Steel, 19x70 (6/8"), Spine 5mm, Full Hollow
Strop: Paciccella Lambskin Leather / Jeans
Pass: WTG/XTGN/ATG
Post: Cold Water
AS: Patrichs Noir Musk
Frag: Azzaro Pour Homme EDT Vapo Classique


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