Thread: Sun January 10th - Sat January 16th

Razor: Wade & Butcher 'Extra Hollow' The Celebrated
Brush: C2 Razor Pimp
Lather: X-Pec Original
Astringent: Thayers Witch Hazel
Nourishing: Aramis
Scent: Aramis

Enjoy the new week gents!

Razor: Portland Razor Co. 6/8 spalted maple scales
Strop: Scrupleworks 3" oil tanned horsehide
Brush: Romera Briar Rustic Chubby Manchurian
Lather: Strop Shoppe LE Apple & Cinnamon
Balm + EdT: Terre D'Hermès

Vintage Japanese Gold Rex full hollow 13/16
Kanayama cordovan #8000
Semogue OC 2012 special
L'Occitane Cade soap
Alum & Witch Hazel
Tom Ford Noir balm
Tom Ford Noir Edp

Sunday Morning
Phyto pre shave gel
Edwin Jagger 'Sandalwood' soap
Tipsoft finest brush
J.A. Hellberg 11/16 Eskilstuna razor
Kiehl's post-shave balm

Razor: 10/8 Lewis
Soap: czech and speake oxford and cambridge
Brush: WD 24mm deep
Balm: CF lavender

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: Martinez' Custom: Chess King w/ 26mm silver tip badger
Soap: Mama bear's Aged Spice
Strop: Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop (3x25)
Razor: Winchester 5/8
ASB: Caswell-Massey No.Six

I love the smell of Caswell-Massey No.Six in the morning.

Sunday 11 January 2015



Nostalgia Times and Shaving

It seems the memories of old times are coming back to my mind - so far away now - when I was just a boy trying to become a man through the adult rite of shaving. At those times I was using what I had available at home, and this means my father's shaving products, including his razor - a Gillette Flare Tip Rocket II, which is now one of the very few DE razors in my collection - as well as his soap and after shave. I guess his favorite soap is no longer in production and I cannot exactly remember its name - it certainly was Italian and had a lovely strong almond fragrance - however I still keep his brushes, including a gorgeous Omega 47 and the memory of his favorite aftershave: Aqua Velva Ice Blue. It took me sometimes to discover Floid - it was once the dominant fragrance you could smell when you entered any Italian barber shop about 40 years ago - which then became my favorite aftershave. Yesterday, while I was shopping in a mall, I noticed Aqua Velva and I was surprised to see nothing of the bottle of those times survived today: different shape, different closure and logo. I could not however help buying a bottle and this is the aftershave I used today. It was not so bad, the fragrance seems to be quite the same as well as the performance, bringing back the memory of those old times.

• Pre-Shave: Proraso Green Pre-Shave Cream
• Soap: Aquagena Shaving Soap
• Brush: Omega Bristle Brush 49
• Bowl: Chinese Cheap Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Loom Strop and Hand Palm
• Razor: Mastro Livi Perugia 13.12.14, 15/16 Full Hollow, Spanish Point
• Post-Shave: Alum Block and Argan Oil
• After Shave: Aqua Velva Ice Blue Aftershave

Bob

Satin Mongoose Triad Titanium Matte Handle
Kai Captain Sharpblade (5)
Frank Shaving Barber Handle Finest
Stirling Black Ice Soap
Nivea Energy Balm
Old Spice Classic Cologne

W. Greaves & Sons Chinese Razor

Tony Miller Strop
Luminous Oscar
Mike's Vetiver
Lea Classic after shave lotion