Thread: Sun May 08th - Sat May 14th

13 May 2016

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Brass
* Iridium Super
* M&F 3XL Heritage
* Mystic Water Sample C
* Thayers Witch Hazel Unscented
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

TOBS Grapefruit
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Gillette New SC
NOS Gillette blade
Alum
Lucky Tiger
Fine Snake Bite AS
Happy Friday!

Friday shave
Musgo real prescrub
Tabac soap
Tabac A/S
Badger brush
White dog scuttle
Kanayama 3 strop x 100 laps
Globeman Antisettico #12

Nice shave before a 5 hr drive up to our nations capital for a wedding.
Enjoy your shave, your day, and your weekend gents.

AlumiGoose 2
Feather Pro Super
TOBS Almond Shave Cream
Omega Black Badger
Dove Post Shave Balm
Paul Sabastian Aftershave

Blade: Mid-1960s Lady Eversharp "K2" (HydroMagic lever)
Brush: Plisson #12 in Pure Black Badger 22mm
Suds: QED Fresh Lime
Scent: Floris Limes

Alumigoose SE + Stork EX titanium
Feather pro guard
B&M Le grand chypre

5.13.2016

Warm Water Splash
Saponificio Varesino Felce Aromatica Sapone da Barba
Simpsons Duke 3 in Best
Bowdin's Wedge 9/16
Scrupleworks Secret Leather .. 60/60
Bloc Osma .. as a proof
Thayers Witch Hazel .. Aloe Vera Formula .. Rose Petal
Pinauds Lilac Vegetal AfterShave Splash

A little change-up for SOTD today.
The razor in my photos is nearly always the "Star of the Show..." Everything else is secondary. The little Bowdin's Wedge is quite mundane.. not really going to stand out from the crowd, in spite of the fact that it had a fresh touch-up on my new Vintage coticule and is a great little shaver. The wedgiest blade I have here, I'd call it a "near wedge," certainly less hollowed that my Quarter grinds.
I was always of the opinion that Witch Hazel was Witch Hazel .. One pretty much like another. That is, until I tried this Thayers Aloe Vera Formula. Very nice! Great face feel, and the Rose petal scent is intoxication. It has made a believer out of me ... No more generics! Now, who would set up their Witch Hazel as the standout performer? Well worth the few pennies dearer!
The Lilacs are nearly in full bloom, hence the Lilac Vegetal Splash. Let others say it smells like cat urine ... I enjoy it!

Henkotsu Kaizan // Kanayama 80000 // STF XL Synthetic // Czech & Speake No. 88

Skipnord Brush
SV Tundra Artica Soap
NM Shell Strop
Wacker Razor
SV Manna di Sicilia AS

Razor: Above the Tie R1/Weber
Blade: Astra
Brush: Edwin Jagger synthetic
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Cream: Xpec
Balm: Nivea
Aftershave: Royal Copenhagen

Music: Schubert — string quartets
Coffee: Guatemala Hanapu