Saturday, April 05, 2025: SLS
Quick single pass before heading into the city for dinner with some of my wife's colleagues.
After shaving with this sample of Lime, I'm very tempted to grab a set. It's both an incredibly realistic lime scent and surprisingly complex and deep. Super impressed by this one.
Happy birthday, man!
Saturday, April 05, 2025
My first shave with a CGC soap went incredibly well. Great base that was easy to dial in, super slick, and the scent on No. 11 was super relaxing.
I reached for the 34C because of all the recent chatter around the RR GOAT (which I'm super excited to try). It's still such a solid razor. I might prefer something more aggressive at this point, but I've spent so much time with this razor in the past that it's like shaving on easy mode.
Have a great Saturday, y'all.
My understanding is it’s just young boar. Or it’s a sheep goat combo, which would be a trip if that’s true.
It’s a nice knot, though definitely still breaking in. Idk if it was a good call to use it to lather a smush.
I have a GEM Damaskeene open comb on its way to me right now and I'm very excited to use it.
Also moarteen hype is real. I wasn't exactly ready to drop $200 on shaving stuff today, but I'm glad to hear that it's so close to shipping!
Those old Gillettes are excellent razors!
Friday, April 04, 2025
Didn't load enough soap from the smush for this shoat knot, so the third pass was a little thin. Overall a nice shave and smelling great going into a sunny Friday morning.
Thursday, April 03, 2025
I did the step-down thing with my adjustable this morning. It worked pretty well, though I'm not sure it worked better than just setting it to a middle-ish setting for all 3 passes.
Almost to Friday, have a great day y'all.
They’re great razors
Barrister and Mann - Ubrique
Wednesday, April 02, 2025
Continuing my smush/sample tour with Mike's Hungarian Lavender. Another well-balanced and subtle scent that gave an excellent lather. I like Mike's.
This is my last shave with the S1. It's a wonderful brush, easily the softest badger knot I've used with the perfect amount of density. I'll be sad to see it go, but I'm glad I got the opportunity to use it for a bit.
Have a great day all.
I stumbled across this vintage Colgate shave stick ad and thought some here might also get a kick out of it.
“The Conversion of Mr. Prejudice”
I had some exciting stuff arrive this morning and over the weekend!
First up, a nice Stirling haul:
This is the 31mm Zenith boar brush, the same that was used for the subreddit's prior "Moar Boar" group buy. The handle feels great in hand, and the knot seems just as nice as my other Zenith boar. My only complaint is that the Zenith and Stirling logos are pretty far off-level with the base of the handle. Not the end of the world, but it's unfortunate.
Christmas Eve in a bath soap is a great scent. I'm looking forward to trying it and Frankincense & Myrrh in shave soap format.
Deep Blue Sea aftershave is a re-stock. I love it with a bit of menthol.
The bonus was a sample of Haverford bath soap. I've previously used the shave soap/splash/frag, so this sample is most welcome. It's such a winning scent, especially for this time of year.
Next, some new hardware:
From left to right:
The Clog-Pruf seems in quite good condition for its age and price (~$15 shipped). I'm still waiting on some GEM blades and want to clean it up just a bit before trying it out.
The CF TI Legacy razor is a real indulgence, but it's a belated birthday gift from my wife, and we got a good deal from a kind soul on Discord. I've shaved with this razor a few times since I got it this weekend and it's quickly vaulted to the top of my list. If I had to pick a desert island razor right now, this is very likely the one I would pick. Likely, I'm still deep in the honeymoon phase, but this is truly an outstanding razor.
I got a good deal on the Game Changer on the zaar before I ordered the CF Legacy. It's a great shaver, I like how low profile the head is (very easy to shave under the nose), and the stainless steel construction is most definitely a step up from my Rockwell 6C. This will probably take the 6C's place in my collection.
And finally, a Barrister and Mann score:
I've wanted to try this scent since I first read about it, so when I saw the set for a decent deal on the zaar I snatched it up.
Clean, mild, and strangely complex. I'm very much looking forward to getting to know this fragrance.
Sunday, April 06, 2025
I like Mike's.
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