Beautiful photo, Jason!

SOTD OCtober 19th


Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
Cooper MonoBilt
Super-Max Blue Diamond Titanium
Yaqi Mysterious Space (24mm, Frigate Class)
Tallow & Steel 'Maya"
Homemade Lime AS followed by Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill PSB

T & S Maya:
Explore the ancient aroma of a lost civilization, rich with mystery and the exoticness of the Central Americas.
Lime (37%) | Allspice (26%) | Coffee (19%) | Cocoa (6%) | Cardamom (5%) | Sour Orange (5%) | Tobacco (2%) | 100% Essential Oils and Natural Extracts

The King has returned! The Cooper MonoBilt, I do not hide my feelings about this razor. It is by far my favorite vintage DE. I love the looks of it! The cool fliptop head, wicked looking teeth, shiny chrome plating, unique knurling (this version anyway). Its not a Gillette. I could go on and on. Better get to the shave. I bought this soap last Christmas and have used it only once since then, which is a real shame because its an amazing scent. Its dominant scents are lime and allspice with the Coffee and Cocoa giving it a sort of bittersweet base. I will say that this soap suffers the same downfall as Stirling when used in a hot scuttle, the lather breaks down into an airy foam. no worries though as it comes back together relatively easily when working it on the face. Slickness and post shave feel put this soap in the top tier for me, along side others like Stirling, B&M, Oleo, & Tabac. The Super-Max BDT was a new blade for me and on its first outing I was very impressed. It was very sharp and the edge felt quite crisp but not harsh at all, sort of like a Feather on its second outing. Three passes with the Cooper brought home the baby with ease. To keep the lime/ citrus vibe going I finished with a splash of my homemade lime AS followed by a dollop of Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill. Have a great weekend my fiends!

TGIF!!

Logan trying on his Halloween costume!

I like Aramis, but have the same issues with scent strength as you, Charlie. Great shave!

Thank you, Jim!

Wonderful shave, photo, and report, Andrew! And of course - TGIF!! I'm really liking that costume!

Thank you, John!

Wonderful picture, Jim!

Thank you, Perry!

Thank you, Andrew! I agree, it is a nice value at their price point.

Terrific picture, Jason!

Great picture and report, Andrew!
Logan looks awesome!

TGIF!!!

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Thank you, Jim!

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Thank you, Jim!

To your reply to @NCoxSTL , I have been informed that you do indeed succeed well at inspirating.

Great picture, Joseph!

Last nights shave
Tratricer 655
Jayaruh 147
Rock Rose cedar wood & lavender soap
Nivea post shave balm

Thank you, friends.

Interesting razor, Paul! Some very cool etching on the blade.

I don't hide my feelings either...it is the king

Ditto

Who wouldn't?

TGIF! He looks great! Very cool costume.
Do lots of kids trick or treat door to door where you live, Andrew? We seem to see less and less every year. Town organized festivities may have something to do with that, though.

Love the B1 again, Perry! One of the coolest art deco designs around, imo.

Hmm...I don't ever walk into the L'Occitane store. That is probably saving me a few pennies! Nice photo, Clint.

Awesome autumn pic, Jim!

Welcome home, Charlie! I'm sure you are very happy to be back, and are safe.

Another beaut, Jim. I have avoided H et V products, only as I don't need another quality Canadian artisan to explore the range of products from!

Great write up as always, Joseph. Two questions- you said there was no comparison between MdC and Valobra, but have spoken highly of Valobra before. So...what is the comparison?
2nd question- is Brut like Old Spice, in that the vintage formula is held in much higher esteem? Besides packaging?