SOS: December 2018

Captains Reserve, a favorite of mine from BSG. Excellent setup tonight

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It was given to me by @Jrdelgado and I relined the bottom of the case. It's just a nice shaver.

 

A wonderful shave with the Wonderedge. A light touch is all she needs.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender PSO
Mike’s Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender
Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian Badger
Dubl Duck Wonderedge 5/8
Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel



Happy shaving - Karl

 

SUNDAY MORNING'S SHAVE​

Razor - Gillette Superspeed (circa 1947-1952) (Re-plated in Nickel Finish by Razor Emporium)
Blade - *Fresh Blade
Shave Brush - Custom Created Handle by an "Unknown" Artist (Fitted with a synthetic 26mm Knot by Nathan of Envy Shave)
Shave Soap - Shulton Old Spice (circa mid 60's-late 70's, fits 3.75 ounce mugs from the era)
Shave Mug - Shulton Ship Grand Turk - Tempered Glass (sold 1964 thru 1978) with Custom Lid by Nathan of Envy Shave
Aftershave - Shulton Old Spice (circa 1980's)
Deodorant - Shulton Old Spice (circa early-mid 1980's)
Fragrance - Shulton Old Spice Long Lasting Cologne Spray (circa 1980's 'tester bottle' made for store display only, extremely rare.)
"Grand Turk Ship" Shaving Stand by Desire Metal Works

Yeah. Gonna use the decades-old Shulton shave soap. Still works great. Love this tribute shaving set.

***EDIT - Approximately 8 hours after my 9:30am shave, I noticed redness on my neck that has nothing to do with my shave. Looks like this is the first Tallow-reaction with the Shulton shave soap. I've had this reaction to other tallow soaps before. I put some cortisone cream on the area about 15 mins ago along with a calming cream and it's starting to work. I was afraid this might 'eventually' happen with the old Shulton shave soap. I have stuck to vegetal shave soaps to avoid this. I only kept a hold of the old Shulton soap because it didn't seem to give me any reaction before.......until today. Maybe the age of the soap had something to do with it and I've finally gotten deep enough into the middle of the soap that a viable reactive protein my body doesn't like got into my skin? I think that might be the case. I rarely use this stuff, and since it doesn't always cause a reaction, I will try to use it until it's gone, but when I go to replace the soap, I will likely use PAA's Cold Spices on the refill. It's fairly close to Shulton and is fully vegetal.

 

Australian Private Reserve | Fenchurch
Phoenix Shaving | The Starcraft | Roswell Hybrid Synth
The New Improved Schick Injector Razor | Personna 74

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This past year, I've been afforded the opportunity to not only try old stand-by artisans' upgraded soap formulas, but also some outstanding new-to-me artisans. Much like West Coast Shaving introduced me to Grooming Dept, Maggard Razors made it easy to procure an otherwise difficult to obtain Australian Private Reserve. Jason Rudman's recent review of Fenchurch motivated me to place an order.

I played around with this lather the day preceding the actual shave to determine how it responds to my hard water. I found loading fairly dry with hydration on the back end works best for me. This method proved the most effective way to get a consistent no-brainer lather. In this respect the Australian Private Reserve "F2" beef tallow base loads and reconstitutes very similarly to that of Declaration Grooming's Bison Tallow base. APR F2 has a relatively wide water tolerance, but it performs best when hydrated like average tallow bases as opposed to taking it to the drowning stage necessary for Grooming Dept Mallard, Barrister's Reserve, or Phoenix and Beau. The resulting lather is high-end density but low profile. It will not blow up into a voluminous or fluffy Hollywood lather. When optimized, it paints on like glistening cream and floats the blade as if it were oil. Residual slickness is such that a wet blade can safely revisit areas devoid of visible lather, but it rinses clean. Post-shave is also high-end, leaving soft supple well-hydrated skin.

The fragrance of Fenchurch is unlike anything I've ever experienced, and the documented notes are dizzying. On paper, this should be too sweet to be in my wheelhouse, but the masterful perfumery displayed in Fenchurch makes this an addictive accord for me. I won't presume to claim I can identify the individual notes as it's just far too complex. That is not to say it's convoluted, however. The soap is lovely warm sweet tobacco, vanilla and powder, but the splash medium unveils the realized fragrance. Fenchurch opens with what I perceive as liquored overripe black cherries and soft tobacco flower. This phase alone is amazing and I lamented its departure. The middle offers up hints of leather without actually being leathery, and this is accompanied by fresh earthy uncured tobacco playing off the preexisting tobacco flower. Somewhere late in this stage the fragrance becomes thicker by way of conservative musks sustaining the leather and powder. The dry down actually continues to echo the former notes but with a warmth and foundation of resinous florals and beautiful vanilla. I found myself compulsively revisiting the bottle long after the splash lifted. With the help of a fellow wet shaver, I now have a bottle of the Eau de Parfum en route. This is a must-have fragrance for me.

I apparently stumbled upon Australian Private Reserve at its pinnacle with the "F2" base. Never having experienced it's prior bases, I can't speak to how it has upgraded. As it is, there's very little room for improvement, but the high-level perfumery exhibited by Fenchurch is the reason to import this product.

 

Decadent December!!

December 22, 2018

Razor - Fatip Piccolo
Blade - (3)
Soap - Soap Commander Courage
Brush - Jayaruh #230
Post - Alum

O.G. 30 DC Representing in the HOUSE! Still on the Fatip and Ladas and a decadent switch to the one vegan soap that really works well for me, the Soap Commander. Courage is the name and shaving its its game. Seriously, this is a really slick soap with lots of cushion. The fact that it's a vegan soap amazes me. The scent of the Courage is nice as well and one of my wife's favorites when I pull it out front. Three full passes tonight to finish with a BBS and quiet alum. The Fatip really showed off how fine a razor it is when given the right respect and technique. A great way to end a long Saturday.

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SOTN

I just acquired a Tabac stick from a fellow forum member and had to use it tonight. Just as awesome as normal tabac, plus, it fits perfectly in my favorite deodorant stick container - hoorah for classic Brut baby. I've been rocking that stuff since my early teenage years. They better never discontinue it. Have a wonderful Sunday everyone.

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thank you sir..

 

awesome pic and set up..

 

Good Morning Everyone SOTD 12/23/18

Weishi 9306
Personna (5)
VDH Boar
VDH Luxury
Cold Water Rinse, Witch Hazel
Gillette Cool Wave A/S

Have A Great Day!

 

SOTD 20181223.



M Keramiek / APShaveCo SilkSmoke.
Lea shaving cream.
Timeless Ti 0.68 OC / Stork Ti "Taipan" handle.
Voskhod Teflon (7).
Lea ASB (sample).

 

Sunday 23rd December




Pears Glycerine Soap
Proraso White Preshave Balm
Meißner Wild Oranges Shaving Paste
Zenith Synthetic Brsh
Turkish Copper Bowl
Weishi 2.0 Adjustable (4,5,6) with a SuperMax Blue Diamond Platinum Blade
Thayers Witch Hazel
Palmer's for Men Moisturiser
TOBS Bay Rum

Racked the settings up another notch on the Weishi Today and the results were as good as yesterday. Tomorrow it will increase again and I will then have an idea about the full range available.
3 Passes for another perfect 'face feeling' shave

 

Beautiful razor, Karl.

 

ATT Kronos H1 Razor
Gillette Silver Blue (2)
Nu Skin Shave Cream
Creative Flame Pottery Finest Badger
Cremo Post Shave Balm
Old Spice Cologne

 

Thank you!

 

December 23, 2018
Sabre Lvl 2 with Triad Ti
Gem PTFE
Romera
MdC Vetyver
Fine Fresh Vetiver

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Gold Dollar W59 6/8 & 50 Rnds on Vintage Fred Dolle #603 Leather/Linen Strop (not pictured)
Yaqi 26mm Brown Rainbow
LNHC Sweet Bay & Rose
Humphreys Alcoholado Maravilla
Nivea Sensitive Cooling a/s lotion
Chanel Allure Homme Sport Extreme

Just had to get a straight shave in. Hadn’t had one in months. This one was a fine 2 pass affair. Amazed at how nice an edge these Gold Dollar razors can take and maintain with good care. An excellent performer for the money. Great day and great shaves to all... ​

 

December 23rd
Razor: Supply Co Lvl2
Blade: Schick Proline (3)
Brush: Montalvo mixed
Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated
Soap: JoHS Blood on Steel
Lucky Tiger face tonic
AS: JoHS Blood on Steel


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Pre: Warm water splash
Brush: Simpsons The Duke 3 BB
Soap: Proraso Green
Razor: Gem Heavy Flat Top
Blade: Gem PTFE
Post: Warm then cold water rinse, Proraso Green ASL

Using a forgiving razor like this lets me have a ponder, and it occurred to me (this happens occasionally), if this razor was released nowadays it would have unimaginably been known as the heavy.
Never in a month of Sundays would the name G-Bar have been thought of and latched on to in these staid times I thought.
Then, another mental occurance (I know two in one shave), Bennifer, Brangelina etc. the Gemmibar may have been a thing.
Oh dear, a razor which requires more concentration next time.
Happy Shaving one and all.

 

SE Sunday's Shave


Cold Water Wash
L'Occitane Shaving Soap
Jayaruh #2
Superior
Original Gem Cutlery SE
CWR
Florida Water

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The L'Occitane Shaving Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #2 brush. I did two passes with the Superior Lather Catcher Razor with an Original Gem Cutlery SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Florida Water. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...