Excellent shave with Deep Blue Sea today. Absolutely wonderful conglomerate of smells that make one great scent. The soap is fairly light though so it would definitely be good for a work place. I am going to have to buy the AS to see if that boosts the strength a little. The whole family liked it, especially the wife. (Same great performance) I have never smelled the Chanel, but I highly recommend Deep Blue Sea! I hope that it comes out as an EDT and permanent bath soap.
Opening shave of the Sandpiper Soap&A.S. went real well. Dolphin fine/smooth skin, albeit a jaw weeper. I should have used a little more of the A.S., though. Will do tomorrow. It's a great scent, along with the solid smoothness&slickness we get from Stoylin.
You're welcome John. I suppose it didn't go in to real shave specifics, and of course I already have the aftershave, but I'll just add here part of what I wrote on the website review page-that there's serious sophistication in this one(I apologized to Doc Ezlovan for "borrowing" part of his own description-he uses the "sophistication" word, too). Y'know, as I think about which Stoylin soaps/A.S. I'd like to buy again, Sandpiper is one of them. I'll probably add to that list later on.
Sandpiper is number one on my list when I start buying again. I appreciate your thoughts on it. I do have a sample of Sandpiper soap and aftershave but haven't used them yet.
The razor is a Blackland Sabre Level 2 Gem SE razor. I picked it up during their black Friday sale.First shave with it was pretty rough. I got some good advice about Gem blades from @clint64 about palm stropping before their first use, since then the shaves have gotten better and better. This morning was three pass BBS with totally silent alum. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
I was questioning my purchase at first but now that I have it dialed in I love it. I would buy it again. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
January 24th Razor: Blackland Sabre L2 Blade: Gem PTFE (6) Brush: PAA Starcraft Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated Soap: Stirling Bergamot Lavender Stirling Bergamot Lavender witch hazel PAA Star Jelly unscented AS: Stirling Bergamot Lavender Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
An "All-Stoylin" shave. Repeated yesterday's shave(Sandpiper soap&A.S.), but I used the "Li'l Brudder" brush today. That "Li'l Brudder" works like a "Big Machine".
Well, after what I think was about a year, I finally defeated a full tub of Stirling soap! I haven’t counted my soaps, but it’s at least three dozen. I rotate through them as my moods dictate, and they bring me great happiness. But in the back of my mind I realized it would take YEARS to finish a soap, and I wanted to learn two things by completing one; how much abuse could a 5.8oz tub take, and what does the empty tub weigh. So I singled out a soap I wasn’t wild about, and figured I’d either learn to appreciate it, or be glad it was gone. For ME that meant Tuscany. I started using it every other day, or sometimes consecutive days, while building lather with me larger brushes, and many times using a little more soap than I really needed. But like the Energizer Bunny, the tub just kept going. It was a big moment when the bottom of the tub finally shown through. I was amazed though at how long long it took to convert the stadium into a larger field! FINALLY a few days ago I moved the last remaining soap from the perimeter to the center where my brushes could attack it better. I got two more shaves at that point, with the final one being a luxuriously thick and indulgent one, whipped up with a Simpson Commodore x2 Best. Now I’m feeling a bittersweet victory. I’m glad to be rid of that scent, but I kind of miss having it to pick on or use when I couldn’t decide which scent I really wanted. I finally have a tub for tare weight and calculating the percentages of my soaps, AND the personal knowledge of just what kind of a beating a tub can take without appreciable damage. I’m also a little more hesitant to dive into a new tub now before fully committing to the scent. Unused I can sniff a lot and still gift it later. So it’s a small milestone that I could have reached a long time ago with fewer soaps, but I finally joined the ranks of tub killers, and wanted to announce it publicly.
Nice work! I often wonder how long a new tub of Stirling would last with regular use. Also if you could post the empty tub weights i would greatly appreciate it!
Did you keep track of how many shaves you got from the Tuscany? I keep track of my soaps and how many times I've used them. It's a little subjective because we all load different amounts and people go through soap at different rates. I'm with @Linuxguile in my curiosity of how long a tub would last.
