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  1. Guy, I found the scent lovely. However I had a lot of trouble lathering it as well at the beginning and strangely enough to me it didn’t seem to be as strongly mentholated as the Spearmint or any of the other Glacials. I bought two of the Lavenders - one I used up and I gave away the other.
  2. I agree, I found with some of the older formulas some inconsistency in batches. I only bought one of the Glacial Lavenders but two of the Glacial Spearmints and noticed a difference between the two Spearmints, one stronger than the other and both less as cold as the Lavender. Once I go throw the remaining Glacial Spearmint, I'll try the Glacial Eskimo.
  3. The new formulations are absolutely perfect and are they ever frigid. The menthol effect is 100% equal with all of them!
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  4. Thanks for info. I have the newer formula in Bay Rum and love it.
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  5. Monday’s Shave

    Pre: Cold Water Rinse
    Razor: GEM HFT/G-Bar
    Blade: PAL Blue Carbon Steel
    Brush: Mozingo Brushworks
    Lather: Wholly Kaw Fougère Bouquet
    Post: Thayer’s Witch Hazel; Speick AS; Aqua Velva 5 in 1 Balm

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    Today’s music provided by:
    Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble ~ Archives

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  6. Enders Speed Razor / Schick Proline[​IMG]
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  7. Sunday 17th and Monday 18th March

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    Hotel Liquid Soap
    Speick Shaving Stick
    Kent Infinity Synthetic Brush
    Gillette Guard Single Edge Raxor
    Homemade Witch Hazel/Lavender EO
    Bart's Lavender Balm
    Bart's Lavender AS Oil
    Al Rehab U2 Perfume Oil

    In London for the weekend seeing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre so it was a cheap and cheerful shaving recipe as I am renowned for leaving 'stuff' behind in Hotels. Very effective shaves but not much for the 'feel good factor'.
    3 passes gave DFS+ results
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  8. Hybrid Karve CB OC C Plate on Charcoal Goods Brass Stinger 2 / Vokshod PTFE / Grizzly Bay To The Bone / MDC Fougère
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    Nice shave, I don't use my MDC soaps often solely due to scents, my nose enjoys other vetivers and roses in my den (I have too many roses), no rival Fougère though, great performing soap. Did a little experiment with my plates today, ran the WTG pass with the OC C plate then did half my face ATG with the OC C and then swapped in the SB D plate. Both sides were two pass BBS, both produced same result, nick-free, no burning with the alum, splash felt same both sides and post balm still felt the same. Two takeaways for me were, feel was different, the OC plates have pretty wide spacing compared to some other OC plates leaving a fair bit of lather to face the edge and while I feel the texture of the teeth, I believe the additional soap left by the gaps makes for a smoother pull. Contrast to the one step more aggressive SB plate smoother feel on the face with nominally more blade feel in the pull, it left me wondering if I want to get a OC D plate but I'm still trying the C with other blades before making that call.
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  9. Had a great shave with my new Feather club DX, one little cut below the chin :'( otherwise nearly perfect, I got feather pro blades and they are very sharp, so first time with this shavette was imo very good. I have the Kai Captain blades on order because I read they are a little better to get used to, I think after a shave or 3 the Feather pro's will be better for me. I done a two pass with the DX and touched up with my slim, hardly a hair was cut with the slim tho, for a ordainary daily shave one pass with the DX will be fine for me....but I will most likely do two coz it is soooo much fun :):)
  10. SOTN March 17th
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    Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
    EDRIO #37 Gillette Pre-War Tech
    Gillette Super Stainless "The Spoiler"
    JR #352(30mm, Cruiser Class)
    Stirling Hot Apple Cider soap
    Blades Grim "Smolder" AS

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  11. i have the lemon chill .it lathers well and is very cold is approx 1 1/2 years old..
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  12. Lemon Chill is a good one as is MITA and Frozen Tundra.
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  13. Tuesday SOTD

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    Razor: KarveD O/C
    Blade: Super Iridium (D2)
    Brush: WildWestBrushworks 24mm Cashmere
    Bowl: Prohibition Style
    Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime
    Pre-Shave Balm: GroomingDept Unscented
    Shave Soap: RazoRock XXX Original
    Post: Monster Block Alum
    Aftershave: Extro Cologne Italiana


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  14. March 19, 2019
    Wolfman WR 1 OC (0.74mm) with Hempel Ti
    Feather
    Rubberset 400 #3 with WSP HMW
    Soapy Science Citrus Lollipop
    Myrsol Limon

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  15. Today's shave was with a freshly honed German made razor. Very nice 2 pass shave, that left me BBS. I used a Gillette Fatboy, the day before, and the DE shaves don't hold a candle to Straight Razor shaves. Wonderfully made Straight.

    Razor- F.W.Engels "Special".
    Brush- Omega 10098 Boar. Better every time I use it.
    Soap- Arko/Sandalwood scented.
    Aftershave- Shulton Old Spice. Mmmmm Mmmmmm Good.


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  16. Patchouli focus day 7

    Patchouli Imperial
    Calani Dubai
    Merkur 34c
    RR Plissoft 400
    Voshkod ⚀
    3 pass

    POST
    Alum
    Proraso red AFS
    PdP ASB

    Calani is fantastic. Big thanks Guy
    Gotta stock up on this brand

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  17. What's the Calani Dubai soap like? You've been using it a bit lately.
  18. Monday SOTN

    Too many razors and not enough shaves! I pulled out my Schick Type O Clone and a vintage schick twin blade. Wonderful slickness with the Palmolive and face lathering with the AP SHAVE CO Ruby Ripple brush. 3 passes with some buffing around the chin and jaw line for a wonderful close shave for the night shift tonight. Have a great Tuesday!

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  19. Ariana & Evans | Tertius
    Kent V8
    The New Improved Schick Injector Razor | Personna 74


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  20. Tommy, glad you like the Calani


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