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Jan 16th
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements - PS - Tube 2.0, ASB - Star Jelly
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements - SS CK6 - Cavendish
Darwin 2 Band Badger
Feather AC Professional
Blackland Vector
L'Occitane En Province Eav Des Bavx EdT
Today's start was much the usual....PAA's Tube 2.0 PS soap, then overloaded the damp Darwin badger for ~30 seconds with PAA's Cavendish CK-6 formula. Moved on to the shaving bowl, and swirled up a very nice thick & slick shiny lather, slowly adding in a good bit of water, probably a tablespoon or so. New acquisition, the polished version of the Blackland Vector, loaded with a new Feather AC Professional blade. 2 very easy intuitive passes, only a corner of a mouth weeper. Smidgeon more of hand applied lather on the lower right neck/jawline area, 2 extra swipes along the jaw line, caught the baby. Long wait on receiving the Vector from a sale back in Sept 2019, but well worth it. The Blackland Vector is super efficient, glides effortlessly with the polished cap. Polished handle is slightly slippery with wet fingers, but manageable. I absolutely love the head design on this razor. The absolute best safety razor I have at navigating under/around the nostril area. Nothing I have matches it, until I think of a couple of my straights. I'll hold off comparing to the 2 other AC style razors with regards to blade feel...want to give them a back to back go round for the best evaluation. Finished off with PAA's Star Jelly, and L'Occitane's En Provence Eav Des Bavx EdT.
This fragrance is a combination of vanilla, with dark incense, cypress, pink pepper and Tonka bean. While not directly in the family of Tobacco Vanilla, it's dangerously close to my nose.
And...had to throw 'Sting' into the image today. This is a Lord of the Rings gag gift from the girls. 7-8 years ago, when visiting Scarborough Faire, we were watching an iron forger making a sword. I joked it'd be great to have a copy of Bilbo's sword.....and then I got this letter opener mini version the following Christmas.
Hope everyone has a Terrific Thursday!
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