Tomorrow begins the first of 5 straight days of Stoylin aftershave use. (3 with one soap, then a different one back-to-back with a sophisticated goo).
SOTD February 1, 2020 Prep: Cold water and PAA Cube pre-shave soap Blade: vintage Schick Plus Platinum Razor: Schick M1 Brush: JR #377 badger Soap: Stirling Dirty South Shavers Post: Witch hazel, Speick aftershave
Ehh--LADIES and uh-GENTLEMEN: Well, here we are at Nomination Day #1 of this season's Stoylin Tony Awards. We've added another Nomination Day this season, we're up to 6. That's one day every other month. I'll also be putting in some thoughts between each day. ANYWAY-the nominees for the Winter Edition are: A.S.-Haverford Body Wash-Mtn. Man. OK, see ya in April!!
SOTD February 3, 2020 Prep: Cold water and PAA Cube pre-shave soap Blade: Schick Proline Razor: RazoRock Black Hawk Brush: Stirling Kong synthetic Soap: Stirling Dirty South Shavers Post: Witch hazel, Fine L'Orange Noir aftershave
SOTD Focused February 3rd Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap Timeless Bronze Kai WWB Jungle Ebonite (26mm, Frigate Class) Stirling Royal soap and AS Sent from my Galaxy using Tapatalk
SOTD February 5, 2020 Prep: Cold water and PAA Cube pre-shave soap Blade: vintage Schick Plus Platinum Razor: Schick L5 'Revere' injector Brush: Sapele beehive badger Soap: Stirling Meghalaya Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Meghalaya aftershave
Phenomenal looking set-up, Perry. That is, perhaps, the most beautiful looking injector I have ever seen.
No, it's a dupe of Ralph Lauren Supreme Oud, if I'm not mistaken. It was a limited edition offering for a meet-up of the South Florida Wet Shavers back in November. He had a few sets and they went on sale during Black Friday.
Thanks. I’ll watch for it to maybe make another appearance at some point. I read the description/reviews of the RL product and it sounds very nice.
Well, it’s been two weeks since my shoulder surgery, and after “shaving” with hair clippers every couple days I’ve had enough of that. Last surgery I grew a beard for five weeks and the shaved with clippers for another month. I hated it. So today I thought I’d see if left handed shaving is as tricky as eating and brushing my teeth. It kind of is, but SO worth it! There’s a snowstorm outside, so a warm winter scent was definitely in order. Haverford got the honors for the soap and splash. My Green Ray brush helped out, as did my Merkur 1904 open comb with a new Israeli blade. I would normally grab my open comb Fatip for removing heavy growth, but didn’t trust myself when learning wrong handed. I’ll probably shave every second or third day from here on. For now, I look great for a crippled guy, and smell fantastic!
Awesome! I call that making the best of a bad situation One way or another, here's to a quick recovery.
SOTD February 6, 2020 Prep: Cold water and PAA Cube pre-shave soap Blade: vintage Personna twin Razor: eBarbershop Type O clone Brush: Poculi synthetic Soap: Stirling Blu Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Blu aftershave The Stirling Blu is not pictured, but I predict it will be wonderful.
Gent's, I've gotta say that I ordered full size tubs of Haverford and Stirling Gentleman with the splash and have to say, It's no my jam. I don't know what it is about it but I just can't use it. The soap works like all Stirling, awsome, but I just can't handle the scent. I used both 2 times. What should I do? Put it in a drawer and try it again later or sell-trade it? What would you do? I got 4 new samples the other day and all of them are great.
I got a sample of Haverford; the Missus said it smelled like Michael's Crafts. I used it as a shower soap. If I had a full tub of the stuff, though, I'd look to PIF it to an interested party, sell it, or trade it. I've got neither the space nor patience to hang onto something I just don't like.
