Hi Clayton, I'm not as creative as you in that sense, but you can be sure I'll be comfortable with my shave gear for the upcoming summer.
Andrew, I shrunk my print again....you helped me get it back to normal size before....Control, Alt, and I forgot the last part. What is it again?
Was it just the font, or is everything smaller? If everything is smaller, you can hit 'ctrl' and '+' to make everything bigger (keep hitting it to make it as big as you want). In case you go too large, 'ctrl' and '-' will decrease the size.
Everything is. I'm trying your way as we speak. Hey, that solved it!!!(Control and plus.). Thanks Tim .
Thank you Andrew.....Tim(Mr. Abababa)got to me before you did, and I fixed it, but thanks again. Now the issue is-how did I mess it up in the first place???
That sounds like something I'd try. Plus lemon and lime I'd think would be awesome together. What do you follow it up with for A/S?
Andrew, I've been saying that if I ever was in Colorado Springs and came to visit you guys, as soon as I would ring the doorbell, you'd tell me to wait 5 minutes so you can move all the Stoylins out of the way and let me in!!
I have my Menthol Monday setup planned: Stirling Mentholated Pre Shave Soap Stirling Glacial Spearmint SS Stirling Glacial Spearmint ASB B&M Arctique AS Splash Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Feb. 2020 closer. Inspired by one dedicated Stirling Fan over in the Stirling Exchange thread, @chevyguy has lead me to citrus bliss. The soap combo from samples is Glacial Lemon Chill mixed with Lime. The menthol carries well, and I sense more lemon than lime. Refreshing! First shave with the Schick Krona raffle prize as graciously donated by @John Beeman. My experience with TTO tooling is limited, but I'm going to rank this closely behind the Gillette Flair Tip. Maybe a tad more aggressive and more capable of delivering a blade binkie. I like the lower weight and longer handles on n/s moves. The tall and dark synthetic by WCS delivered perfect suds in the Symmetrical Pottery bowl that was not made for cereals. I didn't have Lemon AS so I had to settle for Glacial Lemony Orange and Menthol Lime. Fun, Fresh and clean. My new experiences with the TTO raffle winnings is going to bring some focus shaves my way. Edison Carter reporting for Network XXIII, or 20 minutes into the future.
March Madness I will use a shavette about 50% of the time. Hopefully complete my evals. of artist club type blades I want to stock. I'll squeeze in a few straight shaves. Today 3/1 Preshave - Proraso Soap - Stirling Blood on Steel 2019 Brush - Simpsons Emperor 2 Bowl - tiny tiny plastic Razor 1 - Gillette Flair Tip SS, Personna Blue (2) Razor 2 - Feather Artist Club DX, Kai Captain Original (2) Post - alum, Trumpers Lime Skin Food Aftershave - Stirling Tsuka Splash-On I started with the 'new to me' Flair Tip with A Personna Blue on (2). The Max Headroom Shaving Assn. had formally decreed this blade to be in the 'one and done' category. The maiden voyage with this instrument was so surprisingly pleasant that I had to give the set-up a 2nd run. Even Edison Carter, needs to be reminded occasionally that arguing against the decrees of his alter ego is futile. The first pass indicated that while still delivering an adequate result, the experience was no longer a pleasure. The set-up was sent to the locker room, bringing in from the bench, the Feather DX with a Kai Captain Original (2) chambered and ready to save the day. So sorry for the Captain, but today is your last. Just too many others more readily available that I like more. This tiny shave bowl might be better for the haters to eat soup from than it is for whipping lather. It is a convenient rest for the awesome performing little Simpson super badger. I do remember when I'd use a safety razor to rescue an open blade shave, so here is one for everyone starting out for their Jedi Masters Degree this month. Just in time to replace the emptying of my first bottle of BoS (Tsuka) aftershave I received this Tsuka that failed to make the grade for @timabababaluka who graciously gifted it to me. Apparently he heard somewhere that I was the #1 Tsuka fan and would be sure to get it used. Thanks Tim and Godspeed on your shavette journey. Edison CARTER here, reporting for Network XXIII now MARCHing forward certified blipvert-free.
Disclaimer: Everyone's tastes are different 2 Week Rundown of my first go at Stirling soaps: Day 1 Almond Creme followed by Stirling Spice A/S splash Didn't have a matching aftershave or anything even in the neighborhood. Smells like almond cookies. Nice, but wouldn't want to smell that way for 2 or 3 hrs, so not a go unless could find another suitable A/S. Not sure if Black Cherry would fit the bill, since it's supposedly pretty sweet smelling in its own right. All in all 6/10 Day 2 Arkadia followed by Stirling unscented P/S Balm One of my fav's. Already ordered matching A/S Splash. Looking forward to using this more 8/10 Day 3 Baker Street followed by Nivea A/S Balm. Not very strong of a scent (but that's what matching A/S and/or Colognes are for). Also like this very much. Maybe not a top 5, but well enough I ordered the A/S Splash 7/10 Day 4 Deep Blue Sea followed by Davidoff Cool Water A/S. Really like this, maybe love it. Not as strong a scent as I'd like, but again that's where the A/S and/or Cologne would complete it. Likely going to order Classic Match Electric Blue cologne, another bleau de chanel dupe. (Classic Match is a brand that makes some excellent dupes) 8/10 Day 5 Gin & Tonic followed by WSP Olympus A/S Splash. Nothing wrong with it. I can see some people liking it, but wasn't for me. Maybe On the Rocks version 5.5/10 Day 6 Pharoah's Dreamsicle followed by Stirling Unscented Balm. Another favorite from the first whiff opening. I admit won't know for sure if I'll love this scent prolonged, but I think I will, so I went out on a limb and ordered the matching EDT 8/10 Day 7 Mountain Man followed by Nivea A/S Balm. Nothing wrong with this, but didn't make my cut. Maybe because I've already got a lot of blue/green/fresh aquatics I like more 6/10 Day 8 Piacenza followed by Stirling unscented P/S Balm and Classic Match Polo Black Cologne. I tried this with Polo Black after reading somebody's review that the sandlewood in each made them a good match. That wasn't the case whatsoever; the Polo Black just took over the scent. But oh well, things like that are worth one try. Anyway I like Piacenza, maybe a lot. Not sure. Will order A/S at a future date to find out. 7/10 Day 9 Ozark Mountain followed by Stirling unscented P/S Balm. Really really loved this. Ordered matching A/S Splash 8/10 Day 10 Lemon Chill followed by Stirling unscented P/S Balm (don't have any menthol aftershaves yet). This was outrageously good. My first time with a menthol anything, and had no bad reaction whatsoever. Was a pleasing experience. Definitely need some similar or matching menthol A/S for this. 8/10 Day 11 Vanilla Sandlewood followed by Stirling Agar Splash. Not that those 2 matched. Just had the Agar sample so thought I'd give it a go. The Vanilla Sandlewood is nice, but not great. I sometimes like vanilla. Here, doesn't seem needed. May get a straight Sandlewood A/S at a future date, prob Proraso Red. 7/10 Day 12 Sandpiper followed by Stetson. Saved the best for last. The Stetson of course didn't match at all. Just made me realize all the more, I've got to get a matching A/S and.or cologne right away for this great scent. Definitely a keeper 8.5/10 Closing thoughts: The generous amount and affordable price of the soap samples is such a great idea. Over half of these were keepers for me. A pleasant surprise. And who knows, by being able to repeatedly use the samples, I may change my mind about a few others I first didn't like as much. Also, to make any of it worthwhile, I can see now why matching A/S and/or colognes are a must (as you can tell I hardly had any A/S on hand that matched the soaps). For me I don't need a thousand different soap scents and definitely not a 20 yr. supply, but am feeling good about this start and will definitely add some select others in the coming year or 2 or 3.
