SoS: November 20, 2017 - November 26, 2017

Great setup and picture Steve.

 

Thanks Doug. Have a nice Thanksgiving buddy.
Steve

 

You also Steve.

 

Wednesday, November 22

Mystic Water Lilac~~Pure Badger (X-tra Floppy)~~194- Gillette Parat~~Gillette Super Stainless "The Spoiler" (1)
Barbers Choice Lilac AS
Have a great day!​

 

Great picture, Joseph!

 

Date: 23 November 2017 "SOTD"

Pre: - Cold Water straight from the tap
Brush: - RazoRock Plissoft Synth. 24/57mm knot
Lather: - Route 66 ~ Bay Lime Twist 6x
Bowl: - Captain's Choice
Razor: - Fatip Grande Open Comb
Blade: - Gillette Nacet #3
Post: - Lucky Tiger Aftershave & Face Tonic / L'Oreal Hydra Sensitive Aftershave Balm with Birch Sap
Fragrance: - Dolce&Gabbana Pour Homme

 

I put my only American to use today as it hadn’t seen a shave in some time. This Korn was a rescue job that @gssixgun brought back from the near dead - a very nice shave. You can see the Romera Manchurian returned for a third consecutive appearance Fantastic brush.

Hot water preparation
AOS Lavender.PSO
Mike’s Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender
Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian
Geo W. Korn 7004 5/8
T&H Classic After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Barrister and Mann - Citricuyá
BSB-Ti | HMW Extra Dense
Ever-Ready SE | Gem PTFE

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I was a little disappointed about having missed out on the South Florida Wet Shavers' Barrister and Mann Citricuyá. I mean, look at that label! When I reached out to Brian Myers, he did what he does best and sniffed out an unused set for me. I'm quite grateful to both Brian's legwork and to SFWS for letting me purchase it despite my only recently having joined the group.

Citricuyá utilizes Barrister and Mann's Glissant base that I have reviewed at length, so I will stipulate that this is one of the elite performers in the artisan realm. As should be expected from B&M, Citricuyá is more than just a pretty face. It opens with a bold and interesting blood orange and passion fruit. I immediately began comparing it to Soapmakers of Awesometown, but that's because it's the only other soap in my den featuring passion fruit. In reality, that's probably the only similarity. The blood orange and passion fruit seem to teeter until a subtle spiciness infiltrates the accord about midway through the shave. It also takes on a floral note but never abandons the citrus for the entire two and half passes. The paired B&M splash matches very well, but it does have more depth particularly with respect to the dry down. The citrus burns off first, and then the passion fruit and floral note. There is a brief period in which I could swear I'm detecting neroli, but I do not see that mentioned in the scent notes. The dry down reveals an unexpected thick greenness becoming sharper as it fades about 3 hours later.

While Citricuyá is one of the least complex Barrister and Mann fragrances I've experienced, it's undoubtedly intentional and still has more depth than many of my other citrus products. In terms of longevity, I place it somewhere between Adagio and Rhapsody. This a very pleasant fragrance. If this is what South Florida smells like, I need to visit.

 

11/22/2017 - Jamie' SOTN

 

Yeah. I love this set. Thanks.

 

That's obviously not real shave soap lather. Where's the container of Cool Whip hiding?

 

Thanksgiving Shave


Proraso Pre Shave
Stirling Soap Co. Pharaoh's Dreamsicle
Jayaruh #18
Rockwell 6C
Gillette Silver Blue
CWR
Thayer's Lemon WH
Pharaoh's Dreamsicle AS

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Pharaoh's Dreamsicle Shaving Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #18 silvertip badger brush. I did two passes with the Rockwell 6C Razor with the #4 plate and a Gillette Silver Blue blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Pharaoh's Dreamsicle AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

NOVember!!!

November 22 - Pot luck shaves with a light Stirling focus


Razor - 1947 Gillette Super Speed
Blade - (3)
Soap - Stirling Mountain Man
Brush - Jayaruh #46
Post - Alum

On to the Mountain Man soap from Stirling and this one was a surprise. Just smelling the sample puck, and having my wife do the same, my impression was "eh, ok". She found it a bit strong and I found it a bit different from my taste and expectation. It's based on the scent of Creed Silver Mountain Water cologne. I was thinking maybe a bit more of a "mountain/forest" scent. But the puck seemed a bit out of my wheelhouse and expectations so, what the heck, a shave with it and then I'll put it on the "no-tub" list. Then.........I lathered it.

Wow. I know that scent from the lather. It's.......it's........a cologne I used to buy about ten years ago. And it's name is..............um.............yeah, well anyway. It's a dead ringer for that scent and I love that scent. It was something aqua, water, something something......on the tip of my tongue.

Anyway, I finished three passes. I was only going to do two since I'm off tomorrow but I just had to get that lather all over my face again. I'm absolutely captivated by the scent of this one in the lather. Got my third BBS in a row with this setup (have I mentioned that the '47 Super Speed is amazing) and hit Google. Did a bit of creative searching (I know the cologne was baby blue in color) and NAUTICA!!!!! That's the scent! Had my wife check out the lather scent and she still thinks it's a bit strong for her (don't tell her I'm going to buy some Nautica now) but she's a trooper. Said if I like it that much get a tub. This one goes to the top of the "get a tub" list.

As for the rest of the setup, again the '47 Super Speed set a standard that lasted nearly 40 years. And the Treet Platinum blade is a great value and performer that too often gets overlooked. And, of course, the Jayaruh brush tonight was its usual version of perfection, just like its cousin was last night. Gotta love shaves like these past three. I almost feel like I cheated and started DECember early!

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Thanksgiving Shave

Weber SS
Perma-Sharp Super (7)
Simpson Chubby 2 Super
Castle Forbes Lavender shaving cream
Thayers Lavender witch hazel, unrefined shea butter, and Fine Platinum aftershave

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

 

Didn't end up superlathering the Cremo with my Williams since I got a great LASTING lather.... But I got overzealous ATG on pass 3 and really felt it a LITTLE with the Lemon Thayers and a LOT with the Skin Brace! So I followed up with Nivea Cooling ASB. GREAT BBS shave though, just a little warm afterglow and one tiny neck nick.

Happy Thanksgiving all! Enjoy family, friends and food tomorrow and thank the Lord on high for all he's done for us all!

 

Happy Thanksgiving

November 23, 2017
Above The Tie Calypso R1
Feather (2)
Rubberset 400 #3 with WSP HMW
Nuàvia Blu

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SOTD 20171123.



J&T® wengé / Maggard synth.
TFS Anniversary.
PAL Injectomatic.
Schick Proline B-20 (1).
PeReJa Lavender EdC.

Almost no difference between this razor and the Schick type I1 - L1 - O.

 

A very good el cheapo BBS shave with that Egyptian-made Lord Emofresh cream. Would you believe the grocery store I bought it at has it on sale for 70 cents? Anyway, a small dab on my chin gave me tons of great lather with a little menthol cooling and a good post-shave feeling. The Amici aftershave smells awesome and it's also fairly cooling.

Hope youz guys have a good one!

 

Happy Thanksgiving
This set almost seems old school with all the new products and formulae coming out at what seems like a fast pace. Lavanille is my all-time favorite scent.
Prep: Chatillon Lux Butter
Soap: B&M Lavanille
Brush: Brothers Bristles Silver Surfer
Razor: Rockwell 6sR6
Blade: voskhod
AS: B&M Lavanille