Happy Birthday my friend. May it be a blessed day for you and your loved ones. And may there be many, many more years of great shaves & photo pics for us to “oooo and aaahh” over. Cheers amigo......
Sunday Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep Soap: Maggard Limes & Bergamot Razor: Gillette Fat Boy Blade: Vintage Gillette Platinum-Plus (Shave #6) Brush: John’s Brushes Silvertip-22mmx48mm Aftershave: Bulgari Blu WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard) Maggard Limes & Bergamot today. 20 seconds to load the John’s Brushes Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Vintage Gillette Platinum-Plus still in the Gillette Fat Boy. Excellent smooth, close shave. I finished with Bulgari Blu aftershave. Bob
Sunday SOTD Gem razor Simpson keyhole brush Jabonman Tobacco shaving soap Barrister & Mann Cologne Russe aftershave
CHRISTMAS EVE SHAVE Bath Soap - Ralph Lauren Safari Razor - Ralph Lauren Safari Collection Blade - Personna Twin II Plus (with lubrication strip) *1st Shave Shave Brush - Ralph Lauren Safari Collection with Original Badger Hair Knot Hair Brush - Ralph Lauren Safari Collection Shave Soap - Ralph Lauren Safari Aftershave - Ralph Lauren Safari Post Shave Balm - Ralph Lauren Safari Deodorant - Ralph Lauren Safari Fragrance - Ralph Lauren Safari *All products are Vintage 1990's produced by Cosmair PlanofMan gave me info on products that helped me source these on Ebay. I'm debuting my newest addition to my Silver Shave Kit. Edit - And Merry Christmas Everyone! I have to say that the Safari Razor with the Personna Twin II Plus Cartridge shaved decently. It may not be as good as the best of my DE razors, but it performed well and didn't leave any nicks or cuts. I had a 2-pass + cleanup and I'm happy with the results. The scent of the vintage stuff is great. The best part of the gear is the shave soap. I soaked the soap for 2 hours to soften the top layers. The lather was fantastic. It was the consistency of canned shave cream with a bit more slickness. Good protection. My only slightly negative knock on this set is the badger hair didn't have much of any backbone, unlike my synthetics, and on top of that I could smell wet badger scent mixing with my Safari scented soap. It wasn't 'that' bad, but it's the big reason I go with synthetic knots, because I want my scents to be 'the' experience scent-wise and I don't want a wet-animal smell intruding on my scent. Again, it wasn't 'bad', just something I had to learn to expect when using the badger brush. The bath soap did have a very 'slight' 'aged' smell to the ingredients the soap is made of. No doubt I will have to use the soap a few times to get down to a layer that smells more 'fresh'. But after drying off, I could not detect any of that 'aged' vibe. I could only smell the classic Safari scent. The aftershave, the post-shave balm and the deodorant still work and smell like they're brand new. All in all, it was great. I smell great. My face is smooth.
Great scent, great shave. Merry Christmas All! Razor: Charcoal Goods Level 2 OC Blade: GSB Brush: SV Lather: Sterling Christmas Eve Aftershave: Sterling Christmas Eve AS Additional Care: Sterling Christmas Eve Balm Lucky Tiger After Shave Tonic SV Pre-Shave Butter Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
24 December 2017 * Karve Shaving Plate D * Iridium Super * Shavemac D-01 2-Band Marble Blue * Mystic Water Egyptian Dragon * Unrefined Shea Butter * Bergamot/Vetiver EO Enjoy your time with your family and friends, everyone.
Bartmann 86 Shavemac Silvertip D01 Maitre Savonitto Chez Mon Grand Pere Shaving Soap Speick After Shave Balm
