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Hotel California, 1976 Eagles

Great bunch of photos and shave reports since I was last here yesterday morning, gentlemen!

An always awesomely amazing and accurate April ambition? Adequate, astonishingly astute, astounding and advantageous assessment, amigo.

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Tuesday March 27 - still with the samples


Rockwell 6s on plate #3 / Gillette 7 O'clock Super Stainless (1)
JR #267 boar brush
The Dry Dock shave bowl
B+M Latha Taiga sample
Alum and Sunday Co Arenella Coast balm

Finally, a Latha sample with some scent strength to it! Taiga was a mix of fir, balsam and cedar and smelled pleasantly like northern forest. Usual decent Latha lather and okay shave performance. The fresh blade was smooth and sharp in the Rockwell adjustable, giving me a DFS in two passes. I didn't have an aftershave that exactly matched the Taiga so I went with Arenella Coast and its cedar base.

Tomorrow I use the last of my discontinued Latha samples, Lavanda. As the name suggests, it's a straight lavender scent and seems to be quite a strong one too, especially for the Latha line. I then have two or three current B&M soap samples to take me to the end of March, and a few odds and ends to use up into the beginning of April.

I thought I smelled warm colitas.

I was at a Kaereoke where someone sang that...sounded funny because she had to stop at "But you can never leave" of course. Some who never heard the song might say "Yeah, what's next?"

If you’ve never heard a blind drunk, tone deaf woman take a run at White Rabbit, you still haven’t seen the worst kaereoke has to offer!!

That might be good for a giggle
I had the misfortune to witness a Caucasian university student do a cringe worthy rendition of Lil Jon's "Get Low". I think he thought it sounded good in his head. The rest of us waited with varying degrees of patience for it to end.

Barbasol Arctic Chill
Stick Schick Injector
Skin Bracer

Maybe not an exciting shave, but my head and face are clear of debris. And I got to finger paint with Barbasol and listen to one of my favorite albums.



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No shave for me today.

How about some M83 instead? Cool.



Have a great evening!

March Madness!!!

March 27

Razor - 1959 (E1) Gillette Super Speed
Blade - (3)
Soap - Proraso Sandalwood
Brush - Stirling Two Band Synthetic
Post - Alum

March 27th. We are way too close to the end of March. Seems like just yesterday we starting the month, madness went MAD around here and now we're on the brink of the move. Two more days and then the hard labor begins. Still raining here, though the forecast says sun on Friday which is good. Then rain on Saturday. Just means Friday needs to be extra productive.

As for the final shaves of the month tonight was the last night on the Astra SP. Not because it's bad, just because I normally go three and out. The past three shaves with this setup have been extremely nice, relaxing, and efficient. Near-BBS result tonight with two passes and the hint of sandalwood still lingering is very nice.

Two more shaves in Cartel HQ 1.0. They'll be with, what else, the Mighty Voskhod! Then we'll see whether the first shave in HQ 2.0 is Friday or Saturday. Depends on my ability to move at the end of the day.

Wednesday is nearly upon us! Have a great day!

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Neal,

Best of luck this weekend. Hope everything falls together nicely! I've sent Yuri with a few housewarming gifts for CHQ2.0, because ibuprofen and potato vodka are basically interchangeable. I think. Or something like that. Anyhow, may the sun shine brightly upon you and may your new home be filled with all things good!

Thanks! Right now it looks like everything is in place and it should be smooth. Well, smooth-ish. I've never had any move that I would call smooth. I hate doing it. I'll be looking for Yuri because we will definitely need the ibuprofen and all the vodka we can get! Hopefully he won't get lost on the way to the new place. Drunk minions are friendly and helpful, but not always the best with directions.

Living in a country where karaoke is popular trust me, it is only enjoyable when all of the participants are very drunk.

Continued focus on finishing soaps

I so frustrated with Tabac's longevity I did not even put in the pictures. The big Koraat was a silent assassin delivering an epic shave.

Irritation A+ Closeness A+ Smoothness A Sharpness A+

Razor: Koraat 7/8 grind 3/4
Strop: Dry Gulch black latigo
Brush: Omega Pro
Pre: Nivea
Soap: Tabac
AS: Guerlain Derby AS, Speick ASB
Scent: Guerlain Derby

I always did my best when I was a little drunk. Always sang "Rosie", by Jackson Browne.

The Tabac is messing with you now. I wouldn't switch to MWF - the two of them together might drive you insane.

West Coast Shaving 78s
Gillette Nacet (1)
Maggards Synthetic
West of Olympia Grayscale
Speick AS Splash
Proraso Blue

Tonight decided to take a break and use the first razor I ever bought. Got a BBS shave with the setup, with some touch up help from NDC Super Speed. The handle on the razor is just to long and heavy, much to difficult to maneuver. Lather not to bad, the fragrance oils in the gray scale still irritating freshly shaved skin. Likely won't pull the razor and soap out again. Have a nice evening, morning gentlemen.


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