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Tabac Thursday's Shave


Cold Water Wash
Tabac Shaving Soap
Jayaruh #321
Schick M-2 Adjustable
Personna
CWR
Tabac AS

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Tabac Shave Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #321 brush. I did two passes with the Schick M-2 Adjustable razor with a Personna blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Tabac AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Thanks! Here's an album: https://imgur.com/a/jRHN29e

Thank you. I'm kind of a one-trick-pony when it comes to this setup. I've done a few Star Wars themes, but I'm most proud of these prior ones:

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And this one, while not particularly interesting, I had fun making a "reflection" of Darth Vader in the splash bottle. Can you see it?

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Moon Soaps | Old School
Ever-Ready 100T | Elite Razor Manchurian
The New Improved Schick Injector Razor | Personna 74
Chatillon Lux | Unconditional Surrender

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In light of my recent positive experience with Moon Soaps' Amaretto shaving cream, I decided to give their flagship a go. "Old School" is marketed as having a "huge amount of tallow, like soap used to be." Perhaps there's a modicum of hyperbole in that statement, but I can neither affirm or disprove this has any more tallow than your average artisan tallow shaving soap. Old School's consistency is on the firmer end of the croap spectrum and it loads very easily with a well saturated---but not dripping---knot. Compared to the Amaretto cream, this is the better performer. A dense, slick lather is quickly and intuitively forthcoming yielding an oil-rich iridescent sheen. First-pass slickness is approaching high-end status, while residual slickness is competitive with the upper echelon. I was able to effortlessly employ long sweeping passes on my dome that I usually reserve for my top 5 or 6. Post-shave is easily in the crowded top ten, but it can't quite push anyone out of top 3. It's very close, however.

The scent off the tub is light and somewhat singular in nature with a faintly sweetened leather. However, once lathered, the scent strength is boosted to a 3 out of 5, and opens with a new leather and cured tobacco duet that's later accompanied and expanded by warm woody notes and gentle spicy vanilla. This well-blended fragrance remains clean throughout, and the sweetness is offered up naturally by way of the vanilla and tobacco. I found Old School to remind me of several non-descript "masculine" fragrances without approximating any of them. There's nothing audacious with respect to the array of notes in Old School, but the fragrance, while safe and even formulaic is quite pleasant and a good choice for a flagship offering.

Once again, the label art exhibits keen knowledge of graphic design and the execution is flawless. If I have anything negative to say about Old School's packaging it would be the glaring absence of a side label. I'm not certain if this is intentional or an oversight as Amaretto did have side labeling which rounds out the packaging nicely.

Old School cements my confidence in Moon Soaps as an artisan in this crowded market. They back up their attractive packaging with a very respectable product that steps out of work horse territory and into the luxury realm.

 

Very cool, Matt! And yes, I see it.

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Superb photo and post, Matt! What three soaps are your top for post-shave feel?

 

Thanks........beautiful!

 

It's probably closer to 5: Phoenix Shaving's CK-6, Barrister and Mann's Excelsior, Declaration Grooming's Icarus, Ariana & Evans / The Club's Final V, Catie's Bubbles Luxury Cream, and Talbot Shaving's (I think he's calling it V2). Those are all a little too close to say one is better than the other (in terms of post-shave, anyway).

Thank you!

 

SOTD February 28th


EDRIO #31 Ever-Ready 1914
GEM SS PTFE
Yaqi Moka Expess (26mm, Frigate Class)
MWF
Stirling Noir PSB

 

I agree with your assessment of the CK6 and A&E. I'll throw Wholly Kaw in the mix too. I don't have enough experience with the B&M Excelsior base to comment. You have given me a few new soaps to consider.

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Well, your one trick is a very cool trick. Vader's reflection is a nice detail! When I googled the soap, your 2nd picture came up.

 

March 1, 2019
Cobra Classic
Feather Pro
Simpson CH2 Synthetic
Moon Old School
Fine Fresh Vetiver

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Razor: Above the Tie SE2
Blade: Kai Captain Original
Brush Handle: 30DC LE
Knot: APShaveCo Cashmere
Soap: Nuavia Verde
Aftershave: Chatillon Lux La Forêt de Liguest
Cologne: Chatillon Lux La Forêt de Liguest EDT

Another nice shave tonight. I love this Nuavia soap, great scent and fantastic performance. The Chatillon Lux products are top shelf. While I enjoyed the shave I think I might shelve the ATT SE2 in favor of the General. I get better shaves from the General with less irritation. I'm not putting the SE2 in the sell pile yet, I'll come back to it at a later time. Have a great day folks!

 

Wonderful photo and shave, Ben!

 

Fri 1st March.
Jayaruh No 67
MWF
Alu.Hawk V1 & Windrose S/S Handle [ 10 ]
Schick Proline [ 10 ]
Myrsol Antesol A/S Lotion.

Today I was interested to see how the blade in the Hawk would perform on a 10th outing, as normally I do not go past 9. I have recently been seeing
how long the Proline would last in various Razors before tailing off , and was expecting that blade longevity would be better in the S/S Razors. However,
I got up to 11 with the Alu. General the other day.
I really was not expecting too much today, but with an unbelievably creamy lather from the MWF, I had probably my best Shave of the week. Smooth Comfortable with a Face Stroking Finish. I really would like to get hold of a S/S Version of the Hawk.

 

SOTD March 1, 2019

Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap
Blade: vintage Personna twin
Razor: Schick L1
Brush: Omega 10049 boar
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post: Witch hazel, Fine American Blend aftershave

Nice, smooth shave with the L1 and twin blade. Wonderful shave all around. Have a great day!

 

Friday's Shave


Cold Water Wash
Col. Conk Amber
Jayaruh #321
Schick M-2 Adjustable
Personna
CWR
Barbasol Brisk AS

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Col. Conk Amber Shave Soap face lathered well with the Jayaruh #321 brush. I did two passes with the Schick M-2 Adjustable razor with a Personna blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Barbasol Brisk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Did a repeat of yesterday's shave. Tomorrow I'll use my OneBlade Genesis V2. Got a little too frisky with the Paradigm SE and got some weepers/irritation on my neck area and around my lower lip area. Have to be more focused on my technique and not be in such a rush! The Badger knot from TGN is their "Finest" not their Premium as mentioned in the text box. I have A Premium Silvertip Badger knot from TGN in one of my other brushes and got things mixed up a bit.

 

03/01/2019

Parker CHST – Chrome Handle Silver Tip
Salsa Bowl / Timeless bowl scuttle
Murphy & McNeil – Crann Bethadh
CVS SE Blade
Gem – MMOC
Nivea Post Balm
Pinuad Clubman Classic

Just a quick Friday morning before work shave. The MMOC and Murphy & McNeil performed great. Nice shave with no weepers or nicks. First time using the Parker CHST.

Finish up with a little Nivea and Clubman.

Y'all take care and have a great weekend!

 

SOTD March 1


Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
EDRIO # 32 Gem Micro-Matic OC
Gem SS PTFE (8)
Hardright Anchorset (24mm, Frigate Class)
Van Yulay Smoking Hot Pineapple soap and AS
Stirling Glacial Unscented PSB


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March 2, 2019
O.R.E.N
Feather Pro
Wild West Brushworks with 30mm Tuxedo
Mystic Water Vetiver & Oakmoss
Fine Fresh Vetiver

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