I'm looking forward to "feeling painful"....we have one coolish day this week-a hiccup-but I bet the consistent warmth is right around the corner.
So today I reached for the Mergress which is always a favourite of mine, just love the weight and balance. Loaded with the ever smooth Voskhod and we are always good to go. Today’s soap was new to me CBL Soaps - Barbershop and what a great soap it was! The scent is just about the best barbershop I have smelt in a long time, as good as B&M Seville just a tad less sweet with a bit of a nuttiness to it...I know that’s weird eh? Well that’s what I smell anyway and scents are always subjective but what isn’t is performance and this soap kills it in that department! Easy to lather and slick! Loaded too much and it pained me to let some go but I only had time for a 2 pass shave and quite a DFS it was! Lovely scent, lovely shave and finished off with some Clubman! Oh yeah! Happy Monday and happy shaves all! Rating: 5 / 5 Razor: Merkur Mergress 500 Blade: Voskhod Brush: Rocky Mountain Barber Company - Best Badger Pre-Shave: Proraso White Lotion Lather: CBL Barbershop Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman Additional Care: B.I.G. Co. Alum Block
SOTD June 10, 2019 Blackland Sabre L2 GEM PTFE Paladin Lapis Chief Savonnerie Du Bon Berger Rosemary Mint Barrister and Mann Arctique
Razor: Supply SE Blade: Schick 4 Brush: Breeze by Wild West Brush Works w/ MS two Band 100% Finest Soap: Captain's Choice Bay Rum Aftershave: Captain's Choice Bay Rum Bowl: Japanese 6"D Ceramic Brown Suribachi Mortar Bowl. Very good shave with these tools. Love this razor and the Wild West Brush Works brush whipped up a ton of lather.
Mail call today, finally got a head to complete a Charcoal Goods Razor. Charcoal Goods G4 Cap G1 L3 Plate on Magnum Handle Copper / Gillette Platinum Super Thin Thai / Grizzly Bay Max Ice Age / Storybook Soapworks West Egg *Given who quickly CG heads tend to go, felt I was going out on a limb skipping passed the most popular L2 and getting a L3, concerned that if the 3 proved too aggressive the 2's might sell out and it could be a while before getting a chance to pick one up. Fortunately not an issue in the least, I found the L3 to be slightly more aggressive than my Wolfman Razors Guerrilla and neither are as aggressive as my Karve Shaving Co. Christopher Bradley Open Comb F-Plate, which I could daily drive, so quite happy with it. Where the CG most impressed me was its compact cap profile, it feels more compact and shorter which gets it into the under nostril area with ease; this come at mute the feel of coming off your head angle but a manageable trade off.
Tews-Day SOTD Razor: Evahs Blade: Personna Med Prep (D2) Brush: Zen Shave Crossbones 24mm Romera Manchurian Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime Pre-Shave Oil: Black Ship Grooming Unscented Shave Soap: Black Ship Grooming Thomas Tew Balm: Black Ship Grooming Thomas Tew Aftershave: Black Ship Grooming Thomas Tew
