F W Engels Perfection 9/8 Yaqi 24 Badger Brush Savonitto Chez Mon Grand Pere Shaving Soap Captain's Choice Bay Rum Aftershave
I've seriously considered having some of my favorite handles with badger knots re-knotted with APShave Co or PAA synthetic knots. They are indeed that good. They dig out soap from the puck by way of fine fibers instead of depending on backbone. While you can name your backbone preference given the options available with synths nowadays, they almost magically load even triple-milled soaps with equal ease as that of boars and badgers. I'm totally sold on synthetics and that's based on performance alone (moral convictions notwithstanding).
monday shave new deluxe/platinum captain's choice heavy copper bowl semogue 830 boar black ship grooming captain's reserve soap and splash
I recommend APShave Co's SynBad, SilkSmoke, or Cashmere knots. Of if you're interested in complete brushes, APShave Co does offer that, but stateside options would be PAA's The Green Ray or The Starcraft. Each one of the aforementioned options is super cheap, yet top performance.
25 June 2019 * Charcoal Goods Level 3 SB + Stork Ex Brass * Wizamet Iridium Super * Shavemac D01 2-Band + Doug Korn Faux Vintage Ivory C7 * Mystic Water Poggio dei Pini * Unrefined Shea Butter * Bergamot/Vetiver EO
Just the Basics June!! June 24 Razor - Edwin Jagger DE89l Blade (2) Soap - Stirling Iced Pineapple Brush - The Canuck Post - Alum It's Menthol Monday! Staying with the EJ and Voskhod for the basic setup and adding in the Stirling Iced Pineapple to get that great pineapple scent along with the cold menthol kick. The Iced soaps from Stirling bring a great chill with them and they are fantastic to have around. The Canuck with its flat top SynBad knot handled the lather with great ease. Three slow and luxurious passes to a BBS finish and it was a great way to end a fairly lazy Monday. Speaking of Stirling, the Cartel Politburo has declared that Stirling is and will be, henceforth, the official soapmaker to the Cartel. Rod @ezlovan produced an absolute spot on perfect soap for us this year so we'll just keep challenging him year after year to keep it up. No pressure. Have a great Tuesday!
