Nice gesture Charlie. And you're welcome. (Actually that was in reverse order lol).

Sort of- if a release air malfunctions, the arrow will go wild. My husband destroyed a fluorescent light tube that way once.

Oh, the tube was right next to him as he was firing at the range?

December 4th
Barbasol Floating Head w Nacet (3)
APShaveCo flattop/Sapele
SV Cubebe SS & AS
Thayers

Pulled the SV Cubebe combo this morning as it definitely counts as Decadent in my den. Love the performance and the scent equally. Clint was bang on about this scent and my love of the 4.3 base is well-documented.
Day 3 with the Floating Head, and another exquisite result. Completely smooth, with one new weeper but not really any feeling of irritation. Loving this razor, but I’d only recommend it to experienced TTT types. It would scare a newbie away, I think.
Have a great day all!

Hope you feel better soon, Terry.

Thank you, Joe.

Thanks, Charlie. You could always get a full-body revamp at Razor Emporium...

My 91 yr old Gillette New Standard delivered a comfortable three pass DFS to both dome and face today on day four of Decadent December. This is a reliable, well-balanced razor that I can always count on for a good shave.

SOTD 12/04/19

RAZOR: Gillette New Standard
BLADE: Suneko
PREP: Cold water rinse of dome and face followed by a scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Omega Pro48
SOAP: Grooming Dept Unscented Donkey Milk
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash of face and dome w/ brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Fine Snake Bite AS Splash

Thank you, Jim!

Thank you, Clint! Wilson is pretty excited! His birthday is December 10, so he gets lots of gifts this month.

Excellent shave, Jeff!

Beautiful photo and setup, Jason!

Thank you!
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Wonderful shave, Clint! Sorry about the nick.

DECember

Crabtree & Evelyn~~Simpson~~Gillette~~Wilkinson~~Yardley
So as not to disappoint Primo's legion of fans, today's post will be somewhat longer than yesterday's.
I guess I have been focussing on my '08 Single Ring so far this month.
It has been sitting out and I have been too lazy to prep a straight, so here it is again.
Together with the Wilkinson blade, they make a formidable duo.
New soap today. Picked up a vintage NOS puck of Crabtree & Evelyn Lavender shave soap.
Since I don't have any empty mugs, I purchased the very nice container from Maggard's.
These will be my "go to" containers from now on. They are perfect.
Grated the soap and pressed it into the container. I debated adding a touch of
boiling H2O, but in the end decided not to. The soap pressed easily and it is the consistency
of a triple-milled soap.
Big-old bloom whilst showering and the Duke created some incredible, shiny lather.
51g, which originally retailed for $2.95...I paid $20.
This soap out-performs probably 90% of today's offerings.
The slickness was first-rate; the scent is still potent after all these years.
The post-shave rivals MW.
While there are no ingredients listed on the now defunct box, I would bet $$ that this is a tallow based soap.
Some modern "artisan" should reverse engineer this soap and recreate it.
They would make a fortune.
Completed the shave with a spritz or three of the Yardley and even though today is
chilly, the lavender makes Primo feel like it's spring.​

Nice FATT shave, Danny! I like the milk-glass look of that brush handle.

Fine picture and setup, Blair!

Beautiful shave and photo Danny. Happy Anniversary. You have made the 30dc a better place during your year here.

Nice setup, Tom!

Good-looking gear, Angelo!

Thank you, Charlie.