2020-11-22, Sunday

I remember as if it had happened yesterday the emotion felt fifty-seven years ago: I was moving from one classroom to another when the news of Jack Kennedy's assassination arrived.
It is difficult to realize, at the moment, when you are living an epochal event...
I remember, I don't know why, the comment of a girl -Let's hope it wasn't the communists, otherwise it's WW III!-

And I remember thinking, with the selfishness of a seventeen year old boy, that I had missed the opportunity to meet the President: a short time before, we foreign students in the Washington D.C. area, six or seven, had been invited to Andrews Air Force Base to meet Kennedy who was about to embark to go to Dallas to a football game, but, we were told, that some issues arisen in Viet Nam who requested his presence at the White House.
So all that was possible was to take a group photo on the Air Force One boarding ladder.

Later we were invited to the White House, where I shook Johnson's hand, but... he was not Kennedy and a thousand people was not the same thing!

More banal and less memorable my shaving today that, as most of the times, does not deserve special comments.





Sapone PS: Palmolive d'antan
Sapone: Castle Forbes, Lavender
Pennello: Lab. Villefranche, Schwarzy, Amaranto/Silvertip 24 mm
Rasoio: Merkur, Progress 500
Lametta: Gillette, 7 O’Clock, Super Stainless
AS 1: MilMil, Figaro Gel
AS 2: Bart's Premium Balm, Lavender oil
EdT: Farmacia Vaticana, Acqua di Lavanda
ST: Gli Strauss, Berliner Phil., H.v.Karajan

Early 1930's Goodwill #162 w/Astra - Sharp Dressed Man soap and AS

Lather Catcher Sunday's Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Musgo Real classic scent shaving soap
Jayaruh #419 Two Band Badger
C.V. Heljestrand
Heljestrand Wedge
CWS
Pinaud Clubman AS

The Musgo Real classic scent shaving soap face-lathered well with Jayaruh #419 Two Band Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the C.V. Heljestrand Lather Catcher razor with a Heljestrand Wedge blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pinaud Clubman AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Date:- 22 November 2020

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Semogue SOC 2 Band Finest Badger in Butterscotch 24/53mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Mystic Water ~ Brown Windsor
Razor/Blade:- Karve CB Matt SS 'SB-C' / Vintage Gillette Aussie 'Gold' Spoiler #9
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Invite E High Potency Pure Oil (30 drops), Natural Plant Glycerin (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Fragrance:- Tommy Hilfiger for Men

Timeless Slim SS .5 & KAI SS
Knothead/Dragonsbeard 26mm Tux
Dragonsbeard V2 shave soap
Dragonsbeard V2 skin food splash
BOSS Hugo Boss Number One eau de toilette

Great first shave with the Timeless Slim. Efficient yet quite smooth. It’s a blade feeler but, it’s not over the top and exhibits no harshness. A wonderful Sunday and shaves to all....​

SOTD SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 2020


RAZOR: Saito SK3. 7/8 (Mug), Schick E Type (Dome)
BLADE: Proline B-20 Injector
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Pre de Provence Bergamot & Thyme Balm.

Sunday:

hot shower with Jabon de Reuter bar soap
Maggard Lime PSO
Maggard Slant 3 passes
Rapira Stainless (2)
Mondial Tabacco Verde soap in a warm mug
VDH Deluxe boar
Thayers unscented WH
Tom Fields Gin and Bitters A/S

Not the best shave this morning. The other day I shaved off a small pimple and today I snagged the same spot and made a bigger wound. Smeared it with alum to stop the blood.

Have a great week gents!

Thank you Clint.

November 22, 2020
Rex Ambassador
Tatra Platinum
MR EE #4 with SHD 2 Band Fan
TOBS St James Collection Shave Cream
Small Batch Shave Tonic Winter Reserve

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Guy.

Excellent black and white Clint.

Beautiful Thorsen!

Excellent setup and photo Jim.

Thanks, Doug!

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Well done Arthur.

Good shot.

Well done Sergio.

Sunday, November 22

Tallow + Steel Classic Two~~Simpson Emperor 3~~Dovo 91~~YSL Rive Gauche Pour Homme
Have a great day!​

Thank you, Doug!

Joseph... you're getting closer to the class of my pics!

What does the soap smell like?