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  1. March 3 SOTA.

    Hi everyone. Pleasant good afternoon.

    Shavette Shave #532
    Dovo
    Personna Hairshaper SE Blade (15)
    MrEE Tuxedo Brush
    VdH SS and bits of other soaps
    Pinaud-Clubman Classic AS
    Stirling Alum Block
    Modessa Witch Hazel
    Beard Growth: 23.5 hrs

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    Loaded my brush from my apothecary mug and face lathered for my shave. I really didn't need to shave, but I did a quick WTG and ATG passes. Didn't need to go for the BBS, but I will say it was a near BBS result without any blood loss.
    The alum was mostly silent. Splashed on the watch hazel and the old man scent aftershave. Take care.
  2. talking to ones self is a symptom of much bigger issues..:D:happy102:
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  3. awesome sunday shave Joe.:cool::bounce017:
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  4. Thanks Gary.
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  5. Terrific Trumper and awesome aristocrat shave Gary.
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    SRS # 1049 - Sample Soap Sunday - Blackship Grooming Davy Jones

    Rating: 5 / 5

    Razor: ERN 1820 5/8”
    Brush: Jack Skully
    Pre-Shave: Pears Transparent Soap
    Lather: Blackship Grooming Company Davy Jones
    Aftershave: B & M Sandalwood
    Additional Care:
    Omega Alum
    Dickenson’s Original Witch Hazel
    Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm

    Outstanding sample soap shave this morning with a very simple scent of sandalwood and bourbon.

    Hope you all had a great day.
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  7. Excellent sandalwood shave Gary.
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  8. Excellent looking shave Asil.
  9. Very nice Barry.
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  10. Perfect Joe.
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  11. PT’s theme of the weekend: Crickets!

    Numerous posts offer suggestions, concerns and various ideas related to shaving and the consistent blood letting yet “Crickets”.

    Not even a courtesy of a reply.

    Speaks VOLUMES.
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  12. Wonderful shave Joe. The scales on the Ern definitely rock.
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  13. Thanks Joe. As you know, it's great to have a satisfying shave like this one.
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  14. I don't want to rag on the guy, but he needs to move on to the SOS thread because he doesn't want to improve his shaves. It's over 5 years since I have been posting on this thread and he hasn't made any appreciable progress. It's time for him to move on from here. If he leaves, then I wish him the best.
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  15. Nice intro as usual, Joe!

    No clue what I will do myself for March. Probably just a Mix and Match of whatever happens to be handy.

    Actually, one thing I will do is focus on using and properly breaking in my Mixte brush -- one of those ones with a knot that combines boar and badger. I just need to remember which one it is and where I put it.

    I have been using synthetics exclusively for a few months, so the change may take a few shaves to get used to. The mixte knot is soft but with good backbone. But it doesn't quite react like either straight boar or straight badger. I recall it was quite thirsty and tended to hold in the lather.

    This may be a good time to break out the lather bowl and work up the soaps that way for awhile.
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  16. Thank you Joe
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  17. Thank you Joe.
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  18. Thank you Gary.
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  19. Monday March 4 - Menthol Monday, Mixte and "M" Products for March

    Prep: Hot shower with Aleppo olive oil soap with 20% bay laurel oil

    Razor: Supply matte black stainless 2.0 injector with SE comb plate / vintage US-made Schick Plus Platinum (11)

    Soap: Mike's Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender

    Brush: APShaveCo Elegant Emerald handle w/ APShaveCo 24mm APLuxury bulb knot (badger-boar mixture)

    Lather Bowl: Jason's (@jtspartan) maple bowl with walnut rim and maple "lather buttons" in bottom

    Post: rinse, alum, rinse, Jeeves of Hudson Street Mountain Rain splash

    Last shave: Tuesday February 27 -- 6 days

    No photo today. Very heavy snowfall here (12+ inches) is causing internet connectivity and speed problems. I will probably use the same setup for my next shave and will post a photo then -- the lather bowl in particular is a nice piece of workmanship.

    I managed to work up a decent lather from the very hard soap by swirling the damp brush for quite a few swirls on the puck, then dribbling water into the lather bowl and working it there for a minute or two. I then added water to the brush, went back to the puck for further loading, and repeated the process. I found the brush did want to retain lather.

    Despite that, I got a decent coating on my face and found that the tallow/lanolin/kokum butter soap provided good glide and protection. One pass gave me an error-free cleanshaven appearance.

    I only did one pass because the "luxury" aspect of the shave could best be described as "Meh" -- today's overwhelming scent profile was "Barnyard":

    When I first received the Mike's Natural Soaps tub in Hungarian Lavender scent, it had a lovely strong lavender scent. That was over five years ago, and sitting totally unused in my soap cache has done absolutely nothing for it. Today, the soap is Unscented with a very strong overlay of Tallow.

    As for the brush, when I swirled it past my nose, I found it had the backbone of boar combined with the softness of badger -- and a powerful animal musk scent of both.

    The only part of the shave that did provide a pleasant odour was the aftershave. The "Mountain Rain" scent is precisely that. It provided excellent skin care with a nice light menthol kick. Pity Jeeves of Hudson Street is no longer in business...

    Any useful tips for de-scenting strong smelling animal hair brushes?
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  20. Very nice shave John. Stay safe out there in your winter wonderland.
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