Very nice Joe

Thank you John. The Merkur 37c sure delivers a great shave.

Thank you Joe.

SE Shave # 422 - DECLARATION GROOMING MICROMATIC MONDAY - Darkfall

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: GEM Micromatic Bullet Tip
Blade: GEM Stainless (10)
Brush: Epsilon Horse Hair
Lather: Declaration Grooming Darkfall
Aftershave: Declaration Grooming Darkfall
Additional Care:
Declaration Grooming Aftershave Liniment - Darkfall
Omega Alum
Dickenson’s Original Witch Hazel

Wonderful DG Darkfall shave this morning. The MMBT easily finished off this shave nicely. The blade was binned following its 10th shave.

Hope you all had a great day gentlemen.

thank you Joe.their sandalwood shave cream is really good.

fine darkfall monday shave Joe.

Thanks Joe.

Magnificent Monday shave Joe.

Great Darkfall shave, Joe.

I have never used - or even handled - a horsehair brush. How do they compare to boar, badger or the new synthetics?

Nice shave, pic and report, Gary!

I have wondered about Rocky Mountain Barber's shave soaps and splashes, since they are a Western Canadian company. In September 2022, I bought a bottle of their Cedar Spice All-In-One Body Wash and Shampoo to use in the shower. Scent was pleasant and quite mild and short-lasting, and the product was ... liquid soap/shampoo/cleanser. It worked. I used it up. Didn't feel any wild desire to rush right out to replace it.

Sounds like their shave soaps and creams and splashes are the same? Good quality ingredients and okay scent and performance but nothing outstanding?

sounds about right..the sandalwood shave cream works well,sort off like proraso red cream in a tube.happy to support them but they are not top shelf imho...it's like they hit the crossroads and took the high path ,mass appeal over higher quality/more expensive..it would be good enough for about 90% of todays shavers..if they even knew the difference..

Yes, they have their own website but market heavily on Amazon rather than any through any of the Canadian or American shaving dealers or (I think) on any of the shaving websites like TSD. And they likely won't knock Stirling or B&M off their perch any time soon,

i agree,not likely..i have met many people that know about and use their product,but they are not dedicated hobbyist wetshavers like ourselves..

3rd December 2024.


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Shaving Recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Cien Sensitive Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face & head.
Pears Transparent bar Soap.
Brush: Lider Turkish Boar.
Face & Head Lather.
Lather: Arko Shave Stick.
Blade: Dorco Prime Platinum. (D1)
Razor: Baili BD177 Rose Gold TTO.
Razor: Treet Swift II Platinum. (Head) (D1)

Post:
Cold water face & head wash with brush squeezing's, Cold Water Face & Head Rinse./Alum Rub. / Cold Water Face & Head Rinse. /Boots Facial Cucumber Toner. /Yelken Lemon Eau de Cologne. /Boots Cucumber Moisturising Lotion.

Greetings,

Early Morning shave.

Another close comfortable face & head shave the Arko Shave Stick provided a slick protective lather in a short space of time.

Arko shaving products have never failed me and have always provided me with good acceptable shaving results. This morning was no exception.

Finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of Boots Cucumber Moisturising Lotion.

My face & precious swede are feeling smooth & smelling divine.

Keep safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

Great report and pic on a good shave, Barry!

I agree: I have never gotten a bad shave from an Arko stick. It can be a bit drying to the skin -- but that's what the post-shave products are for. And some people think the lemony scent is too "industrial" -- which is strictly YMMV and the scent doesn't last beyond the shave anyway. I don't mind the scent myself. Which is a very good thing, because I bought a carton of 12 sticks years ago and still have most of them... (An Amazon seller made a mistake, I think, and sold cartons for awhile for the price of a single stick. Many of us took advantage of that.)

Thank you John.

fine start to the week Barry

Thank you Gary.

Tuesday December 03 (morning) - Decadent December

Prep: Hot shower with Aleppo olive oil soap w/ 20% bay laurel oil (traditional anti-acne)

Razor: Supply 2.0 matte black stainless steel injector w/ SE open comb "nick-proof" plate / Supply Black Label (about 7)

Soap: Jeeves of Hudson Street Key Lime shaving soap (stick)

Brush: Jason's 30DC LE maple cashmere

Lather Bowl: None

Post: rinse, alum, rinse, Jeeves of Hudson Street Key Lime splash

Last shave: not a clue - probably Thursday or Friday

The setup:





For my first Decadent shave of December, I went with my favourite injector razor and a brush made for the 30DC crew by Jason @jtspartan. The soap and splash was a seasonal offering by the now defunct Jeeves of Hudson Street -- Key Lime.

The soap was a large sample that I had turned into a shave stick using one of TSD's shave stick containers. To be honest, it was a bit of a disappointment today. It originally had a powerful scent, but in the mere four years since I last used it, it had lost all its scent while sitting in that loose plastic holder. The performance was still there though.

The splash - which was sold in a glass bottle - made up for the soap with a still-noticeable scent. It also still provides excellent skin moisturizing and protection along with a light menthol tingle.

Overall, two passes to a great result with silent alum and at least a bit of a spicy scent.

A good start to December and I will try to do better than November - my first November report was on November 1 .... followed by nothing for the rest of the month.