Tuesday December 3 AoS Sandalwood~~Simpson CH2~~Gillette New LC/Wilkinson~~Tom Ford Oud Wood Fresh Wilkinson blade in the LC and a great shave ensued. Tom Ford Oud Wood...love the scent---wish it lasted longer
Wednesday, December 4 AoS Sandalwood~~Simpson Milk Churn~~1936 Gillette Aristocrat De Luxe/Wilkinson~~Tom Ford Arabian Wood Because I have a lot of shaves remaining in this current 3017, I splurged on a vintage bottle of AoS Sandalwood EdT and a bottle of the ASB. The Milk Churn is so beauteous (sic)---always makes our friend @jtspartan green with envy.
Thursday, December 5 Tabac (Tallow)~~Semogue TSN Final Edition 1/50~~Wolfman WR1 .74 Ti/Wilkinson~~Tabac Extreme EdT Whilst waiting for my AoS stanks, I am going to play the field. Today's shave was outstanding. The WR1 is a Desert-Island contender. Stank du jour: Tabac Extreme. SWMBOSOA ®
Friday, December 6 ETHOS Rosa~~Varlet Mega HD~~Wolfman WR1/Wilkinson~~Vintage Gucci Pour Homme Whoa. Gentlemen---THIS is shaving. I feel sorry for the poor schnucks who suffer the drudgery of shaving. They have NO idea what they are missing.
Saturday, December 7 ETHOS Dragonsbeard~~Vie-Long~~Wolfman WR1/Wilkinson~~Diptyque Oud Palao Still off the reservation. The AoS Sandalwood ASB is out for delivery. As soon as the EdT lands, it'll be business as usual.
From cold crazy Korea. One night I go to sleep then wake to find out our crazy president declared martial law and that it ended before I woke up. Last week he held an unhinged press conference and after never holding press conferences then out of the blue late one night he declares martial law. He goose is now cooked and his political career is over. I don't even think his dog supports him any more. On a lesser note another block of alum has a great fall before reaching it's natural end. Continuing to work on the CK-6 formula soap, I think it should finish before the new year. Now I am lathering it like a mug soap. The little brush is a Rudy Vey custom with a flat top D01 knot while the bigger brush is an ebonite Shavemac.
Sunday, December 8 AoS Sandalwood~~Simpson Tulip 3~~Fatip Lo Storto Originale/VI-John~~AoS Sandalwood ASB Decided not to wait for the Sandalwood EdT. Started to load the soap and it broke up into about 8 pieces. Took said pieces and pressed them into my Captain's Choice Copper Shaving Bowl. Took the loaded brush to the Aesop and was able to create one helluva lather. The VI-John blade is a new one for me. It really tamed the Fatip, although I did manage to nick myself at the base of my neck. The ASB has a light and similar sandalwood scent. Veddy nice, indeed.
This is just Korea style craziness. The current president is done but this will propel the other party into power the next election which is not good. None of the political options now are attractive, all criminals or crazy or both. At least there was no violence and likely there will not be any.
Started Monday off with a smiling razor and a heavy dose of Mr. Blass. Mr B is a boozy, cigar and leather vibe that makes it a fun stank to wear and very easy on the wallet.
Monday, December 9 AoS Sandalwood~~Rooney 3/1~~Fatip Lo Storto Originale/VI-John The Fatip is a formidable razor. One wrong move and "GOTCHA". I have used better slants.
Tuesday, December 10 AoS Sandalwood~~Semogue 2012 SE Mistura~~1958 D3 Gillette Adjustable~~Frederic Malle The Moon Turned the Fatboy down to 3 and really liked the result. As a daily shaver, 5-9 on the 195 scale can be too "blade forward". Not pictured is my stank du jour: Frederic Malle The Moon.
Thursday, December 12 AoS Sandalwood~~Hucklaration B5~~1947 Gillette Super-Speed/Polsilver Zero complaints. Workin' the tallow 'til it's gone.
A couple of nice boar brushes, a couple of nice stanks and a couple of nice Dovos. Almost to the point where the doughnut of death appears. TGIF to those who are still not retired yet.
Friday, December 13 AoS Sandalwood~~TSN X LE~~'47 Super-Speed/Polsilver Straight AoS Sandalwood today.
Sunday, December 15 AoS Sandalwood~~Morris & Forndran Ali Baba 2~~Gillette #44 RFB/Polsilver~~One Million Privé Hope everyone has a terrific Sunday!
