Happy 4th of July to my USA friends! This week the donut of death has made an appearance. From left to right: My Joe Edson prison shank razor, a brush I can't remember the name of other than it came from Europe, A new addition to the stank collection, a vintage tester of Pierre Cardin Pour Monsieur. Joris loaded with a feather for a quick shave, a Rooney brush and the infamous Musk Koublaï Khan. For the watch afficianados, that is a Grand Seiko Spring drive with the winter dial. TGIF, an 8/8 Wacker Hunstman was the steel of choice, love the look, love the edge. Vintage Brut, wonderful juice. One of several great brushes from Jason @jtspartan. I thought I may have to do a quick dive down the Mariana Trench, or did I just want the excercise. That monster watch is Helberg with a domed crystal and rated to a depth that no human could survive.
Sunday, July 6 Figaro Sapone Speciale~~Simpson CH2 Synthetic Badger~~2011 Mühle R41~~YSL Kouros Cologne Sport At this rate, it'll be fall ere I finish this soap. Oh well, c'est la vie. At least it's a terrific soap. Was gifted this small bottle of Kouros Cologne Sport a while back. Interesting flanker to the stank of all stanks.
Weekend variety shaves. On the left is my Saturday shave. A date night so AoS cream, this stuff is top notch in smell and peformance. An elk antler brush and a big fancy Revisor razor to give that macho but classy felling all topped of with Creed GIT. Sunday was subdued but another great cream, Proraso. Joris razor with a Feather blade topped off with another Creed product.
Big enough, @Keithmax Wednesday, July 9 Figaro Sapone Speciale~~Shavemac D01~~Wolfman WR1~~AoS Sandalwood EdT Keith said I needed a bigger brush, so I scored this amazing Shavemac.
Thursday, July 11 Figaro Sapone Speciale~~Shavemac D01~~Wolfman WR1 Taking a photo of the same soap every shave is yawn. Until further notice, the 3017 is still in progress. No doughnut hole, despite a huge brush. Gotta break out and stick with the soap destroyer.
Saturday, July 12 Figaro Sapone Speciale~~Simpson CH2 Synthetic Badger~~Detroit National Cut. Co.~~Lalique Pour Homme Lion Eureka! Doughnut hole made its appearance!
See, once you went large with the Shavemac and the Chubby to the donut of death made it's appearance.
Some how managed to delete the past week's shave pics. All that survided was the shave with an Iwasaki JWest and vintage Brut.
Sunday, July 13 Figaro Sapone Speciale~~Rubberset 400/3~~Gillette New SC/Wizamet Iridium Super~~Amouage Search
Sunday variety shave: This Dovo was my first nice straight razor, still a joy to use and always takes a gread edge.... and I can never get the pins tight enough to my liking. In the bowl is Sterling bug repellent (Electric Sheep). Monday back to the 3017 focus: I decided to take my own advice this week and go big, a Kent BLK12 monster brush. Hopefully I will put a bid dent in the Awesome Sauce this week. Dovo again, this beauty still has an excellent factory edge.
Dove and big brush madness week continues: This 6/8 is unusual in that is stainless steel, honestly I have never been able to tell the difference apart from stainless and carbon steel when honing nor shaving. Please do not share this the straight razor community. The Simpson PL-12 is a monster of brush. Classica is famous stank amongst opera tenors. Today I have an early skin care appointment, this is South Korea after all. No time for straight razor shave, instead I loaded a russian blade in my Janus Toggle. The Simpson Chubby 2 may not be tall in stature but it's a soap eating brush. Wanted to transport myself for Korea for a few moments, Neroli Portofino and I emagined myself on the Amalfi coast.
Wednesday, July 16 Figaro Sapone Speciale~~Semogue Boar~~Gillette New SC/Wizamet Iridium Super This is the soap that never ends...
Thursday, July 17 Figaro Sapone Speciale~~Paladin PK-47 38/100~~1947 Gillette Super-Speed~~Alt Innsbruck This 3017 ranks right up there with my MdC and MWF. The Paladin knot is outstanding. The Super-Speed was spectacular. The Alt Innsbruck was stupendous. Other than that, just an ordinary shave.
Saturday, July 19 Macduffs Prairie Blooms~~Wald S1~~1941 Gillette Ranger Tech~~Lilac Vegetal A much needed change of pace. Primo happy.
Sunday, July 20 Figaro Sapone Speciale~~Shavemac D01~~1958 D3 Gillette Adjustable~~Vintage YSL Opium Pour Homme Back to the 3017. Sacrificed the doughnut hole to transfer the soap into my Aesop SS shave bowl. The advantage here is that I can use my largest brushes to load even MORE product. The Shavemac knot is ridiculous. Leans to the floppy, but in the end delivers the goods. Vintage Opium Pour Homme for the win.
Tuesday, July 22 Figaro Sapone Speciale~~2010 Mühle R41~~Semogue TSN Final Edition 1/50~~St. Johns Bay Rum Yes, there's still soap in there.
