Monday I wanted a straight razor shave but not in the mood to strop a razor, so loaded up my Tadalus with a Feather Pro and had an excellent shave. Some vintage Pierre Cardan heavily sprayed, the vintage juice is amazing. After Monday I decided to make this week a Shave Den brush week. Tuesday a 6/8 Hart Steel blade finishing with a classic Vetiver. Wednesday was a busy so my Asylum Rx for a quick shave, followed with Creed Himalaya for a warm day. The last two days with a special watch, A MKII Nassau 'red dot', rarer than hens teath and this is a tough to find... but thanks to a good friend this beauty found it's way on to my wrist. The donut of death has appeared. I think at least two weeks left to finish the XXX.
Thursday, October 2 ETHOS Rosa~~Black Eagle HT1~~Wolfman WR1 Ti/Rapira~~D.R. Harris Pink AS Mr. Scruffy, here. Man, did I ever need to shave! So, I shaved. Good shave, to boot.
Friday, October 3 Macduffs Alberta Boys~~Simpson 90th Anniversary Astor~~Wolfman WR2/Rapira~~One Million Privé Two shaves in a row! The Macduffs' scent is one of my favorites.
Thursday was an old school shave, Wade and Butcher, boar brush and finished off with vintage Old Spice. Friday was a modern version with 7/8 Hart Steel 3/4 grind blade and finished off with Creed Neroli Sauvage. The watch is a British brand, Fears, featuring a jumping hour function.
Saturday, October 4 Fine Green Vetiver~~Hoffritz 19mm~~Wolfman WR2/Rapira~~Montale Aoud Ever The Fine Green Vetiver is an homage to Guerlain Vetiver. Most wet-shavers are familiar with the tallow Fine soaps. They are (were) stupendous. Nicked my chin with the Wolfie. User error. Picked up this stank not too long ago. And while Oud (Aoud) is in the name, it's really more of a vetiver stank. Hard to find, but for true "Fragheads" @Keithmax it's worth searching out.
Sunday, October 5 Fine Lavender Pour Homme~~Simpson D3 SiLVERTiP~~1941 Gillette Ranger Tech/Rapira~~Vintage Guerlain Jicky Oh, what a shave! The Fine Lavender is a dupe of Czech & Speake Oxford & Cambridge. I used to have then AS splash, but gave it to my son-in-law. The OG Super-Speed was loaded with a thrice-used Rapira. Finished with 5 glorious sprays of Sean Connery's favorite stank.
On the survey, "None of the above" has made a serious move to try to overtake "All of the above". This could be interesting.
Sunday night was date night at a small an intimate jazz club, just 8 tables. I went all out, super lather with AoS cream + tallow AoS soap, a Varlet brush and my big stainless steel Friodur, epic shave for an epic night. I knew my date would be wearing vintage No 5 so for close quaters work I went with Musc Koublaī Khän. A perfect match for a cool rainy fall night.
Monday, October 6 ToOBS Oud~~Paladin Pk-47~~1941 Gillette Ranger Tech/Rapira~~Louis Vuitton Pur Oud Honestly, I don't know if I have another soap that I can 3017. Possibly one of my AoS creams. MAYBE, my Extro Egyptian Oudh...(don't love the scent) Tough decision.
Tuesday, October 7 Yardley Black Label~~Rooney Beehive~~1941 Gillette Ranger Tech/Rapira~~Vintage Gucci Pour Homme Shaved with the absolute KING of vintage shave soaps. I used to own the matching AS & Cologne, but I piffed them to somebody or another. Can't recall who. No matter, they weren't that great. Now, let's extol the beauty of the sublime Gucci Pour Homme from 1976. This is an absolute classic. Decanted it from a 30ml plastic splash bottle. That was completely unacceptable. A shave for the ages, gentlemen.
Two vintage stanks back to back. A big 8/8 Mike Martinez with a slight smile, that unfortunately needs to visit the stones. Despite the edge lacking I did finish smelling great with Vintage Kouros. Since this is Chusok, our version of Thanksgiving Seoul was empty so I could pour the Kouros liberaly. Another big 8/8 blade, Osiris, which is sporting a nice edge. I followed that shave up with vintage Brut, amazing stank. The donut of death is getting wider. I hope I can finish this one by next week. The weather is changing here so it is time for a fall soap.
Thursday, October 9 Arianna & Evans Agarwood~~Simpson Polo 8~~1941 Gillette Ranger Tech/Rapira~~Creed Royal Oud Nice and cool is the weather outside. Perfect for a double-dose of Oud. The A&E has a lovely scent and, of course, their soap base is outstanding. Creed's Royal Oud isn't at all barnyardy, but rather elegance personified.
Friday, October 10 Valobra Fougère~~Hucklaration B5~~Grand Shave King DOC/Rapira~~Vintage YSL Kouros The Valobra Fougère is one-powerful beast. The scent is amazing and the lather...unbeatable. The Grand Shave King has become one of my favorite razors. It's light-weight and has the perfect amount of blade exposure. For my S. Korean friend, @Keithmax , another beast...vintage Kouros.
