September 2021 30 Day Rule/Focus & Discussion. All are welcome!

Very nice shave, Danny. I like the red with the black because it looks sharp. (pun intended). Orange and jasmine sounds like a nice blended scent. Enjoy your day!

 

Thank you Danny.

 

Thanks, Danny! I have to say that I liked the scent from the very start, but it has grown more sweeter to me the more I have used it. I am just lucky.

 

fantastic tuesday affairs gents..cool pics..

 

tuesday
black handle flare tip
7 oclock black-2
yaqi silvertip
a &e grecian horse





hello gents.
continuing on with the black theme.
awesome shave

have a great day everyone.
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Thanks, Gary!

Awesome and cool pics and shave, Gary! I guess you are going to do something special to make this Friday a Black Friday.

 

thank you Joe..quite possible..

 

Gary.

 

Very nice shave, Joseph. I appreciate you introducing me to Aramis Tobacco Reserve. It's great juice.

I currently rotate between three soaps - Tabac, Stirling Executive Man, and MdC. Each one performs a bit differently, but I enjoy using them all. I am well-stocked, so this will be my rotation for awhile.

 

Very cool SE shave, Jason. I received my first Schick injector (looks like an E or G, not sure) from our friends in BC for my upcoming birthday. This was a total surprise. I need to pick up some blades and give it a spin.

 

I know you both enjoy Palmolive soap, and I'm glad you stocked up when you could. I've tried both the soap and cream...worked great, but something in the formulation gave me the slightest bit of irritation. I purchased several sticks and tubes when we visited the UK a few years ago. I must have overpaid. Sticks were 99 p, as I recall.

I have a handful of Tabac pucks, and I purchased 10 or 12 shave sticks last summer. I believe this was before the reformulation. I'm glad I stocked up when I did.

I also purchased a few Polsilver Super Iridiums (before prices went crazy) and 500 Sharp Stars for about $7 per hundred. It pays to stock up on favorites when you can.

I try to share my Tabac, but nobody will accept it.

 

Thanks, Charlie. Two tallow soaps and a vegan soap. What's your preference?

 

DE Shave # 359 - First Day of Autumn SOTD

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: Merkur 37c Slant
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Brush: Jayaruh 329 Boar
Lather: Hub City Red Cabin in the Woods
Aftershave: Libertalia
Additional Care:
Stirling Alum Block
Nivea Cool Balm
Thayer’s Witch Hazel - Original
Happy Autumnal Equinox gentlemen. We have a warm and muggy more here on LI. I decided to use a sample of the this soap. This is my first shave with this soap. The scent profile is as follows:
The scent opens up with tobacco flower, nutmeg, and anise. Ginger, clove, and vanilla make up the heart. And this all rests on benzoin, tonka, and musk.

I opted for a DE shave with my Merkur 37c which never disappoints me. It is a solid razor with some weight which allows the blade to easily take care of business. This razor has the longest tenure of any razor in my den. I picked it up in the mid ‘90’s.

I finished off the shave with the usual suspects, alum, balm and witch hazel. The alum report was nonexistent. The Libertalia complemented the soap leaving a nice scent which should last a good portion of the day.
Have a great day gentlemen.

 

Thank you Gary

 

Very fine shave Gary

 

SOTD WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

This morning was a bit gloomy. Today’s mug shave featured the Wade & Butcher 7/8. The three pass shave went well leaving your happy narrator acceptably smooth. A series of graduated pasted strops in the form of my Constroption continues to maintain stellar edges for me. There is definitely a sharpening effect, as I’ve noticed that a honed razor that won’t quite pass the styrofoam peanut test after finishing a touch up, will do so after a pass through the Constroption.

The dome shave was really excellent today. I sometimes forget that the inventor of the Autostrop and Probak razors, Henry Gaisman, spent 40 years perfecting his Autostrop design with the VC4, today’s dome shaver representing his final design. This razor never fails to deliver an absolutely superb noggin shave. The other Autostrops are great shavers as well, but there’s just something about this particular final model that checks all the boxes for me. Two ATG passes and I’m cool, clean, and very velveteen.

RAZOR: Wade & Butcher 7/8 (Mug), Valet Autostrop Model VC4 (Dome)
BLADE: Feather FAS-10. (18)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Royall Lyme AS/Cologne.

 

Wednesday, September 22

Vintage Williams~~dubl duck #4~~Pre-War USA Gillette Tech/Gillette Platinum~~Versace pour Homme Oud Noir
With the first day of fall, came 55˚ and rain, but despite the dismal weather,
yours truly was in Xanadu enjoying an amazing shave.
The Tech has a REALLY small gap. The wielder is challenged, much like the AS-D2, to
focus on finding and maintaining said gap.
Plopped a new Gillette Platinum blade into the Tech and with a base of incredibly slick
and protective Williams, proceeded to wipe away all stubble in two passes and some buffing.
Tallow Williams is a very slick soap and with the addition of menthol, would give even our resident
chill-master, Jeff @Yehuda D reason to rejoice.
Versace juice to complete.​

 

Lupo 95/Treet Falcon (3)/MDC

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..Tabac is a very love /hate scent. I personally love it.. I've yet the try the reformulation, by all accounts it suppose to be equal to the tallow formula.

 

Another lovely, fragrant Tech shave, Joseph. There are some in the community who draw very strong design parallels between the Feather AS-D2 and the Gillette Tech.