SOS: December 2018

Pre: Warm water splash
Brush: Vulfix 404 Badger/Boar
Soap: TOBS Sandalwood
Razor: Gibbs No.15
Blade: Polsilver Łódź
Post: Warm then cold water rinse, TOBS Sandalwood ASL

A sensational Sandalwood Sunday shave.
Happy Shaving one and all.

 

acqua di selva ?

 

c

cool brush...lovely set up and pic..

 

Possible. Could be a Stoylin or Creed. If I saw description again, I'd say "Oh yeah, that's it!"

 

Sunday 12/22018

Razor: Guillette Atra Original
Cartridge: Atra ll (9)
Lather ?: Cremo shave cream
AS: Mennen Afta
Dog: A stray, i think

I haven`t used my Atra in ages, some things never change, a 2 pass. WTG/ATG, lots of touch ups, i think because i haven`t used for too long, otherwise everything went great, a near BBS. God Bless to all and i feel so much better.



Bill

 

nice set up bill,glad you are feeling better,gary

 

Thank you, Doug! I hope your day is going well.

 

Bill as you recall every time I come up with a "personal favorite" of your dog choices. you come right back with another great one . So glad you're feeling better. Oh, right, your shave!!! Still have my eyes on the Cremo.

 

2018.12. 2

Carpe Diem

Cooper & French
Paladin 28mm Chief
Timeless 68 Personna Red ⚁
3 pass BBS

PRE
Prede Provence Sandalwood soap
Mickey Lees preshave Sndlwd

POST
Alum
Proraso red AFS
AOS Sndlwd ASB

FRAG
LeLabo Santal 33



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Excellent photo and tools Tommy.

 

Hey Bill! Glad to hear your feeling better dog!

 

Nice setup Tommy! Love the brush.

 

Sunday 2nd December



Pears Glycerine Soap
Proraso White Preshave Cream
Nanny's Dragons Blood Soap
Vie-Long with a 22mm AP Shave Faux Horse Brush
CJB (Japanese Style) Razor with a Kai Titan Mild
Witch Hazel
BBA After Shave Balm
Florida Water

2 passes and a touch up for a lovely shave:happy:

 

Gillette Old Type Razor
Bic Chrome Platinum Blade
JR #112/27mm Boar Brush
Dirty Deeds Bay Rum & Lime Soap
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Pinaud Clubman After Shave
Avon Tai Winds Cologne

A wonderful shave today. Two passes and a little touch up for a very smooth and comfortable BBS shave.

 

Great setup and photograph Jim.

 

An alternative choice is Master's Focus -imagine Brut with pine instead of fougere and some skin care ingredients added.
It is what I pair with Pino de Sylvestre

 

Beautiful set you got there..............

 

Much needed shave 12/1 after a long drive
Hybrid RazoRock Game Changer .84 P on Barbaros Levend Handle P / Rapira Platinum Lux / H.L. Thater 2018 SE Wild Olive / Eufros Rose Oud
Great shave, soap is one of the best feeling afterwards I've used. Think I prefer the bigger scuttle to this brush scuttle.

 

Thank you Douglas.

 

That is a killer shave setup. In my Sandalwood search I ended up picking Dyptique's Tam Dao EDP (that is up tomorrow) and Kilian's Straight to Heaven Extreme, which is Sandalwood, super clean cedar and a fantastically balanced rum note. The original Straight to Heaven's rum note was too weak and the cedar too prominent. The "Extreme" isn't really extreme at all, just a different balance of the same notes. More rum, a bit more sandalwood and less cedar. The Extreme version of STH is definitely my cup of tea. Le Labo's Santal 33 was decent. I'm thinking your shave soap and Proraso aftershave are giving the Santal 33 a nice push/blend. I have some fragrances that definitely get improvement when my bath/shave products are used with it. Also, sandalwood is such a "blendable" note with other fragrance notes (woods, spices, booze) that it really depends on the personal tastes of the individual as to which sandalwood fragrance is preferred.

I am very surprised that there are so many fragrance enthusiasts who aren't wet-shaving enthusiasts also. I think the two hobbies go hand-in-hand beautifully. Scent is such a critical part of a great shave for all of us that it's natural to enjoy different colognes/fragrances and bath scented products (oils, salts, soaps). I post my shave/scent of the day over on a fragrance forum and many people there really enjoy the pictures and are intrigued by my shaving sets. They just don't usually take the plunge into the wet shaving arena. A pity. I think they would really merge into this well.