The Haul: September 17th - September 23rd , 2007

From The Shave Den

The Shave Den Bay Rum Shave Soap
The Shave Den Bergamot Shave Soap
75ml Bottle of Floid Aftershave

 

I'm sure I will. I'll be using one of them tomorrow. Nice packaging. Everything intact. Thank You!

 

Booze splash

Got my (old) Old Spice bottles in today


And, Spanish Floid Vigoroso from TSD/Duder/Stefan Group Buy :drool

 

My first experience Mama Bear experience will be tomorrow.

Tuscan Memories Shaving Soap
Spellbound Woods Fragrance Shaving Soap
Chai Tea Fragrance Shaving Soap
Dragons Tears Shaving Soap
Rosemary Mint Shaving Soap
Vanilla Cream Fragrance Shaving Soap

 

My New Strops

All I can say is Whoo Hoo! These are dynamite, to say the least. *spoken with an aire of aristocracy* Ahem, please notice the initials, sir.

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The thumb/finger hole works great. I love the stiff wool as well. Both sides have oxides imbedded. The other side of the grey is the green .5 micron, with the grey being a little more aggressive. This thing works great. Before you ask, I don't think you can get one anytime soon. Go to Keith's site and sign up to be a member.
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I cannot imagine quality ever getting any better than this. I'm tickled...
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OMG.....well i guess I know where my next strop is coming from.

 

roflrofl:rofl

Billy D.

Have a cold Colt 45. ::

 

Sweet Scores Fellas ,

I also have a few of the HandAmerican Strops, although mine aren't quite as nice as Bill's newest models, they are Excellent.....his bench hones are pretty sweet too...


Congrats Bill drool:drool

 

Feather Artist Club RG
QED Patchtouli, Tea Trea, Peppermint

 

I got in a "few" bottles of Aftershaves from a far, far away place ::

And, a couple shave soaps, and a new preshave/aftershave ointment

 

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For a day, I thought the tobacco police would catch me.

– Rattray’s sampler of 6: Red Rapparee, Accountants, Marlin Flake, Highland Targe, Brown Clunee, Charles Mixture.
– Rattray’s Hal O’ The Wynd
– Rattray’s Old Gowrie

And for a friend:
– Peterson Special Reserve 2007
– Robert McConnell Scottish Flake

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Nice !

Criminal, I tell ya
Good lookin baccy there, ol' boy.
Report back on your likes and dislikes.
.....never had that Peterson SR

 

I just sniffed the stuff. To my nose, the most pleasant are Hal O’ the Wynd, Old Gowrie, Marlin Flake and Brown Clunee. They share some notes but are of very different strength. Red Rapparee is quite pleasant too. Charles Mixture is a category of its own: strongly flavoured, on the pervasive side. It may be either a nice, light pleasure or a sickly-sweet disaster.


My problem now: I need other pipes to avoid cross-contamination. I’m already eyeing a classic briar pipe for October. Are meerschaum pipes really that different in taste? I don’t like their look, but I found some nice briar pipes with meerschaum chambers.

 

30s Brass 3 piece Gillette Tech. The one I got in the distressed razor lot was unsalvageable. I picked this really nice one up for <$10 and it included a box of Gillette Blue Blades.

 

Crabtree & Evelyn Nomad EDT and 2 Almond Oil Shave Soaps.

 

+1

 

Middle Eastern stuff!

2x Tamara shaving cream tubes from Egypt (very nice stuff)
2x Gada shaving cream tubes from Lebanon (never tried it)
1x Cedres eau de cologne from Lebanon (smells like Brut a little)

gifts from a good buddy of mine

 

Gifts from the family:

Non Shaving
DVD The Long Ships
DVD The Vikings
DVD Jason and the Argonauts
DVD Blade Runner

Shaving
Merkur Progress DE Razor
2x Tubes Crabtree & Evelyn Sweet Almond Oil Shave Cream :drool
Crabtree & Eveyln Sandalwood Shave Soap
Crabtree & Eveyln Nomad Shave Soap
Crabtree & Eveyln Sienna Shave Soap