The Stirling Exchange

Discussion in 'Shave Soaps' started by PickledNorthern, Nov 5, 2016.

  1. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    One choice left-but I must admit, I was pleased with coming up with these two. (Not that I'm bragging, but...well....I'm bragging :)))
     
  2. john zeiger

    john zeiger Well-Known Member

    Why not brag these were both great choices. I really like both. Sandpiper is at the top of my list of soaps to buy when I start buying again. And, I have a bottle and a quarter of the Unscented aftershave. I use the Unscented aftershave for the skin food when I wear a cologne or EDT or when I don't want to stink at all.
     
  3. Yehuda D

    Yehuda D Israeli Ambassador to TSD

    I froze myself to smithereens with the Glacial Eskimo Tuxedo soap, the Glacial Unscented balm, and the Arctique did an extreme number on my face. BBS with rapture and joy!
     
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  4. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    By the time I make choice #4, I should be close to the end of my Barbershop soap, although I think it was @john zeiger who told me there are still a lot of shave left once you think it's time to toss it out(said that in so many words, that is).
     
  5. jluc

    jluc smelling pretty

    Menthol Monday! [​IMG]

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  6. john zeiger

    john zeiger Well-Known Member

    It seems true to me. I am working on a soap now and trying to kill the sucker. Its down to the just the soap around the edges. I keep overloading to try to kill it but it just keeps going. I'm ready to move on but the soap just won't die.
     
  7. Shadow Shaver

    Shadow Shaver Well-Known Member

    Wonderful choice Paul. I really enjoyed Sandpiper but my beautiful wife didn't appreciate it. Oh well, she loves most of Stirling's offerings.
     
  8. chevyguy

    chevyguy Well-Known Member

    What didn't your wife like about Sandpiper?.

    Clayton

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  9. Latherin’ Luddite

    Latherin’ Luddite Well-Known Member

    My wife likes Sandpiper and Mountain Man. ALL my other soaps are strictly for ME.
    And I’m fine with that.
     
  10. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    It's like a tube of toothpaste, but the difference is, you can't see exactly how much toothpaste is left.
     
  11. Shadow Shaver

    Shadow Shaver Well-Known Member

    My wife says that Sandpiper has an oily "old man" hint to it that she doesn't like. Lol I just tell her that her sniffer is broken. I really liked it, but she disliked it enough for me to give it away.
     
  12. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    If I choose #3(and we all know that is a big IF), I'll have a full set of Sandpiper soap AND A.S. (the latter was PIFed earliere this year), and the Unscented aftershave will help with some of the other PIFed soaps I have that I'm have trouble matching to current aftershaves. Come to think of it, I kinda like that logic. But as Yogi Berra said "It ain't over til it's over".
     
  13. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    She knew it was a Yves St.Laurent La Nuit Pur Homme clone, right?
     
  14. Shadow Shaver

    Shadow Shaver Well-Known Member

    No Sir, she didn't know. Judging from her reaction the two times that I wore the as though, she didn't really seem to care. She loves Mountain Man, Dunshire, Island Man, and many others though.
     
  15. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    How is she on vintage classics(Aqua Velva, Mennen, Stoylin Spice-which in my opinion comes close to the Shulton version)?
     
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  16. Boojum1

    Boojum1 Valet Parking Available Here

    SEptember 4, 2018

    Occam's Nano
    Feather Pro
    Simpson Chubby 2 Synthetic
    Mystic Water Barbershop
    Sterling Soap Co. Black Ice Witch Hazel & Aloe, Barbershop Aftershave
    BB 1818

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  17. Shadow Shaver

    Shadow Shaver Well-Known Member

    I've never used Aqua Velva before. She didn't seem to mind the Stirling Spice bath soap that I tried. (I know that you don't use them Paul, but I love the bath soaps.)
     
  18. Latherin’ Luddite

    Latherin’ Luddite Well-Known Member

    Thumbs up for the bath and shampoo soaps!

    Of my classic drugstore AS collection, my wife like Aqua Velva the best. But I don’t have the original Shulton Old Spice in my collection anymore. I would have hoarded the hell out of it had I known.
     
  19. Latherin’ Luddite

    Latherin’ Luddite Well-Known Member

    Today was special. It was the last day before my son goes back to school. He learned to ride his (first) new bicycle I bought him for his birthday three days ago, and I mowed my lawn for the last time this year. In MY mind fall has arrived.

    So I broke out the Mountain Man collection. Three easy passes with with the Game Changer and warm water for a change, and I’m ready to hit the rack. 5am comes early.
     
  20. PLAla

    PLAla Bit Shy of a Full Puck

    SOTD September 4, 2018
    A Stirling SEptember

    Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap
    Blade: GEM PTFE
    Razor: GEM Pushbutton
    Brush: Zenith B02 boar
    Soap: Stirling The Lounge
    Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Baker Street aftershave

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