SEptember 22nd Razor: Schick E3 Blade: Personna Injector (1) Brush: 30DC LE V2 synthetic Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated Soap: Stirling BoS Stirling mentholated witch hazel Stirling mentholated post shave balm AS: Stirling BoS Stirling SEptember Good morning!
Stirling Single Edge Straight Slurry Stone Showdown September.... Stirling Margaritas in the Arctic soap Stirling badger Gold Dollar 208 vs The Barbers Bride Stirling Mountain Man AS So far, best edge I could get on the Gold Dollar was on synthetic stones to 12k with spinner tape. I decided to give my GD 208 a ride on the new convexed coticule, nah, not working. Pulled out the ConvArkie, still not working. After multiple combos, I decided to use the slurry stone on the black ark and loved what I was feeling. Finished on a pasted balsa progression and headed off for a shave showdown with the Wacker Barbers Bride done professionally on Shaptons to 30k. Went to the shave-off with an awesome bowl full of Stirling MITA suds, finely whipped. And, well, the piece from the family in Solingen that has hand made razors for Royalty still wins...... but the $5 Chinese clunker did have a respectable showing. Finished with Stirling Mountain Man (from the Max Headroom List of Most Glorious Stanks) and headed off to watch an AMA Pro motorcycle hillclimb with my brother and our beloved life mates. We had not been to this event in 35 years. There were a couple of vintage Harleys on display that had been retired. One had a rigid frame. Far cry from the technical custom wonders of today with two feet of suspension travel and fuel options including nitromethane.
SEptember 23rd Razor: Schick E3 Blade: Personna Injector (2) Brush: WWB Lemondrop Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated Soap: Stirling MITA Stirling mentholated witch hazel Stirling mentholated post shave balm AS: Stirling MITA Stirling SEptember/Menthol Monday Good morning!
SOTD September 23, 2019 A Stirling SEptember Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap Blade: Schick Razor: Schick G5 Brush: Ever Ready 100T badger Soap: Stirling Deep Blue Sea Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Deep Blue Sea aftershave
SOTD Stirling SEptember 23rd Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap Blackland Sabre L2 Gem Stainless PTFE(?+1) Stirling Boar (24mm, Frigate Class) Stirling Sandpiper soap A&E Grecian Horse AS Sent from my Galaxy using Tapatalk
SEptember 24th Razor: Schick E3 Blade: Personna Injector (3) Brush: SOC badger Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated Soap: Stirling Gentleman Stirling mentholated witch hazel Stirling mentholated post shave balm AS: Stirling Gentleman Stirling SEptember/Tobacco Tuesday Good morning!
SOTD September 24, 2019 A Stirling SEptember Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap Blade: vintage Personna twin Razor: Schick L1 Brush: Stirling Kong synthetic Soap: Stirling Dirty South Shavers 2019 Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Dirty South Shavers 2019 aftershave
Yesterday I used Deep Blue Sea and today was Dirty South Shavers. Bleu de Chanel and Chrome Azzaro dupes, respectively. Between these two I prefer the Dirty South Shavers scent. It's a little more balanced and not as sweet as Deep Blue Sea. I don't dislike Deep Blue Sea at all. It's a wonderful scent and I'll continue to use it, but I've been surprised so far today how much I've enjoyed the Dirty South Shavers scent.
Here's an interesting twist to this: I didn't quite go for the Deep Blue Sea, but I had a chance to sample Bleu de Chanel(took a sniff from an ad in a Men's Health Magazine)and REALLY liked the original. Another "page" allowed me the opportunity to sniff the Chrome Azzaro and I didn't care for that one, which makes me wonder if the dupe of it provided by Doc Ezlovan is BETTER than the original.(to me, anyway).
