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  • waldenMA
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    December 9, 2023

    • Brush: AP Shave Co. - 24mm Synbad Fan
    • Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
    • Blade: Gillette Stainless (2)
    • Lather: Oaken Lab - Far Afield - Soap
    • Post Shave: Noble Otter - Hamami - Aftershave
    • Post Shave: House of Mammoth/Declaration Grooming - Cerberus - Liniment

    Another nice shave.

    • sahenders
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      How was the pairing between Far Afield and Hamami? Hamami and Cerberus are great, but I haven’t tried Far Afield.

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        It worked pretty well, actually. Cerberus was a departure from both of those scents, but it’s the only Liniment that I have.

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    Dec 9, 2023 - SeL

    • Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts 28mm Declaration Grooming B13
    • Razor: Karve Shaving Co. Overlander
    • Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Super Stainless (Green) [8]
    • Lather: Declaration Grooming - Son et Lumiere - Soap
    • Post Shave: Declaration Grooming - Son et Lumiere - Aftershave
    • Fragrance: Declaration Grooming - Son et Lumiere - Eau de Parfum

    SeL is such a well crafted scent. It’s going to be a cold, rainy day in the city, so it seemed appropriate.

    Rating: 4.5/5

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    Dec. 9, 2023

    • Brush: Declaration Grooming B14 “Nebula” Badger
    • Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
    • Blade: GEM PTFE (34 (4)
    • Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers
    • Aftershave: Barrister & Mann - Vespers
    • Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented
    • Balm: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented
    • Osma: Osma - Osma
    • Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

    Been rocking this setup for awhile now it’s so good. I’ve got to work in some of my other Christmas Soaps while it’s still seasonally appropriate.

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      Vespers++;

      Far too good to be just a Christmas soap :)

  • djundjilaMA
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    Fleur de France

    • Brush: Dogclaration LG 2022 Mystery Brush (B16)
    • Razor: Böker S.S. Paris Wins
    • Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! Fleur de France
    • Aftershave: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! Fleur de France
    • Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! Fleur de France

    Wonderful morning shave, yet again with 20.1. I enjoyed my series of Seaforth! shaves (Sorry SSL, you felt too summery this time around) this week.

    • gcgallant
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      When did this Böker show up in your collection? Is it a new addition?

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        I bought a bit over a year ago, but I only honed it during this year’s TabOktoberfest, and wrote this little write-up because I think it’s an interesting razor.

        I then promptly busted its pristine scales and luckily, Ralf Aust makes scales of almost the same size and shape. I posted the rescale operation here.

        It’s just a regular square point German hollow ground, but I enjoy it more than most of my other straights

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          I commented on both posts, so as you can see, my memory is like Swiss cheese ;-) The French point 6/8 Böker with the abalone scales is the one I remember.

          • djundjilaMA
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            I’m sure you’d have remembered it if the pic showed had a closeup of the ship :)

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              That’s very gracious of you. I’m sticking with the Swiss cheese analogy. My memory is good where there aren’t holes :)

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                Sticking to the analogy, then. Most Swiss cheeses don’t have holes, so there’s that😄

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        It took me a few uses to appreciate it, and now I can’t remember why I didn’t like it at first.

  • PorkButtsNTaters666
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    December 9, 2023: Rinse and Repeat

    • Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
    • Brush: Semogue C3 Galahad Horse 🐎
    • Razor: Merkur 34C
    • Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (38)
    • Lather: Cella Aloe Vera
    • Post Shave: Mennen Skin Bracer
    • Post Shave: Nivea After Shave Balm
    • Fragrance: Rogue Perfumery Mon Bon Monsieur

    Yesterday’s shave was so good, I had to do it again. It helped that the combo 34C + old blade left me with the impression that I should do it today. The Cella has a really nice scent - unfortunately a very discreet one, that I get noseblind to very fast.

    I had ordered a few perfume decants, mainly from Rogue Perfumery. Mon Bon Monsieur smells generically good, and very clean. On Fragrantica, someone described it as a mall perfume from the 80s. That’s not completely false, but also not a bad thing.

    Have a good night!

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    December 9, 2023

    • Brush: Wald Stratos Goldvein 29mm A1 Fan

    • Razor: Tanifuji Spalding 0411 6/8" Full Hollow

    • Lather: Murphy and McNeil - Barbershop de Los Muertos 3 - Soap

    • Toner: Thayers - Lemon - Toner

    • Aftershave: Murphy and McNeil - Barbershop de Los Muertos 3 - Aftershave

    • Talc: Yardley Gold
       
      2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.


    I’m revisiting the Murphy & McNeil Kodiak base with this shave. Before leaving on my trip, I used The Great Bear (also Kodiak) and could not get a lather to build. I don’t use these soaps that frequently so I was concerned that there might be a shelf life with this base. I had no problems today with BDLM 3 so I’ll need to revisit The Great Bear to see if I just had a bad day.

    The Kodiak soap base is quite nice. It features bear tallow as well as skin food additives for post-shave feel. I think this is one of those bases that takes a little time and work to get right. I load it heavily and end up adding a lot of water. The result is a high-density lather that, somehow, has a very light feel.

    Great shave today!