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Dec. 9, 2023
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.
Vespers++;
Far too good to be just a Christmas soap :)
Dec 9, 2023 - SeL
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
December 9, 2023
Another nice shave.
How was the pairing between Far Afield and Hamami? Hamami and Cerberus are great, but I haven't tried Far Afield.
It worked pretty well, actually. Cerberus was a departure from both of those scents, but it's the only Liniment that I have.
December 9, 2023: Rinse and Repeat
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!
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.
When did this Böker show up in your collection? Is it a new addition?
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
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.
I'm sure you'd have remembered it if the pic showed had a closeup of the ship :)
That’s very gracious of you. I’m sticking with the Swiss cheese analogy. My memory is good where there aren’t holes :)
Sticking to the analogy, then. Most Swiss cheeses don't have holes, so there's that😄
Most Swiss cheeses don’t have holes, so there’s that😄
You need to factor in the American POV 😉
Oh, I'm familiar with the expression, I'm just being everyone's favourite: a know-it-all 😅
FdF++
It took me a few uses to appreciate it, and now I can't remember why I didn't like it at first.
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!
