mrconklin
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First to Break One
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Post by mrconklin on Oct 8, 2019 11:17:51 GMT -6
Morning TOST Tuesday Soap: Morning TOST Brush: Badger Razor: Jem Junior with stainless blade It was a hurry up shave today over noon hour, DFS
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mlb549
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Post by mlb549 on Oct 8, 2019 13:31:12 GMT -6
Razorock ECO, Williams Mug Soap, Omega 1048 boar, Osage Rub,mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!
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Post by 120inna55 on Oct 8, 2019 19:48:38 GMT -6
Oaken Lab | Conservatory Island Bladeworks "Stoya" | Elite Razor Manchurian The New Improved Schick Injector Razor | Personna 74 Conservatory is my introduction to Oaken Lab, and I obtained this imported product for retail price as an exclusive from West Coast Shaving. It's my understanding the artisan is a US expatriate residing in Jakarta, Indonesia. This V2 tallow base effortlessly loads into a damp knot and intuitively yields a dense paintable face lather. It can accept a generous amount of my hard water, but it can be broken as I discovered in my pre-shave test lathers, the purpose of which are to explore a soap's characteristics and limits. First-pass and residual slickness are both above average, but not competitive with the highest tier artisans. This should hardly be viewed as a knock, but it's what benchmarks are for. Post-shave is very nice and probably just in the door of the luxury realm. The fragrance of Conservatory opens as bitter, sharp citrus somewhere between lime and under-ripe orange. The citrus relents to a leafy herbal before ushering in a bold floral neroli. The neroli is paired with patchouli and the result just brushes my upper threshold for sweetness before being tamed and grounded in understated dry resin wood and amber. The paired water-based splash is refreshing despite being free of artificial cooling agents, and it leaves my skin feeling well hydrated and completely devoid of tackiness or greasy residual. The scent of the splash matches and unfolds similarly to the soap. Amber and neroli is still detected at around the 3 hour mark before fading. Conservatory is an excellent set to serve as an introduction to Oaken Lab, offering an above-average performing soap base and a pleasing early Autumn fragrance.
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9nein9
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Post by 9nein9 on Oct 8, 2019 21:04:23 GMT -6
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Post by mpf9ret on Oct 9, 2019 0:00:03 GMT -6
Tue 8th Oct. RazoRock Syn.24mm Speick Active soap Alu.General/ ES Handle Schick Proline [ 7 ] Tuff Red A/S lotion. A pleasant enough Shave with the General, but I actually think I get closer Shaves with the Hawk, especially around the Neck.
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herm2502
Master Shaver
That's Mr. Knucklehead to you!!
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Post by herm2502 on Oct 9, 2019 7:12:02 GMT -6
Nothing fancy, just a Gem MMOC, a Maggard brush and Pre de Provence #63 for a nice shave.
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Post by IschiaPP on Oct 9, 2019 7:29:54 GMT -6
SOTD 20191009 TNNSER3D by IschiaPP@ilRasoio ••• The Grooming Co. AVAmix Sintético 4gen 24x52x95mm --- Barrister & Mann Latha Label “Taiga” Shaving Soap --- TNNSER3D V2 Tannhäuser 2.2 Green ASA 3Dprint --- GEM by Personna SE Stainless Steel PTFE Coated #2 --- Barrister & Mann Latha Label "Taiga" Post-Shave Splash Toner ••• #Shave #WetShaving #WetShavers #ShaveOfTheDay #ShaveLikeaMan #ForoAfeitado #SErazor #Test
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Post by mayer57619 on Oct 9, 2019 7:37:37 GMT -6
Modern Williams, Micromatic, Van der Hagen Badger, and Aqua Velva
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Flintstone
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Scraper Blade Shaver...
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Post by Flintstone on Oct 9, 2019 7:45:36 GMT -6
9 Oct 2019 -- First Shave with my L'Essor -- C'était très bon! The L'Essor came with wedge blades (as you can see in the pic), but my wedge honing skills are still underdeveloped, so I opted for a GEM SS PTFE blade on it's 10th shave. At first glance the razor doesn't look particularly special, but it has a nifty feature -- the back blade clip is not spring based, but rather tightened by turning the bottom of the handle. This twist to close-and-lock on the back blade clip and the nice and snug side clips (plus solid blade stops) meant that the thin GEM blade was nicely locked into place. Often these wedge-blade razors don't do a great job with the thinner modern blades, but this one was, shall we say, parfait!!! The shave was made even better with Modern Williams and my Omega boar....2-passes and a quickie witch hazel touch-up produced a super close and very comfortable shave.
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mrconklin
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First to Break One
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Post by mrconklin on Oct 9, 2019 7:48:09 GMT -6
Wednesday OneBlade Williams Vie Long Cold water shave today. Not bad. I think I prefer warmer, but I will say it worked and in the heat of summer I may well do these on a regular basis.
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mlb549
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Post by mlb549 on Oct 9, 2019 15:06:15 GMT -6
Razorock ECO, Williams Mug Soap, Jayaruh 304 big boar, Stetson AS!!
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rayr
Blade King
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Post by rayr on Oct 9, 2019 15:20:34 GMT -6
Razor: GEM 1912 Squat Head Blade: GEM CS (2) Soap: PRE de Provence No. 63 Brush: Maggard 26mm Synthetic A/S: Thayers Rose Witch Hazel, alfred dunhill DESIRE After Shave Balm
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Post by mpf9ret on Oct 10, 2019 0:48:23 GMT -6
Williams Wed 9th Oct. Simpson Chubby 1/ Maggards 2band Wiliams Mug soap Supply V1 & V2-3dot plate Schick S/S -Japan [2 ] Williams Aqua Velva A/S Lotion I find the performance of The Supply varies according to the blade being used. Today with a Japanese Schick on board the Shave was very smooth and without too much effort a good close all round finish was attained.
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pj3r
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Post by pj3r on Oct 10, 2019 0:57:02 GMT -6
Little bit of freshnes in one gray, cloudy, rainy day. Soap: Stirling Mountain Men Brush: Vie-Long 75th Aneversery Brush Razor: Ever Ready Natural Angle a.k.a. E-Bar Blade: GEM SS PTFE AS: Pitarlon Polar
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Post by IschiaPP on Oct 10, 2019 6:09:09 GMT -6
SOTD 20191010 TNNSER3D by IschiaPP@ilRasoio ••• Saponificio Varesino 1945 Monoï de Tahiti" Burro di Frangipani --- The Grooming Co. AVAmix Sintético 4gen 24x52x95mm --- Saponificio Varesino 1945 Beta4.3 "Felce Aromatica Reformulated" Lim.Ed.2017 --- TNNSER3D V2 Tannhäuser 2.2 Green ASA 3Dprint --- GEM by Personna SE Stainless Steel PTFE Coated #3 --- Farmaceutici Damor “Jalma” After Shave (sample) ••• #Shave #WetShaving #WetShavers #ShaveOfTheDay #ShaveLikeaMan #ForoAfeitado #SErazor #Test
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