Saturday 28 December 2019 - Friday 3 January 2020

[Optometrist]

HomeLikeShaving START 0.90 SB
Wizamet Iridium Super
Vie-Long Epsilon 2-Band
Sē'bŭm Red

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[Jim Kleinkauf]

Friday 01.03.20 SOTD

Pre' De Provence Artisanal French Soap lather and rinse
Merkur Progress Adjustable
Astra Superior Platinum (3)
Yaqi Moka Express 26mm 2-Band Badger
Barrister and Mann Barrister's Reserve Spice Shaving Soap
Barrister's Reserve Spice Aftershave Splash

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[koenfucius]

Merkur Progress
Wizamet Super Iridium
Yaqi Cola
Barrister and Mann Latha Oceana
Nivea sensitive balm

 

[Vacumatic]

Pre-shave:- Argan Oil Soap,
Bowl/Scuttle:- Black earthenware shaving bowl
Brush:- Synthetic,
Soap/Cream:- Palmolive Shave Cream.
Razor/Blade:- Gillette Tech and 7 O Clock (2)
Post/After-shave: Cocoa Butter
Fragrance:- Lacoste

Second shave with a 7 o’clock and with Palmolive Shave Cream, an easy simple and clean shave, perfect.

Cocoa butter moisturiser is working well. Skin feels great

 

[Boycie83]

03/01/20

Razor: Mühle R89
Blade: GSB
Brush: Oumo SHD Manchuria
Soap: TOBS Sandalwood
Pre: Proraso Red
ASL: Floïd Suave
ASB: Floïd

Back to the DEs and a razor I've not used since April 2019. An easy shave and DFS finish. I do love the TOBS Sandalwood smell.

 

[Will-J]

Blackland Vector + KAI Titan Mild (2) / Yaqi Mew Brown / Caste Forbes Cedar & Sandalwood Set

Well my change from the Vector didn’t last long, hard to put this down

 

[The Gentleman]

Pre: Mickey Lee Soapworks Preshave Butter Lavender
Soap: Ariana & Evans Barbiere Sofisticato
Brush: Simpsons Chubby 3 Manchurian
Razor: Carbon Cx
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Post: Thayer's Witch Hazel + A&E Barbiere Sofisticato AS + Soap Commander Integrity ASB

 

[NJDJ]

Paradigm SE Ti - Kai Titan Mild - Declaration Washington B5 Dark Amethyst - Declaration YRP Milk Steak - Chatillon Lux YRP EDT

 

[AlfredoT]

2020-01-03, Friday

Today is your last chance, for quite some time, to see a decent picture.
And last night, for me, was the last chance, for quite some time, to spoil myself: a simple but cholesterologically demanding dinner!

Shaving wise... it's a story with an announced conclusion: soap is mechanically excellent and appreciating its scent is subjective!





Sapone PS: Valobra Glicerolanolina
Sapone: Catie’s Bubbles, '95 Liquid Labels
Pennello: Lab. Villefranche, Salma Hayeck Radica di noce/ST, 24
Rasoio: Maggard, MR 3
Lametta: Gillette, 7 O’Clock, Permasharp Stainless
AS: MilMil, Figaro Gel
EdT: Vicious, Accidia
ST: M. Petrucciani, The Complete Dreyfus Jazz Recordings, 4° CD

 

[Jgreenepa]

SOTD 01/03/20

I received a Gibbs #15 Adjustable in trade for a Gillette Tuckaway from a French friend yesterday, and just had to shave with it today. As the owner of a #17 Gibbs and a Rex Ambassador, based on the earlier design, I discovered that the shave was identical to the #17 Gibbs. At setting 6 I received an extremely close BBS on my face. I dialed down to 4 for the noggin and cleared away my stubble effortlessly for a good DFS dome shave. I used my PAA Cube for face and dome lathering, and it provided a decent protective lather, although not quite as creamy or thick as my trusty MWF. I feel clean, cool and refreshed.

RAZOR: Gibbs #15 Adjustable
BLADE: Suneko customized for razor
PREP: Cold water rinse
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: PAA Charcoal-Menthol Preshave
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with Glyce Glycerin soap followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Old Spice Fresh Lime

 

[churchilllafemme]

Friday AM 2020-01-03

Moss Anniversary Slate scuttle
Rooney 1/2 Ebony Finest (24/57)
Penhaligon's English Fern shaving soap (tallow)
Wolfman WR2-SB 0.95/WRH1
Tiger Platinum (5)
Houbigant Fougère Royale aftershave (vintage)


The blade, which again was very slightly rough yesterday, was smooth once more this morning. The lather quality might be playing a minor role in this, but I think mostly it is related to the particular razor being used. This blade just seems to be a bit finicky with razors.

 

[p.b]

First use of the Carbon pass-around razor. Quite good.

 

[p.b]

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First use of the Carbon pass-around razor. Quite good.

P.S. transferred soap into a proper sized pot. So much easier.

 

[Rowlers]

Best shave for a long while, super close and smooth.

 

[TomG]

Prep: Valobra Glycerlanolina soap,Antica Barbieria Colla Almond Oil Pre-Shave Cream
Brush: DR Harris H3 Best Badger
Soap: Signature Soaps Hibernia
Razor: UFO Tornado / Wolfman WR1
Blade: NOS Personna Super Platinum Chrome (2)
Post: Margaret River Hempco Lime & Vetiver Aftershave Balm
Scent: Guerlain Jicky

An efficient three pass shave for a DFS+ result.

Mini-Review - Signature Soaps Hibernia

The second soap from Signature Soaps that I have now tried. The soap texture is more a soft 'croap' - of similar texture to Declaration Grooming soaps.
The scent is fresh and delightful - the main notes I detect are lemongrass and citrus; looking up the details on the maker's website, I see that the scent is comprised of Lime, Lemon, Lemongrass, Sweet Orange and Lavender Essential Oils. The scent strength is mid from the container, and remains mid-strength throughout the shave.

As with the previous Signature soap that I tried, Hibernia is very easy to lather and reach correct shaving hydration levels. The soap has a very good lather yield per soap mass - I probably had enough lather for 5 passes from an almond-sized blob of soap. The cushioning and slickness were pretty good, but for some reason not as stellar as the previous Signature Soap I used. Maybe natural variation or the Shaving Gods were not with me? I guess further use will tell the tale. The post-shave feel was very good.

In summary, I liked this product and would consider purchasing it. It has a glorious scent, is very easy to lather, is a good performer, and has a very nice post-shave feel. I will test it a few more times to confirm performance characteristics.

Keep up the good work, @BrianH.