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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

• Prep: hot tea, hot shower
• Brush: Yaqi 24mm Naples Tuxedo Knot (synthetic)
• Razor: Gillette Aristocrat (1948-50)
• Blade: Durablade Sharp Hi Chromium (1)
• Lather: Stirling – Sharp Dressed Man - Shave Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling – Sharp Dressed Man - Post Shave Balm
• Weather Outside: Partly Cloudy, Cold & Windy

Sunday, March 17, 2024 - Green Shave

• Prep: hot shower
• Brush: Yaqi Cashmere Synthetic Shaving Brush, Dandelion Green Handle, 24mm
• Razor: Gillette Aristocrat (1948-50)
• Blade: Durablade Sharp Hi Chromium (3)
• Lather: Stirling – Sharp Dressed Man - Shave Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling – Sharp Dressed Man - Post Shave Balm
• Color Theme: Green

In honor of the most holy of holidays, St. Patrick's Day, I have shaved with as much "green" as I could today: green handled brush, blade in green colored packaging, soap & balm in Green Irish Tweed dupe, soap & balm in green containers, and green hand towel for cleanup.

Friday, March 15, 2024

• Prep: hot tea, hot shower
• Brush: Yaqi 24mm Naples Tuxedo Knot (synthetic)
• Razor: Gillette Aristocrat (1948-50)
• Blade: Durablade Sharp Hi Chromium (2)
• Lather: Barrister & Mann - Leviathan - Shaving Soap
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - The Watchman - After Shave Balm
• Post Shave Beverage: hot coffee

Good shave today. Happy Friday to you all.

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

• Prep: hot tea, hot shower
• Brush: Yaqi Cashmere Synthetic Shaving Brush, Dandelion Green Handle, 24mm
• Razor: Gillette Aristocrat (1948-50)
• Blade: Durablade Sharp Hi Chromium (1)
• Lather: Stirling – Sharp Dressed Man - Shave Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling – Post Shave Balm – Sharp Dressed Man
• Post Shave Beverage: hot coffee

As the Sharp Dressed Man ring of death gets smaller and smaller, I feel compelled to only shave with this until it's gone. Of course Stirling soaps take forever to get used up, so that's easier said than done.

Monday, March 11, 2024

• Prep: hot tea, hot shower
• Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Synthetic Fibre Shaving Brush, 27mm
• Razor: Gillette Aristocrat (1948-50)
• Blade: Durablade Sharp Hi Chromium (3)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Shaving Soap
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Hygge balm - Balm

I thought I was probably done using Hygge this year, what with the weather getting warmer. But it's rather cold and windy today, so it seemed appropriate.

Hey, I also used shaved with a Stirling ring of death today!

Friday, March 8, 2024

• Prep: hot tea, hot shower
• Brush: Omega 0146138 HI-BRUSH, 25mm Synthetic Shaving Brush
• Razor: Gillette Aristocrat (1948-50)
• Blade: Durablade Sharp Hi Chromium
• Lather: Stirling – Sharp Dressed Man - Shave Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling – Sharp Dressed Man - Post Shave Balm

The Stirling ring of death on continues. Once it starts it always seems to last much longer than I expect it to.

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

• Prep: hot shower
• Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Synthetic Fibre Shaving Brush, 27mm
• Razor: Gillette Aristocrat (1948-50)
• Blade: Durablade Sharp Hi Chromium (1)
• Lather: Barrister & Mann - Leviathan Shaving Soap
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - The Watchman - After Shave Balm

Damn fine shave today, which makes me think of Agent Cooper in Twin Peaks describing his favorite beverage. Coincidentally his favorite beverage is the main scent note I pick up from Leviathan. Damn fine indeed.

Friday, March 1, 2024

• Prep: hot shower
• Brush: Yaqi 24mm Naples Tuxedo Knot
• Razor: Gillette Aristocrat (1948-50)
• Blade: Durablade Sharp Hi Chromium (2)
• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Shaving Soap
• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave Balm

Since I don't use the Stag all that often it always feels like a treat whenever I do. Good way to celebrate the weekend.

I think I’ve had a similar experience with personna platinums too. But those blades already have me confused, because if I’m not mistaken I think there’s more than one blade labeled as “personna platinum”.

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

• Prep: hot shower
• Brush: Yaqi Cashmere Synthetic Shaving Brush, Dandelion Green Handle, 24mm
• Razor: Gillette Aristocrat (1948-50)
• Blade: Durablade Sharp Hi Chromium (1)
• Lather: Barrister & Mann - Leviathan - Shaving Soap
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - The Watchman - After Shave Balm

A darkly scented yet pleasant shave, for a dark and rainy yet pleasant morning.

Do you find Astra Greens to be inconsistent in quality? A year or so ago I bought a 100 pack because they worked so well for me, only to find out that many of the blades in the pack were apparently duds. Or at least they were duds for me. I posted about this, and other folks chimed in that this was not an experience unique to myself.