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It really IS all about that bass.
Alabama
12 August, 2024
Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.
Great shave with which to kick off the workweek. Returned to Saponificio Varesino and their excellent "70th Anniversary" soap & ASL. Fantastic scent and phenomenal lather built with the SV Manchurian badger brush for two passes (plus touch-up) with the Gillette Aristocrat, and I finished with the matching aftershave lotion.
Hope you have a great day.
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Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.
Great shave with which to kick off the workweek. Returned to Saponificio Varesino and their excellent "70th Anniversary" soap & ASL. Fantastic scent and phenomenal lather built with the SV Manchurian badger brush for two passes (plus touch-up) with the Gillette Aristocrat, and I finished with the matching aftershave lotion.
Hope you have a great day.
Saponificio Varesino / Aristocrat / Wizamet
U.S. Navy Veteran
"There isn't much that a great shave and hot cup of coffee can't fix"
"There isn't much that a great shave and hot cup of coffee can't fix"
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St. Louis MO
SHAVES THAT CAN TEACH A LESSON (WITH THE HELP OF ETHOS VANILLA SAFI)
Today I decided to use the La Faulx ++ and a new blade. I had been told that the guarded AC blades were quirky and were really designed with a straight razor in mind. But, did I heed the warnings, NOPE. Did I learn a lesson, YEP. I truly enjoy the La Faulx, not so much the No. 7 razor. I have used the Feather Pro, Pro super, the Kai Mild and the Schick P30. I had an oddball blade of the Feather Pro Guarded and decided to give it a try. I found it tuggy, uncomfortable and took a bit more buffing than I normally do. That said, there is no irritation and the end result was a BBS shave.
The moral of the story is to not be afraid to try a different blade for yourself. It is great to rely on reviews from others, but until you experience the hardware or software yourself, you are doing yourself a disservice. What I learned from this blade is that I won't be buying it anytime soon.
One of the parts of the shave that made everything work well was the Ethos products. This company really has their product at the top tier of software essentials. THE VANILLA SAFI IS OUTSTANDING.
PRE: ETHOS FIRST LATHER (THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE OTHER PRESHAVES I HAVE HAD)
BOWL: HC&C STAINLESS UNPOLISHED
RAZOR: LA FAULX SS ++
BLADE: FEATHER PRO GUARDED
SOAP: ETHOS VANILLA SAFI
BRUSH: CAYUEN DOMINO (synthetic)
POST: WARM/COLD RINSE, LATHER WASH, ALUM, WITCH HAZEL, THAYERS MILKY TONER
A/S: ETHOS VANILLA SAFI
SCORE: 9.5/10 BBS
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Today I decided to use the La Faulx ++ and a new blade. I had been told that the guarded AC blades were quirky and were really designed with a straight razor in mind. But, did I heed the warnings, NOPE. Did I learn a lesson, YEP. I truly enjoy the La Faulx, not so much the No. 7 razor. I have used the Feather Pro, Pro super, the Kai Mild and the Schick P30. I had an oddball blade of the Feather Pro Guarded and decided to give it a try. I found it tuggy, uncomfortable and took a bit more buffing than I normally do. That said, there is no irritation and the end result was a BBS shave.
The moral of the story is to not be afraid to try a different blade for yourself. It is great to rely on reviews from others, but until you experience the hardware or software yourself, you are doing yourself a disservice. What I learned from this blade is that I won't be buying it anytime soon.
One of the parts of the shave that made everything work well was the Ethos products. This company really has their product at the top tier of software essentials. THE VANILLA SAFI IS OUTSTANDING.
PRE: ETHOS FIRST LATHER (THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE OTHER PRESHAVES I HAVE HAD)
BOWL: HC&C STAINLESS UNPOLISHED
RAZOR: LA FAULX SS ++
BLADE: FEATHER PRO GUARDED
SOAP: ETHOS VANILLA SAFI
BRUSH: CAYUEN DOMINO (synthetic)
POST: WARM/COLD RINSE, LATHER WASH, ALUM, WITCH HAZEL, THAYERS MILKY TONER
A/S: ETHOS VANILLA SAFI
SCORE: 9.5/10 BBS
RAD is just a permanently temporary condition. I'll get over it.. eventually.
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Honolulu, Hawaii
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Razor: Gem Feather Weight, Onyx
Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
Brush: Jayarah White Queen
Lather: Seaforth Black Watch
Post: Thayers Facial Tonic,
Seaforth Black Watch Toner
Dave
It’s a lot more fun being 20 in the ‘70s than 70 in the '20s - Joe Walsh
It’s a lot more fun being 20 in the ‘70s than 70 in the '20s - Joe Walsh
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