SOTD 12-18 May 2019

34 Barbasol NFH/Chinese Wilkinson. Smooth but ultimately too mild to be a an effective head shaver.

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Thursday AM 2019-05-16

Moss Anniversary Slate scuttle
Rooney Beehive Ivory Finest (24/50)
Martin de Candre shaving soap
Gillette New LC/UFO Goliath
Wilkinson 'Light Brigade' (19)
Yardley English Lavender aftershave (vintage)

Displaced aggression can seem like a quick fix, but it will kill you in the end.  

That’s a hard lesson for the individual who horrifyingly and unnecessarily brought an end to the watch of Officer Ronald Tarantino on 5/22/16.  That person is now nothing but a name that will never be remembered.  
Meanwhile, Officer Tarantino has been showered with tributes and memorials, and the rise of a cause.  It serves as a wonderful example of how intent can have adverse effects.  

Today, this tribute is not only for a quiet hero who’s forced silence shouts louder than any spoken words, but also for the support of a brotherhood who rises daily and is expected to protect and serve their community from the challenges of evil in its many faces.  

Police and front line responders are firm believers and executors to the notion that the community is greater than service to oneself.  We could all stand to take a dose of that medicine.  

I know every time I see and use this soap, that thin blue line will remind me of the humility and love of community that we take for granted in those on the front lines.  The quiet ones, who we count on and expect everything from.  

I thank my great friend Ruds and also Bill from Murphy and McNeil for working together to craft a fitting tribute to this cause.  Anger and evil will always be adversely effected and triumphed by the good.

Friday SOTD


Razor: British Ever-Ready 1912
Blade: Gem PTFE SS (D5)
Brush: Yaqi Moka Express 2-band 26mm
Bowl: HoneycombCopper 4 ½”
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime
Pre-Shave Balm: Grooming Dept Mandarin and Cardamom
Shave Soap: Grooming Dept Citric
Post: MdC Huile Végétale Camomille
Aftershave: Extro Italiana

17 May 2019

* Blackbird Black Oxide SB 101
* Wizamet Iridium Super
* Shavemac Silvertip 2-Band Black
* Mystic Water Sensitive Skin
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO

Declaration
Blackbird
Feather
Barrister & Mann Beaudelaire

May 17, 2019
Tatara Masamune OC
Feather
Duke 3 Synthetic
SDM
Myrsol Antesol

Paladin Moby Vesuvius 28mm
SV Stella Alpina
Mach 3

Friday, May 17
- Portus Cale, black: Soap, balm aftershve & EdT
- CRV, 2 bands badger, ebony and red resin
- Filarmonica 14, Medallon Taurino, Capote.