What soap/cream did you use today?

Two days without a shave so this Easter morning offered a glorious clean-up.  The Futur is always a good choice with two-days beard.  I’m liking this Cold River soap better all the time.  Surprisingly, I find it water sensitive in that the window seems narrow to get max slickness.  That’s just fine though because it’s not hard hitting the window.  Smells great.  Feels great.  Does a bang-up job.  And why no shave yesterday?  Because I have my old 1950’s camper parked up in Clayton on the Salmon River and Steelhead are running!  I was fishing on a rare bluebird day.  It got to 58 degrees in Stanley!  The fish is 31.5 inches and weight calculates to 14.71 lbs.  he never left the water and is out there swimming around this morning.

Beautiful

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French Vetiver v. (Cyril Salter) smoky vetiver

Whenever I get a tight shave with the Feather AS-DS razor, I know the lather has to be something special. The Feather is a very mild razor. A heavy tallow lather simply swallows the blade. But a light vegetal lather isn’t always enough to protect my skin from the very sharp edge of the Feather blade. This Cyril Salter cream seems to have found the sweet spot between the two. It makes a slick, protective lather that suits the AS-D2 perfectly. I come away with a close, clean shave and happy skin. And of course, French Vetiver smells reeking wonderful.
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Cyril Salter: French Vetiver 2020 (147 g left) ・ Feather AS-D2 ・ Feather Hi-Stainless ・ Phoenix Shaving Peregrino ・ Soap Hoard: 11,271 g ・ Used this year: 162 g ・ Last shave: 17½ hrs ago

   

I was asked to try out a couple soap formulas for a project that someone is starting (not sure he wants me to elaborate, so I will leave it there for now), so I used one yesterday and the other one today.

The clear winner for me was the one yesterday with the same/similar base as the current Floris soaps.

Been quite warm recently, so gotta plan your hours right on the slopes to get the sweet spot (not too firm, not too mushy).











And then we have some more intruders...

Ethos/DFS Colonia

MdC Fougere

CBL Bergamot Lemon

The last of MW Windjammer!  It's a great scent and even better soap base, but I don't see a replacement for this one showing up in the den anytime soon.