What soap/cream did you use today?

Talbot/Maol Frankinlime

Ethos Lavender

Crabtree & Evelyn Mysore Sandalwood shaving soap (tallow). It has lost most its scent, but it makes great lather that is easily freshened by a couple spritzes of Ethos Mysore EdP.

Barrister and Mann - Fougère Gothique (Omnibus)

First shave with the Omnibus base. Quite nice, of course! Better than Reserve? Not sure yet.

I shaved in the morning (which I NEVER do, why anyone willingly wakes up early for anything is beyond my comprehension)... so it's possible I didn't give it all the TLC needed to maximize its glory. Still very good and no complaints. Just not blown away by noticeable improvements since I've been using this scent in Reserve over the past few shaves.

Find the Omnibus cushion and postshave superiour to any of B&M's earlier offerings and only surpassed by ETHOS (albeit it getting close). May I suggest aggressively approaching hydration from first application of brush to soap whether puck loaded or bowl lathered

Leviathan sample (Barrister & Mann) leather, sandalwood, coffee, cedar & musk
Shave 3 ・ 50% left ・ "Loomings"

I’ve got a lot of soap. It’s stacked six deep on the shelves, and stashed under the beds, and piled high in tottering heaps in dusty corners. Sound familiar? There’s only one thing I’ve got even more of, and that’s books. They litter the place, too. Like the soaps, most of them get started, but few are ever finished.

The other night I got to wondering if there wasn’t some way to combine these two pleasures, reading and shaving, so that I could work through my heap of unshaved soaps along with my library of unread tomes. The solution seemed to be to find a few soaps that pair well with a fat book and then plod through them, page after page, shave after shave. I’m hoping the expectation of the next day's shave will propel me through the dry parts of the book, and vice versa.

So I’ll begin this little adventure with Moby Dick. (Why start small?) I’ve begun this brick of a book at least a dozen times, but I’ve finished it only once, and that was thirty-five years ago. I figure if I read one chapter each night, I should see the last page by St Patrick’s Day.

For the soaps I turned to Barrister & Mann, a well established New England emporium of shaving goods that knows how to outfit a man for a whaling expedition. What soaps did I choose? Leviathan (of course), Oceana (naturally), and Bay Rum (goes without saying). Three great wet-shaving soaps that I hope will bear me through all 135 chapters of this watery tale.
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Razor Henson AL13 Medium ・ Blade Astra SP ・ Brush Phoenix Shaving Amber Aerolite ・ St Laurent M7 Oud Absolu ・ YTD 649 g

   

Leviathan sample (Barrister & Mann) leather, sandalwood, coffee, cedar & musk
Shave 3 ・ 50% left ・ "Loomings"

I’ve got a lot of soap. It’s stacked six deep on the shelves, and stashed under the beds, and piled high in tottering heaps in dusty corners. Sound familiar? There’s only one thing I’ve got even more of, and that’s books. They litter the place, too. Like the soaps, most of them get started, but few are ever finished.

The other night I got to wondering if there wasn’t some way to combine these two pleasures, reading and shaving, so that I could work through my heap of unshaved soaps along with my library of unread tomes. The solution seemed to be to find a few soaps that pair well with a fat book and then plod through them, page after page, shave after shave, using the expectation of the next day's shave to propel me through the dry parts of the book, and vice versa.

I chose Moby Dick. Why start small? I’ve begun this brick of book at least a dozen times, but I’ve finished it only once, and that was thirty-five years ago. I figure if I read one chapter each night, I should see the last page by St Patrick’s Day.

For the soaps I turned to a good New England concern, Barrister & Mann, to fit me out for this whaling expedition. Leviathan (what else?), Oceana (naturally), and Bay Rum (goes without saying) are the three great wet-shaving soaps I hope will bear me through all 135 chapters of this watery tale.
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Razor Henson AL13 Medium ・ Blade Astra SP ・ Brush Phoenix Shaving Amber Aerolite ・ St Laurent M7 Oud Absolu ・ YTD 649 g

   

Well call me Ishmael!

Leviathan sample (Barrister & Mann) leather, sandalwood, coffee, cedar & musk
Shave 3 ・ 50% left ・ "Loomings"

I’ve got a lot of soap. It’s stacked six deep on the shelves, and stashed under the beds, and piled high in tottering heaps in dusty corners. Sound familiar? There’s only one thing I’ve got even more of, and that’s books. They litter the place, too. Like the soaps, most of them get started, but few are ever finished.

The other night I got to wondering if there wasn’t some way to combine these two pleasures, reading and shaving, so that I could work through my heap of unshaved soaps along with my library of unread tomes. The solution seemed to be to find a few soaps that pair well with a fat book and then plod through them, page after page, shave after shave, using the expectation of the next day's shave to propel me through the dry parts of the book, and vice versa.

I chose Moby Dick. Why start small? I’ve begun this brick of book at least a dozen times, but I’ve finished it only once, and that was thirty-five years ago. I figure if I read one chapter each night, I should see the last page by St Patrick’s Day.

For the soaps I turned to a good New England concern, Barrister & Mann, to fit me out for this whaling expedition. Leviathan (what else?), Oceana (naturally), and Bay Rum (goes without saying) are the three great wet-shaving soaps I hope will bear me through all 135 chapters of this watery tale.
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Razor Henson AL13 Medium ・ Blade Astra SP ・ Brush Phoenix Shaving Amber Aerolite ・ St Laurent M7 Oud Absolu ・ YTD 649 g

   

Interesting idea.  The first "brick book" that comes to mind for me is Robin Buss' translation of The Count of Monte Cristo.  I wonder what soap would go with that?