What soap/cream did you use today?

A supersonic shave this morning...ten swirls on a dry puck with a damp synthetic, face-paint for 1 minute - more than enough slickness for a one-pass shave.  Enough cushion????  For one pass, yes.  

MCD is excellent stuff. I only use MCD and SV soaps now. Nothing else…


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Orange and Vanilla, the smell of summer.  The smell of the ubiquitous Creamsicle!  Robby Bartlett lived in town.  I lived on a ranch.  Our dads got to know each other refereeing high school sports and from that blossomed a lot of family events.  As town folks, they liked to come to the ranch and do things they never do at home.  As a country kid I liked to go to their house and partake of all the stuff that was unavailable to me on the ranch.  One of those things was the Creamsicle. The Bartlett’s lived right across the street from Harmon Park, a huge municipal park offering acres of grass, a minor league ball field, picnic shelters, kit swings, a municipal pool, and concessions that sold the icy treat.  Wow!  Robby and I didn’t spend a lot of time together but when I did it seemed I was walking around with the King of Harmon Park.  He knew every crack and crevasse of the park.  He went swimming everyday.  Every. Single. Day!  And he got lots of treats.  I took Robby on a float through the Frank Church wilderness and the Middle Fork of the Salmon last year.  It was fun catching up and I got to thank him for tending to my parents in the winter when they would move to Arizona to avoid the snow.  He was really good to them in their last years.  As we floated we talked about Harmon Park and the day we snuck into the ball Diamond with some clubs and golf balls.  It was a hoot.  Robby turned on a faucet when we were exiting and thought it would be cool to flood the field.  As a baseball lover, and a diligent kid, I made an excuse for going back it the Diamond and shut off the water.  The scent of this Orange Vanilla soap takes me back to time spent at the Bartlett’s and Harmon Park.  

Taylor of Old Bond Street Sandalwood

Spitfire (Phoenix & Beau) leather juniper
Shave 26 ・ 43 g left ・ 15 shaves left

True masters of their craft will apprentice at least ten years. I’ve been using a double-edged razor for only eight years, so I’m still far from the dry-palmed confidence that’s the hallmark of a shave virtuoso. In fact, hardly a week passes without some startling insight into the art of shaving. One of the most surprising recent lessons is that my oldest tools are still among my best. 

The first few years I was wet shaving, I used simple tallow soaps and a mild chrome razor. The results were pretty good, and I experienced little or no irritation. Over the years, though, I started scooping up samples and tubs of soap by the dozen. That was followed by a fleet of shiny, often overly aggressive razors. I enjoyed the variety, but truth be told, my hide wasn’t always happy. But now I’ve taken up the old tools again – this ancient tub of Spitfire and my well-worn DE89 –  and my face has been thanking me. Strange how you travel all around the world looking for something better, only to find you were happiest right where you began.
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Razor Edwin Jagger DE89 ・ Blade Big Ben ・ Brush Phoenix Shaving Amber Aerolite ・ Hoard 17,674 g (-51 g) ・ YTD 101 g

  

Spitfire (Phoenix & Beau) leather juniper
Shave 26 ・ 43 g left ・ 15 shaves left

True masters of their craft will apprentice at least ten years. I’ve been using a double-edged razor for only eight years, so I’m still far from the dry-palmed confidence that’s the hallmark of a shave virtuoso. In fact, hardly a week passes without some startling insight into the art of shaving. One of the most surprising recent lessons is that my oldest tools are still among my best. 

The first few years I was wet shaving, I used simple tallow soaps and a mild chrome razor. The results were pretty good, and I experienced little or no irritation. Over the years, though, I started scooping up samples and tubs of soap by the dozen. That was followed by a fleet of shiny, often overly aggressive razors. I enjoyed the variety, but truth be told, my hide wasn’t always happy. But now I’ve taken up the old tools again – this ancient tub of Spitfire and my well-worn DE89 –  and my face has been thanking me. Strange how you travel all around the world looking for something better, only to find you were happiest right where you began.
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Razor Edwin Jagger DE89 ・ Blade Big Ben ・ Brush Phoenix Shaving Amber Aerolite ・ Hoard 17,674 g (-51 g) ・ YTD 101 g

  

I think there’s a reason for the saying, “come full circle”.


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