What soap/cream did you use today?

Wholly Kaw Rebelle
Siero Base

Shannon's Iced Watermelon

GD Mallard Early Grey Gelato 

Thursday OCtober 6, 2022
Razor: Gibbs Adjustable/Copper Handle
Blade: Wizamet
Brush: Fluffy Inds./Oumo Boar
Soap: HCSW Friday Night Lights
AS 1: Alcoholado Eucaliptino 70
AS 2: Winter Reserve Small Batch Shave Tonic
Fragrance: John Varvatos Dark Rebel
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,430

Ky boy using the magic ky bay elixir. Magic Bluegrass juice. Well done

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GD Mallard Early Grey Gelato 

Good one

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Razorock soaps get thrown shade on occasion.  I suppose because they are inexpensive they must seem also inferior.  They sure aren’t in the same class as more expensive and elite soaps but for my face they work just fine.  In fact they work better than just fine. A lot of Razorock soaps are made by Tcheon Fung Sing, a company that has been making shaving soaps for longer than most of us have been alive.  I hear, “not enough cushion or slickness” and frankly wonder what the reviewer is talking about.  The only mark TFS soaps fall down on is post shave dryness and what the heck do I care about that?  I’m applying a balm post shave anyway.  I certainly understand that some of us have problematic skin and need additional protection and can well understand why a premium soap is needed but for me and my water and skin TFS works swimmingly.  Saturnia!  Oh my I adore this scent.  It has an amazingly masculine cologne type scent fore but the aft is filled with the crusty, sulfurous scent of a hot springs and boy do I like that!  I had some grandkids with me in Yellowstone park not too many days ago.  It was cold thus the hot water was really steaming.  As we would walk through clouds of sulphur-laden steam I would suck a lungful of that most amazing scent and my kids would gag.  “Grandpa, do you really like that?”  You bet I do kid and for a hundred reasons.  Idaho is a land of fire and I can’t drive anywhere that doesn’t feature a hot springs and many of them are accompanied with stories etched in my brain.  These stories are anchored to the scent of hydrogen sulfide, thus I like the scent. I recall a cold day on the middle fork salmon.  It was raining, almost sleet, and when we hit trail flats everyone in the boats were cold and wet but trail creek hot springs warmed us all back up and gave us enough to continue downriver to camp.  Bear creek has a hidden hotsprings that I’d shuck my camo clothes and soak in while Bowhunting.  Two nude hunting partners in a hotsprings on a cold September day?  Good memories.  I’m still making hotsprings memories every year.  Saturnia reminds me of them all. 

Causes me to yearn for a life in the Mountain West

Vétyver (Martin de Candre) light vetiver
Shave 22 ・ 222 shaves left

Time for another soap of the book adventure. This time I’ve picked up a fat one: The Count of Monte Cristo. I’m going to need a thick French soap to carry me through these 1,300 pages, so Martin de Candre Vétyver gets the nod (with Ethos Tonka Bean playing a supporting role). Going to wash it all down with a big bottle of Hermès Vetiver Tonka.

Let’s see, HighSpeed, how does it go again? “On February 24, 1815, the lookout at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the arrival of the three-master Pharaon, coming from Smyrna, Trieste and Naples….” This is going to be good.
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Razor Christopher Bradley 3" Guilloche SB-B ・ Blade PolSilver ・ Brush Peregrino ・ Hoard 17,276 g (⇣1,206 g)