What soap/cream did you use today?

A couple of surprises from Dominick this weekend.  First was a jar of Kentucky Rain.  Classy jar.  Great fan of his artwork. And a rose soap that doesn’t even know how to spell Grandmas Purse.  In fact this scent would fling Grandmas Purse into a fiery furnace.  Rose gets top billing but actually plays a background role here.  So stinking masculine I might have to get more wives!  Great job Dom.
And then he made my Christmas.  If you don’t know, Dom is a top shelf Goldsmith and Jeweler (Romantique Jewelers in St Louis).  I’ve had a big Montana sapphire sitting in the safe.  My bride got It as a gift from her Grandpa.  She loves her grandpa who passed long before I came into the picture. All I’ve been is a safe keeper.  But all these years I’ve wanted her to do something wonderful with that stone.  “ Just be a diligent husband and get something done” you might think.  Great idea!  But that sentiment behind the stone wouldn’t let me fly without her.  And so I waited……and met Dominick and Romantique because of wet shaving.  I told him what I had but two years passed without movement.  Dom came to Idaho to attend a shaver meet-up my son (Teton Shaves) hosted and I invited him to stay at my shed.  I got to watch a pro at work,  I got the stone from the safe and he inspected it.  Then turned to her and asked a few questions about what she’d want thenclosed the deal with “I could take this Home with me and get some mock-ups done”.  Dom for the win, because she agreed!  So she decided a pendant and Dom worked up a couple but I was working to get her to choose RING.  She’d wear a pendant occasionally.  A ring each day.  Well, we jerked Dom through several knotholes but finally settled on a design and he built it for her.  Got it Saturday.  She cried for way too long and being male…..thought I might be in trouble, but I waited and she looked up and said, “it’s beautiful and I love it.  It reminds me of two men who love me unconditionally, my grandpa started with a stone and my husband turned it into a ring.  Dom, it’s perfect. 4 carats Is a whopper but she’s getting over her self consciousness quickly.  Beautiful work and a great gift that wouldn’t have happened without your skills. Yep, she’s been working hard at the cabin getting ready for Christmas but has a manicure scheduled for today.
Gents, if your I. The mood for some crazy good goldsmith, gemologist, jeweler stuff look Dom and his team up.

Thank you so much for the kind words. Yes, the jewelry store is what keeps me from living in the woods surrounded by mounds of soap and associated accessories.

Hahahaha.  One day.  One day.   I’ll get a chronograph like the ones you post.

Seaforth! Heather (Spearhead) musty fougère
Shave 10 ・ 108 g left

Spearhead soaps impress me with their complex scents, their smooth finish, their stylish labels, and most importantly, their silken protection. But there’s another reason I treasure them: they disappear. With each shave – no matter if the brush is synth, badger, or boar – the divot in the middle of the soap grows noticeably deeper, and the puck comes away ever lighter and lighter. My heart jumps a little each morning when the soap steps on the scale and I see that three grams have gone. That sort of diminution gives a number-crunching shaver a real sense of progress and beckons him to reach for Spearhead again and again. A simple joy, I suppose, for a simple mind.
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Razor Merkur 42C ・ Blade PolSilver ・ Brush PAA Peregrino ・ Story Hesketh Prichard, “The Murder at the Duck Club” ・ Hoard 16,879 g (⇣21,083 g) ・ 100 consecutive shaves

   

A couple of surprises from Dominick this weekend.  First was a jar of Kentucky Rain.  Classy jar.  Great fan of his artwork. And a rose soap that doesn’t even know how to spell Grandmas Purse.  In fact this scent would fling Grandmas Purse into a fiery furnace.  Rose gets top billing but actually plays a background role here.  So stinking masculine I might have to get more wives!  Great job Dom.


And then he made my Christmas.  If you don’t know, Dom is a top shelf Goldsmith and Jeweler (Romantique Jewelers in St Louis).  I’ve had a big Montana sapphire sitting in the safe.  My bride got It as a gift from her Grandpa.  She loves her grandpa who passed long before I came into the picture. All I’ve been is a safe keeper.  But all these years I’ve wanted her to do something wonderful with that stone.  “ Just be a diligent husband and get something done” you might think.  Great idea!  But that sentiment behind the stone wouldn’t let me fly without her.  And so I waited……and met Dominick and Romantique because of wet shaving.  I told him what I had but two years passed without movement.  Dom came to Idaho to attend a shaver meet-up my son (Teton Shaves) hosted and I invited him to stay at my shed.  I got to watch a pro at work,  I got the stone from the safe and he inspected it.  Then turned to her and asked a few questions about what she’d want thenclosed the deal with “I could take this Home with me and get some mock-ups done”.  Dom for the win, because she agreed!  So she decided a pendant and Dom worked up a couple but I was working to get her to choose RING.  She’d wear a pendant occasionally.  A ring each day.  Well, we jerked Dom through several knotholes but finally settled on a design and he built it for her.  Got it Saturday.  She cried for way too long and being male…..thought I might be in trouble, but I waited and she looked up and said, “it’s beautiful and I love it.  It reminds me of two men who love me unconditionally, my grandpa started with a stone and my husband turned it into a ring.  Dom, it’s perfect. 4 carats Is a whopper but she’s getting over her self consciousness quickly.  Beautiful work and a great gift that wouldn’t have happened without your skills. Yep, she’s been working hard at the cabin getting ready for Christmas but has a manicure scheduled for today.

Gents, if your I. The mood for some crazy good goldsmith, gemologist, jeweler stuff look Dom and his team up.

There are posts one reads and then those one savours; your posts are always the latter. Thank you yet again for a great read

Stirling Soap Co - Mountain Man

                                                            

Grooming Dept - Lavender (Kairos)



Yesterday was the anniversary of my accident. I had to scope it out.



That's the worst of it.
I also went airborne off this cat track and came down again and slid forever.
You can see it, but above all this there are a few of those lips, and when you're up there heading down, you can't see what's next (several steep dropoffs immediately and moguls closing you off from the left).

I tried to get up (with a broken back, unknowingly). But that didn't happen. Ski patrol came and I got the bumpy sleigh ride to the bottom (not fun). Somehow, I did carry my skis to my car and put them on the roof rack... got my ski boots off ... And drove home.

Grooming Dept - Lavender (Kairos)



Yesterday was the anniversary of my accident. I had to scope it out.



That's the worst of it.
I also went airborne off this cat track and came down again and slid forever.
You can see it, but above all this there are a few of those lips, and when you're up there heading down, you can't see what's next (several steep dropoffs immediately and moguls closing you off from the left).

I tried to get up (with a broken back, unknowingly). But that didn't happen. Ski patrol came and I got the bumpy sleigh ride to the bottom (not fun). Somehow, I did carry my skis to my car and put them on the roof rack... got my ski boots off ... And drove home.

So glad,it turned out ok.

Tuesday December 20, 2022
Razor: Ever Ready Sun Ray
Blade: Gem SS
Brush: STAR Bone Handle/Horse
Soap: B&M First Snow
AS 1: Witch Hazel
AS 2: CFG Ghost Town Barber
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,506

Kentucky Rain.

Grooming Dept - Lavender (Kairos)



Yesterday was the anniversary of my accident. I had to scope it out.



That's the worst of it.
I also went airborne off this cat track and came down again and slid forever.
You can see it, but above all this there are a few of those lips, and when you're up there heading down, you can't see what's next (several steep dropoffs immediately and moguls closing you off from the left).

I tried to get up (with a broken back, unknowingly). But that didn't happen. Ski patrol came and I got the bumpy sleigh ride to the bottom (not fun). Somehow, I did carry my skis to my car and put them on the roof rack... got my ski boots off ... And drove home.

And I thought wet shaving was edgy and dangerous. Neroli, you live large. Glad you are back in the saddle.

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