What soap/cream did you use today?

Razor: 1959 Gillette Executive Fatboy
Blade: Gillette Nacet (3)
Brush: Trotter w/a L3 Knot
Soap: Catie’s Bubbles Tactical Support

I love this TNS L3 in a Trotter handle. This Executive Fatboy is simply stunning and gave me a smooth shave.

Ethos Bay Rum (Ethos) true bay rum
Shave 1 ・ 133 g left

In the world of bay rums, there are three paths you can go wrong by – the path of the overly fruity, the overly spicy, and the overly sweet. Balance is key, for with too much of any one of these secondary notes, the fragrance crumbles like a castle of sand. But Ethos Bay Rum stays true to its course, with bay leaf and rum as its guiding stars, and all else but soft whispers in the wind. A fragrance of harmony, poise, and symmetry, captured with ease and grace, this is the very essence of a bay rum, true to its roots and pure in its soul. Awesome work, Frank.
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Razor Blackland Vector Ti ・ Blade Feather AC Pro ・ Brush AP Shave Cº. Blue Lagoon ・ Hoard 19,024 g (⇣21,388 g)

Ethos Bay Rum (Ethos) true bay rum
Shave 1 ・ 133 g left

In the world of bay rums, there are three paths you can go wrong by – the path of the overly fruity, the overly spicy, and the overly sweet. Balance is key, for with too much of any one of these secondary notes, the fragrance crumbles like a castle of sand. But Ethos Bay Rum stays true to its course, with bay leaf and rum as its guiding stars, and all else but soft whispers in the wind. A fragrance of harmony, poise, and symmetry, captured with ease and grace, this is the very essence of a bay rum, true to its roots and pure in its soul. Awesome work, Frank.
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Razor Blackland Vector Ti ・ Blade Feather AC Pro ・ Brush AP Shave Cº. Blue Lagoon ・ Hoard 19,024 g (⇣21,388 g)

You Sir have a way with words I can only dream of having

Been using Grooming Dept's new formulation Mallard soaps pretty regularly over the past 6 weeks with amazing results.

While always partial to the duck fat based line since its introduction years ago, found the base a little heavy for summer usage, so it remained a seasonal favourite of late Fall thru early Spring.

However, with Mo's latest reformulation, have found Mallard to be one of the absolute best year round bases. It hits all the marks: lathers easily using any water or brush, is slick yet cushioned, rinses cleanly, has world class post shave and is amazingly inexpensive.

Congrats Mo and looking foreward to your coming drop  with some highly anticipated scents.

Ethos Bay Rum (Ethos) true bay rum
Shave 1 ・ 133 g left

You Sir have a way with words I can only dream of having

Thanks, Dave, but truly the words come easy when you've got something as splendid as Frank's soap to write about.

Boots the chemist (UK) shaving soap stick

Solid product. Plenty slick, good cushion, decent post-shave, nice clean scent. Great value.

Ethos Bay Rum (Ethos) true bay rum
Shave 1 ・ 133 g left

In the world of bay rums, there are three paths you can go wrong by – the path of the overly fruity, the overly spicy, and the overly sweet. Balance is key, for with too much of any one of these secondary notes, the fragrance crumbles like a castle of sand. But Ethos Bay Rum stays true to its course, with bay leaf and rum as its guiding stars, and all else but soft whispers in the wind. A fragrance of harmony, poise, and symmetry, captured with ease and grace, this is the very essence of a bay rum, true to its roots and pure in its soul. Awesome work, Frank.
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Razor Blackland Vector Ti ・ Blade Feather AC Pro ・ Brush AP Shave Cº. Blue Lagoon ・ Hoard 19,024 g (⇣21,388 g)

Thank you Bouki for the detailed explanation of the the Bay Rum. I was very nervous about creating a Bay Rum knowing their are a lot of Bay Rum aficionados
on here.

Enjoy the weekend!

Sunday February 5, 2023
Razor: Rockwell 6S Plate 5
Blade: Wizamet
Brush: KB "The Kentuckian"/Timberwolf
Soap: A&E NYC (1508.5 Project)
AS 1: Witch Hazel
AS 2: A&E NYC
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,553

So a legitimate question was asked about this soap I'm trying to kill and have had for about 6 years roughly. dominicr It is on the ropes and it had these white spots in it which I have to say can be less than attractive. Some see them and think their soap has gone bad and even called it mold. It is NOT mold and not harmful to you nor does it affect the lather quality. Ha it happen years ago with another soap and the maker explained it to me. Seems it would be worth sharing here for others not to panick when/if they see it in their soap. I had a friend throw a bunch out thinking it was mold, again it is NOT. If the appearance bothers you all you need to do is SLOWLY heat/warm it in a microwave........SLOWLY. I do 5-10 seconds at a time. the goal is to warm it up to a gel/semi-liquid state WITHOUT cooking/boiling it and then stir the ingrediants together again. The white you see is the salt compound in the Stearic Acid. What's Stearic Acid that you see in soaps ? Here's a googled quote/description:

"Stearic Acid is a saturated long-chain fatty acid with an 18-carbon backbone. Stearic acid is found in various animal and plant fats, and is a major component of cocoa butter and shea butter. NCI Thesaurus (NCIt) Stearic acid is a white solid with a mild odor. Floats on water."

Once you have things stirred together again, you simply let it cool again to firm up and it's ready to use as shave soap again but looks better. Same lather quality etc. Lesson is, don't throw away your soap if it's just the white spots of the salt from the stearic acid. Use it as is or give it a warm make-over. Hope everyone has a great day !

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