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Tobacco (Eufros) tobaccola
Shave 2 ・ 116 g left

Along with Gerry Durrell’s autobiography, I’ll be reading all of Sherlock Holmes’ mysteries this summer. Seems like I should have a a soap that smells something like the sleuth. So what did Holmes smell like? He probably smelled strongly of tobacco. He smoked a lot while he meditated on the solutions to his cases. His cigarettes were custom made by a London tobacconist, his cigars were high-end Cuban, and his pipe tobacco – kept in the toe end of a Persian slipper hanging from his mantelpiece – was common black shag. This is usually a blend of Virginia and Kentucky flue-cured tobaccos, sweet and smokey, and not very refined. So how did today’s Eufros Tobacco measure up? Well, it’s a very sweet and smooth take on tobacco with lots of spicy side notes. It’s certainly not Virginian, and I don’t smell much smoke at all. I do, however, smell a bit of Coca-Cola. How that got there is a real mystery.

I just finished watching the Granada/PBS adaptations of the Holmes adventures, with Jeremy Brett portraying Sherlock. He’s still the most accurate and entertaining Holmes ever. But HighSpeed, I did not watch the PBS adaptation of My Family and Other Animals, although my wife did. Unfortunately she became disenchanted after three episodes, disappointed that the TV series did not closely follow the books. She was annoyed that the screenwriters made the mother into a romantic lead, something that apparently never happened in the books or in real life. Well, these things happen, I suppose.
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Brush PAA Amber Aerolite ・ Razor Edwin Jagger DES89KN Kelvin ・ Blade Derby Extra

Tobacco (Eufros) tobaccola
Shave 2 ・ 116 g left

Along with Gerry Durrell’s autobiography, I’ll be reading all of Sherlock Holmes’ mysteries this summer. Seems like I should have a a soap that smells something like the sleuth. So what did Holmes smell like? He probably smelled strongly of tobacco. He smoked a lot while he meditated on the solutions to his cases. His cigarettes were custom made by a London tobacconist, his cigars were high-end Cuban, and his pipe tobacco – kept in the toe end of a Persian slipper hanging from his mantelpiece – was common black shag. This is usually a blend of Virginia and Kentucky flue-cured tobaccos, sweet and smokey, and not very refined. So how did today’s Eufros Tobacco measure up? Well, it’s a very sweet and smooth take on tobacco with lots of spicy side notes. It’s certainly not Virginian, and I don’t smell much smoke at all. I do, however, smell a bit of Coca-Cola. How that got there is a real mystery.

I just finished watching the Granada/PBS adaptations of the Holmes adventures, with Jeremy Brett portraying Sherlock. He’s still the most accurate and entertaining Holmes ever. But HighSpeed, I did not watch the PBS adaptation of My Family and Other Animals, although my wife did. Unfortunately she became disenchanted after three episodes, disappointed that the TV series did not closely follow the books. She was annoyed that the screenwriters made the mother into a romantic lead, something that apparently never happened in the books or in real life. Well, these things happen, I suppose.
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Brush PAA Amber Aerolite ・ Razor Edwin Jagger DES89KN Kelvin ・ Blade Derby Extra

Thank you very much Bouki.  I will keep your wife's criticisms in mind.  And BTW, aside from possibly Basil Rathbone, who played Holmes when the world, like me, was very young, Jeremy Brett is by far my favorite Holmes too.  I suspect that if I revisited the Rathbone Holmes, Brett would be the clear winner.  Rathbone was a 1st rate actor (so was Nigel Bruce), but there would be no Nazi-peril themed movies - movies which made financially compelling theater in the early '40s, but which are not the genuine, Arthur Conan Doyle, article.   Plus, cinematography had come a long way between the two.

Saturday June 24, 2023
Razor: Polished Vector Ti
Blade: Schick Proline
Brush: Dragonsbeard/Badger
Soap: Ethos Dragonsbeard
AS 1: Witch Hazel
AS 2: Ethos Dragonsbeard SFS
Fragrance: Ethos Dragonsbeard EDP
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,692

This completes my run of 8 Ethos Soaps and ending on a high note. Just a Phenomenal shave with the Ethos Dragonsbeard trifecta, Brush and the Vector Ti. This is "THE" razor for me if I had just only 1. I after borrowing a Ti wanted to get one, BAD and I'm VERY happy with this no longer available Polished by Blackland Ti Vector Set. I will say that after shaving with both within days of each other, the Polished is a tad more aggressive......not by much but enough to notice and I can only assume due to the polish ( or the blade used ) which looks GREAT and CRISPLY done. I LOVE this razor and thank Calm_Shaver for the deal on it. Oh and by the way, did you notice it took a Schick Proline blade. First out of a 30 pack that I got 2 of some time ago. Is it before the Prolines had a slight adjustment to there dies or was it the polish ? I have no idea and will be a long time before I go thru these 60 blades to find out but that was a happy surprise too. Have a great day everyone !

Grooming Dept. - Mumtaz