Good morning friends!
PREP: Proraso Preshave Cream
BRUSH: 23 mm Shavemac, Finest Badger ("Gut-rasiert" forum / 2011)
SOAP/CREAM: Mama Bear's Caribbean Glycerin Shave Soap
RAZOR: 7/8" Max Sprecher custom, 1/4 Hollow Ground, French Point, w/ Cobaltium M3 Mokume Gane scales + G10 Hunter Orange tapered wedge.
SHAVE: 2 passes, WTG / XTG
AS: CLINIQUE skin supplies for men
COLOGNE: CLINIQUE happy for men
RESULT: Max custom again: "Spectacular shave with a piece of art."
Pre-Shave: Hot shower Brush: 26mm Rudy Vey Custom TGN Grade A Silvertip Badger w/ Buckeye Burl Handle Razor: 7/8" Alex Jacques, Wedge, French Point (w/ Black & Tan G10 scales) Strop: 15/65 laps (Ambrose Horsehide Clásico strop) Soapreme: Trumper's "Violet" Shave Creme + Trumper's "Rose" Shave Soap + Glycerin Toner: Thayer's Witch Hazel (Rose, no alcohol) After Shave/Cologne Splash: Floïd Italian Blue After Shave Balm: Sabon Cologne: Creed "Original Santal" EdT Results: My Thäter brush was to arrive on Friday via USPS, then it changed to yesterday and as of yet, nothing
. Let's see if Monday will be any different. Gotta love the reliability of "efficiently" run government programs
(classic case of left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing). However, my ritual today was anything but...What a start to this beautiful Sunday with a super relaxing shave. I must say that despite everything life throws at us, it's times like these that remind me that it's great to be a man . The AJ delivered magnificently and the überlather was exceptional to say the least . 2 days of growth wiped to oblivion in no time. My skin feels super soft and smooth, not to mention moisturized