A nostalgic Wednesday shave.
- Razor: Gillette 1958 TV Special
- Blade: Persona Platinum
- Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
- Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
- Lather: Brutalt Bra TSN LE / Norwegian Wood
- Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
- Additional Care: Alum Block
this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2025
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January 29, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers – "Gianmaria" w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
- Blade: Personna 74 (9)
- Lather: WSP - Black Amber Vanille - Soap
- Post Shave: London Razors - Mountain Laurel - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
Very nice. I love this razor. Traveling today via airplane with the family. Flying out of LGA and going to DEN, then an hour drive to the north to visit my brother and his family.
Safe travels!
And seconding another of your comments!
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- Brush: Zenith/Stirling - 510SE-XL 31mm boar
- Razor: Gillette - Super Speed Black Tip
- Blade: Gillette - 'The Spoiler' Super Stainless (2)
- Lather: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber
- Post Shave: Talent Soap Factory - Wallflower Aftershave splash
- Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial Unscented Aftershave balm
- Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Roam Two EdT
The hunt continues. I'm almost at full-on soap donut status.
I'd love to get this Wallflower scent in soap form if TSF ever puts it out. I'll have to keep an eye out. It's a delightful scent.
Have a good day y'all! I'm off for a week after today, and then only two more days at my current job next week. I'm very excited for the change.
Exciting times!
Décadi 10 Pluviôse an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Coignée
- Preshave: Proraso White Preshave
- Brush: Chisel & Hound Blaireau de la République with 24mm G5 Synthetic
- Razor: Karve CB Brass C Plate CC
- Blade: Wilkinson Sword (1)
- Lather: Zingari Man The Watchman
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Zingari Man Mousse Illuminée Recovery Splash
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
I really enjoyed The Watchman yesterday, so I repeated the experience. Mousse Illuminée somehow fits with the Watchman.
Have a good evening!
Jan 29, 2025 - Westman Wednesday: Alma
- Brush: Trotter Handcrafts Souls 26mm Manchurian T1 Badger Knot
- Razor: Blackland Razors Blackbird Ti
- Blade: Gillette Platinum [16]
- Lather: Westman Shaving - Alma - Soap
- Post Shave: Declaration Grooming - Opulence - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Armaf Perfume - Club de Nuit Intense Man - Eau de Toilette
Using a suggestion from ChatGPT, I paired Alma with the PdM Layton dupe, Opulence, for a very enjoyable line up.
Did you feed your entire den into ChatGPT?
Seconding the question. We deserve details!
Haha, that could be an interesting project.
ChatGPT is pretty good at looking up scent notes for Wetshaving products, and then I just asked for complimentary fragrances or scent notes. I was curious to see what it would come up with.
Wed 29 Jan 2025
- Brush: Boti Laminate brush with motherlode knot
- Razor: GEM Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless (gen 2)
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. – Mountain Man
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. – Mountain Man
- Fragrance: Atelier Rebul – Istanbul
Late evening shave after a day of playing in the snow with Djunior. Mountain Man is fresh, clean and elegant as ever, and spicy Istanbul plays with it nicely.
Peerless++;