Ahhhh ...
Drinking Stone's Ginger Wine and trying to drown out Big Brother with The Birthday Massacre 'Violet'.
Hot Towel
Arko Stick
Pure Badger 23mm
Gillette New Standard (Frankenrazor)
Gillette Super Platinum (Indian Black) [5]
Hot Rinse, Cold Rinse & Alum Wash
Shibden Fougere
Clubman Club Mend
Face Lathered
Two Pass - With & Cross ... nailed it!
Last shave for this Super Platinum - it did the job but just felt like it would not do another good shave.
I really like this Gillette New Standard - the angle is quite steep and so the comb doesn't really come into play. I'm glad I managed to get it fully nipped up and good looking with a Traveller handle. I've been in contact with Iain (templ8) who is going to mill me a new key for it and thought it only right to have him make me a ball end handle as well since it was the ball end Gillette that got me into collecting these razors.
Shibden Fougere? I've been brewing again
120ml Gin
60ml Witch Hazel
10ml Penhaligon's English Fern (Sample)
5ml Glycerine
5ml Peppermint Extract
Essential Oils: Geranium, Lavender & Tea Tree (5 drops each)
Absolute Oils: Oak Moss (5 drops)
Peppermint Extract is such a nice cooler, intense but short lived compared to as an essential oil. This blend leaves some nice top notes before the full blast of the fern EDT and the oak moss comes through ... I'll be waking up in a bed of ferns.
Cheers, all.