June 2017 Acquisitions

[churchilllafemme]

Today I got a Charcoal Goods stainless L1 razor

And slightly used shaving soaps, a tallow Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet and a Trumper's Eucris

 

[wayne_m]

Ok, Wayne, spill the beans, what are your ideas? I've be mulling over a few myself. These are them...

• upside-down cup handle, so thumb goes through it when cupping the bowl in your palm
• slight inward curve of the lip at the top to help prevent lather escape
• flat bottom on inside of about the size of a 50p coin which has very fine (maybe 2mm width) circular groves. These would be used to allow soft soap to be pressed in and give traction to the soap and prevent it running around the bowl when lathering. One of my pet peeves is scraping a blob of soap out and placing it into the lather bowl only to loose it somewhere in the lather.

Hi Mike.
I was thinking something along the lines of the Saponificio Varesino Chalice. Something with the handle installed on the bottom for easy grip. Not as long as the SV version and with the little slip dots for lather building. I'm going to see what Victoria thinks and if she can make one then why not?

 

[Barry Giddens]

Rockwell 6C and a Merkur 37C arrived today. The Rockwell took about a month to arrive after ordering, so not bad. The only thing is, I have 2 razors from the pass around at the mo so wont get to try these for a couple of weeks. By the way guys, are the Rockwell blades any good?
Now then. Could anyone explain to my (usually) better half why, after apparently waxing lyrical about the wonderful shaves I was getting from my EJD89 less than a year ago, I now have 5 DE razors?

 

[Pat-W]

Delivered today, OSP face tonic (fougere)

Hand written message inside parcel " nice touch "

Cheers James, looking forward to pairing it up with the soap

 

[BigRon]

Had a stroll down to the delivery office to pick this up, I think its a Type N.
It came with a cartridge of Twin blades, I just wanted to check these are safe to use?
I.e stainless not carbon.

 

[shaunwistow]

Courtesy of @Aaron1983, thank you kind sir. Now to try a research the razor

 

[Aaron1983]

Courtesy of @Aaron1983, thank you kind sir. Now to try a research the razor

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[Blademonkey]

Had a stroll down to the delivery office to pick this up, I think its a Type N.
It came with a cartridge of Twin blades, I just wanted to check these are safe to use?
I.e stainless not carbon.

Yes perfectly safe.

 

[Benz3ne]

Creed Sublime Vanille copy, with thanks to @Blademonkey! Smells divine and now I've enough to last me 'til my 30s

 

[Rohleder]

Still waiting on the Damaskeene (myHermes ) but do have these to play with... I think the metal cased one is earlier production, build quality would certainly suggest so, the later head has slightly better plating thickness but the handle on the earlier one has better defined knurling.

 

[Blademonkey]

Still waiting on the Damaskeene (myHermes ) but do have these to play with... I think the metal cased one is earlier production, build quality would certainly suggest so, the later head has slightly better plating thickness but the handle on the earlier one has better defined knurling.

Superb!

 

[flashashton27]

Some nice skin & hair purchases from the other day.

 

[churchilllafemme]

A couple Guerlain aftershaves and a Weber Polished Head razor arrived today.

 

[smooth_criminal]

Delivery from Shave Lounge, excellent service as always.

The SV brush is absolutely beautiful, feels great in hand and has a very nice weight to it. I'm looking forward to putting it through its paces sometime this weekend or early next week.

 

[Benz3ne]

WSP Summer Breeze arrived today - relatively faint scent but acquatic/fresh and quite nice. Looked at the ingredients...lo and behold, they're the same as what I'm using for my home-brew soap! I believe it's the same as MDC as well... Looking forward to trying them both out and seeing where I can improve!

 

[Blackmass]

Delivery from Shave Lounge, excellent service as always.

The SV brush is absolutely beautiful, feels great in hand and has a very nice weight to it. I'm looking forward to putting it through its paces sometime this weekend or early next week.

Stunning brush.