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SOTD: October 2025
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What a very appropriate evening for Mr Friendly to reappear. And the excuse this time? I somehow managed to go ill again.
But shit, did I enjoy a whole 2 days in bed. The last time I did that was when I was 18 after a night in one of these dodgy bars in some port I visited. Probably in Brazil. Take heed Mr Smart. A graveyard to good marriages. Even if I wasn't at the time.
Ill or not, I still managed to shave as I am true to my smooth, if ragged ageing face.
And so here they are some photos of this past week's efforts and the usual semi-quippy garbage I write
Some day or other
Must have been a great shave as I don't do rubbish
'Oh sod off Casper. You are just too damn quaint for my shaves'
And another day
Portugal meets Poland, meets Italian meets Montenegro
Boss
'That's good enough for me. The return of Mr Friendly, I'm gone'
Another day. Another shave
An odd one this. Most of us will get the occasional nick or the odd weeper, but how many cam lay claim to slashing their chest?
Mid shave I dropped the razor and with great instinct and dexterity I tried to catch the Mongoose before it hit the sink. And what a great catch as I drew it close in to my chest...blade first. A real fucking 'Ouch!' Moment. And if you ever do something equally as stupid, styptic pencils will certainly bring tears to your eyes.
A good shave? Amazingly, yes
'You bloody clown shoes!'
And today day
Yes, damn fine
Now to go scare the Halloween crowd off my doorstep and eat all the sweets Mrs Satanfriendly made me buy for them
And time to sign off, but not before you've had a shot of Puffyshoes. And one with some simple lyrics for @Mark12
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Making an effort to make use of more of the shaving stuff I have, so first use with the Razorock 400 brush & the Erasmic soap. Big fan of a metal brush handle, but feels a tad narrow. Not sure what the soap smells of tbh but it wasn't a great scent
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Simpson Astor Best
P&B Spitfire Soap & AS
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P&B Spitfire Soap & AS
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SOTD 20251031
Prep: Cella Gel pre barba
Bowl: Regale Shaving
Brush: Simpson M7 Manchurian
Soap: A&E Peach & Cognac
Razor: Blackland Brassbird SB
Blade: Astra Super Platinum
Post: Alum Rub
AS: A&E Peach & Cognac
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Friday 31st October
Gabri Shaving Soap & Ever-Ready 800 Lucite w/Tuxedo Synthetic 26mm
Souplex (Open Comb) Safety Razor & Lion Stainless (3)
DR Harris Mayfair Toilet Water (as Aftershave)
Happy Halloween y'all ...
Wheeling out my recently re-acquired Souplex open-comb for another run. It must be a decade since I had, used and sold this razor and having used it, I'm glad to say I have one back in the fold. I don't know what that @Gairdner was on about saying he ended up like Mason Verger coz it's a smooth run on my face. Sure, it has some blade exposure so if you put the comb to your face there's a slightly worrying moment you think the blade might beach into your skin, like how you'd go at it under your nose, but if you perform the main shave taking your angle from the cap it's all good.
Much thanks to @Pontormo for gifting me a tub of this Gabri shaving soap. It's been something I've had in and out of wishlists and baskets for some time but never quite got the whim to check it out. Thanks David! I really like it! I think it was @NotTheStig who summarised it as just Derby without the tallow, but I'd like to re-use those words and phrase it as: it's NOT just Derby without the tallow. It is a non-tallow Turkish soap and very much in the same vein as Derby and Arko, what with that heavily industrial/contract citrus scent and this one lathers up wonderfully! Wonderfully! Dare I say, almost as good as mid-2010s British hard soaps.
Certainly a slightly different lather to Derby ...
... and actually a slightly different scent to Derby.
On that, it's this soap that I think reveals what the likes of these Turkish soaps are going after in the scent department. After much sniffing, I am convinced it's Orange Blossom. It's a heavy citrus scent and certainly floral, dark floral. I like this one a lot! I've gone back to my open Derby and Arko for another sniff in light of this olfactory revelation and I think I've nailed it. Orange Blossom.
Rather coffin-esque case?
Gabri Shaving Soap & Ever-Ready 800 Lucite w/Tuxedo Synthetic 26mm
Souplex (Open Comb) Safety Razor & Lion Stainless (3)
DR Harris Mayfair Toilet Water (as Aftershave)
Happy Halloween y'all ...
Wheeling out my recently re-acquired Souplex open-comb for another run. It must be a decade since I had, used and sold this razor and having used it, I'm glad to say I have one back in the fold. I don't know what that @Gairdner was on about saying he ended up like Mason Verger coz it's a smooth run on my face. Sure, it has some blade exposure so if you put the comb to your face there's a slightly worrying moment you think the blade might beach into your skin, like how you'd go at it under your nose, but if you perform the main shave taking your angle from the cap it's all good.
Much thanks to @Pontormo for gifting me a tub of this Gabri shaving soap. It's been something I've had in and out of wishlists and baskets for some time but never quite got the whim to check it out. Thanks David! I really like it! I think it was @NotTheStig who summarised it as just Derby without the tallow, but I'd like to re-use those words and phrase it as: it's NOT just Derby without the tallow. It is a non-tallow Turkish soap and very much in the same vein as Derby and Arko, what with that heavily industrial/contract citrus scent and this one lathers up wonderfully! Wonderfully! Dare I say, almost as good as mid-2010s British hard soaps.
Certainly a slightly different lather to Derby ...
... and actually a slightly different scent to Derby.
On that, it's this soap that I think reveals what the likes of these Turkish soaps are going after in the scent department. After much sniffing, I am convinced it's Orange Blossom. It's a heavy citrus scent and certainly floral, dark floral. I like this one a lot! I've gone back to my open Derby and Arko for another sniff in light of this olfactory revelation and I think I've nailed it. Orange Blossom.
Rather coffin-esque case?
I wondered why I could see it. My vpn is set to Luxembourg this evening.
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Friday 31st October
Gabri Shaving Soap & Ever-Ready 800 Lucite w/Tuxedo Synthetic 26mm
Souplex (Open Comb) Safety Razor & Lion Stainless (3)
DR Harris Mayfair Toilet Water (as Aftershave)
Happy Halloween y'all ...
Wheeling out my recently re-acquired Souplex open-comb for another run. It must be a decade since I had, used and sold this razor and having used it, I'm glad to say I have one back in the fold. I don't know what that @Gairdner was on about saying he ended up like Mason Verger coz it's a smooth run on my face. Sure, it has some blade exposure so if you put the comb to your face there's a slightly worrying moment you think the blade might beach into your skin, like how you'd go at it under your nose, but if you perform the main shave taking your angle from the cap it's all good.
Much thanks to @Pontormo for gifting me a tub of this Gabri shaving soap. It's been something I've had in and out of wishlists and baskets for some time but never quite got the whim to check it out. Thanks David! I really like it! I think it was @NotTheStig who summarised it as just Derby without the tallow, but I'd like to re-use those words and phrase it as: it's NOT just Derby without the tallow. It is a non-tallow Turkish soap and very much in the same vein as Derby and Arko, what with that heavily industrial/contract citrus scent and this one lathers up wonderfully! Wonderfully! Dare I say, almost as good as mid-2010s British hard soaps.
Certainly a slightly different lather to Derby ...
... and actually a slightly different scent to Derby.
On that, it's this soap that I think reveals what the likes of these Turkish soaps are going after in the scent department. After much sniffing, I am convinced it's Orange Blossom. It's a heavy citrus scent and certainly floral, dark floral. I like this one a lot! I've gone back to my open Derby and Arko for another sniff in light of this olfactory revelation and I think I've nailed it. Orange Blossom.
Rather coffin-esque case?
This place definitely needs a 'love plus'.
Stunning photos pjgh
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Cheers matey! (In hushed tones) I cheat ... I use AI
It is my actual kit ... and I make the composition ... and come up with the detailed prompt, of couse.
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Cheers matey! (In hushed tones) I cheat ... I use AI
It is my actual kit ... and I make the composition ... and come up with the detailed prompt, of couse.
Nothing wrong with cheating. I have spent a lifetime doing it.
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I'm still a novice on AI prompts. But learning them does come up with some interesting results.Cheers matey! (In hushed tones) I cheat ... I use AI
It is my actual kit ... and I make the composition ... and come up with the detailed prompt, of couse.
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It is indeed those oddities that throw up which either go into refinements in the prompt or more pleasingly unexpected avenues to explore. One thing I learned pretty early on is that there's no such thing as too much detail to put into a prompt - just write out what it is that you want and don't try to translate that into what you think the LLM wants to process ... and feel free to write what it is that you don't want as well.
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