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Tuesday 19th August

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Floris 89 (Vintage c.2000s) Shaving Soap & Highlander Omega (Olivewood) Pure Bristle
Gillette Trac-IU Twinjector & Schick (Japan) II Injector (9)
Varon Dandy Colonia (as Aftershave)
 
Pre-shave:- Cool Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Stirling Finest Badger 26/54mm bulb knot
Soap/Cream:- Noble Otter ~ Toons & Spoons
Razor/Blade:- Weber with Bulldog Handle / NOS English Wilkie #1
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Plunkett's Vita E Pure with Rosehip Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerine (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Moisturising Cream:- Aveeno Active Naturals Daily Fragrance-Free (for autumn & winter season)
Fragrance:- Milkman King of Wood
Tonight Tipple:- Guinness


This fragrance smells bloody good and Australian made, ideal for all day and night autumn and winter used.
The bottle contains a massive 20% fragrance, which puts it into the parfum category (being a very bold, long-lasting fragrance).

Top notes: bay, cinnamon leaf
Middle notes: oak resin, patchouli, vanilla
Base notes: sandalwood, cedar, smoke
 
Wednesday shave…

Another shave today courtesy of other members of the forum although I did provide my own water and brush today! Today’s razor again provided kindly by @Tony'schin - my first Parker, injector, Indian and adjustable razor and today’s soap kindly provided by @Angioino - the beautifully scented Panta Rei Tabacum - a lovely masculine scent with hits of tobacco, oud and vanilla. It’s very classy and I think I’ve just about got enough left for next time.

I started gently on the Parker finding that setting 3 seemed about right. The angle took a while to find but eventually the shave went ahead as usual and gave me a close, clean finish. No issues or spots at all. Lovely.

The Panta Rei lathered up very well and provided a lovely slick and protective lather. Such a shame these soaps are tricky to get hold of now. Many thanks to @Angioino for giving me the chance to try them out.

Added a great, little scent I found at M&S to sit alongside the Panta Rei. Super value for daily wear.

Enjoy your day…

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20/08/25
Pre - Sainsbury's Luxury Soap Fig and Jasmine
Brush - 506 Zenith Copper 28mm Faux Pony
Soap - Signature Soap Hibernia
Razor - Blackland Dart
Blade - Voskhod Teflon coated
Post - Cold water Rinse
Balm - Tonyschin's Lime E45 / Argan oil Balm
A/S - Signature Soap Wicstun
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Taking a leaf from both @Bogeyman and @Wazzer3, the soaps "crescent of death" was moved to a "blob of beauty" in the centre of the dish to make it easier to load, yes, i can confirm this is what happed.
A very nice shave with the super efficient Dart again. 2 passes with some touch up on the more stubborn areas for a surprisingly comfortable BBS finish.
@Mark12 i am so happy you are having success with the SE razors although they are both at opposite ends of the mild to wild spectrum.
Enjoy your day all.
 
Tony'schin said:
20/08/25
Pre - Sainsbury's Luxury Soap Fig and Jasmine
Brush - 506 Zenith Copper 28mm Faux Pony
Soap - Signature Soap Hibernia
Razor - Blackland Dart
Blade - Voskhod Teflon coated
Post - Cold water Rinse
Balm - Tonyschin's Lime E45 / Argan oil Balm
A/S - Signature Soap Wicstun
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Taking a leaf from both @Bogeyman and @Wazzer3, the soaps "crescent of death" was moved to a "blob of beauty" in the centre of the dish to make it easier to load, yes, i can confirm this is what happed.
A very nice shave with the super efficient Dart again. 2 passes with some touch up on the more stubborn areas for a surprisingly comfortable BBS finish.
@Mark12 i am so happy you are having success with the SE razors although they are both at opposite ends of the mild to wild spectrum.
Enjoy your day all.
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Mild to Wild... Loving that expression ;) :love:
 
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