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Tuesday 18th April
Ganders Goat Soap w/Hop, Sage & Birch
Wickham 1912 Buddha Wood Shaving Soap & Omega 98 Professional (White) 27mm Pure Brustle
Muhle Rocca Birch & Lord Captain (Carbon) (1)
Pinaud Clubman Original Aftershave Lotion
Continuing Artisan April with another Wickham flavour ...
Buddha Wood, released in conjunction with TGGR and billed as a blend of Buddha Wood, Rose Otto, Oud, Sandalwood, Amber & Ginger, it's the third point of the rose triangle from Wickham, with English Rose and Shangri-La forming the other two.
Another run with the carbon steel Lord Captain blade, kindly sent to me by @donnie_arko and I am very much enjoying it. I used the word "raw" yesterday with the first shave and tonight, I'll use it again - don't read that as negative (although I concede that "raw" is almost inherently negative) but perhaps think of straight-edge razors. No coating. These blades do not benefit from the comfort coatings applied to Super Stainless blades but the steel is different - soft, somehow. That's what I mean by raw.
... and on that, I can kinda see where the Shark Super Stainless gets its character from as I often say that the Shark Super Stainless is a blade that makes a very good impression of being carbon steel.
This blade is panning out to be a nice shaver and I expect a few more shaves with it.
Ganders Goat Soap w/Hop, Sage & Birch
Wickham 1912 Buddha Wood Shaving Soap & Omega 98 Professional (White) 27mm Pure Brustle
Muhle Rocca Birch & Lord Captain (Carbon) (1)
Pinaud Clubman Original Aftershave Lotion
Continuing Artisan April with another Wickham flavour ...
Buddha Wood, released in conjunction with TGGR and billed as a blend of Buddha Wood, Rose Otto, Oud, Sandalwood, Amber & Ginger, it's the third point of the rose triangle from Wickham, with English Rose and Shangri-La forming the other two.
Another run with the carbon steel Lord Captain blade, kindly sent to me by @donnie_arko and I am very much enjoying it. I used the word "raw" yesterday with the first shave and tonight, I'll use it again - don't read that as negative (although I concede that "raw" is almost inherently negative) but perhaps think of straight-edge razors. No coating. These blades do not benefit from the comfort coatings applied to Super Stainless blades but the steel is different - soft, somehow. That's what I mean by raw.
... and on that, I can kinda see where the Shark Super Stainless gets its character from as I often say that the Shark Super Stainless is a blade that makes a very good impression of being carbon steel.
This blade is panning out to be a nice shaver and I expect a few more shaves with it.