my everyday liquors:

Wine: Gattinara
Beer: Becks
Whiskey: Famous grouse
Whiskey: Jack Daniel's

once a month treat:
Whiskey: JW Blue

Clive

Tuesday:

Merkur slant with merkur blade
Rooney 1
Tabac soap

Gillette fusion
The Shedda
Proraso

Gents

I'm reading your posts and laughing. My vote for best gift goes to...............

Oh, and later Mrs. Mantic sashay's by wearing this little sexy Mrs. Santa number

Mantic

No pics or videos are forthcoming I suppose???

Clive

I may invest in a Merkur HD and some good blades and give it a shot for a month
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I highly recommend that you go to the trading forum and try buy yourself a gillette superspeed. You can also try ebay. The gillette is a lot more forgiving than the merkur is.

Clive

My superspeed arrived yesterday afternoon and I shaved with it this morning using a merkur blade. You gentlemen were certainly not exaggerating in your praise for this razor. Its too bad that they don't make these anymore. I say this because it would be great for someone new to *real* shaving to sta...

Monday

Gillette super speed + Merkur blade
Rooney 1
Taylors Lavender soap

when you can use cheap denatured alcohol? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I do not own any of that stuff and in a few hours I want to try - according to rumour - one of the nicest razors ever made. It has been boiled (it looked very clean on arrival), loaded with a Merkur blade and is ready for action!...

Richard

Thanks a gazillion. I owe you big time and I know just how to pay the debt.

Clive

but give it a quick rinse with alcohol anyways
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It is in a pot right now coming to the boil, and I have a ton of whiskey to keep me company over the holiday weekend. If I dip it in that, does that count?

Clive

P.S. its very good whiskey too!

Richard

Is there any chance in the world you could turn that picture into an avatar for me?

Clive

I got one in the mail today too . I don't have all of Ben's cleaning ingredients so I'm just going to boil and do the best clean I can with old toothbrush and soap. What's a few germs between friends anyway?

Clive

My lather looks nothing like that! Back to the drawing board.

Thanks for the great pictures Richard.

Clive

Richard

Looking forward to seeing those pics of the lather. Mine is pretty decent, but there's always room for improvement.

Clive

Sunday:

Merkur Classic with feather
Rooney 1
Taylors Sandalwood

Gillette fusion
"The Shedda"
Tabac


Have a great day Gents

Clive

Brandon

When I first started shaving I found the diagrams at the bottom of the linked page to be very useful. Give it a whirl, it worked very well for me.

http://www.gentlemans-shop.com/acatalog ... shave.html

Clive

Happy Christmas to all the fine gentlemen. You gents rock!

I turned my attention to the cooking gear . . . oh my, it could be a spending ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Chris I laughed when I read your comment. I'm trying to decide what's worse........cooking gear addiction or shaving stuff. The only positive for the...

Ugly Mug shave soap. How inciting is that?

John: Do you use a lot of the brushes you buy, or do you just collect?


Clive

Doug The brush is grand. Thanks for asking. Its almost the same size as my Floris so no learning curve there. The bristles are nice and firm and it lathered up like a champ. And, and not one single lost hair! I can't imagine needing anything else. Note to Richard: SMF 2007, I know, but besides that ...