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Chris,

Best development in shaving since the DE!

Ken

Bah! You think you got troubles? I'm a tea drinker and have you ever noticed what you're served if you order 'hot tea' in almost any restaurant, even expensive ones? How true! A few years ago my wife and I had dinner at Le Bernardin, one of New York's finest (and most expensive) restaurants. At the...

Monday

Trumper's Limes shaving soap
Simpson T3
Gillette HD Rocket with Super+Platinum blade
D.R. Harris Arlington Aftershave Milk (older version)
Trumper's Spanish Leather

Ken

Yes, AOS. Their shaving soap is excellent and it is available unscented. AOS also supplies unscented shaving cream, aftershave gel, and aftershave balm.

Ken

Friday D.R. Harris Arlington shaving cream Vulfix 2236 Gillette HD Rocket with Super+Platinum blade D.R. Harris Pink A/S St. Johns Lime The St. Johns is either the aftershave or cologne. I don't know which. When I ordered the St. Johns Lime aftershave balm, I asked for samples of the regular aftersh...

Yes, the days when Floris (and Penhaligon's for that matter) had separate distributors in the U.S. and also shops on Madison Avenue are gone. There is a place in Houston, Britishislesonline.com, that sells both Floris and Penhaligon's, but they probably get their merchandise from London's.

Ken

Sunday

D.R. Harris Arlington shaving cream
Rooney 1M brush
Gillette HD Rocket with Gillette 7 O'Clock Yellow
D.R. Harris Pink A/S
Diptyque Philosykos

Ken

A number of years ago I used St. John's WEst Indian Lime After Shave Balm, but had forgotten about it. A recent posting led me to order it again and I used for the first time this morning. My question is this: The ingredients list has sd alcohol 40 as the first ingredient followed by water, fragranc...

Thursday

AOS Unscented shaving cream
C & E EJ Best Badger brush
Merkur Vision with Schick Plus Platinum (vintage) blade
St. John's West Indian Lime After Shave balm

Ken

Sunday

Trumper's Rose shaving soap
Simpson T3 brush (pre-V)
Merkur Vision with Schick Plus Platinum blade
D.R. Harris Pink aftershave
Floris 89 (earlier version)

Ken

Sunday

(an all AOS, no fragrance day)

AOS unscented shaving cream
AOS Size 4 "silvertip" brush
Merkur Vision with Iridium
AOS unscented after-shave gel
No fragrance (as befits the theme)

Ken

ShopLondons.com has the 500 ml size for $360! Yes, times and prices have changed.

Ken

[Gordon wrote: It has come to my attention that a certain 'threeputtingfool' has listed an authentic Simpson CH3 Manchurian for sale on eBay. The 'Manchurian' brushes were only available briefly and only through Charles Roberts at Enchante. They were special order numbers that he convinced David Car...

Tuesday

Trumper's Rose shaving soap
Shavemac XXL brush (pre-2005)
Merkur Vision with Feather blade
D.R. Harris Pink A/S
Taylor's No. 74 Victorian Lime

Ken

Sunday

D.R. Harris Arlington shaving cream
Shavemac XXL (pre '05) brush
Merkur Vision with Feather blade
D.R. Harris Pink A/S
Trumper's Silvester

Ken

Sunday

Trumper's Limes shaving cream
Simpson Chubby 3 Manchurian
50s Gillette SS with Gillette New Super Silver blade (vintage UK)
AOS Lemon after-shave gel
Floris Vetiver

Ken

Saturday

Trumper's Rose shaving soap
Simpson T3
50s Gillette SS with Gillette New Super Silver blade (vintage UK)
D.R. Harris Pink A/S
Hammam Bouquet

Ken

I would agree that fragrance can possibly affect performance (for example, I have long felt that Trumper's Violet can be affected by the large amount of coloring in the cream), but creams are subject to significant variation from sample to sample, as a result of storage, shipping, manufacturing batc...

I recently purchased a number of Gillette Super Silver vintage blades. The seller indicated that they were similar to older Gillette platinums but distributed only in the UK and Canada. The blades are individually wrapped. The front of the wrapper says "Gillette Super Silver" and "Pla...

Trumper's Limes shaving soap
Rooney 1M super
Gillette 50s SS with Swede
AOS Lemon after-shave gel
Lords

Ken