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martint84
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Location: Philadelphia, PA

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My first image (hope it works). The soap is Honeybee Spa Coffee Mocha.


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GregPQ
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martint84 wrote:My first image (hope it works). The soap is Honeybee Spa Coffee Mocha.


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Noticed that you discretely covered up the bottle of Le Male EDT. Do you like it?

Greg
Fiat lux, et facta est lux. Que la lumière soit, et la lumière fut. Let there be light, and there was light.
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martint84
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Noticed that you discretely covered up the bottle of Le Male EDT. Do you like it?

Greg
I've been using it for about five years now. The women (I'm 23) absolutely love it.
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TstebinsB
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Location: Hudson Valley, NY

Post by TstebinsB »

martint84 wrote:
Noticed that you discretely covered up the bottle of Le Male EDT. Do you like it?

Greg
I've been using it for about five years now. The women (I'm 23) absolutely love it.
Very true.
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TstebinsB
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Location: Hudson Valley, NY

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FW Engels 6/8 razor
Kingsley Super Badger brush
C&E Sweet Almond Oil shaving cream
Brut After Shave
Proraso Pre & Post cream

I'm getting better at stropping. More and more, my shaves are smoother. I still have to work on the chin though.

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rustyblade
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Location: Ontario

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Henckel's Friodur 7/8"
Harris Arlington Soap
Rooney F1,3
Polar Ice A/S

GFT Wild Fern EDT
Richard
adam51980
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Post by adam51980 »

Merkur futur
Treet blue special (nice & smooth)
Edwin Jagger best badger medium
Honeybees Lilac
feather aftershave
Clubman razor bump repair gel

Really nice shave tonight. The treet blue special blades shave as smooth as dorco's and seem to be just as forgiving.
sillyshaver
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Location: Toronto

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My first go with these local favourites and first shave with my new-to-me Gillette black handle.
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CMur12
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Location: Moses Lake, Washington, USA

Post by CMur12 »

Adam, thanks for the report on the Treet Blue Specials!

I have some, but I haven't tried them yet.

- Murray
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custom410
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Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Post by custom410 »

Wednesday:

Gillette Superspeed
Feather blade (#2)
Kent BK4
Taylor's Avocado Cream
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Taylor's Luxury Herbal Aftershave Cream "For Gentlemen" :wink:
Hoyt's Cologne

:D :D :D
Cheers,
Rob
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rustyblade
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Post by rustyblade »

sillyshaver wrote:My first go with these local favourites and first shave with my new-to-me Gillette black handle.
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Very nice, it is very rewarding using local products. Good stuff too.
Richard
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jlander
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Location: Texas

Wednesday HAPPY 4TH EVERYONE

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MUSIC: Terrapin Station – Grateful Dead (vinyl)

Hot Shower

Muller’s Farm Milk Soap Lilly of the Valley, MB’s Rosemary/Mint Shampoo, Avalon Organics Rosemary Conditioner

4” Coors Mortar
Kent BK8 Silvertip
T & H Rose SC
Gillette 1928 Gold Plated Aristocrat w/Swede (day 2)
3 passes
No Styptic Pencil
WWR
Alum Bock
CWR
Osage Rub
QED Da Vinci Water
SCS Savory Rose Milk
SCS Savory Rose EdT

Em’s Hydrosol plus “Bulgarian Rose” in an atomizer to refresh during the day

Pinaud Clubman Hair Tonic

It’s a Rose kind of day.

All the rain has really beat down my rose bushes. The climbers are the only ones with any blooms still on the cane.
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Big Swifty
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Location: Henderson, NV

Post by Big Swifty »

Rolling Stones: Exile on main st.

Gillette tech w/Feather
Rooney super 2/1
Honeybee spa victorian rose
Harris pink

Geir Ness cologne

4th of july! enjoy everyone
~Steve

~proponent of a strong salvation army, born again Calvinist, cunning linguist, flaming heterosexual

"Life is too short to drink shitty beer"
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Nitrox
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Post by Nitrox »

Wednesday

Merkur Futur razor
Israeli blade
Rooney finest medium brush style 1
T&H Luxury shave soap
Thayer's rose witch hazel
GFT Coral skin food
Bruno

"Shhhhhaving cream, be nice and clean
shave every day and you'll always look keen."
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nteeman
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Location: Port Washington, NY

Wednesday's Shave

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Wednesday July 4, 2007

Razor: Gillette FatBoy (F2 1960)
Blade: Derby Extra Day #3
Brush: Colonel Conk #850 (Vulfix #850)
Soap/Cream: Proraso (red) Cream
A/S: Musgo Real A/S Balsam

\:D/ \:D/
-Neal (DE user since 1998)
I shave therefore I am

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timc
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Post by timc »

Hump Day:

Kent BK4
T&H West Indian Limes SC
Merkur HD
Israeli no-name blade (#5)
D.R. Harris Pink After Shave
- Tim -
"You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains."
sillyshaver
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Location: Toronto

Post by sillyshaver »

Hi Richard,

This stuff seems to get soooo much "press" around here I had to try them and very glad I did.

rustyblade wrote:
sillyshaver wrote:My first go with these local favourites and first shave with my new-to-me Gillette black handle.
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Very nice, it is very rewarding using local products. Good stuff too.
ksteryous
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Joined: Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:38 am
Location: Roanoke, Virginia

Post by ksteryous »

Wednesday:

Simpson Duke 3 Best
Trumper's Rose Cream
Merkur HD w/ Swedish Gillette
DR Harris Pink A/S
Old Spice Cologne

Kenton
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Bargepole
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Location: Cambridge, England

Post by Bargepole »

Wednesday:

D R Harris Arlington soap
Plisson 16 HMW
TI razor
Patricia Nicolai "Baladin" aftershave
Continual endless rain
Michael

People say it's never too late. How wrong they are. --Felix Dennis
Ken
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Post by Ken »

Wednesday

AOS Rose shave cream
Simpson's T3 brush
Merkur Vision with UK Wilkinson blade
D.R. Harris Pink aftershave
Penhaligon's Hammam Bouquet

Ken
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