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Happy New Year

SS General / Feather Pro
Noxzema Lather S C
Brushless
Thayers SuperHazel

The Stainless Steel General shaves the same as the Al head - smooth, efficient and comfortable.
Noxzema Shave Cream, wonderful post-shave feel and skin care.

Typical (for me) two-pass shave, except today with several days of vacation growth.

Fatip razor (Piccolo handle) with Super-Max Stainless blade*
Badger brush (WCS Tortoiseshell Collection Shaving Brush, Seafoam, Silvertip)**
Mitchell's Wool Fat soap
Bay Rum Aftershave (Grand Bay)

*Just started on the pack of Super-Max blades, and this is a new blade to me, one of the last brands from a sample package. It's ok+. -- My scale is simple and not very descriptive: Ok, Pretty Good, and Great. So far I haven't used a blade that isn't at least ok (to me).

** I've learned I like smaller brushes and this WCS brush is a little on the larger size to me. But it is still a great brush, and it is so pretty to my eye.

Almost a repeat of yesterday, except today used a Simpson Chubby brush (Chubby 1, Super Badger). I was going to use the WCS brush again, but then when thinking I would be posting about it here, I had to change it up a little.

Today was actually the third shave on the Super-Max. Still ok. Same feel as the first shave with it. I think it is a decent blade. Nothing spectacularly negative or positive to me. I don't think I will buy more, however.

Monday

Brush: Simpson Duke 3 Best
Cream: Trumper Sandalwood
Razor: '62 Slim Adjustable
Blade: Rapira Stainless
A/S: Dollar Store Splash - Blue / "Fresh Scent"
Cologne / Fragrance: Old Spice Original A/S

Mike

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Monday

Brush: Simpson Duke 3 Best
Cream: Taylor - Shave Shop
Razor: Gillette Old
Blade: Rapira Stainless
A/S: Dollar Store Splash - Blue / "Fresh Scent" + Gillette Aftershave Gel, Sensitive Skin
Cologne / Fragrance: Yacht Club - Regatta - Spice Scent (Dollar store version of Old Spice aftershave)

Mike

Wednesday -

Pretty much a repeat of the other day:

Fatip razor (Piccolo handle) with Super-Max Stainless blade*
Badger brush (Simpson Chubby)
Mitchell's Wool Fat soap
Bay Rum Aftershave (Grand Bay)

* 4th shave with this blade

Thursday -

Similar to yesterday:

Fatip razor (Piccolo handle) with Super-Max Stainless blade*
Badger brush (WCS Tortoiseshell Torch Shaving Brush, Pure Badger)**
Mitchell's Wool Fat soap
Bay Rum Aftershave (Grand Bay)

* 5th shave with this blade; a little rough on the bottom of my neck, maybe me, maybe the blade; perhaps one more shave with it and then I'll load a new blade

** I love this brush, love the two WCS brushes I have; comfortable to hold; gobs of lather without really trying; tremendous value for price

Tuesday

Brush: Simpson Duke 3 Best
Cream: Taylor - Shave Shop
Razor: Fatip Piccolo
Blade: Rapira Stainless
A/S: Dollar Store Splash - Blue / "Fresh Scent"
Cologne / Fragrance: Old Spice Original A/S

Mike

Thursday

Brush: Simpson Duke 3 Best
Cream: Taylor - Shave Shop
Razor: Fatip Piccolo
Blade: Rapira Stainless
A/S: Dollar Store Splash - Blue / "Fresh Scent"
Cologne / Fragrance: Old Spice Original A/S

Mike

Friday

Brush: Simpson Duke 3 Best
Cream: Taylor - Shave Shop
Razor: Fatip Piccolo
Blade: Rapira Stainless
A/S: Dollar Store Splash - Blue / "Fresh Scent"
Cologne / Fragrance: Knize Ten

Mike

Friday -

Fatip razor (Piccolo handle) with Super-Max Stainless blade*
Badger brush (WCS Tortoiseshell Torch Shaving Brush, Pure Badger)
Mitchell's Wool Fat soap
Bay Rum Aftershave (Grand Bay)

* 6th shave with this blade; no roughness on the neck like yesterday, probably me; not sure blade is cutting a clean and close as new, which would be expected, but could be me, too; another shave with it tomorrow, then see

Saturday AM 2018-01-06

Moss Anniversary Slate scuttle
Paladin Somerset Winston Churchill SE (28mm/55mm)
Acqua di Parma Colonia soft soap (original)
Delta Echo Ink Edition Feather AS-D2/UFO Colibri
Polsilver Super Iridium (1)
Acqua di Genova 1853 aftershave

Today I started an 8-day comparison trial of original Acqua di Parma Colonia soap and the more modern Acqua di Parma soap, during which I will alternate between them each day, using the same scuttle, brush, and razor with each. Today I used the original version (with the gold lid), which gave me a wonderful BBS shave, as always. The lather required moderate effort to produce rich, fragrant lather with excellent body and lubrication. I used aftershave, but it was obvious that the soap's skin care was quite good.

Brush: Simpson Polo 8, 2-band super
Razor: Mach 3 cartridge fitted to a Trumper handle in faux ivory
Shaving cream: Trumper Sandalwood
Aftershave splash: British Sterling
Scuttle: Moss original

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