gcgallant

Sixth choice.

Fifth choice.

Fourth choice. I've had this. Very nice!

Third choice.

Second choice. I'll probably end up buying this :)

First choice for me. Very interested to try this.

September 6, 2024

• Brush: Zenith B40 28mm Boar

• Razor: River Razors 14 8/8" Full Hollow

• Lather: Catie's Bubbles - Blugère - Soap

• Toner: Thayers - Lavender - Toner

• Aftershave: Catie's Bubbles - Blugère - Aftershave

2 passes. Bowl lather. Good shave.

This is a new tub of Blugère and my first time trying the Premium soap base. Because the brush is so new, I can't properly appreciate this. I have soaps in the Luxury base, though, so I look forward to doing a comparison at some point.

This razor needs a new edge. I'm really looking forward to that!

September 5, 2024

• Brush: Zenith B40 28mm Boar

• Razor: ERN 7/8 Full Hollow Round Point

• Lather: Abbate Y La Mantia - Don Josè - Soap

• Toner: Thayers - Lavender - Toner

• Aftershave: Ariana & Evans - SoCal Hipster - Aftershave

2 passes. Bowl lather. Good shave.

Great theme today! AYLM (made in Italy) is certainly among the soaps that are made furthest from where I live. I would have used The Great Bear by Murphy & McNeil, but that tub decided to stop producing lather. Too bad because Ursa Major certainly fits this theme. Both Voyagers have been going since 1977 and both have traveled well over 10 billion miles by now.

Today I made the worst lather I've had in years. I wasn't trying to do this, but it came out of the bowl like one of u/sgrdddy's slurry lathers only wetter and thinner. That I'm using a new boar brush (5 uses now) didn't help at all. It had nothing to do with the AYLM soap. It was just poor work on my part.

Nonetheless, the coticule edge on this ERN performed brilliantly. My actual shave result was excellent; very comfortable and BBS.

I'm not going to propose anything this month. What has been suggested so far looks great to me! Problem is, there can only be one.

This one needs to become more than a sample.

Yeah, I was thinking that I definitely need more soaps ;-)

September 4, 2024

• Brush: Zenith B40 28mm Boar

• Razor: Iwasaki 13/16" Full Hollow Square Point Tamahagane

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Smash - Soap

• Toner: Thayers - Rose - Toner

• Aftershave: Ariana & Evans - Peach & Cognac - Aftershave

2 passes. Bowl lather. Excellent shave.

Smash and Peach & Cognac go very well together IMO, and the Tamahagane steel on the Iwasaki takes such an incredible edge. The Zenith B40 keeps marching on. Even though it is only its fourth day, I'm starting to get lather to flow through the brush.

Pretty much an unparalleled shave today.