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Same setup as yesterday. The Koraat is a really pleasant razor.
Edit: My shaving result was criticised by Djunior. My chin wasn't smooth enough for his high standards
How do you like Friends to the End? Being a dog lover your pic caught my eye. I must have missed the release of this one.
I like it a lot. It's a comforting warm amber scent (and a dupe of the fantastic Baccarat Rouge by Maison Francis Kurkdjian)
Added bonus: the frag is one of my wife's favourites on herself and on me
Awesome, I've added it to my list of soaps I plan to buy soon. And I love that 20% of proceeds go to two rescue organizations.
Perhaps a luxury shave is in order to impress the boss.
February 13, 2024
Perhaps influenced by HD Shaves latest installment on YouTube, I chose Raconteur today. There's about 6"-7" of snow on the ground and it's still coming down, so a warm scent was just right.
I have this Game Changer on loan from OrganMeat. It pairs well with this blade. Seemed easier and less blade feely than with other blades.
We're getting snow where I am too, but not nearly as much as you.
@walden
Raconteur is such a nice cold weather scent! I'm still annoyed that I only bought the soap
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Feb. 13, 2024
Good shave. This scent is the current house 2nd favourite next to Fleur De France. This blade seems a bit dull but it could be me.
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
This is my first time using my Aristocrat since "fixing" it. The end caps came off so I used epoxy to glue them back on. Unfortunately it seems I used too much epoxy because the doors no longer open all the way from the twisting mechanism. They open partway, and then I have to use my hands to get them fully open. This doesn't affect the shave at all but I'm hoping something can be done about this. I'm hoping that with a few uses the stiffness will work itself out, but I don't know if that's realistic. Does anyone have any thoughts?
Is the obstruction accessible? Can it be carefully filed down?
That's a good thought, but no not really. It's not a big deal, I was just a little disappointed to discover that it doesn't open as smoothly as it once did. Maybe it'll get better over time.
SOTD 13.02.2024
Haven't posted in a while, although I did a few mediocre shaves since we've arrived at Liebenstein. The internship is so-so; tons of interesting medical stuff but not much to do for me. It was only the second day though, I have hope that I'll become better accustomed to everything.
1 pass head shave, nice smooth dome. I brought the brush, black plastic Wilkinson Classic razor and the blades with me, but only bought the Speick cream today. I had an awful brushless cream before and it just didn't do anything justice. Today was much better and way more comfortable...
February 13, 2024
Brush: Wald Stratos Goldvein 29mm A1 Fan
Lather: PannaCrema - Nuàvia Nera - Soap
Toner: Thayers - Lemon - Toner
Aftershave: PannaCrema - Nuàvia Nera - Balm
Fragrance: Creed Silver Mountain Water
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
This was my first shave with Nuàvia Nera. Loved it. There are a lot of fragrance notes in this, but the top notes are described as "Fresh and Green". This really comes across. I purchased this soap and balm at a high discount. I think PannaCrema is going to stop making shaving soaps (or perhaps going out of business). This is a real shame. Their scents are great and their vegetal soap base is pretty luxurious.
Oh, what a shame that they are going out of business already. Feels like they just started yesterday.
I hope you have some of their soap.
Unfortunately not. Only some post shave balms
Though the vegetal soap base is very nice, I think it is the scents that are worth trying and the balms certainly carry the scents better than the soaps do.