SOTD Monday, August 29 - Sunday, Septemeber 4

[Scotto]

And so it begins again....

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=64

This cream/brush combination is the one that broke me from my M3/gel habit - still a fantastic shave.

Enjoy the week!

[guenron]

Gillette Adj with an Exchange Select Platinum Chrome Double Edge Blade (Day 8 on the blade)
Old Original Vulfix #41
Geo. F. Trumpers Lime Soap in A Bowl
QEDman Rose Water
Geo. F. Trumpers Lime Skin Food
Geo. F. Trumpers West Indian Extract of Limes Cologne

[rtaylor61]

Dr. Bronner's Magical ALMOND Soap
Merkur HD Classic
T&H Almond Cream (sample)
Natureade Aloe80
Bvlgari Blv

How long til the weekend???

Randy

[guenron]

Dr. Bronner's Magical ALMOND Soap
Merkur HD Classic
T&H Almond Cream (sample)
Natureade Aloe80
Bvlgari Blv

How long til the weekend???

Randy

Tell me about the BVLGARI! Would Gordon call it just another vulgar(i) department store fragance? :wink: Occassionally when there are a few scheckels left over from soap acquistiions, I purchase one of their scents for SWMBO.

[slaneyg]

QED Lime
Goutal Hadrien edp

[Austin]

C&E Almond shave cream
Floris Santal AS
Floris Santal EDT

[Rik]

Shower with SoapDance Woodland Sprite Bath Soap
Merkur Vision with Merkur Super Platinum
Shavemac SMF Special
Taylor Lemon and Lime shaving cream
Natureade Aloe80
Murray & Lanman's Florida Water
4711 EDC

[gage0921]

Merkur HD with merkur blades
Vulfix #2234
Car's cube
Proraso
Car's a/s

[rtaylor61]

Ron,

I like the Bvlgari fragrances that I have experienced. I bought a bottle of Angel Men at Nordstrom's the other day, and made a friend for life. She loaded me up with a few samples (including two Bvlgari samples), and told me to stop in and buy again. Mission accomplished. I am not good at describing scents, but I like the sublte and lingering scent of Bvlgari Blv. It dries down to a bit of a powdery scent, not really femine, but definitely not overly masculine. I saw it at TJ Maxx for $39, but I believe that Ross has it for $29. I might spend the $39, but I will definitely spend the $29. Since I work with the public, I want a fragrance that stays in the background, which often means "underapplying", but that's okay. I want to enjoy it, not choke the person next to me.

Randy

[guenron]

Gillette Adj with an Exchange Select Platinum Chrome Double Edge Blade (Day 9 and counting on the blade) :bored:
Shavemac SMF Special
Williams Shaving Soap in a Trevose Hilton Customer Appreciation Night Coffee Mug
QEDman Lavender Water
L'Occitane "L'Occitane" Balm Apres Rassage
L'Occitane "L'Occitane" edT (If you like lavender, this is really good!) :001_smile

[guenron]

Ron,

I like the Bvlgari fragrances that I have experienced. I bought a bottle of Angel Men at Nordstrom's the other day, and made a friend for life. She loaded me up with a few samples (including two Bvlgari samples), and told me to stop in and buy again. Mission accomplished. I am not good at describing scents, but I like the sublte and lingering scent of Bvlgari Blv. It dries down to a bit of a powdery scent, not really femine, but definitely not overly masculine. I saw it at TJ Maxx for $39, but I believe that Ross has it for $29. I might spend the $39, but I will definitely spend the $29. Since I work with the public, I want a fragrance that stays in the background, which often means "underapplying", but that's okay. I want to enjoy it, not choke the person next to me.

Randy
Thanks Randy!
BLV is really very nice then. I wish that OK had some of this higher quality merchandise at its discount retailers. We only seem to find Bag Balm at discount prices. :wink:

[AACJ]

Trumpers Limes Shave Cream
Truefitt & Hill West Indian Limes Cologne

I picked Limes today just in case it was another stressfull day.

But I had another EXCELLENT shave today!

[Scotto]

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=65

Also had some Neroli hydrosol to go with the JF. Awesome shave.

[Austin]

Very nice Scotto!

AOS Sandalwood shave cream
Baxter Balm
Floris Sandalwood

[mantic]

http://photos25.flickr.com/38714471_c019b8dc0f.jpg

[Scotto]

Slim is back!!! Nice picture!

That Florida Water is good stuff, isn't it? Only lingers briefly, however.

[Rik]

Showered with SoapDance Woodland Sprite Bath Soap
Merkur Vision with Merkur Super Platinum
Shavemac SMF Special
Crabtree & Evelyn Nomad Shaving Cream
Crabtree & Evelyn Nomad Calming Aftershave Balm
Grey Flannel After Shave
Crabtree & Evelyn Nomad Eau de Toilette

[guenron]

Gillette Adj with an Exchange Select Platinum Chrome Double Edge Blade (Day 10 and counting on the blade)
Shavemac SMF Special
QEDman Lavender Soap in the Tub
QEDman Essentials Lavender Water
L'Occitane "L'Occitane Balm Apres Rasage"
L'Occitane "L'Occitane edT"

Happy, Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy, Joy!
Unfortunately tempered by the thought of the suffering of the many along our Gulf Coast.

[Scotto]

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=66

Another fantastic shave today. Enjoy!

[rtaylor61]

I love being on the downhill slope towards the weekend!

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=75

Merkur HD Classic
Sure Mighty Fine Brush
Taylor's Shaving Shop
Natureade Aloe80
Versace Blue Jeans

Randy

[Austin]

Taylors Lemon/Lime
Jasons Beard Therapy
Floris Limes

[boboakalfb]

Merkur HD
Nioxin Scalp Therapy
PSO
Taylors Avocado
Truefitt & Hill Unscented Balm
Truefitt & Hill Clubman EDT

[Rik]

Showered with SoapDance Woodland Sprite Bath Soap
Merkur Vision with Merkur Super Platinum
Shavemac SMF Special
Taylor St. James Collection Shaving Cream
Taylor St. James Collection After Shave
Taylor St. James Collection Cologne

[joel]

Methodshaving day today..... hot damn does this system work wonders....

[rschul2]

Merkur Futur w/ feather platinum blades
Savile Row SR241 shave brush
QED Sandalwood Soap
Kiehl's Multi purpose facial moisturizer

[guenron]

Gillette Adj with an Exchange Select Platinum Chrome Double Edge Blade (Day 11 and counting on the blade)
Old Original Vulfix #41
L'Occitane CADE Shaving Soap
QEMman DaVinci Water
L'Occitane CADE Balm Apres Rasage
Geo. F. Trumpers Wild Fern

The heartbreak of the Gulf Coast takes the joy out of the shave.. :sad:

[guenron]

Is that a block of parmesian cheese next to your brush? The specially scented variety?

[AACJ]

Taylors of Old Bond - Lavender Shave Cream
Truefitt and Hill - Spanish Leather Cologne

Another EXCELLENT shave this morning with my Gillette Adjustable and the Feather Blade!

[Scotto]

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=76

Almost Friday!

[Austin]

Trumpers Violet shave cream
Coral skin food
Trumpers GFT

[joel]

T&H 1805 Cream
Shavemac XXL Horn handled Silvertip Brush
Shick Injector
Nomad A/S balm
Roger and Gallet Green Tea Cologne

[JohnP]

body shop shave cream
body shop a/s balm (lots of witch hazel & aloe, you can tell)
(had to break the stuff back out after being reminded on the boards)
C&E sandalwood edt

John P

[Rik]

Shower with SoapDance Woodland Sprite Bath Soap
Merkur Vision with Merkur Super Platinum
Shavemac SMF Special
Truefitt and Hill Trafalgar Shaving Cream
QEMman DaVinci Water
4711 Cologne

[Scotto]

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=77

First experience with the Taylor's Almond. I'll post a separate review, but it was a great shave.

Endymion is my favorite scent - really lovely.

Enjoy the long weekend. Unfortunately I have to work Monday, though :frown:

[guenron]

Gillette Adj with an Exchange Select Platinum Chrome Double Edge Blade (Day 12 and counting on the blade)
Old Original Vulfix #41
Something New and Old and Excitingly Different!
Country Gent Goatsmilk Shaving Soap in a tin- 19th Century-based Formulation with Period Replica Presentation (First shave Very Good!)
Country Gent Aftershave (Bracer-low to almost no alcohol) Cinnamon, Citrus, Witch Hazel and some Aloe) (Smells Good-Feels Good)with Period Replica Presentation (Light greenglass with cork and wax seal, Neat and fun too!)

I think somebody sneaked in some karite into the shaving soap. My visage seemed to need no moisturiser after shaving.. Could have been the aloe...
Anyway, if you are iinterested in trying a shave the way your great, great, great, grandfather did, take a look at Heavenly Harvest Inc (http://www.heavenlyharvestinc.com)

[Austin]

Floris Elite shave soap
Baxter balm
T&H Grafton EDT

[rtaylor61]

Merkur HD Classic
SR 241
QED Peppermint (a melted stick)
Natureade Aloe80
Tabac EDC

Randy

[gage0921]

Merkur HD
Vulfix #2234
Car's cube
Proraso
Car's a/s

[AACJ]

Me:
Trumpers - Extract of Limes Shave Cream
1960's Gillette Adjustable with Feather DE Blades
SMF Shave Brush
Truefitt and Hill - West Indian Limes - Cologne

Wife:
Trumpers - Extract of Limes Shave Cream
1960's Lady Gillette with Merkur DE Blades
SMF Shave Brush
Now she has smooth legs and armpits!

[boboakalfb]

Great shave today...skipped yesterday for the Dove season opener here in CA...

Merkur HD
Nioxin Scalp Therapy
PSO
QED Lime Shave Soap
Trumper Limes Skin Food
Trumper Limes EDT

[joel]

Great shave today...skipped yesterday for the Dove season opener here in CA...

Merkur HD
Nioxin Scalp Therapy
PSO
QED Lime Shave Soap
Trumper Limes Skin Food
Trumper Limes EDT

Where are you in CA? I am always game for a bit of huntin'

[boboakalfb]

I live on the Peninsula in the Bay Area. I drove up to Cottonwood which is next to Anderson/Red Bluff to hunt on The Gover Ranch. Good time...shot limit.

:a41:

[Esoteric83]

Qed Limes Soap all week...This stuff sat in the cabinet for a while, so when I broke it out early in the week and forgot how much I love the stuff :smile: I also tried a sample of CF Limes and have to say I'm not very impressed - Decent shave and great scent, but I personally think that QED Limes is leagues above it in regards to lube, lather and overall shave quality....Not to say that CF is a bad cream because I found it allright, but for $30+ dollars compared to the $9.50 for QED Lime, 'allright' doesn't really cut it

However, I think the CF Lavender is a Godsend

[Rik]

Shower with SoapDance Woodland Sprite Bath Soap
Merkur Slant with Merkur Super Platinum
Shavemac SMF Special
QEDman Badger & Blade Soap
QEMman DaVinci Water
Natureade Aloe80
QEDman Badger & Blade Cologne

[Scotto]

SMF brush
Taylor's Almond
Schick Injector (!)
Chamomile hydrosol
Baxters ASB
T&H 1805

I'll post separately about the injector after I use it for a few more days. Right now I am off to NYC to see a show. I am hoping I can stealthily get to a few shavegeek places while I am there....

[Austin]

AOS Brush
Tabac shave soap
DR Harris Milk
Floris Vetiver

Have a great holiday!

[guenron]

Gillette Adj with an Exchange Select Platinum Chrome Double Edge Blade (Day 13 and counting on the blade)
Old Original Vulfix #41
Something New and Old and Excitingly Different!
Country Gent Goatsmilk Shaving Soap in a tin- 19th Century-based Formulation with Period Replica Presentation (First shave Very Good!)
Country Gent Aftershave (Bracer-low to almost no alcohol) Cinnamon, Citrus, Witch Hazel and some Aloe) (Smells Good-Feels Good)with Period Replica Presentation (Light greenglass with cork and wax seal, Neat and fun too!)

Anyway, if you are iinterested in trying a shave the way your great, great, great, grandfather did, take a look at Heavenly Harvest Inc (http://www.heavenlyharvestinc.com). Gents (Country or otherwise), this was so good yesterday I decided to do it again today! Added some Murray and Lanman Florida Water Cologne.

[Rik]

Shower with SoapDance Sandalwood Vanilla Bath Soap
Merkur Vision with Merkur Super Platinum
Shavemac SMF Special
Taylor Almond shaving cream
Burt's Bees Garden Tomato Toner
Proraso Liquid Cream After Shave
Murray & Lanman's Florida Water

[rtaylor61]

Okay...fell from grace today. Got up late, and really had to hurry!

Zirh shaving cream (this is from a sample...one word...SUCKS!)
Gillette Atra
Natureade Aloe80
Givenchy Gentlemen

Regardless of the tools, this was a decent shave for about 3 hours...then stubble city!

Randy

[Austin]

Merkur Vision
Floris brush
Penhaligons Wild Fern shave soap
DR Harris Milk
Floris Santal

[gage0921]

I cant seem to get my self moving today but when I do it will be....
Merkur HD
Vulfix #2234
Cars cube
Proraso
Davinci water
Cars a/s

[guenron]

Gillette Adj with an Exchange Select Platinum Chrome Double Edge Blade (Day 14 and unecessarily retiring the blade)
Shavemac SMF Special
Taylors Maroon Range Shaving Cream
Taylors Maroon Range Aftershave Gel
Taylors Maroon Range Cologne
What a bundle of wonderful smelling lather this cream and brush combination generates!! :biggrin1:

[Scotto]

SMF brush
QED Anise & Lavender stick melted into 6oz glass bowl
Schick injector loaded with Personna blade (Day 2 of injector experiment)
Trumper's Extract of West Indian Limes Skin Food
Taylor's of Old Bond Streen no.74 Victorian Lime

I think the anise/lavender scent is near the top of my favorite scents! Works great melted down, too!

[rtaylor61]

Nothing fancy today, just the ABC's:

Merkur HD Classic
Omega Boar Bristle Brush
Burma Shave Soap
Baxter's After Shave Balm
Old Spice

Today's shave rating: A solid "A"!

Randy

[rtaylor61]

Ron,

Maybe I missed something somewhere:


Taylors Maroon Range Shaving Cream
Taylors Maroon Range Aftershave Gel
Taylors Maroon Range Cologne

A little more information? :confused:

Randy

[Austin]

I am not familiar with Taylor's color coding either. Which scent was it?

[Coche_y_bondhu]

Hello Ron,

So this is your trivia in the SOTD :) !

Ok, I'll guess: Shaving Shop? Only "maroon" I see in Taylor's line-up, but it can easily pass for "burgundy". But I digress :).

Cheers, y'all

Richard
BBQing in TX Today

[Rik]

Showered with SoapDance Sandalwood Vanilla Bath Soap
Merkur Vision with Merkur Super Platinum Blade
Shavemac SMF Special
QEDman Sandalwood Shaving Soap
Burt's Bees Garden Tomato Toner
Crabtree & Evelyn Sandalwood Aftershave Balm
Crabtree & Evelyn Sandalwood ED

[guenron]

I am not familiar with Taylor's color coding either. Which scent was it?

Ron,

Maybe I missed something somewhere:

...SNIP...
Taylors Maroon Range Shaving Cream
Taylors Maroon Range Aftershave Gel
Taylors Maroon Range Cologne


A little more information? :confused:

Randy
Okay Gentlemen,
It is the only Taylor's with two common names,
Shaving Shop and Maroon Range. Just ask Gordon, he'll tell you... :001_tt2:
By the way, I also used the Taylors Maroon Range Deodorant Spray. All of these products have a delightful citrus fragrance. On my recommend to real gentlemen list. So, I recommend it to both of you.

[rschul2]

Merkur Futur w/ Merkur Platinum blade
Savile Row SR241 shave brush
B&B scented QED shave Stick
Davinci Water
Proraso Pre/Post Cream

[guenron]

Hello Ron,

So this is your trivia in the SOTD :) !

Ok, I'll guess: Shaving Shop? Only "maroon" I see in Taylor's line-up, but it can easily pass for "burgundy". But I digress :).

Cheers, y'all

Richard
BBQing in TX Today
Right you are! So what's cookin' down there in Baja OK?