My Guess... 3017

Ok, calling it quits on the Mama Bear as the last broken pieces got washed down the drain. Not sure what I'm going to tackle next, since I've had a lot of new artisan soap acquisitions that I want to get acquainted with before settling down on one soap again.

Art of Shaving Sandalwood (40%) 8/12/13 - 9/1/13
DR Harris Windsor sample 9/2/13 - 9/19/13
Coates Sandalwood 50ml 9/20/13 - 10/4/13
RazoRock XX tub 10/5/13 - 10/31/13
SCS Mochaccino 11/15/13 - 12/13/13
Barrister & Mann Cheshire (60%?) 1/1/14 - 1/17/14
samples 1/18/14 - 1/31/14
Barbiere di Figaro Esclusivo 2/1/14 - 3/19/14
samples 3/20/14 - 3/31/14
Mama Bear Dublin Tweed 4/1/14 - 6/13/14
???

My Mike's Lily of the Valley refuses to die. It's lasted so long I'm starting to get an itch for something else. I think my next soap will be a sample size of Stirling Lime. That way it won't last so long.

I finished my huge chunk of P.160 and a puck of Stirling that was unmarked.
Just started a bar of Mikes Lavandin and Eucaliptus.
It was a good shave.
My chunk of the P.160 was 173 grams and I didn't think I would ever finish it.
The Stirling took about 3 weeks.

The Harris Lavender I started on Feb. 1 is almost done...hoping to get 112 shaves out of it to match the dry weight in grams before I started. Shave number 108 this morning.

That's good work by you, Jay.

Mike's is done. On to a travel size CF lime. This one is about 50% or so so it won't take long.

24 May 2013 - 22 June 2013: DR Harris Arlington
23 June 2013 - 18 July 2013: DR Harris Arlington/CO Bigelow
19 July 2013 - 22 July 2013: SCS Bay Rum sample
23 July 2013 – 26 July 2013: Barrister and Mann Seville sample
27 July 2013 – 3 September 2013: RR KotC Lime
4 September 2013 – 27 September 2013: Stirling Anise
28 September 2013 – 30 September 2013: Stirling Lavender Sage sample
1 October 2013 – 15 October 2013: RazoRock Chianti Lavender
16 October 2013 – 7 November 2013: RazoRock XXX
8 November 2013 – 9 December 2013: 2 grated La Toja sticks
10 December 2013 – 28 December 2013: Stirling Scot's Pine
29 December 2013 – 7 January 2014: DR Harris Windsor (paused)
8 January 2014 – 31 January 2014: Proraso Red/Synergy Cavendish(paused)
1 February 2014 – 3 April 2014: DR Harris Windsor (resumed)
4 April 2014 – 14 April 2014: RR Boston Tea Party
15 April 2014 – 17 April 2014: SCS Fairway
18 April 2014 – 21 May 2014: Speick
22 May 2014 – 24 May 2014: B&M Solstice sample
25 May 2014 – 30 May 2014: Strop Shoppe Rosemary Mint
31 May 2014 – 12 June 2014: Mike's OCBP
13 June 2014 - ??: CF Lime

The little bits of soap became too hard to chase around the bowl. Trumpers is officially done. 55 shaves/75 grams of soap. As I mentioned in a couple of other posts, this gave much better rsults than I had anticipated based on reading about it. I did lather it on the puck a lot, which is my standard approach to sub par soaps, finishing on the face. Even with my very soft water, I needed more soap than usual. I might consider trying this again with a fresh puck, just to experience the scent, since this had none, but that will likely be in 2018 when I might have to buy more soap.

I couldn't find the Provence Sante in my stash. I may have given it to my son at some point. I had a nice puck of something called Ile de Provence. Can't remember where it came from. Turns out it is clearly not shaving soap, even if it was supposed to be. Lather disappeared before I could even get to the other side of my face. It now resides in the shower and we'll see how it does. Something tells me it was supposed to be used the the Musgo as a preshave face wash. We shall see.

So in keeping with the theme, out came the Pre de Provence. This tin had 2 or 3 shaves on it from a before the 3017 started, but I could still read the imprinting on the puck. Like all new pucks it will take a few days to get it well hydrated and the intricacies worked out.

The Journey continues.

Arlington (80+%) 8 Oct 2012 to 13 Jan 2013 Note there were 4 travel shaves and about 10 shaves finishing a tub of Mr. Taylor's Cream.
TFS Rose (32g) 14 Jan 2013 to 31 Jan 2013
Valobra stick (51g) 1 Feb 2013 to 6 March 2013
Haslinger Coconut (60g) 7 March 2013 to 26 April 2013
Arlington Cream (weight tbd) 27 March to 10 Aug 2013 Used to make superlather. Especially nice with AOS Unscented
AOS tallow unscented added (75g) 8 May to 18 July 2013 61 shaves, taking out the days I was traveling
QCS Vostok 19 July 2013 to 4 Sept 2013 (44 shaves)
Valobra Menthol 5 Sept 2013 to 12 Oct 2013 33 shaves. The rest were travel days.
Tabac 13 Oct 2013 to 31 Dec 2013 77+ shaves. There were 2 or 3 left that got moved to the Frankensoap tub.
AOS Sandalwood (new formula) 1 Jan 2014 to 14 April 2014 92 shaves
Trumpers Violet 15 April 2014 to 12 June 2014 55 shaves/75 grams of soap
Pre de Provence 13 June 2014 to ???

All a-boared the NOS C&E Sweet Almond Oil train...

johnniegold said:

All a-boared the NOS C&E Sweet Almond Oil train...

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Beautiful shots, but in black and white there's no way for me to know which color Essential that is! The mystery will haunt me!

My RR Mudder Focker sample should be done tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to using a full tub.

But until then, my RR Moroccan Secret has a week or so left. Once it's completed, I have decided to try the new RR P.160 and see how it goes.

It's strongly scented but apparently hypo-allergenic, so as long as there is no scent irritation (fingers crossed), it will be my next victim....unless I change my mind between now and next week, which has happened before

This morning I tried my sample of 3P from the block I received via a kind B&B member.

Good news is that it lathers very well, comparative to Cella or the other Italian soft soaps.

Bad news is that I didn't even shave with it. Once I applied it to my face it was the itch and burn show, so I'm reacting to something in it. Most likely it's benzaldehyde, or the sweet almond oil used as the perfuming agent.

Looks like I have to root through my stash and set aside the jar of 3P from the block and anything else that might have that oil in it and send it to the trade pile.

A short divergence from the 3017 treatment


was at Stone Cottage today and bought some of their Shave Cream... going to give it a go for a week the back to finish off the New Spice




10.01.2012 to 10.25.2012 - SCS Pumpkin....will replace
10.26.2012 to 01.30.2013 - SCS Sandlewood....( Huge puck from Sue auctions) will replace
02.01.2013 to 03.16.2013 - Klar Siefient....
03.17.2013 to 03.24.2013 - Vintage Yardley....(just a small amount, Thanks Rudy) Damn I wish could replace this
03.25.2013 to 04.05.2013 - Klar Siefient....will not replace
04.06.2013 to 05.06.2013 - Vintage Colgate....Wished I could replace
05.07.2013 to 05.25.2013 - LaToja Manantiales....I would replace if I could.. I do have 1 more puck
05.26.2013 to 05.29.2013 - Sample SCS Mochaccino....Will most definitely buy
05.30.2013 to 05.31.2013 - Sample Provence Sante cream....Will Not Buy
06.01.2013 to 06.09.2013 - SCS Bay Rum with a twist.... Will Replace
06.10.2013 to 06.21.2013 - SCS Lime.... Will Replace
06.22.2013 to 07.03.2013 - SCS Oak Moss Lavendula....Maybe Replace
07.04.2013 to 07.19.2013 - SCS Coconut....Must Replace
07.20.2013 to 08.12.2013 - SCS Moss Lime... Not a lover
08.13.2013 to 09.04.2013 - SCS Mochaccino... A must replace
09.05.2013 to 09.22.2013 - SCS Bulgarian Lavendar... meh scent... ?
09.23.2013 to 09.27.2013 - Godrej Cream... Okay stuff.... not replace
09.28.2013 to 10.21.2013 - SCS Pumpkin First Puck Excellent should be on everybodies list!!
10.22.2013 to 11.20.2013 - SCS Pumpkin Second Puck
11.21.2013 to 12.15.2013 - Partial Latoja Manantiales
12.16.2013 to 01.24.2014 - SCS Sandlewood....A must replace
01.25.2014 to 03.06.2014 - SCS Mochaccino....A must replace
03.07.2014 to 04.08.2014 - SCS Coconut....A must replace
04.09.2014 to 05.05.2014 - SCS Fairway....A must replace
05.06.2014 to 06.14.2014 - SCS New Spice about 6 more shaves in it
06.15.2014 to 06.21.2014 - Stone Cottage Soap Premium Shave Cream




00.00.2014 to 00.00.2014 - SCS
00.00.2014 to 00.00.2014 - SCS
00.00.2014 to 00.00.2014 - SCS
00.00.2014 to 00.00.2014 - SCS

johnniegold said:

All a-boared the NOS C&E Sweet Almond Oil train...

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You're making me regret my decision to 3017 the Captain Fawcett's. Suffice it to say the lather looks nothing like that.

beginish said:

You're making me regret my decision to 3017 the Captain Fawcett's. Suffice it to say the lather looks nothing like that.

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I took out the boar today which I had not used in ages. The lather it generated was utterly awesome. So awesome in fact, that I had to photograph it for posterity.

Thanks again to Bob (beginish) for finding this NOS.

How does the scent of the Sweet Almond compare to Cella?

FL shaver said:

How does the scent of the Sweet Almond compare to Cella?

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I could not say. The scent of the Sweet Almond Oil is non-existent and (I'm embarrassed to say) I have never used Cella.

Im still working on my Calani, Iberian Sun. Little over half way through.

I've been taking a break from 3017'ing, I had a bunch of samples that were PIF'ed to me that I've been working on. I've also been using some loaner soaps. One of the loaner soaps is a puck of vintage C&E For Men shaving soap. I used it this morning and all I can say is wow! It's a wonderful soap, and the scent is fantastic.

Tomorrow C&E vintage Sandalwood followed by Harris Sandalwood splash and MGP Santal, then I will take over the world.

I just finished the LASS bay rum today. This stuff is great love the scent and the performance is fantastic.

6.2.2014 to 6.15.2014 LASS - Bay rum