What's new

My Guess... 3017

Taking a break for a trip to DC


Stone Cottage Cream is making the DC trip with me




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..... Good stuff !!!!!!
06.21.2014 to 06.25.2014 - SCS New Spice... Will Replace
06.26.2014 to 07.13.2014 - SCS Lime
07.14.2014 to 07.18.2014 - Stone Cottage Soap Premium Shave Cream
07.19.2014 to 00.00.2014 - SCS Lime


00.00.2014 to 00.00.2014 - SCS Refined plus Menthol
00.00.2014 to 00.00.2014 - SCS
00.00.2014 to 00.00.2014 - SCS
00.00.2014 to 00.00.2014 - SCS
 
Going out of town for a week....

Do I break the 3017 and take a LaToja shave stick.... or take some Stone Cottage cream, or Indian Old Spice Cream,or just continue on the SCS Lime....Brush will be a Somerset Case.... and since I am taking the train... one of my straights will be the razor...

What say youse guys !!!!!

The performance is stellar.. I think youse made my mind up for me....Stone Cottage is headed to DC with me !!!!
It IS the year of SCS right?
 
Going out of town for a week....

Do I break the 3017 and take a LaToja shave stick.... or take some Stone Cottage cream, or Indian Old Spice Cream,or just continue on the SCS Lime....Brush will be a Somerset Case.... and since I am taking the train... one of my straights will be the razor...

What say youse guys !!!!!

I like travelling with my 3017 soap. It's great to see how the soap performs in different settings (different humidity, water hardness, shaving setups, etc.).

So, stick with it:thumbup:
 
Wowzer that is a looong thread! I think I might have inadvertently joined the 3017 group. I have been into fountain pens for some time and work on completing a single bottle of ink before trying the next. As a concession to my son I allow a second bottle to be open that is either blue or black because his teachers are not so free thinking in color choice.

On May 31st this year I decided I would give this wet shaving this a try. I opened a Edwin Jagger sandlewood cream (100ml) got out a brush and stole a small dish from the kitchen. This was my first real attempt at shaving that didn't require the use of electricity in decades... Beginners luck gave me an amazing shave and I think I spent the rest of the day feeling my face and being amazed about how smooth it was... The second shave didn't go so well so I started doing research and went a bit crazy buying all sorts of soaps, blades and even a few aftershaves and pre shave stuff. All the soaps sit unopened because I was trying to keep things consistent and work on my lathering.

Well here I am 38 days later and I think I have 2 maybe three shaves left from the 100ml EJ container... SWMBO is not amused by my lack of restraint and I am beginning to think that austerity measures would be prudent at this time. So I think I will select either a tub of RazoRock xxx or possibly a puck one of the zillion or so soaps I seem to have now.

I see that over the years some of the original instigators have completed their journey. I hope to someday complete mine... One shave at a time. I have not completed my first tub of cream but it wont be too long... Maybe I should do more practice lathers....:glare:

Ruckin

Man, u are going to have an enjoyable journey ahead!!
 
Going out of town for a week....

Do I break the 3017 and take a LaToja shave stick.... or take some Stone Cottage cream, or Indian Old Spice Cream,or just continue on the SCS Lime....Brush will be a Somerset Case.... and since I am taking the train... one of my straights will be the razor...

What say youse guys !!!!!

Just got back from a two week trip. I made an Arko Stick to use most days and face lathered with a WSP 2 band. I visited 3 places, so to let the brush dry out before I cased it for travel, I brought a small container of a "brushless" cream - Nancy Boy Blossomwood ( I'm sure any of the soft creams will do ) - to use the morning of travel and worked a bit into my face with my fingers - worked great!

I don't consider that breaking your 3017!!!

Have a great trip!
 
Managed to officially declare my first tub of EJ Sandlewood done as of yesterday and opened some RazoRock XXX. This morning was the first time I tried anything different than the initial cream I started with. While I enjoyed the change I am looking forward to figuring out how to get the most I can out of the XXX. I think my first attempt ended up with too much water in it. I am looking forward to tomorrow as I know I can make better lather.

After doing a quick inventory I have 18 more soaps to work my way through. I might have to learn this mythical load it like I hate it technique. I am not ready to sign onto a sabbatical or the restraint threads yet but I have implemented an austerity program until I stop taking up so much room in the bathroom. I can't imagine what I would need between now and the end of the year but I am new to non-electric shaving and don't know what I don't know yet...

Enjoying the journey so far.

Ruckin

5/31/2014 - 7/9/2014 Edwin Jagger Sandlewood Shaving Cream (100ml) [40 shaves]
 
Killed the La Toja Manantiales today. Good shaves overall. Not as good as the Pens EF or AOS Sandalwood, but nice. Next up (I think) is a gently used tub of Proraso. Figure that should go pretty quick compared to my first three 3017 soaps.

3017 journey so far...

Pens EF (tallow first): 06/08/2013 - 01/09/2014
AOS Sandalwood (tallow): 1/10/2014 - 03/31/2014
La Toja Manantiales: 4/1/2014 - 7/10/2014

Ben
 
Managed to officially declare my first tub of EJ Sandlewood done as of yesterday and opened some RazoRock XXX. This morning was the first time I tried anything different than the initial cream I started with. While I enjoyed the change I am looking forward to figuring out how to get the most I can out of the XXX. I think my first attempt ended up with too much water in it. I am looking forward to tomorrow as I know I can make better lather.

After doing a quick inventory I have 18 more soaps to work my way through. I might have to learn this mythical load it like I hate it technique. I am not ready to sign onto a sabbatical or the restraint threads yet but I have implemented an austerity program until I stop taking up so much room in the bathroom. I can't imagine what I would need between now and the end of the year but I am new to non-electric shaving and don't know what I don't know yet...

Enjoying the journey so far.

Ruckin

5/31/2014 - 7/9/2014 Edwin Jagger Sandlewood Shaving Cream (100ml) [40 shaves]

BAM! Congrats on your first 3017 victim. Do share what your overall opinion of the EJ Sandalwood cream if you can.
 

johnniegold

"Got Shoes?"
Killed the La Toja Manantiales today. Good shaves overall. Not as good as the Pens EF or AOS Sandalwood, but nice. Next up (I think) is a gently used tub of Proraso. Figure that should go pretty quick compared to my first three 3017 soaps.

3017 journey so far...

Pens EF (tallow first): 06/08/2013 - 01/09/2014
AOS Sandalwood (tallow): 1/10/2014 - 03/31/2014
La Toja Manantiales: 4/1/2014 - 7/10/2014

Ben

Extinguished 3 soaps that can be classified as "hard-to-find".

Nicely done.
 
Purposely…figured I might as well enjoy and kill those soaps I can't get anymore. From now on I can concentrate on finding soaps I like and can buy again.

Ben
 
Sadly, my tub of Nancy Boy Signature cream expired this morning. I stretched the last week out super lathering with QCS Vostok (both pepperminty) and can only describe the resulting lather as obscenely luxurious. I've thoroughly enjoyed the cream and highly recommend it. The tub had somewhere between 15-20 uses when I started so it's easily a 3+ month proposition in my world to work through a full tub of NB cream.

I have zero issues or complaints on the NB. Slick, protective. Smells incredible. Easy to use brushless or with a brush. My skin is healthy. Worked with straights or DE. Just an all around world class product that everyone should try. I've also been using matching signature bath bars and have the same thoughts. They last a good while. Smell great. Awesome stuff. Highly recommended.

One small niggle - the matching cooling gel. It works great and smells awesome and even though I've used it the bulk of the time I 3017'd the cream I've still got 2/3 of the bottle left so it's definitely a good value. However, it's really tacky. Following brucered's suggestion (thanks Bruce!), I started combining it with Thayers super Hazel or Myrsol K (again, both minty) in my palm to thin it out and this really did the trick. I really grew fond of the Myrsol K/NB gel combo. Not a big deal, I just don't think I should have to do that. That said, I will thoroughly enjoy using the remainder of the cooling gel as it does work well -- I just won't use it on its own.

Next up -- a tub of QCS Vostok soap. I already started this July 4 and have been using it everyday in a super lather with the NB. Tomorrow is my first go with it flying solo. This is my first QCS soap, so it should be a great (and cool) summer of pepperminty menthol. The soap is considerably harder than the croaps I've seen lately for RR and the like so this may take 2-3 months. After that -- something other than mint. Maybe that'll about the time I can join brian for his annual SCS Pumpkin in October thing.

So far:
DRH Arlington2/1/20143/28/2014
B&M Lime/Lav/Cedar (sample)3/29/20144/2/2014
RR Don Marco4/3/20144/23/2014
B&M Seville (sample)4/24/20144/29/2014
B&M Cheshire (sample)4/30/20145/8/2014
Nancy Boy Signature5/9/20147/10/2014
QCS Vostok7/4/2014
 
Last edited:
I'm continuing to plow through RR American Blend with a SOC. I havent weighed it but it looks like I'm close to half way. I am really enjoying this new tallow formula Joe came up with. Very nice glide and cushion.
 
Top Bottom