My Guess... 3017
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YES! Ladies and gentlemen, we have hit the bottom!
Saw a hint of white bottom in my Mike’s Natural Barbershop this morning. Still plenty of soap left of course, but I am winning!
Saw a hint of white bottom in my Mike’s Natural Barbershop this morning. Still plenty of soap left of course, but I am winning!
I have 260-ish shaves on my tallow Tabac mashup. I am going to take a break for Arko August
Mike M
...but this one IS cracked.
Finally holed my ZM Explorer tonight. I am not rushing to finish it as I really like it so I've been using solely synthetic brushes but it looks like the beginning of the end for it.
Guess I’m gonna 3017 this soap now. B&M Reserve Waves, been using this pretty exclusively, no idea how many shaves I’ve got on this, but it’s a great performer for me and I like the scent. Will definitely re-buy when the time comes. I only shave every other day, at most, sometimes every third day if I’m being lazy. We’ll see how much longer I’ve got with it
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Finished! Only shave a couple of times a week, that’s why it takes me so long. The shaves were great, really enjoyed the performance and scent! I’ll be purchasing this again in the future!
Keep up the great work y’all!
Finished this one today 
I will use Arko thru Arko August and then see what to 3017 next.
Cheers
I will use Arko thru Arko August and then see what to 3017 next.
Cheers
I'm done with this guy...
Van Der Hagen - Scented Luxury
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Be well and stay safe
Van Der Hagen - Scented Luxury
2024 Soap Tally:
Be well and stay safe
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I'm working through a stick of Cremo and prior to 3017ing it, I had only used it brushless when traveling....usually in hard water. I have a whole house water softening system at home and soft water coupled with a Muhle STF XL brush has produced surprisingly good lather. Certainly not on par with high quality soaps, but more in line with say Col Conk or glycerin soaps. Slickness is through the roof.
Back from my trip to the UK, and got a chance to stop in DR Harris. We went to the shop on Piccadilly (more of a high end grooming show room) instead of the original shop which is a functioning pharmacy/chemist’s. Lots of stuff to choose from, the staff person seemed more interested in having a root canal than being there, but I didn’t need much help. I picked up a couple large tubes of cream (the new ‘Twenty Nine’ (rose geranium scent) and the old standard ‘Almond’ (almond flower scent, aka Eau de Portugal). I also got a couple of sample tubes of Marlborough and Eucalyptus creams. Topped it off with a bottle of AS Milk for the winter months and Arlington splash for the warmer weather. As I finished my bottle of Proraso AS a couple weeks ago, the Arlington is going right into use. Glamour shot for posterity:
Great haul, Arlington has long been one of my warm weather favorite scents. I'm anxious to hear your take on Twenty Nine!
I’ve used DRH AS in the past (Windsor scent), and it was a great performer. The Arlington splash did not disappoint this morning.
Fabulous haul!
Finished Ariana and Evans Aqua de Boracay this morning. A full 7 months of daily shaves! Good soap. Dish covers the label for decorum.
Next up is Barrister and Mann Beaudelaire. Through BST transactions somehow ended up with three full tubs.
Inventory
Next up is Barrister and Mann Beaudelaire. Through BST transactions somehow ended up with three full tubs.
Inventory
- Ariana and Evans Aqua de Boracay 2/5/2024 - 8/4/2024
- Caties Bubbles Lavender & Leather 12/1/2023 - 2/4/2024
- La Toja Shaving Cream 9/3/23 - 11/30/23
- Ariana and Evans Summer in Paris - 7/4/23 - 9/2/23
- Art of Shaving (tallow) Lemon - 9/26/22 - 11/11/22, 3/11/23 - 7/3
- Caties Bubbles Poseidon 11/12/2022 - 3/10/2023
- DR Harris Arlington Stick - 9/25/2022
- Euro Palmolive - 6/6/2022
- L'Occitane Cade 4/9/2022
- Pre de Provence 12/18/2021
- La Toja - 6/11/2021
- Euro Palmolive stick - 4/10/2021
- DR Harris Windsor - 3/6/2021
- L'Occitane Cade - 10/6/2020
- Art of Shaving (tallow) Sandalwood 6/28/2020
- Speick stick 33% 3/21/2020
- Kent shave cream (Travel) 3/14/2020
- Pre de Provence 2/1/2020
- Provence Sante Green Tea 60% 8/26/2019
- Every Man Jack Shave Cream (Travel) 8/25/2019
- Palmolive stick grated in tub 6/30/2019
- Antica Barberia Colla ABC hard puck 5/25/2019
- Czech and Speake Oxford and Cambridge 3/9/2019
- Crabtree & Evelyn Sienna 12/23/2018
- Strop Shoppe Bay Rum 8/25/2018
- Mondial Tabacco Verde 4/8/2018
- Musgo Real Classic Cream 12/31/2017
- DR Harris Almond 10/28/2017
- Valobra Shaving Stick 3/20/2017
- Savon d barbe (Vetyver) 11/17/2016
- Mystic Water Irish Traveler - 8/13/16
- Barrister and Mann Lavanille Shaving Soap 6/18/16
- Institut Karité 4/25/16 tub and stick 50/50
- RazoRock Son of Zeus 11/6/2015
- Mike's Orange, Cedarwood, & Black Pepper Tin 10/16/2015
- Martin de Candre Fourgue 1 oz sample 4/9/2015
- Martin de Candre - 1 oz sample 3/6/2015
- L'Occitane Cade 1/29/2015
- RazoRock The Freedberg 10/8/2014
- Haslinger Ringelblumen (Stick) 7/2/2014
- Art of Shaving Lavender (75%, Stick, Tallow) 4/24/2014
- La Toja Stick - Travel shave stick 2/7/2014
- RazoRock Chianti Lavender (Stick) 2/4/2014
- Mystic Water Coconut (85%, Stick) 12/5/2013
- Pre de Provence (60%, Stick) 11/2/2013
- P160 Tipo Duro (~60 gm stick) 7/24/2013
- DR Harris Arlington (Full puck as a Stick) 5/13/2013
- Muhle Sea Buckthorn (Stick) 12/2/2012
- Provence Sante Green Tea (Stick) 8/6/2012
- Gold Dachs Rivivage 5/23/2012
- Ralph Lauren Safari 3/14/2012
- Mama Bear Dublin Tweed 12/4/2011
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Very nice, Bob. I have a Sandalwood and an Almond puck left. The After Shave Milk is great.
Steve56
Ask me about shaving naked!
Just ran across this - if you can find the Dovo/Merkur Lavender, it is, as best that I can tell the same soap as King Louis lavender. I have a tub and the ingredients (long) are almost identical, as is the fragrance and. performance.
Brought Mike’s Barbershop to 150 shaves today with still plenty of soap left. My guess is this tub will finish in September. But I have been surprised before.
Bob, what is your reasoning for purchasing only tubes of cream when there are so many wonderful soaps to be had?
I prefer tubes to tubs of cream because cream seems to stay fresher in tubes, but I find that a good soap like the Cade I'm working on now is pretty hard to beat in the performance department.
Transferred remainder of Mike’s to a Proraso tub for easier loading. Still quite a number of shaves left!
I find that the scents in the creams are more pronounced so I get more enjoyment of that aspect of the experience. Also, after 14(!) years of 3017ing, a tube is a much shorter commitment than a puck.
