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- Thread starter BarberDave
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11.06.24
It’s a good morning up at 0 430 hours and it’s that time of year when I get to watch the sunrise over the mountains.
Very cool in the low 40s this morning as I left the house but a beautiful day on tap today it was about the North Juniper, pine, gin, and campfires
A very good three shave today with the Gillette President
Hope everybody has a wonderful Wednesday
It’s a good morning up at 0 430 hours and it’s that time of year when I get to watch the sunrise over the mountains.
Very cool in the low 40s this morning as I left the house but a beautiful day on tap today it was about the North Juniper, pine, gin, and campfires
A very good three shave today with the Gillette President
Hope everybody has a wonderful Wednesday
11.07.2024
British Gillette Aristocrat # 15
Morris & Forndran
Floris #89 shave soap, aftershave, EdT
Alum
Thayers Lavender
Yardley Gentlemen talc
All British shaved today and it was wonderful. The British aristocrat got the call up with a persona blade and on lather duty was the Apolina
As I’ve mentioned before, I have a love-hate relationship with this not made by Lee Sabini. It’s just too dense hold onto too much water and it is just horrible to try to get a good lather out out of almost any soap. However, this wasn’t too bad.
Finished up to three passes with DSBBS , and with temps in the 30s it was perfect for the Floris 89. Slight hints of nutmeg and sandalwood make this a wonderful cool weather scent
Hope everyone enjoy their Thursday. Have a good day.
British Gillette Aristocrat # 15
Morris & Forndran
Floris #89 shave soap, aftershave, EdT
Alum
Thayers Lavender
Yardley Gentlemen talc
All British shaved today and it was wonderful. The British aristocrat got the call up with a persona blade and on lather duty was the Apolina
As I’ve mentioned before, I have a love-hate relationship with this not made by Lee Sabini. It’s just too dense hold onto too much water and it is just horrible to try to get a good lather out out of almost any soap. However, this wasn’t too bad.
Finished up to three passes with DSBBS , and with temps in the 30s it was perfect for the Floris 89. Slight hints of nutmeg and sandalwood make this a wonderful cool weather scent
Hope everyone enjoy their Thursday. Have a good day.
08.November.2024
Gillette Tech Matic
Blackland blackbird brush
Apollo by 11 soaps
Thayers lemon
Ethos Sucess skin food
Talc
Creed Aventus
Another space themed shave, and a tribute to veterans as we get close to Veterans Day. Celebrating NASA, Apollo by 11 soaps is a Creed Aventus clone and is very very close
Also in tribute to Apollo, the Gillette Tech was the issued razor for all astronaut kits that were going to the moon. There is a famous photo of Michael Collins on Apollo 11, as well as a video of him shaving with the Techmatic
I was very fortunate to have met most of the Apollo astronauts at an astronaut event that occurred here every year. I was also fortunate enough to have Jim McDivitt(Apollo 9 , Gemini 4) as a client, as well as Richard Gordon ( Gemini XI, Apollo 12, and was slated to be the commander of Apollo 18). Both lived in the sister property of so it was my true honor to be able to cut their hair and listen to their stories. In fact when I first met Dick, he had a thing for avocado queen and I was thinking how am I going to compete with that and ended up being completely a joke as we had dinner with him and his wife so I feel very blessed in this tribute for them
I also had a chance to meet Gene Cernan at a book signing, and we spent some time talking as well as you know he was the last man to walk on the moon
As to the shave, the tech did a wonderful job, leaving my face, nice and smooth, and then all the other goodness that went along with it
Hope everybody enjoys their Friday and their upcoming weekend
Gillette Tech Matic
Blackland blackbird brush
Apollo by 11 soaps
Thayers lemon
Ethos Sucess skin food
Talc
Creed Aventus
Another space themed shave, and a tribute to veterans as we get close to Veterans Day. Celebrating NASA, Apollo by 11 soaps is a Creed Aventus clone and is very very close
Also in tribute to Apollo, the Gillette Tech was the issued razor for all astronaut kits that were going to the moon. There is a famous photo of Michael Collins on Apollo 11, as well as a video of him shaving with the Techmatic
I was very fortunate to have met most of the Apollo astronauts at an astronaut event that occurred here every year. I was also fortunate enough to have Jim McDivitt(Apollo 9 , Gemini 4) as a client, as well as Richard Gordon ( Gemini XI, Apollo 12, and was slated to be the commander of Apollo 18). Both lived in the sister property of so it was my true honor to be able to cut their hair and listen to their stories. In fact when I first met Dick, he had a thing for avocado queen and I was thinking how am I going to compete with that and ended up being completely a joke as we had dinner with him and his wife so I feel very blessed in this tribute for them
I also had a chance to meet Gene Cernan at a book signing, and we spent some time talking as well as you know he was the last man to walk on the moon
As to the shave, the tech did a wonderful job, leaving my face, nice and smooth, and then all the other goodness that went along with it
Hope everybody enjoys their Friday and their upcoming weekend
What a privilege to spend time with these astronauts.
What do you mean by “sister property “?
Where my shop is, is a little bit north a little bit more rural and more ranch style bigger houses and so forth then just south as you enter the city I live in which is Catalina. There is Saddlebrook one and two which were the original properties both retirement style country club style communitiesWhat a privilege to spend time with these astronauts.
What do you mean by “sister property “?
11.09.24
An Asian inspired shave today with Kaizen from Ariana and Evans he Sorrentino brush Royall mandarin and a Daishi razor
A very nice three Pass shave today for DSBBS, splash of the Mandarin some talc and off to the shop to enjoy my Friday. Looking forward to the weekend with cool temperatures in the morning and mid 70s to low 80s for the highs, which is absolute perfection.
Hope everybody enjoys their Saturday
An Asian inspired shave today with Kaizen from Ariana and Evans he Sorrentino brush Royall mandarin and a Daishi razor
A very nice three Pass shave today for DSBBS, splash of the Mandarin some talc and off to the shop to enjoy my Friday. Looking forward to the weekend with cool temperatures in the morning and mid 70s to low 80s for the highs, which is absolute perfection.
Hope everybody enjoys their Saturday
11.10.2024
A very nice French inspired shave today, as we try a gifted contest soap from @Sean Stapelfeld and my response to his honing question "Rubbing Steel on a Rock" was my answer and it won YAY!... Fantastic shave and.....
(video posted ) . even @Graybeard57 is mentioned today "Unscented"
Have a great Blessed Sunday Folks
A very nice French inspired shave today, as we try a gifted contest soap from @Sean Stapelfeld and my response to his honing question "Rubbing Steel on a Rock" was my answer and it won YAY!... Fantastic shave and.....
(video posted ) . even @Graybeard57 is mentioned today "Unscented"
Have a great Blessed Sunday Folks
Sean Stapelfeld
Shave Newbie
Loo
Looking at this shave makes me want to do one myself hehe awesome gear Dave!
11.11.2024
Great shave. Deets in the video
11.12.2024
Another wonderful shave, and again, Deets in the video
Have a Great Tuesday Folks
Great shave. Deets in the video
11.12.2024
Another wonderful shave, and again, Deets in the video
Have a Great Tuesday Folks
11.13.2024
Sleep came very, very tough last night. Not to mention that I did not sleep very well. Lots of stuff on my mind. Not to mention that 50+ pound huskies decided to have a Basho show on the bed when I was trying to sleep
Also up a little bit late this morning, so the one thing I will say if you need a quick fast shave to get out but still enjoy that wonderful shaving hobby that we have nothing beats Proraso.
Using the Gillette red tip three passes and out, followed by some Tal some witch hazel Proraso green aftershave, and Ferrari radiant Bergamot as a Topper quick fast and out the door
This may prove to be a pretty challenging day today
Have a great day, everybody
Sleep came very, very tough last night. Not to mention that I did not sleep very well. Lots of stuff on my mind. Not to mention that 50+ pound huskies decided to have a Basho show on the bed when I was trying to sleep
Also up a little bit late this morning, so the one thing I will say if you need a quick fast shave to get out but still enjoy that wonderful shaving hobby that we have nothing beats Proraso.
Using the Gillette red tip three passes and out, followed by some Tal some witch hazel Proraso green aftershave, and Ferrari radiant Bergamot as a Topper quick fast and out the door
This may prove to be a pretty challenging day today
Have a great day, everybody
Hope things improve, brother..
Thanks, MarkHope things improve, brother..
Gotta love those pets! I remind myself of that whenever I clean up cat barf off the floor, or furniture, or clothes, or…
11.14.2024
Black land vector/MG pro guard
Cella synth
Cella bio shave soap/aftershave splash
Cbl litsea cubebe wh
Talc
Panama daytona edt
Well, yet again, sleep did not come easy, but it was a little bit better than the previous evening as the doggos decided not to have a Basho on the bed
Sticking with the Italian theme this week, the Cella Bio was on the agenda. The vector on whisker duty, and then finished up with the aftershave splash to match and the Panama Daytona for the fragrance.
A very, very nice lemony citrusy purely Italian shave today
Hope everybody enjoys their Thursday
Black land vector/MG pro guard
Cella synth
Cella bio shave soap/aftershave splash
Cbl litsea cubebe wh
Talc
Panama daytona edt
Well, yet again, sleep did not come easy, but it was a little bit better than the previous evening as the doggos decided not to have a Basho on the bed
Sticking with the Italian theme this week, the Cella Bio was on the agenda. The vector on whisker duty, and then finished up with the aftershave splash to match and the Panama Daytona for the fragrance.
A very, very nice lemony citrusy purely Italian shave today
Hope everybody enjoys their Thursday
11.15.24
Blackland Osprey
SV artisan 2.0 in ivory HMMW
SV tundra, arctica shave soap/aftershave
Thayers
Talcum powder
Penhaligon’s elixir EDP
Excellent morning shave. After finally a good night sleep. It may be helping that I’m very close to the end of my work week and excited about 10 days off over the Thanksgiving holiday. If you wanna smell like Rome and the Vatican, definitely Penhaligon’s elixir is the one you want. Gothic and wonderful for cooler. Weather. SV’s tundra arctica has just enough oud combined with high mountain botanicals make it wonderful
We’re gonna be staying at home this year although we did wanna go see Chad in Utah but avocado queen sister lost her husband this year and she’s by herself and so we’re gonna have her over the house for something nice and quiet
Hope everybody has a wonderful day
Blackland Osprey
SV artisan 2.0 in ivory HMMW
SV tundra, arctica shave soap/aftershave
Thayers
Talcum powder
Penhaligon’s elixir EDP
Excellent morning shave. After finally a good night sleep. It may be helping that I’m very close to the end of my work week and excited about 10 days off over the Thanksgiving holiday. If you wanna smell like Rome and the Vatican, definitely Penhaligon’s elixir is the one you want. Gothic and wonderful for cooler. Weather. SV’s tundra arctica has just enough oud combined with high mountain botanicals make it wonderful
We’re gonna be staying at home this year although we did wanna go see Chad in Utah but avocado queen sister lost her husband this year and she’s by herself and so we’re gonna have her over the house for something nice and quiet
Hope everybody has a wonderful day
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
No, my new and improved iPhone 16 iOS 18.1 was supposed to be so much better but she’s still an idiot. That faux paw has been fixed. We always want to see Chad if nothing else for the observational reasons.
Hello Dave’s subconscious.
It should’ve been Irish whiskey, considering my Siri is Irish