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For the Love of Old Spice - Illini's Shave Journal

Between our staycation, my work trip to Charleston and a family wedding down in Austin this past weekend, it's been a wild couple of weeks but things are finally back to normal around here. Had a great weekend celebrating my cousin's wedding down in Austin. My son stayed with my in-laws and it was great to see and spend time with the family. Looking forward to catching up on journals and the rest of TSC this week. My White Sox avoided the ALDS sweep but today's game was rain delayed due to some pretty big storms that are supposed to be rolling through later this afternoon. Don't think they made it to the ALCS since they have just looked outmatched for most of the series but crazier things have happened I suppose!

Shaves have been infrequent over the last week but hoping that today is the last 80 degree day until next summer. We'll see! Was a great chance to try out a brand-new-to-me tester of TdH that I acquired during a trade of software with a fellow wetshaver. He said he had only used it a handful of times and it looks basically full to me! TdH is just a wonderful scent and a fantastic addition to the den.

Thursday October 7th, 2021
Razor : '52 Gillette Bakelite Tech
Blade : Astra SP (1)
Brush : Whipped Dog HM
Pre : Shower
Soap : Southern Witchcrafts Autumn Ash
Post : MJ Legend EdC

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Saturday October 9th, 2021 (Austin)
Razor : Schick Krona
Blade : Astra SP (1)
Brush : Yaqi Tuexdo Barberpole
Pre : Shower
Soap : Macduff's Coast to Coast
Post : YSL La Nuit de L'Homme EdT

Monday October 11th, 2021
Razor : Gillette NEW LC
Blade : Astra SP (2)
Brush : Stirling Kong
Pre : Shower
Soap : CBL iColoniali Project Soap
Post : Terre D'Hermes EdT

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Genuinely nervous for the Sox's 1pm game today to stay alive. Here's hoping they have a little more magic in them to push it to 5 games. Shave this morning was just nice and easy. Nothing fancy, nothing special, just great scents and a great result.

Tuesday October 12th, 2021
Razor : '56 Gillette Flare Tip SS
Blade : Astra SP (3)
Brush : Omega Proraso Boar
Pre : Shower
Soap : PAA Sundown
Post : PAA Sundown

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Happy Hump Day Cadre. Work week is going quickly which is always nice. Looking forward to a weekend around the house as it feels like it's been ages since we've done that.

Lovely shave with SC Endurance this morning. Always feels like they get lost in the shuffle with all the "newest and greatest" artisans on the scene. Great soap, great post shave, what's not to love?

Wednesday October 13th, 2021
Razor : '53 Gillette Super Speed
Blade : Astra SP (1)
Brush : Omega 11575
Pre : Shower
Soap : Soap Commander Endurance
Post : Soap Commander Endurance & MJ EdC

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Really starting to finally feel like autumn around here. Been cool and wet the last 3 days or so which has been great for my lawn. Just saw that we haven't hit the 40s yet this season which officially makes it the latest in the season we've gone without hitting it since record keeping started in 1914. Wild!

Nice shave this morning with the 45th Parallel set and chased with Grey Flannel since cool and wet weather seems to match perfectly with its scent.

Thursday October 14th, 2021
Razor : Razorock Black Hawk V2
Blade : Feather AC Pro (9)
Brush : Razorock Beehive
Pre : Shower
Cream : Captain's Choice 45th Parallel
Post : Captain's Choice 45th Parallel & Grey Flannel EdT

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Great shave Ryan! Our area weather can’t make up its mind either. Our last couple weeks have ranged from low 60s to low 80s and back again a couple times.
 
Still a bit shook up from the news our TSC brother Ed passed away, so don't have much to say over here today.

Friday October 15th, 2021
Razor : '55 Gillette Red Tip SS
Blade : Astra SP (2)
Brush : Ever Ready 100T with Plisson Knot
Pre : Shower
Soap : Seaforth Spiced
Post : Seaforth Spiced & MJ Legend EdC

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Hello Cadre, it's been a little bit! Life has been moving pretty fast this past week, as I'm firmly doing the old "dual hat" role at work until they hire a backfill for my old role. Not a fun time but unfortunately something we all deal with if there isn't someone lined up to backfill you. On the home front, our little guy is firmly in the "run around the house all day every day" phase now that his confidence in walking has reached a new high. Exhausting but wonderful all the same. Weather was picture perfect this past weekend and in the 70s through today. Looks like that was probably the last time we'll see 70 this season, which I'm okay with as I love the cool autumn weather.

Shaves have been a bit more intermittent with all the hustle and bustle. Had the chance to break out my new bottle of LNDL Bleu Electrique this morning as it was in the 50's and felt like a great excuse to use a warmer and spicy scent. Wow this is great stuff! Definitely no traditional blue notes, but just LNDL turned to 11. I've read people equating this to what LNDL was before reformulations. I don't have any of that juice but nonetheless this is a great EdT from YSL!

Hope everyone is hanging in there. Thanks for stopping by!

Monday October 18th, 2021
Razor : Canadian Gillette Prewar Tech
Blade : Astra SP (3)
Brush : Whipped Dog HM
Pre : Shower
Soap : A&E Never Alone
Post : AV Ice Blue & Nautica Voyage EdT

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Wednesday October 20th, 2021
Razor : '52 Gillette Bakelite Tech
Blade : Astra SP (1)
Brush : Rudy Vey Custom with Plisson Knot
Pre : Shower
Soap : MLSS Ecto Cooler
Post : Osage Rub & Nautica Blue Sail EdT

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Thursday October 21st, 2021
Razor : '56 Gillette Flare Tip SS
Blade : Astra SP (2)
Brush : Razorock Beehive
Pre : Shower
Soap : Southern Witchcrafts Autumn Ash
Post : Old Spice & YSL La Nuit de L'Homme Bleu Electrique EdT

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Well Cadre, it was a solid 18 month run, but my little man finally caught his first sickness last Thursday. My wife stays home so he doesn't go to day care, and as a result of Covid his interactions with other kids his age are a bit more intermittent than normal since we aren't seeing friends and family nearly as much as we normally would have. What that lead to was him not catching anything, not even a cold, for the first 18 months of his life. A pretty great run if you ask me! But this past week he spent a couple days at some toddler playgroups at our library with my wife and caught what appears to be a head cold. Which he then promptly gave to both me and my wife by Friday evening.

Of course, he was acting perfectly fine after 12 hours but my wife and I were both pretty miserable on Saturday, both having low grade fevers and tons of sinus pressure. Thankfully both of us were feeling much better on Sunday and by yesterday it felt much more what I remember typical head colds feeling like. Not sure if it had just been so long since either of us had been sick too and our immune systems just went into overdrive or what. We didn't think it was Covid but I got a test Sunday just to close that loop and it came back negative lasts night so all good there. Happy to be back on the mend with just a little bit of congestion left today.

Friday October 22nd, 2021
Razor : Maggard MR3
Blade : Astra SP (3)
Brush : Razorock F400
Pre : Shower
Cream : TOBS Mr. Taylor
Post : Clubman & Bottega Veneta Illusione for Him EdT

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Monday October 25th, 2021
Razor : '59 Gillette Fat Boy
Blade : Astra SP (1)
Brush : Yaqi Tuexdo Barberpole
Pre : Shower
Soap : MWF
Post : Afta Original & JPG Le Male Le Parfum

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Fightingillini22 said:
Well Cadre, it was a solid 18 month run, but my little man finally caught his first sickness last Thursday. My wife stays home so he doesn't go to day care, and as a result of Covid his interactions with other kids his age are a bit more intermittent than normal since we aren't seeing friends and family nearly as much as we normally would have. What that lead to was him not catching anything, not even a cold, for the first 18 months of his life. A pretty great run if you ask me! But this past week he spent a couple days at some toddler playgroups at our library with my wife and caught what appears to be a head cold. Which he then promptly gave to both me and my wife by Friday evening.

Of course, he was acting perfectly fine after 12 hours but my wife and I were both pretty miserable on Saturday, both having low grade fevers and tons of sinus pressure. Thankfully both of us were feeling much better on Sunday and by yesterday it felt much more what I remember typical head colds feeling like. Not sure if it had just been so long since either of us had been sick too and our immune systems just went into overdrive or what. We didn't think it was Covid but I got a test Sunday just to close that loop and it came back negative lasts night so all good there. Happy to be back on the mend with just a little bit of congestion left today.

Friday October 22nd, 2021
Razor : Maggard MR3
Blade : Astra SP (3)
Brush : Razorock F400
Pre : Shower
Cream : TOBS Mr. Taylor
Post : Clubman & Bottega Veneta Illusione for Him EdT

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Monday October 25th, 2021
Razor : '59 Gillette Fat Boy
Blade : Astra SP (1)
Brush : Yaqi Tuexdo Barberpole
Pre : Shower
Soap : MWF
Post : Afta Original & JPG Le Male Le Parfum

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Oh no! Hope you all feel better soon, Ryan. So glad it wasn't COVID! :)

Great shaves!!
 
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