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[GearNoir]

Shave #56 (1156 Open Blade Shaves) of 2025:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Feather Pro Guard blade, Razorock Big Bruce synth brush, Jeeves of Hudson St Turkish Bath soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, Speick AS, and Tom Ford Mandarino Di Amalfi to finish!

Mixed bag of a day yesterday. A warmer week this week. Got to celebrate my youngest’s 14th with a nice dinner out at a spot he picked. Missus ended up with a heavy case of food poisoning later though, so it was a pretty rough night.

Pushing the reset button for today!

 

[MarkB]

Happy B-day to the youngest. Hate that about the wife. Hope she's feeling better soon.

 

[GearNoir]

Happy B-day to the youngest. Hate that about the wife. Hope she's feeling better soon.

Thanks!

 

[GearNoir]

Shave #57 (1157 Open Blade Shaves) of 2025:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Feather Pro Guard blade, Yaqi Rainbow w/ pony synth brush, Jeeves of Hudson St Turkish Bath soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, CBL California Sunshine AST, and Dior Homme Sport ‘19 to finish!

Wednesday already? Crazy!

 

[MarkB]

Wednesday already? Crazy!

Approves..

 

[GearNoir]

Shave #58 (1158 Open Blade Shaves) of 2025:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Feather Pro Guard blade, Yaqi Sagrada Familia synth brush, Jeeves of Hudson St Turkish Bath soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, Captain’s Choice Venture AS, and Fine Platinum EDT to finish!

Strange days.

 

[MarkB]

Shave #58 (1158 Open Blade Shaves) of 2025:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Feather Pro Guard blade, Yaqi Sagrada Familia synth brush, Jeeves of Hudson St Turkish Bath soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, Captain’s Choice Venture AS, and Fine Platinum EDT to finish!

Strange days.

Strange good or strange bad?

 

[GearNoir]

Strange good or strange bad?

Mix of weird and bad. Not personally…just general things going on. So far I’d say 2025 hasn’t been any better than 2024 lol.

 

[GearNoir]

Shave #59 (1159 Open Blade Shaves) of 2025:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Feather Pro Guard blade, Yaqi Moka synth brush, Jeeves of Hudson St Turkish Bath soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, Mandom AS, and vintage Ralph Lauren Chaps to finish!

Happy Friday y’all!

 

[MarkB]

Happy Friday y’all!
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Awww yeah!!!

 

[SpeedyPC]

Awww yeah!!!

In Australia, when I used to work in an engineering corporation, I was told Friday feels like it's f k off day and looking forward to Saturday.

 

[GearNoir]

In Australia, when I used to work in an engineering corporation, I was told Friday feels like it's f k off day and looking forward to Saturday.

It’s mighty tempting…like “senioritis” for those in their last year of high school.

Gotta finish strong though! It only helps out my Monday!

 

[GearNoir]

Shave #60 (1160 Open Blade Shaves) of 2025:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Feather Pro Guard blade, Graydog Art Deco brush, Jeeves of Hudson St Turkish Bath soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, Proraso Red AS, and Rochas Moustache EDP to finish!

A much less punishing (if there even is such a thing) 9 mile today run today.

 

[GearNoir]

Shave #61 (1161 Open Blade Shaves) of 2025:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Feather Pro Guard blade, Graydog Art Deco brush, Jeeves of Hudson St Turkish Bath soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, Mandom AS, and vintage Ralph Lauren Chaps to finish!

Buh bye Chaps! It was nice while it lasted! Thanks to Tim @MilkCrate for that one!

Have a blessed Sunday all!

 

[GearNoir]

Shave #62 (1162 Open Blade Shaves) of 2025:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Feather Pro Guard blade, Stirling 2-band synth brush, Jeeves of Hudson St Turkish Bath soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, Captain’s Choice Venture AS, and Fine Platinum EDT to finish!

Back to cooler weather this week. Maybe some slight rains midweek. Had some nice, scattered and quick passing rain clouds yesterday.

 

[NurseDave]

 

[Graybeard57]

Back to cooler weather this week. Maybe some slight rains midweek. Had some nice, scattered and quick passing rain clouds yesterday.

Great to see you last night on the call, Chris. Hope to see you again.

 

[GearNoir]

Great to see you last night on the call, Chris. Hope to see you again.

Great to see you all too!

Has anyone told you that you sound a bit like John Malkovich?

 

[GearNoir]

Shave #63 (1163 Open Blade Shaves) of 2025:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Feather Pro Guard blade, Razorock Big Bruce synth brush, Jeeves of Hudson St Turkish Bath soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, CBL California Sunshine AST, and Dior Homme Sport ‘19 to finish!

Tough OT workout last night.

Forecast is looking like a pretty good chance of rain tomorrow.

 

[Graybeard57]

Great to see you all too!

Has anyone told you that you sound a bit like John Malkovich?

That’s the first I’ve heard of it. I never really thought about what my voice sounds like, though I have noticed a Pittsburgh/western PA inflection recently. Maybe I should be a famous actor? Not bragging, but I’ve been told that I have the face for radio.