How is your valuation?

It’s a pity that Merkur doesn’t want our money, and doesn’t produce SS versions of their razors 😬

You fools! You should have kept the instance running, and sold it to Phoenix Artisan Accoutrement, or Henson Razor!

Primidi 11 Germinal an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Pervenche

• Brush: Muninn Woodworks Gloire de France with Zenith 505BC Boar 🐗
• Razor: Thiers-Issard 188 7/8 ‘Coq et Renard’
• Lather: Martin de Candre Absinthe
• Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
• Postshave: Mennen Le Grand Large

A great and very close shave, and the MdC base really makes for a slick base. I think this will become a favorite very soon.

Have a good evening!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

If I understand correctly, Gillette Aristocrat is not one razor, but a serious of different razors:

[Edit: @walden@sub.wetshaving.social beat me to the link](https://www.razorarchive.com/articles/gillette-aristocrat-history)

That being said, vintage Gillettes are good razors, and can be used for shaving every day. The 34C is a very mild razor, and whatever you may buy will likely be more efficient. I have a vintage Slim Adjustable, which is a great razor, and also a Black Beauty (which I like a bit less, but it was produced in my birthday quarter).

I can’t speak to head shaving, but if you can get a vintage Gillette for a good price, go for it!

Irisch Moos seems the obvious soap for the razor!

You probably don’t need to read this, but it’s always good to remember why we are here.

TLDR: reddit being reddit, and fuck spez

I have a scriptblocker, and things don’t work great

If only their website wouldn’t want to load all the javascript on the web 😮

But I will probaly get it if it turns up on European shops

Septidi 7 Germinal an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Bouleau

• Brush: Zenith 506U XS Horse 🐎
• Razor: Puma 100
• Lather: Le Père Lucien Narcisse
• Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
• Postshave: Zingari Man Bon Monsieur Recovery Splash
• Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

OK shave.

Good night!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

Now off to the office smelling like a middle-aged man.

Somehow, I feel targeted here 😜

Sextidi 6 Germinal an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Bette

• Brush: Yaqi 26mm Synthetic Bingcha (Iced Tea)
• Razor: Feather Artist Club SS Kamisori
• Blade: Feather Pro Guard (14)
• Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz Tabac
• Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
• Postshave: Epsilon Blue Mediterranean
• Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

I think it has been something like 3 years that I killed my tub of Tabac, and this was one of the old ones that was not vegan. The scent was a return to a known stank, and it is definitely less stanky (by 30 years) than Blue Mediterranean. Also, much less slickness than with the MdC. But – nice!

Have a good evening!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

I got out my Tabac, and sniffing it made me smile. Looking forward to the shave!

I don’t know 🤷

🍻

So, I guess I will try to locate my tub of Tabac, and shave with it tomorrow. Those who want can join me.

Quintidi 5 Germinal an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Poule

• Preshave: Proraso White Preshave
• Brush: Semogue C3 Galahad Horse 🐎
• Razor: Ertan Süer L’Ours Russe (7/8th)
• Lather: Barrister & Mann Le Grand Chypre
• Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
• Postshave: Mennen Le Grand Large
• Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

Such a happy scent!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

That’s really not your fault, and BVWSC has already had to delay because of the unreliability of - Swiss postal services 🇨🇭🇨🇭

It will happen again. No reason to apologize!

Tridi 3 Germinal an 233 de la Révolution, jour d’Asperge

• Preshave: Proraso White Preshave
• Brush: Yaqi 26mm Synthetic Bingcha (Iced Tea)
• Razor: Feather Artist Club SS Kamisori
• Blade: Feather Pro Guard (13)
• Lather: Martin de Candre Absinthe
• Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
• Postshave: Epsilon Blue Mediterranean
• Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

I have been sloppy with posting this weekend: Friday, I killed Ishtar (RIP). The last shave was meh, and confirmed my mixed feeling about this soap. I loved the scent at the beginning, but then, we sort of fell out with each other, for several reasons.

This year I have been particularly undisciplined with soap purchases, and Friday, I got both MdC Absinthe and SV Tundra Artica. I was more intrigued by Absinthe, and so I tried it tonight. It was my first time with a MdC soap, and I don’t think I have the base nailed (I could probably have hydrated it more). The scent feels very week to me (but then, it’s hayfever season, so this might not tell you much.

They say:

Created in 2024 for the semi-century Martin De Candre , the razing soap " Absinthe " is inspired by the herbaceous freshness of the famous elixir of yesteryear. Green and invigorating notes , slightly lemony , recall the aromatic of hysope and lemon balm . The heart of the fragrance is marked by the aniseed and spicy of star anise , fennel and green anise . Your shaving becomes synonymous with a sweet and intoxicating freedom.

I got a slight lemon scent off the puck, and a mix of fennel and anise. When lathered, all I got was a slight scent of anise – which is very nice, though.

And although I should have added more water, the soap was extremely slick – way beyond any other soap I have tried recently. After all, a very promising first contact, and I’m looking forward to using it more.

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

Wordering about BVWSC: next Wednesday is the last Wednesday in March. Would there be any soap that everyone here has, if smushes don’t arrive?

Seville? Tabac? Spiced? Entropy Man? The Stag? Valley of Ashes? Arkadia? Electric Sheep?