Shave of the Day Thread - 2019

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Brush: Vulfix 406 Boar
Razor: EJ 3one6
Blade: Rapira (4)
Soap: Mine - V6 Rosemary and Menthol
A/S: Tabac
 
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Prep: Valobra Glycerlanolina soap, Antica Barbieria Colla Almond Oil Pre-Shave Cream
Brush: Rooney 1/3 Super Silvertip Badger
Cream: Jack Black Supreme Cream
Razor: UFO Tornado / Wolfman WR1
Blade: NOS Gillette Super Silver (2)
Post: Antica Barbieria Colla Almond Oil Balm
Scent: Farina Original 1709 EdC

A smooth and very close three pass shave with a BBS result. The cream performed very well, allowing the ultra-sharp vintage Gillette Super Silver blade to do the business with a minimum of fuss. All up a really nice shave. I am dropping the Witch Hazel from my routine for a trial period.

Mini-Review - Jack Black Supreme Cream

I was interested to try this cream, as I am a big fan of other Jack Black products, including their legendary Pit Boss Deodorant. The cream is very soft and of a consistency similar to toothpaste. The scent is delightful - a very classy herbaceous fougère. The scent strength is light-mid when lathering, and increases marginally during the shave.

The cream took a wee bit of time to lather up, and created a shiny lather of yogurt consistency, which I get mostly with soaps rather than creams. On the first pass, the thing that immediately struck me about this product was the cushioning - it was excellent. The packaging says "triple cushion shave lather", and they aren't kidding. This cushioning allowed for a fast and comfortable shave, as I glided the razor around my face with a light touch. Slickness during the shave was good, and residual slickness respectable. The post shave was also lovely.

In summary, I really liked this product and would consider purchasing it. Jack Black has clearly put a great deal of thought into its formulation, and it is a cream to be taking seriously in the wet shaving arena. It has a scent that I like a lot, has great cushioning, and has the feel of a luxury product. Well done, Jack Black!
 
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Being a sample that the entire thing was smushed into an empty tub, I warrant that this shouldn’t appear in the finished product sticky. It may or may not have had a few more uses remaining, but today it just wasn’t up to scratch. I’ve previously considered grabbing a block of this from the bay, as they are dirt cheap but a month of APR has me not bothering with lesser soaps, of which this Palmira is now one.

The shave it self was quite okay for a Monday with very little sleep. In other words, it’ll do for today.
 
tim33z said:
And where is this trip taking you? Business or pleasure?
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Business or pleasure? Hard to say, family holiday :ROFLMAO:

Takes us to -
  • Krakow (via Dubai and Warsaw)
  • Vienna (Christmas)
  • Prague
  • Berlin
  • Amsterdam
then home, again via Dubai. A couple of day trips along the way including to Antwerp.
 
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Soap: P&B ICENI
Brush: Vie-Long Horse/Badger
Razor: Sabre
Blade: GEM (6)
Slow start to the day after staging carols for a small country town last night. The cool thing with the small gigs is I get to be roady, sound engineer, transport, and bassist. I am rather tired today.
 
Mark1966 said:
Business or pleasure? Hard to say, family holiday :ROFLMAO:

Takes us to -
  • Krakow (via Dubai and Warsaw)
  • Vienna (Christmas)
  • Prague
  • Berlin
  • Amsterdam
then home, again via Dubai. A couple of day trips along the way including to Antwerp.
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You will be in my old home town over Christmas (y)(y)(y)

How long are you staying for? I will be come from the snow on the 28th...
 
tim33z said:
Fantastic! I've done all those apart from Poland.
Have a great time! We look forward to some "other SOTD" shots...
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My wife and I have both been to Amsterdam, separately on work trips - the way we seem to roll nowadays, but not to any of the others.

alfredus said:
You will be in my old home town over Christmas (y)(y)(y)

How long are you staying for? I will be come from the snow on the 28th...
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Yes, hoping for the whole white Christmas experience. This trip arose from a 'let's escape everyone coming to our place next year sweetie, maybe we could travel and have a white Christmas'. Unfortunately that comment was made within earshot of "children" who invited themselves along...

We arrive in Vienna 21 December and leave for Prague on 26 December - so you will still be whizzing down those mountains!
 
Mark1966 said:
My wife and I have both been to Amsterdam, separately on work trips - the way we seem to roll nowadays, but not to any of the others.



Yes, hoping for the whole white Christmas experience. This trip arose from a 'let's escape everyone coming to our place next year sweetie, maybe we could travel and have a white Christmas'. Unfortunately that comment was made within earshot of "children" who invited themselves along...

We arrive in Vienna 21 December and leave for Prague on 26 December - so you will still be whizzing down those mountains!
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Shame - would have loved to show you around...I am still quiet up to date in terms of Vienna as I go back quiet often. If you need any tips, please PM (good/not so good Christmas markets, food, etc)

In any case enjoy :D :D :D
 
Mark1966 said:
My wife and I have both been to Amsterdam, separately on work trips - the way we seem to roll nowadays, but not to any of the others.



Yes, hoping for the whole white Christmas experience. This trip arose from a 'let's escape everyone coming to our place next year sweetie, maybe we could travel and have a white Christmas'. Unfortunately that comment was made within earshot of "children" who invited themselves along...

We arrive in Vienna 21 December and leave for Prague on 26 December - so you will still be whizzing down those mountains!
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Safe travels @Mark1966
 
alfredus said:
Shame - would have loved to show you around...I am still quiet up to date in terms of Vienna as I go back quiet often. If you need any tips, please PM (good/not so good Christmas markets, food, etc)

In any case enjoy :D:D:D
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I should have thought to pick your brain - but too late now, I have no brain capacity for more options!
 
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