Shave of the day 5th January 2022

Razor: Asylum Shave Works Evolution

Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless

Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger

Lather: CRSW Glide Morning Ghost

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block & Barbossa Organic Sandalwood Beard Oil

SOTD 2022-01-05
SOTD 2022-01-05

New single edge razor from BullGoose

While I’m personally a big fan of vintage razors in all forms, new manufacture traditional safety razors are being released frequently. One of the latest I’ve heard about is the Asylum Rx Gen II, soon to be released by Phil from BullGoose Shaving. And he recently showed it of on YouTube.

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Shave of the day 3rd January 2022

Razor: Asylum Shave Works Evolution

Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless

Brush: Vie-Long #13051M

Lather: Cold River Soap Works’ Barbere Sapone

Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2022-01-03
SOTD 2022-01-03

Shave of the afternoon 1st January 2021

Razor: Mergress “Bling”

Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless

Brush: Omega #10048

Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus

Aftershave: Proraso Wood and Spice

Additional Care: Alum Block

A simple wedge razor

Museums have started making their collections available online. And as I was browsing digitalmuseum.no – a common digital platform for a lot of Norwegian museums – I ran across a nice and simple wedge razor. Always a sucker for shaving oddities, I poked around a bit more.

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Shave of the afternoon 29th December 2021

Razor: Mergress “Bling”

Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless

Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012

Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream

Lather: Pereira Sample

Aftershave: Proraso Liquid Cream After Shave

Additional Care: Alum Block & Barbossa Organic Sandalwood Beard Oil

The ideal gift – anno 1941

The more things change, the more they stay the same… like bad ties, razors are a recurring suggested ideal gift for the man or father in your life. So it is today, so it was in 1959, and so it was in war torn 1941.

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Shave of the day 27th December 2021

Razor: Mergress “Bling”

Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless

Brush: Artesania Romera Manchurian Badger, imitation horn

Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream

Lather: Pereira Shavery Orange Blossom w/ activated charcoal

Aftershave: Proraso Wood and Spice

Additional Care: Alum Block

SOTD 2021-12-27
SOTD 2021-12-27

Summary of the 2021 Gifts&Care Solidarity Advent Calendar

As the sharp eyed reader probably have noticed, Gifts&Care were selling a solidarity advent calendar this year to raise money and awareness for the ongoing volcanic eruption at La Palma.

Luckily – and none too soon – that the La Palma volcano eruption was declared over on the 25th December 2021. There is still a need to support the people of La Palma – while no lives have been lost as far as I know, more than thirteen hundred houses have been destroyed in addition to churches, schools, clinics and other infrastructure have been destroyed and needs rebuilding.

Since the start of the month I’ve shared the daily prices and surprises in the calendar I gotten with you. And now it is time to look at the whole pile all at once!

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Advent 2021 – twenty-fifth and last surprise

Gifts&Care are selling a solidarity advent calendar this year to raise money and awareness for the ongoing just ended volcanic eruption at La Palma. Let’s see what is in the twenty-fifth bag!

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