June 15, 2024 – Temporarily Here, Now
- Brush: Simpsons “The Duke” – Pure Badger #wedontneednostinkingbadgers
- Razor: Gillette Black Beauty #rustybuttrusty
- Blade: Gillette Platinum (2)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Seville
- Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. (Formerly Oleo Soapworks) – Shiloh
I have a tough time finishing things. Especially things I really like. I watched/binged the new Battlestar Gallactica some 10 years ago while going through a bad breakup. But when it came to the series finale, maybe because of recent events, I just couldn’t let go. I finally sat down to finish it some two years later and realized I’d forgotten practically everything about the series.
And this is how I have treated my Seville since July of ‘22. This was my first tub purchase and the barbershop of the gods helped changed everything I thought about shaving and drove me further down the rabbit hole. I fell in love and I can’t let go. Unlike BSG, I have not forgotten this soap and at least for now won’t have to. I’ll hold on to ring maybe until I almost forget what it smells like and then pop the top to dive back to the beautiful things in my life in 2022.
For now though I’ll just have to do it the complete disservice of making a sticky pasty lather. And if I’m going to make a sub-par lather I might as well knock out a hardware scavenger hunt hashtag with this sub-par brush. I bought this along with a Merkur and some blades off of craigslist for 20 bucks, it’s quite shit, scratchy and uncomfortable, while shedding more than my cat in this old house with no AC. To be a bit more positive I closed this shave off with one my favorite splashes which is also the one closest to its finality, Chicago Grooming’s AdP Colonia dupe Shiloh. Here’s to accepting the mixed blessing that everything is finite.
Cheers!