Catching up on my shave reports

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As i mentioned a few days back, I was down with the flu for a few days and I’ve been pretty busy, playing catch up with all the lost time.

I got some more of the fine Mama Bear shaving soaps on Monday afternoon, so I broke open the package and selected Crème Brûlée for the evening. Wow, this one is a nice scent! I grabbed the Super Speed with a well-used Sputnik blade and had a fine shave, followed up with Pinaud Clubman aftershave. I checked back and this was shave number eight on the Sputnik blade, but it was still producing a very close shave.

Last evening, I looked through the new Mama Bear offerings and decided on Toasted Coconut, which is another really nice scent. I decided to use my Merkur 23C, loaded with a Derby Extra Super. Another really enjoyable shave, followed by a bit of Mama Bear’s bay rum-scented Winter aftershave.

This evening, I grabbed my tube of Proraso Green. I have really become a bog fan of the Mama Bear shaving soaps, but I’m still a Proraso fan. I decided to go back to the Sputnik blade and my Super Speed and I finally noticed the blade was not feeling quite so smooth as it had. Then again, the Proraso did its job, so there the shave was minus any burn or nicks. Tonight’s aftershave was the Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum.

I think it is safe to say the Sputnik blade has out-lived its usefulness. It’s pretty hard to argue with a blade that was still producing great shaves after eight uses, however. The next order I place with Barbieria Italiana will include some more Sputniks, that much is certain.

I believe I’ve mentioned this before, but it bears repeating. I had e-mailed Giovanni at Barbieria Italiana about an Omega brush that would do well with both soaps and creams. Giovanni suggested a 33175 Omega and his advice was spot-on. The brush produces mountains of lather with soaps and I believe it works a bit better with creams. If you’re looking for a nice badger brush with a really attractive price, you’re not going to go wrong with this brush.