15 Nov 2025
- Pre-shave: Face wash w/ hot water
- Razor: Henson Mild (v1)
- Blade: Lord Platinums (2nd use)
- Brush: Yaqi Tiberwolf Synthetic 26mm
- Soap: NSC Coffee (discontinued)
- Passes: 1x WTG on the cheeks, 2 x WTG on the neck, 2x ATG on the cheeks
- Post-shave: Alum, TFS witch hazel
- Growth: 7 days (very thick & long stubble)
- Result: BBS on the cheeks, neck acceptable
NSC stands for Nordic Shaving Company, they're based in Finland but ship world wide. They have a solid selection of shaving supplies. They also have a brick-and-mortar store. Vintage Shave, which is also Finland-based, has a larger selection of soaps and razors and I think they also ship world wide. They sell out of their warehouse. I recently ordered another 100 pack of Lord Platinums and a tub of Rasozero Rinfrescante from them, I want to see how it compares to Proraso (Rasozero is Italian, as well).
Enjoy your weekend ladies and gents!
EDIT: Even though the Coffee scent has been discontinued, they've got some smaller tubs in stock still. They used to use a non-vegan base for all their soaps, but then they went all out on vegan soaps and got rid of the coffee scent in the process. TBH, it doesn't smell much like coffee, but rather like milk chocolate (and a whiff of cardboard). The coffee base contains shea butter and lanolin.
