Post your shave of the day for Wednesday!
14 June, 2023
- Brush: Maggard Razors - 30mm Synthetic
- Razor: GEM - Pushbutton
- Blade: GEM - PTFE (8)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Latha Sandalwood - Soap
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Noble Otter - Monoi de Tahiti - Eau de Parfum
- Razor: Gillette 1958 TV Special
- Blade: Shark Super Chrome
- Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
- Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
- Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps Orange, Cedarwood & Black Pepper
- Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
- Additional Care: Alum Block & Barbossa Organic Sandalwood Beard Oil
A citrusy and woodsy Wednesday morning shave. The combination of a horse hair brush with stiff backbone and a shave stick makes for a exfoliating shave, leaving my face both clean shaven and very soft.
My favorite scent from Mike’s.
It reminds me of orange soda. This is not a bad thing :)
This is the first time I’ve heard someone say something good about Vie long horse brushes. You would recommend it?
Are there other horse brushes that you’ve seen recommended? I think this is the first I’ve seen listed on any SOTD, but I haven’t done this very long.
I have a Semogue Premium horse, and a Zenith extra soft horse brush. The Semogue is probably my favorite brush, and I regularly use the Zenith, though it is very soft.
It would be my fourth brush, but it’s a rabbit hole I’m willing to explore. I have a vintage handle coming my way - not sure of the brand - but I’d be willing to replace the knot with horse hair if I could find one.
I’m not sure if I 've ever seen a bare horse knot. If you find any, let me know!
- Prep: Hot Shower - Preshave
- Brush: Zenith /r/Wetshaving MOAR Boar 🐗
- Razor: Schick Eversharp I1
- Blade: Schick - Injector (10)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Deep Blue Sea Soap
- Post Shave: Noble Otter Soap Co. - Northern Elixer Splash
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - AS Balm Unscented
A damn nice shave on a Wednesday and always a plus when the wife gives the sniff test and a smile. Have a great day all!
- Lather: Folk Soap
- Brush: AP Shave Co G5C 24mm
- Razor: Gillette Tech
- Blade: ASCO Platinum (2)
Overall a very nice shave. The ASCO Platinum was just as smooth as the first shave but a little less sharp. It hadn’t lost anywhere near enough sharpness to make the shave uncomfortable, but it didn’t feel quite as sharp as last time, also worth considering that I was using it in a different razor so that may be the cause.
I posted about this soap last time I used it on R*ddit. It’s the only shaving soap made by Folk Soap in Wales. I bought it through Etsy. For me I find it to be a good soap. Very slick and produced a good lather.
- Razor: Gillette NEW Deluxe
- Blade: Wizamet
- Brush: 28mm Motherlode
- Lather: Declaration Grooming - Southern Paradise
- Aftershave: Declaration Grooming - Southern Paradise
Let’s see how many times I can use this software before I get bored and switch things up.
Let’s see how many times I can use this software before I get bored and switch things up.
This is the way.
Jun 14, 2023 - Witchcrafts Wednesday: Revisiting the Wolf
- Prep: Klar - Activated Charcoal - Face Soap
- Brush: Wild West Brushworks Matador 26mm Sweet Spot Badger Knot
- Razor: Aylsworth Razors Drakkant Plus
- Blade: Gillette Platinum [8]
- Lather: Southern Witchcrafts - Lycanthropy - Soap (Vegan)
- Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Summer Storm - Aftershave
- Song: Vivaldi - Four Seasons: Summer
Lycanthropy was among the first artisan samples I tried, and I’ve never been a fan of Lycanthropy. The scent notes: fir tree, lilac, musk, mildew, moss, Egyptian jasmine, palo santo, white sage, and ozone.
I was going through some samples yesterday and I came across it. I gave it a whiff on a whim, and to my surprise it was nothing like what I remembered. I found myself craving a shave with it.
Maybe over time the problematic scent notes in the soap have subsided, or maybe I’ve grown to appreciate some of the scent notes that originally gave me issues. Either way, I’m really surprised by how much my opinion of this scent has changed for me.
What scents have been like that for you?
Rating: 4.5/5
I was pretty excited for Noble Otter/APR - Texaus when it came out, but when I first got my hands on a set I thought the scent strength was weak and was a bit disappointed and couldn’t really pick up on the various notes listed. Over time my love for it grew and I killed the tub of soap but fortunately I still have more than half the splash left that I’m enjoying slowly.
Texaus is on my list of unobtainium to track down and try.
June 14, 2023
- Brush: Stirling 24mm Synthetic
- Razor: Baili BD179 TTO
- Blade: Personna Platinum Chrome (1)
- Lather: Chatillon Lux/Declaration Grooming - Unconditional Surrender - Soap
- Post Shave: allMan - Fearless - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Korres - Saffron Spices - Balm
June 14 2023
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Brush: Omega 11137 boar
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Razor: Muhle Rocca R95
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Blade: Derby Premium (3)
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Lather: Stirling - Barrister and Mann - Famine
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Post Shave: Stirling - Catie’s Bubbles - Blugere
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Fragrance: Tom Ford - Ebene Fume
I really enjoyed the scent of Famine this morning and I wish I had picked up a set of one of the Four Horsemen series when they went on clearance; I bet this smells really nice in splash form, but also because I’m almost done my only full tub of Omnibus. Oh well.
I was trying hard to GRUYE when the Horsemen rode. They broke me, though, and I ended up getting a tub of Death on sale.
What do you think of it? The reviews panned it.
I don’t understand that response. I found Death to be pretty easy to like and quite beautiful, Famine is the one I ended up buying (though it’s really an in-the-mood scent), and Plague was interesting, but just a touch too apothecary-medicinal for me. Can’t do War.
This was my experience with the Horsemen as well. @[email protected]
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- Brush: DS Cosmetic Jade Tuxedo 24mm
- Razor: Headblade ATX
- Blade: Personna Twin Pivot (14)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. – South Padre
Finding a good soap for a chilly morning in the spring should not be difficult.
Stirling South Padre is where I’ll be in my mind today.
Perfect lather, perfect scent, perfect shave.
Every time.
Zen.
South Padre is great, but it doesn’t always get a lot of love.
- Brush: Muninn Woodworks w/ 24mm Manchuria Fan
- Razor: Puma 75 5/8, Full Hollow Square Point
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder Aftershave Splash
- Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Sonder EdP
Today is going to be the sunniest day of the week. A perfect day for Sonder. Sonder is one of those scents that immediately lift my spirits. It is a damn fine scent.
This is my last shave with the Puma, is I’ve gotten a good offer for. Time to search for a 7th again. Woe is me.
Time to search for a 7th again.
You definitely need a Heljestrand in your life. :)
Ooooh good suggestion!
So, my MK 31 is due back today from its trip across the pond. Want to give it a try?
Yes, I will definitely take you up on that!
The razor arrived. I should have a chance to look it over tomorrow and get it out to you. I think it has a synthetic edge on it, so feel free to change that if it bothers you.
All in your own good time, my friend!
🐺 Wolf Wednesday 🐺
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers 26mm Maggard Razors SHD Badger Fan
- Razor: Wolfman Razors WR2-DC 0.95 SB / 1.25 OC
- Blade: Voskhod (12)
- Lather: Chiseled Face - Woody Lavender - Shaving Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Gatlinburg - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Lavender, Interrupted
- Passes: WTG, XTG
- Coffee: Colombia. Vereda Santa Rita, Manizales, Caldas - v: Geisha - p: honey, 48-hour fermentation, dried on raised beds
- Music: Jess Williamson - Time Ain’t Accidental
Trying samples of the new lavender hotness(es). I’m not a big lavender fan, generally speaking, but I love me some Lavanille.
Love it when SOTDs include music.
I like being able to flip back through my SOTD log (just a markdown file) and see what I’ve listened to the last few months.
June 14, 2023 – The Great Spice Off – Mystic Water Windjammer
- Brush: Omega 11126, Ovangkol Wooden Handle
- Razor: Rockwell 6S
- Blade: Personna Platinum Chrome (1)
- Preshave: Baxter Shave Tonic
- Lather: Mystic Water – Windjammer
- Post Shave: Old Spice – Indian
Knocking one more Spice Off out before the Lather Games come rolling into town and I need to put everything on hold. Windjammer has been on the list since the start but I’m just getting around to it. Off the puck and when lathered it’s an Old Spice scent, but I overwhelming just kind of get “soap” from it. I’ll see if my nose is being more open with the following shaves. I got it in a tub but the soap oddly comes not smushed into said tub, just in a wrapped puck inside the tub. Little weird.
After have to concentrate with every stroke using the Focus I found the Rockwell to be almost too easy, especially on the second pass when I honed the lather in a bit better and found a great slickness.
SOTD Super-Speed Wednesday 14 June, 2023
- Prep: WDCB.org Chicago’s Home for Jazz
- Prep: Warm Shower
- Brush: Omega HI-Brush 146206 25mm Synthetic
- Lather: Chiseled Face Midnight Stag 1st of 10 samples (5 shaves so far)
- Bowl: Linkidea Shaving Bowl
- Razor: 1957 Gillette Flair Tip Super-Speed
- Blade: Shaving Revolution Platinum Series (10)
- Post: Nivea Men Maximum Hydration Moisturizing Post Shave Balm
- Post: Pinaud Clubman After Shave Lotion
Yesterday’s Ball-End tech left my skin a bit more tender than I first thought. I’m lucky today is Super-Speed Wednesday. I find the Super-Speed to be a very mild razor. But this razor’s “mild” comes with less efficiency. DFS, not BBS. I also pulled out my bowl to see how the Midnight Stag would lather up. I may have used more Stag than needed, but between the Omega and the bowl, I whipped up a lather that looked as good as any I’ve seen in any SOTD photo. This was a truly pleasant shave, and I have to admit the Stag is growing on me. I’m eyeing Chiseled Face’s Guy Noir. Mmmm, tobacco.
Have a great day, everybody!
Stag has a way of doing that. Next thing you know you’ll be using it for the whole month of August.
I’m not sure I have that much left. Maybe after I get through all ten samples, I’ll include this one in my reorder. These CF soaps could easily become my favorite brand.
Sorry, it was kind of an inside joke. On the r/Wetshaving subreddit they have a shaving challenge every August where people use the same setup all month. Some poor souls decided to use Midnight Stag, in all its forms, all month and started the Noble Order of Stag.
Yes, someone there posted a link for me, so I read all about it, including the different levels of Stag. I’m not sure it’s something I want to try this year. Maybe next. I’m liking the Stag, though. And since I’m still home for most of August, it’s something I could try.
June 14, 2023
- Brush: Semogue 1460 21mm
- Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
- Blade: Gillette Platinum (8)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. – Varen
- Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal
- Fragrance: Chatillon Lux - 1904 - EdT
My first Lemmy SOTD post! I think Lemmy uses the same markdown as Reddit, so hopefully this is formatted right.
It is formatted correctly! Welcome!
Jun. 14, 2023
- Brush: Yaqi 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Karve CB OC C
- Blade: Astra SP Green
- Lather: Spearhead - Sea Ice Lime - Soap
- Post Shave: Spearhead - Sea Ice Lime - Aftershave
Great shave.
