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Saturday SOTD Thread - June 15th, 2024 (self.wetshaving)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by walden to c/wetshaving

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Share your shave of the day!

For those of you following along with the Lather Games at the other website, here's today's theme:

Near Death Experience:

Product must be whichever full-sized tub of soap in your collection you are closest to finishing. Caveats: squeeze-tubes, shave sticks, and samples are ineligible for today's theme.

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[–] djundjila 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Near Death Experience

Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
Razor: Fatip - Lo Storto - Testa Dentata
Blade: Mühle
Lather: Mickey Lee Soapworks – The Kraken
Post Shave: Zingari Man – Nomad
Fragrance: Imaginary Authors – Every Storm a Serenade

Theme: The Kraken was a PIF I received three years ago and it's a true zombie: it qualifies as "Near Death" by this year's theme definition (Photographic evidence with podophilic material for my co-djudges u/J33pGuy13 and u/VisceralWatch) and qualified as dead ("Rest in Pieces") in previous iterations for being unobtainium by a defunct vendor.

Relevant post and frag: I'm leaning into the nautical theme here. Kraken is (aside the obvious branding) an aquatic scent, Nomad is a Bay Rum, and Every Storm a Serenade is a green aromatic scent, that is still nautically themed for some reason, inspired my an obsession with Ulv, a Danish Seafarer.

Challenge: I went pasty today. Really a sad affair with this new to me Zenith brush (second use today) which encouraged me to take my time and build a beautiful wet lather. Alas, tomorrow, my pretty butterscotch.

[–] gcgallant 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I went pasty today

Pasty lather --;
I had to go pasty today as well. Didn't care for it.

[–] walden 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think I came up with this challenge last year. Sorry.

[–] gcgallant 3 points 5 months ago

No worries. I actually think that it is a good challenge; similar to the Reverse Lather challenge. It's good for those of us who aren't really competitors, but still want to feel as if we're playing along.

[–] walden 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

June 15, 2024

Brush: AP Shave Co. - 24mm Synbad Fan
Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
Blade: Bolzano Superinox (German) (6)
Lather: Arko
Post Shave: Australian Private Reserve - Raconteur - Aftershave
Fragrance: Brut - EdT

It's the strangest thing. The past few days I've been having cravings for Arko, which I haven't used in probably at least a year.

It did not disappoint. I really like the scent, and the lather is quite slick. Honestly, it's good stuff.

Followed it up with Raconteur which is the best smelling aftershave I own, and then brought things back down to earth with Brut, the $10 EdT that everyone loves.

[–] gcgallant 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Brut++;

An oldy but a goody!

[–] walden 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The EdT is slightly sweeter than the "Splash-On" I have. I prefer the dryer scent of the splash-on, but they're both great!

[–] gcgallant 3 points 5 months ago

I have both the Unilever Brut and the vintage Fabergé Brut aftershaves. The older Brut is sharper with a touch of spice that the newer version doesn't have. I think I like the newer one better.

[–] gcgallant 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

June 15, 2024

Brush: Wald Stratos Goldvein 29mm A1 Fan
Razor: Iwasaki 13/16" Full Hollow Square Point Tamahagane
Lather: Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Soap
Post Shave: Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Aftershave
Post Shave: Thayers - Rose - Toner
Fragrance: Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Eau de Parfum
Talc: Yardley Gold

I normally use a very wet lather, so today I went pasty and really did not like it. It did not affect my shave result much, but made rinsing and cleaning the straight razor more of a hassle. One benefit, though, was that the denser lather delivered more of the soap's fragrance which I (clearly, if you look at the photo) love.

[–] djundjila 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

71st;

Beautiful picture again!

[–] gcgallant 3 points 5 months ago

Thank you!