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Let's see how many times I can use this software before I get bored and switch things up.
Letโs see how many times I can use this software before I get bored and switch things up.
This is the way.
14 June, 2023
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!
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.
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.
Jun 14, 2023 - Witchcrafts Wednesday: Revisiting the Wolf
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: Omega 11137 boar
Razor: Muhle Rocca R95
Blade: Derby Premium (3)
Lather: Stirling - Barrister and Mann - Famine
Post Shave: Stirling - Catie's Bubbles - Blugere
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.
June 14, 2023
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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.
Finding a good soap for a chilly morning in the spring should not be difficult.
Stirling South Padre is where Iโll 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.
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.
June 14, 2023 โ The Great Spice Off โ Mystic Water Windjammer
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 Iโm just getting around to it. Off the puck and when lathered itโs an Old Spice scent, but I overwhelming just kind of get โsoapโ from it. Iโll 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
Yesterdayโs Ball-End tech left my skin a bit more tender than I first thought. Iโm lucky today is Super-Speed Wednesday. I find the Super-Speed to be a very mild razor. But this razorโs โmildโ 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 Iโve seen in any SOTD photo. This was a truly pleasant shave, and I have to admit the Stag is growing on me. Iโm eyeing Chiseled Faceโs 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.
Jun. 14, 2023
Great shave.
June 14, 2023
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!
June 14, 2023
This was my first time using a Shavette. It went fairly well. I like the AC blade format. It's more rigid than an injector, but less bulky than a GEM. It was awkward trying to figure out how to hold the razor and which hand to use to shave in different directions in certain spots, particularly my neck. I also have trouble knowing where the blade is going to line up when shaving my sideburns near my ears. I did 2 1/2 passes. A socially acceptable shave is good enough for a first time.
A Durham Duplex razor on a white girl towel leaving against a bottle of Carpathia soap next to a tin tub of Klar Charcoal soap and an Executive Shaving Co Medium Jock brush
Yesterday's meet'n'greet went a bit overboard, but I still managed to wake up in time for a British travel shave with a ~~British made~~ US made (fail!) Durham Duplex razor and a full English breakfast. Other than falling in the Britishness department, I had a great shave.
I managed to find a moment to visit Jermyn Street, a.k.a. the home of Geo F. Trumper, Taylor of Old Bond Street, Floris, and almost home of D.R. Harris, too, and I broke my soap acquisition moratorium for a tub of Geo F. Trumper Rose. More on that tomorrow.
June 14, 2023
This is the third time I've done a two pass shave with the Weck, and have avoided bleeding. I'll take that as a win.
June 14, 2023
Brush: Brad Sears Arley 26mm Super Badger
Razor: Dovo Bismarck 6/8" Full Hollow Round Point (Straight Shave 253)
Lather: Summer Break Soaps - Wood Shop - Soap
Post Shave: Thayers - Lavender - Toner
Post Shave: Summer Break Soaps - Wood Shop - Aftershave
3 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
This shave didn't come around until the third pass. Again, I did three quick passes instead of two more deliberate ones. After the second pass, I was thinking that the edge on this razor had gone off but my result is BBS so I guess all is okay.
This was my second use of Wood Shop. Very nice soap base and an interesting scent.
June 14, 2023
It's hot, and this seems to be the hot day shave combo.
Have a good night!
Today is my first kill of a tub of soap. This was my Austere August soap last year, and I would guess I got 50+ shaves from it. Maybe even 60 shaves. So, itโs 1 out and 3 in? Probably not, but there is a Mammoth hole in my den that is begging for Dammusi. It is not to be. I have to watch my expenses until my wife is better, and we get a bit of savings again. I do still have a full other tub of Alive. Not enough was left today for the Moar Boar, but just enough to get a decent quantity with this soft synthetic. Decent shave, but the blade is on the downslope now. No going for a bbs with this blade in a razor, but still capable of moreshaves.
Now that Alive is dead, I can rotate other Mammoth scents in each week.
Congrats on the first kill. Alive was my AA soap last year as well and I killed the tub some time last year after AA.
Jun. 14, 2023
Prep: Hot Shower and CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser
Brush: Chisel & Hound Mighty Duck v19 Fanchurian SHD Badger
Razor: Karve Christopher Bradley SB-C
Blade: Astra Green (3)
Lather: Spearhead - Seaforth! Fleur de France
Post Shave: T.N. Dickinsonโs - Witch Hazel
Post Shave: House Of Mammoth - Z (uncool) - Balm
Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - Telegrama
6/14/2023
