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Saturday SOTD Thread - March 23rd, 2024 (self.wetshaving)

submitted 8 months ago by wetshavingadmin to c/wetshaving

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Share your shave of the day for Saturday!

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[–] djundjila 5 points 8 months ago

Hunter vs Prey

Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving exclusive MOAR BOAR (31 mm × 57 mm bleached boar)
Razor: EldrormR Industries - GEM Division: MM24
Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! Fleur de France
Aftershave: Barrister and Mann Fougère Gothique
Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! Heather

Ugh, really tough one today. Ben and Dennis are pillars of our little community, they both make fantastic software, and for me personally, they have very little overlap. For instance, Black Watch and Shire are amongst my all time favourites, but they convey such different moods that they never compete. There are days I feel like Shire (which may compete with something like Valedictorian) or days I feel like Black Watch (competing with things like Cerb or Boltzmann) but the spear and the mammoth never compete against each other. Until today, that is 😭.

In the end, I'm throwing my lot in with the hunter because every single Seaforth! release I've tried was a winner for me. Doesn't mean I'll be able to enjoy my pound of juicy Mammoth flesh with a clear conscience should we bring down the mighty beast.

On a side note, I'm amused by the idea that House of Mammoth is the big hulking Goliath in this match-up when both contestants are tiny one part-time person shops with a single contractor each (Shawn and Vida).

#MMarch24

[–] sahenders 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Mar 23, 2024 - MM24 12th Match-Up: Spearhead vs. HoM

Brush: Brochas El Druida/House of Mammoth Tobacconist Chisel & Hound v8 Fanchurian Badger Knot
Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #MMarch24
Blade: Personna GEM PTFE [23]
Lather: House of Mammoth - Shire - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Shire 2 - Splash

At this point in the competition, it's hard to say which way these match-ups will go. Shire was fantastic this morning, as always.

Rating: 5/5

[–] djundjila 5 points 8 months ago

Shire ❤️❤️;

[–] gcgallant 5 points 8 months ago

March 23, 2024

Brush: Chisel & Hound Classic 26mm V23 Fanchurian
Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
Blade: Personna Gem PTFE (9)
Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Spiced - Soap
Toner: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
Aftershave: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Spiced - Aftershave

2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

Of the Spearhead Shaving soaps I have, Seaforth! Spiced is the perfect everyday, all-season scent IMO. Black Watch is more upscale. Heather and Sea Spice Lime are excellent for occasional use.

#MMarch24

[–] walden 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

March 23, 2024

Brush: Maggard 24mm Tuxedo Synthetic
Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
Blade: Personna Lab Blue (3)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Voices - Soap
Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Reserve Fern - Aftershave
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm

Voices is great. Not a dig at LatherTalk, but I do wish Voices was available with a normal label.

I noticed the auto-post bot took a crap again a few days ago. I fixed it again. Maybe one day I'll get to the bottom of why it stops. Maybe I should just set it to restart every day?

[–] PorkButtsNTaters666 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I noticed the auto-post bot took a crap again a few days ago

Maybe the auto post bot is taking time off to prepare the Great Cylon Uprising of 2025?

[–] walden 4 points 8 months ago

The best ability is availability... If this bot is part of an uprising I think it'll be a weak link!

[–] PorkButtsNTaters666 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Saturday, March 23, 2024: Saturday Afternoon

Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
Brush: Semogue C3 Galahad Horse 🐎
Razor: J.A. Henckels Friodur 72
Lather: Abbate y La Mantia Marduk
Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
Postshave: Floid The Genuine
Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

I prepared this afternoon the Friodur 72 that I had bought from EBay. It turned out quite nice, and the feel is very different from my other straight razors. Its a bigger blade than most other I have (Koraat is bigger, though), and its not very singing. But the shave was very confortable.

Have a good day!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

[–] djundjila 3 points 8 months ago

I love the Friodur (4)72s. This size is really, really nice