Monday SOTD Thread - March 25th, 2024

BaM! Otter Madness 🦦

Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving exclusive MOAR BOAR (31 mm × 57 mm bleached boar)
Razor: EldrormR Industries - GEM Division: MM24
Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
Lather: Noble Otter Rawr
Aftershave: Noble Otter Rawr
Fragrance: Declaration Grooming Bangarang

My gut tells me we can have an underdog victory today and I'm doing my part.

MMarch24

I’m doing my part
Me too, but I expect BaM to be unrelenting.
- narrator: BaM did not relent Indeed

SOTD 25.03.2024

Prep: warm water
Razor: RazoRock Gamechanger 0.84 OC; Wilkinson Hydro sensitive
Blade: BIC Chrome Platinum; Wilkinson Hydro 3
Brush: RazoRock Beehive 28 mm
Lather: Noble Otter - Neon Sun
Post Shave: Natura Siberica ASB gel

Finally time to post a proper SOTD again! After my uncomfortable hiatus, I actually had a crammed weekend and today off work but still packed with preparations. I feel way better since returning from Bad Liebenstein...

2 pass head shave, first with the Gamechanger WTG and a second fast one with the cartridge razor ATG. These Hydro 3 treat me well since I found out that I can simply remove the gel strips with my thumbnail - pluck, and they're gone for good! I much prefer my soap to be the sole provider of slickness, K THX.

Neon Sun was awesome after almost no soap usage (excluding Moon's Union) for six weeks. Great scent, good feeling on the skin and a nice bald head without irritation as the final result. Now I really need to sleep since I have lots of early shifts in the next few days, but it's good to be back here. 👌🏻

VERY interesting idea for the goo-strips. I have to try that.
- It works on these Wilkinson Hydro cartridges, since they use a gel pool that is fixed by some rubber/silicone like material... Normally, I'd use nail scissors to scrape the lubrication strips out, but no need here 😉

March 25, 2024 -- Monoi Monday

Brush: Chisel & Hound Gulf Short 26mm V22 Fanchurian
Razor: Koraat 6/8" Full Hollow
Lather: Noble Otter - Monoi de Tahiti - Soap
Toner: Thayers - Lemon - Toner
Aftershave: Noble Otter - Monoi de Tahiti - Aftershave

2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

Razor: Schick G4
Blade: Personna Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Cold River Soap Works’ Barbere Sapone
Aftershave: Myrsol Aqua De Limón
Additional Care: Alum Block

Another fine week, another great shave.

Monday, March 25, 2024: Les lundis du Père Lucien

Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
Brush: Zenith 506U XS Horse 🐎
Razor: Parker Straight Razor
Lather: Le Père Lucien Narcisse
Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
Postshave: Pitralon Classic After Shave
Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

This was rather rough – the blade probably needs some refreshing.

Have a good night!

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Mar 25, 2024 - MM24 13th Match-Up: B+M vs. NO

Brush: Shore Shave Pestle 24mm Motherlode Synthentic Knot
Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #MMarch24
Blade: Personna GEM PTFE [25]
Lather: Noble Otter - Hamami - Soap
Post Shave: Noble Otter - Hamami - Splash

Another round with the Otter—this time using the mysterious Hamami. It made for an excellent Monday morning shave.

Rating: 4.5/5

Hamami++

March 25, 2024

Brush: Maggard 24mm 2 Band Badger
Razor: Personna BBS-0
Blade: Personna Lab Blue (5)
Lather: Barrister & Mann - Fougère Classique - Soap
Post Shave: Noble Otter - The Night Before - Aftershave
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm
Fragrance: Noble Otter - Hamami - EdP

I'd love to see a Noble Otter upset today, but I had to go with my heart.

Will has been keeping wetshaving wet since the introduction of Excelsior (maybe even before that, but I don't know), and I'm a big fan of that. Omnibus can take so much water it makes me question the physical world that we live in.