Sunday, November 17, 2024: SLS
- Brush: Zenith - B21 boar
- Razor: RazoRock - Game Changer .76
- Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (2)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Seville
- Post: Pinaud - Clubman Aftershave Lotion
- Post: Stirling - Glacial Unscented Aftershave balm
- Frag: Stirling - Stirling Gentleman EdT
A nice combination of barbershop scents for a rainy evening.
My first shave with the .76 plate on the GC went well, though it's definitely more aggressive. I gave myself a small nick on the jawline, but otherwise it was a drama free shave.
Very cool, I look forward to hearing your thoughts as you compare these.
I have my first GEM razor on its way to me, it should be delivered tomorrow actually. It's a 1940-43 Clog-Pruf that looks in excellent shape, and it was only ~$15 shipped on the bay!
I love a good Stag shave.
I felt more accepted by the forest wildlife on my morning hike.
😂
Sunday, November 17, 2024: FLS
- Brush: Simpson - T2 Trafalgar 24mm Synthetic
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Titanium Legacy Razor
- Blade: Personna - Lab Blue (2)
- Lather: Barritser and Mann - Rhapsody (Soft Heart base)
- Post: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber Aftershave splash
- Post: Barrister and Mann - Rahpsody Aftershave Balm (Soft Heart base)
A little under the weather from a couple vaccines yesterday evening. It was an easy and smooth shave though.
No irritation from the T2 this morning, I think I maybe have just been splaying too much with previous attempts. This brush performs much better when I just paint the lather and water on.
Have a good day y'all.
Omega 10048 might be my favorite brush so far. It just keeps getting better the more I use it.
Saturday, November 16, 2024: SLS - First GC Shave
- Brush: Yaqi - Sagrada Familia 24mm Synthetic
- Razor: RazoRock - Game Changer .68
- Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (1)
- Lather: Stirling - Arkadia
- Post: Stirling - Arkadia Aftershave splash
- Post: Stirling - Glacial Unscented Aftershave balm
- Frag: Stirling - Arkadia EdT
My first shave with the GC .68 this evening didn't disappoint. I suspect this razor will replace my Rockwell 6C. It felt a lot nicer to shave with.
The Yaqi synthetic felt much nicer on my face than the last time I shaved with a synthetic. I think I just need to be more mindful of how much pressure I apply when using a synthetic brush.
Arkadia++++; Always a lovely scent.
Nocturne++;
I was disappointed that Pomona gave me frag burn, it's a wonderful fall scent!
Saturday, November 16, 2024: FLS - First Luxury Legacy Shave
- Brush: Zenith - B21 boar
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Titanium Legacy Razor
- Blade: Personna - Lab Blue (1)
- Lather: Stirling - Deep Blue Sea
- Post: Stirling - Deep Blue Sea Aftershave splash (+ menthol)
- Post: Ginger's Garden - Unscented AS balm (+ menthol)
- Frag: Stirling - Deep Blue Sea EdT
New razor day!
I recently got a great deal on this razor from a kind soul over on the Discord. Today was my first shave with it, and damn did it perform. Much more blade gap than I'm used to, but it was easy to find the right angle. I'm definitely glad I picked this up!
Stirling + boar gave an amazing lather, as always.
Saturday, November 16, 2024: FLS - First Legacy Shave
- Brush: Zenith - B21 boar
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Titanium Legacy Razor
- Blade: Personna - Lab Blue (1)
- Lather: Stirling - Deep Blue Sea
- Post: Stirling - Deep Blue Sea Aftershave splash (+ menthol)
- Post: Ginger's Garden - Unscented AS balm (+ menthol)
- Frag: Stirling - Deep Blue Sea EdT
New razor day!
I recently got a great deal on this razor from a kind soul over on the Discord. Today was my first shave with it, and damn did it perform. Much more blade gap than I'm used to, but it was easy to find the right angle. I'm definitely glad I picked this up!
Stirling + boar gave an amazing lather, as always.
Very cool!
I love the handle, makes sense that you'd want to do a transplant.
Friday, November 15, 2024: SLS - The Halfway Point
- Brush: Omega - 10048 boar
- Razor: Gillette - Super Speed Black Tip
- Blade: Gilette - 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (4)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Cologne Russe
- Post: Stirling - Oro Valley Aftershave splash
- Post: Stirling - Glacial Unscented Aftershave balm
- Frag: Stirling - Oro Valley EdT
A comfortable and close shave was a great way to finish out a difficult week.
Oro Valley and Cologne Russe are, perhaps unsurprisingly, a great combination and quite complementary.
We're halfway through BBS November and I have to say: a man could get used to shaving twice a day. It's really remarkable -- I've gone from dreading a shave to deliberately making time in my day to shave. Funny how life works like that sometimes.
Off to the weekend!
I agree. It starts off so intensely but then dries down into such lovely smokey leather.
I just wish my wife enjoyed it as much as I do! :)
Friday, November 15, 2024: FLS - Fougère Meets Stag Friday
- Brush: Omega - 10048 boar
- Razor: Gillette - Super Speed Black Tip
- Blade: Gilette - 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (3)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Fougère Angelique
- Post: Barrister and Mann - Fougère Angelique Aftershave Splash
- Post: Stirling - Glacial Unscented Aftershave balm
- Frag: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag EdP
Angelique is a lovely scent that highlights citrus and florals. In the end, I felt like a contrast, so I went with Midnigh Stag for the frag. It was an interesting contrast, for sure, but the strength of Stag completely overpowered the scent of the soap and splash.
No complaints.
The Super Speed gave excellent results this morning. This razor is a real winner as long as I remember to use a very light touch.
TFIF!
Tbh it almost seems extra insulting to put a bad knot in such a pretty handle…
Yeah, this is certainly geared more toward folks who are already using/familiar with neovim.
If what you're doing ain't broke, don't fix it! :)
Nice, I’m glad you enjoyed it! It’s a very simple scent, but it really feels great on the skin.
Thursday, November 14, 2024: FLS - Mango Mammoth
- Brush: Grizzly Bay - v24 Fanchurian 26mm badger
- Razor: Rockwell - 6C
- Blade: Bic - Chrome Platinum (1)
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Voices
- Post: Mennen - Skin Bracer Aftershave splash
- Post: Stirling - Glacial Unscented Aftershave balm
- Frag: Barrister and Mann - Fougeré Aromatique EdT
On theme this morning with a mango sticky rice lather. I think this is my first time using the HoM base, and it gave me a stellar lather.
I'm not the biggest fan of sweet scents, but this wasn't cloying at all. I doubt I'd buy a full tub, but it's nice to have a sample kicking around.
Almost to the weekend y'all!
I'm also vaguely considering a refactor to use a sqlite file instead of json. I think that would be a better experience, even though the file format is more opaque.
Plus then I could in theory track my shaves in the database and do my own analytics!
I had the day off today, so I hacked together a port of the SOTD emacs plugin that @PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social uses.
It's still a pretty rough implementation, but I wanted to share the repository here in case others who use Neovim might want to help me kick the tires. I'm fully aware that this is a niche within a niche, but you miss 100% of the shots you don't take!
I know there's some cleanup that needs to happen, and the config file format could use a bit more thought, but it works well enough for now. If anyone feels compelled to use it I'd welcome any feedback either here or on the repo itself.
The code is hosted on GitHub here.
I usually face lather and get consistently good results at this point.
However, when I get a .5 oz. or less sample I'll smush the soap down into a thin, even layer using one of those collapsible slow-feed pet bowls. Every time I get a foamy bullshit lather.
I'm unsure how to get an equally wet and slick lather with the bowl. Do I just need to keep adding water? Move to the face sooner? Give up and grow a beard?
