Saturday SOTD Thread - November 2nd, 2024 (#510) (sub.wetshaving.social)

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[-] PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 7 points 1 week ago

Saturday, November 2, 2024

Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
Brush: Semogue Owner's Club Boar 🐗 'Taj'
Razor: Thiers-Issard 188 7/8 'Coq et Renard'
Lather: Southern Witchcraft Autumn Ash
Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
Postshave: Epsilon Blue Mediterranean
Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

There are two or three shaves still left in this soap – it will definitely not see 2025.

Have a good evening!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

[-] kittenroar@beehaw.org 4 points 1 week ago

Emacs for sotd is pretty cool

[-] PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 1 week ago

It's cool for everything (TBH, it's not good as a lemmy client)

[-] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 1 week ago

I love the look of that coq et renard

[-] PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 1 week ago

Mine is a bit wheathered, but it looks indeed great!

[-] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 1 week ago

November 2, 2024

Brush: AP Shave Co. - 24mm Synbad Fan
Razor: Muhle R89
Blade: Personna Lab Blue (5)
Lather: House of Mammoth - You & I (Will Die) - Soap
Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - Sni Mato - Aftershave
Post Shave: allMan - Refined - Balm

The R89 is more aggressive than I typically like to use. I'm more of a Merkur 34C type of guy. It's a little bit surprising to me that the "89" series razors became the de facto recommendation for new shavers, although I think over time I'm starting to see some more variety in recommendations. At the same time, I don't know what I would recommend to someone new... the 89 series razors are ubiquitous, and relatively inexpensive. I've never tried a Maggard V3M but it looks exactly like a Baili BR171 which I like a lot.

Anyway, good shave!

[-] gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 1 week ago

What's your take on the fragrance?

[-] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 1 week ago

The soap isn't very strongly scented, but it smells quite nice. I've mentioned before that on some days I get a strange sort of smell from the soap, sort of like an off-gassing from something. I've had the same thing from ~~Mood~~ Indigo, so maybe there's a common accord in both of them. Strangely, it depends on the day.

There's a sort of maturity to the scent. I'm curious what it might smell like in fragrance form. It seems approachable, but not mainstream, if that makes sense.

[-] gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 1 week ago

Hmm. Interesting that you mentioned Indigo. That's my favorite HoM scent, and also a miss for me in its description (leaving a blues club). I get none of that vibe. Similarly, for You and I (Will Die): "an exploration of the fragile impermanence of humanity". WTF?

[-] gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 1 week ago

November 2, 2024

Brush: Elite Razor Neo-resinate 26mm Mother Lode
Blade Holder: Blutt Rasur BR-1 (setting: 0.86 Plate)
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (Yellow) (3)
Lather: Barrister and Mann - Marilyn - Soap
Toner: Thayers - Rose - Toner
Aftershave: Barrister and Mann - Marilyn - Aftershave
Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Marilyn - Eau de Toilette

2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

This is a soap that sets a mood. Very nice second luxury shave this evening.

[-] snooting@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 1 week ago

Oh, Marilyn sounds like an amazing scent!

[-] gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 2 points 1 week ago

It is a bit polarizing. Some don't like it at all. I did not like it at first, as I did not get the association with Marilyn Monroe, even though I'm familiar with the scent of Chanel N°5. After using the soap sample a couple of times, I decided to buy the EdT, and that changed my mind. Now I know what nuances are there but barely noticeable in the soap and splash.

[-] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 2 points 1 week ago

u/wyzeOne over on the sub compared Marilyn to Tabac in its vibe. Does that sound right to you?

[-] gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 2 points 1 week ago

I'd say the scents tend to be polarizing and have that in common. Otherwise, they are quite different IMO. Tabac is strong, and more of an everyday scent (if you like it). Marilyn is subtle, warm, with hints of perfume that catch you (I have the fragrance), the way you catch the scent of a new partner on you after an intensely romantic evening.

[-] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 1 points 1 week ago

That's certainly an interesting description, now I have to try it!

[-] gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 2 points 1 week ago

I can send you a soap sample if you want.

[-] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 2 points 1 week ago

Pm'd

[-] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 1 week ago

Sat 02 Nov 2024

Brush: Boti Motherlode knot in laminated wooden handle, 30mm
Razor: Blutt Rasur – BR-1 (1.20 mm gap)
Blade: Feather – new Hi-Stainless
Lather: Stirling Soap Co – Haverford
Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co – Haverford
Fragrance: Tom Ford – Tobacco Vanille

Warm and cosy evening shave with Haverford (the most comforting of all scents). I smell like a fresh baked cookie and I like it.

[-] snooting@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 1 week ago

Haverford++

One of these days I'll order the trifecta when space allows.

[-] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 2 points 1 week ago

One of my favourite cold weather scents. So nice

[-] snooting@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 1 week ago

November 2, 2024

Brush: Omega - 10048 Boar
Razor: Rockwell - 6C (R3 plate)
Blade: Bic - Chrome Platinum (4)
Lather: Stirling - Deep Blue Sea
Post: Stirling - Deep Blue Sea (+ menthol)
Post: Stirling - Glacial Unscented AS balm
Frag: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag EdP

Great shave with DBS. Off to fight the crowds at Costco.

Have a great one y'all! ✌️

[-] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 1 week ago

Deep blue sea++;

[-] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sat 02 Nov 2024

Brush: Boti Motherlode knot in laminated wooden handle, 30mm
Razor: Blutt Rasur – BR-1 (0.99 mm gap)
Blade: Feather - new Hi-Stainless
Lather: Southern Witchcrafts – Valley of Ashes
Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts, Shawn Maher – Gravefruit II

I'm copying @sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social's SOTD of last Saturday because the scent combo sounded interesting, and also because I liked his SOTD picture (I wasn't alone in that and it became the sub's side bar picture of this week).

VoA is one of the most difficult scents for be to place. u/Jimtasticness used to describe it as clean dirt and that's a good way to put it. There's something about the citrus and tobacco that makes the coal, tar, motor oil, diesel, burning rubber, and smoke nice. Combining it with Gravefruit is fun, because by contrast, mostly the bright grapefruit and yuzu of it come through.

The BR-1 is probably objectively my best DE razor. Super efficient, just enough blade feel to guide you as you find your angle, super gentle. A foolproof design. But it's also no very exciting to use IMO, a bit like the Henson. Not sure what to make of that.

[-] gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 1 week ago

Great setup! The BR-1 is on tap for my second luxury shave today, but I plan to switch out the 0.99 plate for the 0.86 plate. I really enjoy the simplicity and elegance of the design of this razor. I don't see it like a Henson, though I have not used a Henson. My impression is that the Henson is much more restrictive on angle choice between cap and safety bar.

[-] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, this was a setup for a guaranteed great shave. Can't go wrong with any of it.

Did you also get multiple plates with your Blutt? Which ones did you get?

[-] gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 1 week ago

Yes, I have the 0.86mm plate and the 0.99mm plate. I generally only use the 0.99mm plate, but for this month I'm going with milder exposures where possible.

[-] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 1 week ago

makes sense. I have have the 0.99mm and 1.20mm plate, so it seems we made the same decision.

[-] gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 1 week ago

November 2, 2024

Brush: Elite Razor Neo-resinate 26mm Mother Lode
Blade Holder: Tatara Muramasa (setting: 3)
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (Yellow) (2)
Lather: Barrister and Mann - Amazelnut - Soap
Toner: Thayers - Lavender - Toner
Aftershave: Noble Otter - Cerberus - Aftershave

2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

BaM has such a great catalogue of darker, warmer scents it's easy to overlook Amazelnut. I certainly did. I bought Amazelnut and Leviathan at the same time. I was so impressed with Leviathan that I went though a tub of it within a year of its purchase. This meant that I neglected a number of soaps during that time, and among them was Amazelnut. This one is more subtle and refined. I don't see a lot of it come up on the sub, but maybe it deserves more attention than it gets.

[-] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 1 week ago

Motherlode 🍻. When you just want a big lather pillow

[-] gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 1 week ago

When you just want a big lather pillow

I've been looking for another brush handle that will go with the Motherlode knot, or a Motherlode knot in different colors. They are a wonderful change of pace.

[-] sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 1 week ago

Amazelnut++

[-] snooting@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 1 week ago

November 2, 2024 - Second Luxury Shave ™️

Brush: Yaqi - Mysterious Space 2-band badger
Razor: Gillette - Super Speed Black Tip
Blade: Gillette - 7 O'clock SharpEdge (6)
Lather: Stirling - Ramblin' Man
Post: Stirling - Ramblin' Man AS splash
Post: Stirling - Glacial Unscented AS balm
Frag: Barrister and Mann - Fougère Aromatique EdT

I just received this Fougère Aromatique EdT today in the mail, and I'm not yet sure what I think. It's definitely a mossy-earthy scent with an herbal note that I can't put my finger on. I don't hate it, but I also don't immediately love it. I'll need to sit with this one for a bit.

[-] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 2 points 1 week ago

Fougère Aromatique definitely sounds interesting 🤔

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