Monday SOTD Thread - January 6th, 2025 (#575)

Jan. 6, 2025

• Brush: Proraso Professional
• Razor: GEM Open Comb Micromatic Gen. 2
• Blade: GEM PTFE [1]
• Lather: Spearhead Shaving Co. - Seaforth! 3 Scots - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
• Osma: Osma - Osma

As many of you know my wife and I are expecting our first child. We are in the “home renovations” phase of pregnancy where we decide to redo the entire house in the final weeks before birth.

Anywho, I shaved because I hadn’t for awhile because all I do is home renovations. It was great because 3 Scots is great. Again, so happy I picked this up during the drop.

Monday, January 06, 2025

• Brush: Omega - 10048 boar
• Razor: GEM - MMOC (first gen, 1930-1932)
• Blade: Personna - GEM PTFE (6)
• Lather: Zingari Man - The Rambler
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - The Rambler Recovery Splash
• Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial Unscented Aftershave balm
• Fragrance: Stirling - Oro Valley EdT

This is my first shave with The Rambler. It's a bit sweeter than I expected, but it still has a very nice scent. To my nose, it seems pretty similar to Roam Two. I didn't get much tobacco in the soap, but it's definitely prominent in the splash.

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• Preshave: Proraso White Preshave
• Brush: Semogue C3 Galahad Horse 🐎
• Razor: Parker Straight Razor
• Lather: Wholly Kaw Entropy Man
• Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
• Postshave: Epsilon Blue Mediterranean
• Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

A quick midday shave. 🤗

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January 6, 2025

• Brush: Zenith 508A XL/Bristle (B35) (MOAR BOAR) 31mm
• Razor: GEM Flying Wing
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (1)
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Oro Valley - Soap
• Post Shave: Old Spice - Original - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral

Don't forget to vote in the BVWSC Voting thread.

A nice MicroMatic non-Mammoth Monday Formation Flight. Very close, and almost perfectly comfortable.

Man, my nose was super sensitive today! I'm finally starting to feel better after my month+ long sickness, and although I'm not completely better yet, I think my nose is more sensitive since it has been "taking a break" for so long.

The sensitivity was more geared towards the brighter notes, as Oro Valley and Old Spice both had new to me bright, citrusy type notes. Quite nice!

06.01.2025 - Herbal wellness SOTN

• Brush: RazoRock 400 Noir SE 24 mm
• Razor: RazoRock Cyber Medium
• Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux
• Lather: OAM - Oli del benessere
• Post-Shave: OAM sensitive skin toner; Alterra men natural ASB
• Fragrance: Bentley for Men Intense EdP

-> 2-pass head shave, 1 on the neck. Very comfortable!

Since my cold is thankfully almost gone, I was feeling like a wellness shave was a good idea. I rarely use this soap: it's a soft Italian croap in a huge glass jar with an aluminium lid - definitely very eco-friendly, but it kinda feels like a bottomless pit despite its softness. Basically it's a Stirling size amount of croap in the glass jar! Makes it very easy to load, but not so easy to store.

The name translates to "oils of wellbeing" or "wellness oils". If anyone is familiar with the old Herbal Essences shampoos and shower gels, this would fit quite well in their lineup. Basically, the soap uses 4 natural plant oils with good glide to substitute the tallow. I feel like it's definitely working; maybe not as good in skincare as my WK, ZM or B&M soaps, but still very solid. The sensitive skin toner has the matching scent and it actually works with lots of other soaps due to that - but today, it was a special treat since it intensified the scent a lot.

A fresh RPL again for the RR Cyber and the difference to the BIC is night and day. Not harsh at all, just very efficient. The search for a good non-russian blade shall continue once I've depleted my current stock. Any suggestions are highly welcome!

First day back in nursing school: it seems like this will also finish like my OT apprenticeship did in 2016 - after the exams are over, no contact to any former classmates anymore. The tensions are palpable, especially with the exams coming up this year. I'll start preparing for them more thoroughly now - should help with my future career options.

MMMMFF Mon 06 Jan 2025

• Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Manchurian
• Razor: GEM Micromatic Flying Wing (NOS, chrome plated)
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
• Lather: House of Mammoth – Mood Indigo
• Post Shave: Abbate Y La Mantia – Koké
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth / Noble Otter / Declaration Grooming – Cerberus

Back to work shave 🎭

This scent combo is a bit of a miss. The strong pear in Koké completely overwhelmed the more delicate Mindigo rather than integrating itself with the boozy blueberry. LIve and learn.

Still a good MicroMatic Mammoth Monday Formation Flight with a comfortable BBS. Now back to the office.