Monday SOTD Thread - January 27th, 2025 (#596)
Monday SOTD Thread - January 27th, 2025 (#596)
Share your shave of the day!
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Jan. 27, 2025
- Brush: Proraso Professional
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
- Blade: GEM PTFE [4]
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Port-au-Prince - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
- Osma: Osma - Osma
- Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20
What a remarkable shave.
I’ve been wanting to try this scent for awhile, and when I heard that Stirling was discontinuing it I knew I had to pick up a puck.
So happy I did. What an incredible scent. It’s subtle but wonderful. And, of course, the mutton tallow base is one of the best in the business.
What’s truly remarkable about this scent is my wife liked it. I’m not joking, she hates scents. It’s to the point where I rarely use anything except scented soap anymore, and even then sometimes she can pick up the scent on me (and hate it) hours later. But this one she loved. Hopefully it comes back someday!
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That's an interesting scent for a spouse to enjoy! I wonder if she likes the vetiver aspect, the lemongrass aspect, or both.
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She said it smelled like baby powder to her, which she liked.
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Octidi 8 Pluviôse an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Mézéréon
- Preshave: Proraso White Preshave
- Brush: Semogue C3 Galahad Horse 🐎
- Razor: Ertan Süer L'Ours Russe (7/8th)
- Lather: Abbate y la Mantia Ishtar
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Epsilon Blue Mediterranean
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
Ishtar is on the chopping block; it clearly will not see the summer. And with the revolutionary calendar, I learn new words. Today's namesake is a highly poisoneous plant, I don't know why you would name a day after it.
Have a good evening!
Shared via [emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) & [sotd.el](https://gitlab.com/shavin1/sotd.el)
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MMMMFF 27 Jan 2025
- Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Manchurian
- Razor: GEM Micromatic Flying Wing (NOS, chrome plated)
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
- Lather: House of Mammoth – Hygge
- Post Shave: D.R. Harris – Marlborough
For today's MicroMatic Mammoth Monday Flight Formation, I combined warm Hygge and Marlborough. Nico combo.
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27.01.2025 - short MMMMFF
- Brush: AP Shave Co. Snakeskin handle w/ 26 mm Silksmoke Flattop/Fan hybrid knot
- Razor: GEM Micromatic Bullet Tip/Flying Wing, gold plated
- Blade: GEM PTFE
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Tobacconist
- Post-Shave: Moon Soaps Old School "balm"
-> single pass head shave, a very short flight but nevertheless very enjoyable.
I begin to get seriously tired from the brush, but my inner sloth has prevented me from picking up something else.
Tobacconist as great as always, same goes for the Flying Wing. This razor is a classic case of "they don't make them like they used to". Unfortunately, as I really have a soft spot for GEM razors. Well, at least it shows no signs of failure despite being a stubble annihilator for literal decades. It's fast, it's looking good, it's everything I could ask for as long as I regularly change blades... really cool Monday insight.
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Very nice description of the Flying Wing!
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Jan 27, 2025 - Mammoth Monday: Voices
- Brush: Brochas El Druida/House of Mammoth Tobacconist Chisel & Hound v8 Fanchurian Badger Knot
- Razor: Aylsworth Razors Drakkant Ti
- Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Super Stainless (Green) [17]
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Voices - Soap
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Voices - Splash
- Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Voices - Eau de Parfum
The charm and nuances of this scent get muddled a bit in soap form, but you can't go wrong with Tusk.
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I had a sample of Voices and loved it. I keep asking Ben if it'll get a new label, especially now that Lather Talk is retired. "We'll see" was the latest answer.
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Monday, January 27, 2025
- Brush: Zenith/Stirling - 510SE-XL 31mm boar
- Razor: Gillette - Slim Adjustable (L4, 1966)
- Blade: Personna - Lab Blue (2)
- Lather: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber
- Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber Aftershave splash
- Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial Unscented Aftershave balm
- Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber EdP
Back to the GTB hunt. I think I'll be done in the next two weeks if I can stay focused.
Gillette Slim gave a great shave. I'm consistently impressed with the quality of the shave I get from vintage DE/SE razors.
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January 27, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers – "Gianmaria" w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Fatip Classic Testina Gentile
- Blade: Personna 74 (7)
- Lather: Abbate y La Mantia - Garibaldi - Soap
- Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - Weinstrasse - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
Decent lather. I've heard this artisan grows his own Saffron to put in his soaps. Pretty cool.
Despite the really strong aftershave, I somehow still get whiffs of the soap. Impressive and weird, because it's a relatively light scent.
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Another week, another vintage razor. What is not to like?