Thursday SOTD Thread - March 20th, 2025 (#646)

Shave tour day 9

Same gear

Bodyshop aloe and maca root shave cream

Probably the best 'drugstorre' product. It gives a decent shave probably because it's a cream and so easy for numptys to load. Properly.

Ranking

        BaM soft heart sandalwood
    MdC fougere
    Wickham gothic
    Grooming correto
    Wickham ninfeo
    Signature a Capra
    Bodyshop aloe 
    Cbubs rasage
    Panta gattapardo

Yeah I agree about that cream. Totally works good.

MARCH MADNESS 2025 DAY 20

Brush: Marble w/ Maggard G5
Razor: Chiseled Face Legacy Brass
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Lather: Barrister & Mann - Le Grand Chypre
Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Le Grand Chypre splash
Fragrance: Barrister & Mann - Le Grand Chypre

While technically not an actual spring scent, there are vague connections in my brain that I’ve made that remind me of spring last year. Close enough!

Thu 20 Mar 2025

Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Super Badger
Razor: Thiers Issard Le Dandy (5/8", square point, carbon steel)
Lather: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post Shave: Hâttric – Classic

My unofficial morning tally of yesterday's March Madness match-up has SBS dropping out today.

Scrape time: Thu 20 Mar 2025, 07:03:58 GMT

Artisan Brand	∑
Spearhead Shaving Co.	12
Stirling Soap Co.	12
Catie's Bubbles	11
Barrister and Mann	10
House of Mammoth	10
Talent Soap Factory	10
Summer Break Soaps	7
Total:	72

Absolutely wonderful shave today with The Fat (tallow), the smooth Dandy, old-school Hâttric, and the new-to-me Chubby super badger that I bought off @archsoup on the r/wetshaving discord. The Super Badger is even softer than my already soft manchurian, but it's so dense that the backbone is still there. It lathered The Fat like a champ and I'm glad I bought it. It occurred to me that even though none of the hardware or software used today is vintage, this shave could have happened half a century ago and looked exactly the same. No recent modern technology required to get a good shave.

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Brush: Maggards - synthetic bulb
Razor: Gillette - Rocket HD
Blade: Personna - Lab Blue (2)
Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime
Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime Aftershave splash
Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial Unscented Aftershave balm
Fragrance: Stirling - Deep Blue Sea EdT

On theme with SSL, a wonderful spring/summer scent. I just wish I had the EdT.

I was pleasantly surprised by how this Maggard brush performed. It's a solid little synth. Super easy to lather, no fuss. Can't complain!

Have a good one y'all!

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SSL is so good. The EdT is really nice, too.
Rocket HD ++
If it's the sort of tan colored synthetic from Maggard, that's my favorite knot (or at least it's my most used knot).
- It’s this one. Pleasantly surprised

March 20, 2025

Brush: Stirling 24mm Synthetic
Blade: Personna Twin Pivot Plus Refills, Atra (9)
Lather: Noble Otter - Batters Up - Soap
Post Shave: Old Spice - Original - Aftershave
Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral

Great scent, though not for everyone.