29.10.2024 - Halloweek 2: In Space, nobody hears you scream

• Brush: TGS Galaxy 26 mm
• Razor: RazoRock Hawk V2 w/ Superknurl handle
• Blade: KAI Protouch MG
• Lather: HAGS - Aftermath (vegan version)
• Post-Shave: Moon Soaps Old School “balm”; panthenol after sun cream

1 pass both for head and the beard contours. Slight burn, otherwise good shave.

Today is yet another soap by HAGS - this one still had artwork that could potentially be done by a real person, but unfortunately no artist is credited.
This is the artwork. We see a space exploration uncovering a previous explorer who wasn’t so lucky in their adventures. I like the 50s Sci-fi vibes this gives off, kinda like the old horror comics. Apart from the Alien and Predator franchises, Sci-fi horror isn’t very successful on the movie front. In gaming, there’s Dead Space as a mayor player. Personally I find a space setting or Sci-fi world very intriguing, but it requires a certain amount of world building and lore.

However, HAGS art and names have more often than not zero to do with the scent. This one is a dupe of Amouage Interlude Man, a notoriously expensive and very complex fragrance. But in soap form, it’s mostly on the gourmand side IMHO. The vegan base can’t really reach the greatness of their Mutton tallow or Osiris base though.

As for Aftermaths: I have to announce that my skincare article won’t make it until the end of October. I hope I’ll finish it Friday evening (which will be morning or midday for our american friends). Turns out experts don’t want to talk that much when you’re not paying for an appointment or don’t belong to a newspaper/famous blog. So you folks will have to do with the articles by dermatologists I was able to find…

Dear @walden@sub.wetshaving.social , I wanted to let you know since Saturday that your Oro Valley sample reached Germany. Apologies, my ADHD brain forgot. Thanks a lot for it!

October 29, 2024 - Tabac Tuesday

• Brush: Zenith - B21 boar
• Razor: Rockwell - 6C (R3 plate)
• Blade: Bic - Chrome Platinum (1)
• Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac shave stick (vegan)
• Post: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac AS splash
• Post: Ginger’s Garden - Unscented AS Balm + menthol
• Frag: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac EdC

No fuss shave with Tabac this morning. I’m all stanked up and ready for the day.

Have a great one y’all. ✌️

October 29, 2024

• Brush: Chisel & Hound “Rob’s Finest” w/25mm Paragon Synthetic
• Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
• Blade: Personna Lab Blue (1)
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Ozark Mountain - Soap
• Post Shave: Pinaud - Clubman Musk - Aftershave
• Post Shave: allMan - Refined - Balm

I like this synthetic knot. I don’t like it more than the “Super Plush” in my Wolf Whiskers, but that one is lofted too low and it would require destroying the knot to remove it. I wonder if this one is also permanently set? It’d be nice to swap this one into the Wolf Whiskers handle.

Edit: Rob confirms that the Chisel & Hound brush is also epoxied :) and he had an interesting reason for doing it that way – it’s faster than silicone!

Tue Oct 29 2024

• Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Tabak Oridjinal, now with 28 mm Gelousy knot
• Razor: Böker – Abalone (6/8", full hollow, carbon steel, French point)
• Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
• Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
• Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original

TabOKtoberfest nears its end and I’m revisiting some of the highlights of this month. The French point Böker with the perfectly straight edge is definitely one of those.

I’m enjoying the automatic great lathers that come from using the same soap for a while, but now that BBS November is close, I’m starting to get excited about mixing it up again.