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March 31, 2025
- Brush: Chisel & Hound Gulf Short 26mm V22 Fanchurian
- Razor: C.V. Heljestrand MK 31 11/16 Söderfors Extra Specialstål Full Hollow - Dubl Duck Goldedge 5/8 Full Hollow
- Lather: Wholly Kaw - Hiatus - Soap
- Aftershave: Wholly Kaw - Hiatus - Aftershave
- Talc: Yardley Classic
3 passes. Face lather. Good shave.
This was a test shave for two razors that I honed on my LPB coticule. These razors were finished on water, whereas previous honings on this stone finalized with either oil or soapy water. This was a very good shave; excellent by closeness standards, but I nicked myself, and throughout the shave I felt that both edges could be pushed further.
March 31, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers – “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Merkur 34C HD
- Blade: Personna 74 (57)
- Lather: House of Mammoth - You & I (Will Die) - Soap
- Post Shave: Old Spice - Hawkridge - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
This is the first daily post made by cronjob using a little script I put together. It worked!
It was too difficult to figure out how to get it to say “31st” instead of “31”, for example, but other than that it’s cool. We still have that counter, plus I’m also able to mention the day of the week in the body, as well as the title. It’s the little things, right?
Great shave. You & I (Will Die) is a horrible name for a soap, but it’s a great scent.
Something like this would probably work (untested):
# Get the day of month as a number day=$(date +%-d) # Determine the correct suffix case $day in 1|21|31) suffix="st";; 2|22) suffix="nd";; 3|23) suffix="rd";; *) suffix="th";; esac # Print the date with the ordinal suffix formatted_date=$(date +"%B %-d$suffix, %Y")Another way scripting in bash kinda sucks: you can’t call off to nice easy to use libraries that make this sort of thing trivial :)
Update - tested and working. Thanks!
Sweet!
I found maybe that exact same thing but not as refined as yours and sort of gave up on it. I had to focus on making everything else work first haha.
This sort of makes sense to me, though. I’ll try to incorporate it.
Primidi 11 Germinal an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Pervenche
- Brush: Muninn Woodworks Gloire de France with Zenith 505BC Boar 🐗
- Razor: Thiers-Issard 188 7/8 ‘Coq et Renard’
- Lather: Martin de Candre Absinthe
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Mennen Le Grand Large
A great and very close shave, and the MdC base really makes for a slick base. I think this will become a favorite very soon.
Have a good evening!
MARCH MADNESS 2025 DAY 31
- Brush: AP Shave Co Butterscotch w/ Pure Bliss
- Razor: Henson AL-13++
- Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
- Lather: Fanzine Saponifications - Testing…Testing…
- Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - Top of the World
Good morning
Mon 31 Mar 2025: Day 16 of March Madness
- Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Manchurian
- Razor: Heljestrand 14 (7/8", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Talent Soap Factory – L’Orange
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. – Satsuma
- Fragrance: 4711 – Acqua Colonia Blood Orange & Basil
Great all-orange shave with the wonderful Heljestrand 14.
Monday, March 31, 2025
- Brush: Wald - S1 Silvertip badger
- Razor: GEM - Micromatic Clog-Pruf
- Blade: Personna - GEM PTFE (9)
- Lather: Elysian - Green Fig
- Post Shave: Stirling - Oro Valley Aftershave splash
- Post Shave: Ginger’s Garden - Unscented Aftershave balm (+ menthol)
- Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Ubrique EdP
Green Fig into Oro Valley worked quite well. An easy, comfortable shave to start the week and end the month. Congrats again to Catie’s Bubbles for the March Madness win!
Have a great day all.
Mar 31, 2025 - MM25: Catie’s Bubbles
- Brush: Trotter Handcrafts Monster Dark 26mm SHD Gelousy Badger Knot
- Razor: Mühle R41
- Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Super Stainless (Green) [15]
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles - 322 - Soap
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - You & I (Will Die) - Splash
Congrats to u/c_bubbles on the March Madness victory! Used 322 today to celebrate.
