January 3, 2024

• Brush: Maggard 24mm Tuxedo Synthetic
• Razor: GEM Pushbutton
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (2)
• Lather: Abbate y La Mantia - Garibaldi - Soap
• Post Shave: Brut - Splash On
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth/Declaration Grooming - Cerberus - Liniment

A nice lather from Garibaldi. Yet another soap base that benefits from a heavy-ish load. Coconut is high in the ingredients list, but you’d never know it from the lather. The scent seems light, but it sticks. Even after using Brut and Cerberus, I still get whiffs of the soap. I normally never get whiffs of soap after rinsing it off.

• Razor: Parker 22R
• Blade: Lord Classic
• Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
• Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
• Lather: Pereira Oud
• Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
• Additional Care: Alum Block

A shave and a warm shower is just the thing after shovelling snow for two hours…

Woodshop Wednesday

• Prep: Klar - Activated Charcoal - Face Soap
• Brush: Dogclaration Purple Hybrid 28mm B7 Knot
• Razor: Aylsworth Razors Drakkant Plus
• Blade: Gillette Platinum [19]
• Lather: Summer Break Soaps - Woodshop - Soap
• Post Shave: Summer Break Soaps - Woodshop - Aftershave
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Dammusi - Eau de Parfum

Woodshop is an incredible scent, and the SBS lather was super slick as always.

Rating: 4.5/5

Wednesday, January 3, 2024 - 1st shave of the year

• Prep: hot shower
• Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Synthetic Fibre Shaving Brush, 27mm
• Razor: WCS Classic Collection Razor 84S, Stainless Steel, Closed Comb
• Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (3)
• Lather: Barrister & Mann - Leviathan - Shaving Soap
• Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Leviathan - Aftershave Balm

First shave of the new year (I’ve been sick and haven’t felt up to it), and unfortunately it didn’t go well. It felt like it was going well throughout the shave, but I somehow ended up with a few small cuts on my neck. This razor is more aggressive than what I usually use, so I guess it’s not that surprising, but still unexpected.

Jan. 3, 2024

• Brush: Yaqi 26mm Synthetic
• Razor: Karve Overlander
• Blade: Pro Edge Platinum [3]
• Lather: 345 - RKY MTN Tree Line - Soap
• Post Shave: 345 - RKY MTN Tree Line - Aftershave

Good shave. We are still experiencing an abnormally mild winter, can’t say I miss the cold much.

Dupus

• Brush: Dogclaration LG 2022 Mystery Brush (B16)
• Razor: Wolfman Razors WR4 Al tester on Blutt BR-1 (gen 2) handle
• Blade: Feather Professional
• Lather: Fine Platinum
• Aftershave: Wholly Kaw and Mammoth Iced Tea
• Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. Executive Man

@gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social’s two days of Aventus dupes motivated me to copy him. For some reason, I don’t have a single Aventus dupe splash, but Iced Tea pairs really well. The Chypre frag genre is my least explored direction, and I really only know it in the form of Aventus dupes. But that’s a problem for future djundjila who will have dutifully created some vacancies in the soap and splash storage. Hopefully. Maybe.

Yet another great shave with the WR4, almost too great to be fun, as u/VisceralWatch has noted.

January 3, 2024

• Brush: AP Shave Co Strawberry Cream 26mm G5A

• Razor: C.V. Heljestrand MK 31 11/16 Celluloid Full Hollow

• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Executive Man - Soap

• Toner: Thayers - Lemon - Toner

• Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. - Executive Man - Aftershave

• Fragrance: Creed Aventus

• Talc: Yardley Classic
   
  2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

Great shave today and my last day of my Aventus dupes. I’ve enjoyed this and it really helps to have a bit of the real fragrance on hand for comparison. I think I’ll use the next two days to visit dupes of Green Irish Tweed and Silver Mountain Water.

SOTD 03.01.2024

• Prep: warm water
• Razor: RazoRock Hawk V2
• Blade: KAI Captain Pink
• Brush: TGS Galaxy 26 mm
• Lather: Declaration Grooming - Unscented soap
• Post Shave: Thayer’s Aloe Vera toner; Lavera Mikrosilber Creme

Meh head shave. One pass and done, it got way too late anyway.

First I thought that the Hawk with this blade doesn’t really work that bad for shaving my head, but after applying the toner I saw a couple red spots of irritation. Thankfully the Lavera cream with micronized silver particles was there to calm the skin down.

First two early shifts at the new nursing home are behind me; so far it’s really a different style of working: less rushed, more individual. I still miss my old co-workers, but I actually look forward to what my future assignments there will bring.

January 3, 2024: Dupesday

• Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
• Brush: Semogue Owner’s Club Boar 🐗 ‘Taj’
• Razor: Tedalus Essence
• Blade: Kai Captain Titan Pink Mild (1)
• Lather: Stirling Arcadia
• Post Shave: Osma (Luxury) Alum
• Post Shave: Terre d’Hermès After Shave Lotion
• Post Shave: Nivea After Shave Balm

I don’t have any Aventus dupe, so the dupe of Terre d’Hermès will have to do. Heavy sneezing lead to a rather big cut, and I was happy that I hadn’t taken out a straight. The Tedalus is a very nice razor, with an excellent balance, that’s well worth it’s money. I’m not the biggest fan of the magnet closing mechanism - which defeats the injector mechanism of the blade - but it’s a joy to use.

Have a good evening!