Share you shave of the day for Monday!
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- Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Papa Eld with Declaration Grooming B3 knot
- Razor: EldrormR Industries - GEM Division: MM24
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
- Lather: House of Mammoth Shire
- Aftershave: House of Mammoth Shire 2
- Fragrance: House of Mammoth Shire 2
- Talc: Pinaud Clubman Finest Powder
A rare Shire trickhole shave (for me). It’s pretty much my favourite Mammoth scent, but I wish there was a Shire splash without cooling agent.
The B3 knot is pretty much what I want a badger knot to feel like, and I’m using it today to set the comparison bar for tomorrow’s floppy Gelousy knot use. If using the Gelousy knot doesn’t spark joy then, I’ll rip it out again to deepen the hole and reduce its loft.
Despite my whiny tone, this was a wonderful shave and a good start into the week.
but I wish there was a Shire splash without cooling agent
I feel this way about all of the HoM splashes I have; especially (Mood )?Indigo, Beloved, and Hygge.
Same. I have Almond Leather and Santa Noir, which are also warm scents that don’t need cooling agents.
- Razor: Tatara Masamune
- Blade: Lord Classic
- Brush: Vie-Long #14033
- Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
- Lather: Pereira Oud
- Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
- Additional Care: Alum Block
A magnificent Monday shave, with lather, brush, and razor all coming from the Iberian Peninsula.
At first I found Tatara razors shockingly ugly, but I seem to get used to their look 😁
Jan. 22, 2024
- Brush: Yaqi 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Karve Overlander
- Blade: Sharp Durablade [2]
- Lather: Spearhead - Sea Spice Lime - Soap
- Post Shave: Spearhead - Sea Spice Lime - Aftershave
Great shave. Nice weekend now back to work.
Jan 22, 2024 - Mammoth Monday: Hygge
- Prep: Klar - Activated Charcoal - Face Soap
- Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts 28mm Declaration Grooming B13
- Razor: Karve Shaving Co. Overlander
- Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Super Stainless (Green) [17]
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Soap
- Post Shave: Declaration Grooming - Opulence - Aftershave
Another great Monday morning shave with Tusk. Hygge and Opulence are both incredible scents that hit just right. Admittedly, I copied this pairing from @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social, and it works well.
Rating: 4.5/5
Monday, January 22, 2024
- Prep: hot shower
- Lather Bowl: Georgetown Pottery G12 Shaving Scuttle (Hamada & Blue)
- Brush: Yaqi Cashmere Synthetic Shaving Brush, Dandelion Green Handle, 24mm
- Razor: Razor name and then two spaces
- Blade: Edwin Jagger DE 89L
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Leviathan - Shaving Soap
- Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Leviathan - Aftershave Balm
I do enjoy using the scuttle, but I just can’t seem to get as good a lather as when I’m face lathering. Still nice on a cold day though.
January 22, 2024
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Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving 31mm x 57mm Moar Boar
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Razor: Dovo Bismarck 6/8" Full Hollow Round Point
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Lather: Noble Otter - Monarch - Soap
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Toner: Thayers - Lavender - Toner
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Aftershave: Noble Otter - Monarch - Aftershave
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Talc: Pinaud Clubman
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
An awesome shave on a Monarch Monday. Monarch is another NO winner. So far, I have not purchased any losers from them, though. The Bismarck provided me with a very comfortable BBS shave worthy of a talc finish.
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January 22, 2024
- Brush: Maggard 24mm Synthetic
- Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
- Blade: Personna Lab Blue (4)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Arkadia - Soap
- Post Shave: Noble Otter - The Night Before - Aftershave
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm
- Fragrance: Spearhead - Seaforth! Heather - EdP
So happy with this shave. Stirling is great, Era lvl3 is great, Lab Blue is great… ok everything was great.
Monday, January 22, 2024: Haslinger Hétfő Formation Flight
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Semogue Owner’s Club Boar 🐗 ‘Taj’
- Razor: GEM Flying Wing
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (16)
- Lather: Haslinger Schafmilch 🐑
- Postshave: Terre d’Hermès After Shave Lotion
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
A formation flight, still without Mammoth soap, but with the wooly Haslinger sheep soap. The microcrack of death has widened into a Harry-Potter scar of death. And the blade starts to get a bit rough, especially against the grain.
Have a good night!
SOTD 22.01.2024
- Prep: warm water
- Razor: Greencult GC 2.0 II plate
- Blade: Voskhod
- Brush: CoolDog Leipzig 26 mm synthetic Fan
- Lather: Noble Otter - Neon Sun
- Post Shave: Thayer’s Aloe Vera toner; Phytorelax Headshave ASB
- Fragrance: Versace Eros Flame EdP
Yet another head SOTN. Not as comfortable due to an ageing blade, but Voskhods were never really my favs in terms of longevity. One pass, a few touch-ups here and there and voilà, a nice slick dome. Given that I now rock stubble around the stache and I became mainly a head shaver, I feel like I need to weed out a few brushes and razors I simply won’t use anymore. And alcohol aftershaves…
Today I already cleaned out my fragrance collection, save for a few that were gifts. I actually realised what my problem is: I bought quite a few just because the description sounded nice and it had a fancy bottle. But a lot of them contained vanilla - a scent I just find plain boring. It’s a bit different if it’s a darker, spicy vanilla surrounded by more interesting ingredients, but just the normal stuff? Ugh. Way too conformist.
That being said, Eros Flame will definitely stay in my collection. It was one of the first two designer EdPs I got (the other being the better one, the manly citrus bomb of Dior Eau Sauvage, a scent that I simply adore for summer and that’s way better than it’s modern mainstream variant). So yeah, sentimental reasons… It’s nice, definitely. But more of a “blend in” fragrance. Something agreeable, warm yet not too strong or overbearing. It’s kinda hyped on some fragrance communities, but take that hype with a grain of salt. It’s definitely safe for formal settings, e.g. office jobs, schools, job meetings and the like. But nothing with a true “wow factor”. I like the spices and the citrus opening, but the powdery notes remind me too much of barbershop soaps. Neon Sun has a powdery note too, but that would make a much cooler and more distinctive perfume if NO ever gets colognes into the EU. I know, I ramble a lot about fragrance again - but since wetshaving is a largely fragrance-based hobby, I feel like I speak to like-minded souls here. I’ll definitely need to up my fragrance game and invest in something that feels more like me, a true signature scent.
