SOTD 2025-09-16

• Prep: Stirling Soap Co. - Haverford Pre-shave Oil
• Bowl: Captain's Choice - Obsidian Copper
• Brush: Semogue Owners Club - Cherry Wood Boar 24mm
• Razor: Yaqi - Slant 37
• Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless
• Lather: House of Mammoth - You & I (Will Die)
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - I, Rich Moose Aftershave
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - I, Rich Moose Balm
• Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
• Tags: $SampleSeptember

Sample part 1 of 3. A complex scent this morning. The soap made a nice, slick lather.

Have a nice day!

September 16th, 2025

• Brush: Summer Break Soaps "Elyria" - TurnNShave v9 Tip 28mm Badger
• Razor: Yates Precision Manufacturing 921-M
• Blade: Wizamet Super Iridium (2)
• Lather: Zingari Man - El Cantinero - Soap
• Post Shave: Proraso - Green - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - El Cantinero - Aftershave Serum
• Fragrance: Stirling - Arance Mandarini - EdT

El Cantinero++, such a good scent for a warm day.

September 16th, 2025

• Brush: Wolf Whiskers - "Gianmaria" w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
• Razor: Gillette Red Tip Super Speed
• Blade: Bolzano Superinox (German) (6)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Soap
• Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Leather - Aftershave
• Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Leather - EdP

Switched the blade over into the Red Tip. I've heard people say this razor is aggressive, but mine is not. It's pretty efficient, though. It's a nice razor and I enjoy it.

16.09.2025

• Brush: TGS Galaxy 26 mm
• Razor: Leaf Thorn
• Blade: Derby Premium half DE
• Lather: HAGS - Aftermath
• Post-Shave: Alterra - Men ASB
• Passes & Info: 1 pass plus buffing on the head, mostly ATG + XTG; a good shave.

This shave was already a small improvement over yesterday. It was still brief because my energy still isn't back to a full 100%, but it's noticeably smoother.

Aftermath is a dupe of Amouage Interlude Man, a fragrance I really like for its luxurious yet comfortable vibe. If only it wouldn't cost an arm and a leg... This is still in the vegan base and was one of the earliest HAGS releases AFAIK, this base is a bit more sticky than I prefer and definitely inferior to the (mutton) tallow bases from him. Still capable of giving a good shave with proper hydration.

Everything at work is in crisis mode and everyone seems to be in a bad mood. Understandable due to the dire situation, yet this wasn't quite what I had hoped for in my new position. Well, at least I should have a mail call to fetch tomorrow afternoon - I got myself some things to reward myself for the successful RN degree, should be nice 👌🏻

September 16, 2025

• Brush: AP Shave Co Lemondrop 28mm SynBad
• Razor: Tanifuji Spalding 0411 6/8" Full Hollow
• Lather: CBL Soap - Doc Holiday - Soap
• Toner: Thayers - Coconut - Toner
• Aftershave: CBL Soap - Doc Holiday - Aftershave

3 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

This soap's scent and base is growing on me. I liked it when I first tried it but I made my normal thinner, slicker lather with it. Today, I loaded more heavily. The base is slick with little water added and builds slickness easily as you add water. So it is a very easy base to load heavily and build a very slick lather with as much water as you want.

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