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Sunday SOTD Thread - June 2nd, 2024 (sub.wetshaving.social)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Ahoy, Lather Games!

Brush: Order of the Midnight Animals — Midnight Kraken #FAUXFUR
Razor: Böker S.S. Paris Wins
Lather: Old Spice — Original
Aftershave: Old Spice — Original
Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! Spiced

I didn't take any risks with the theme this time, and relevance of the post and fragrance are that they are spicy fragrances.

This day is really u/Cowzilla3 and TGSO appreciation day, but it was also a very welcome opportunity to use my Kraken brush and Böker boat razor.

Good shave today, and the Old Spice cream (a gift from u/Semaj3000 when we met in Oxford two years ago) creates a decent lather, but the scent is very different from the splash (sweeter, less cinnamon).

To honour our reigning champion, u/Priusaurus, I want to recall a few highlights of his stellar run last year. He automated lathering, seduced the djudges with his hot mating dance, fought Skynet, shaved on a sidewalk/restaurant terrace, shaved in a fucking ice bath, did it again (!) out of spite, developed an interesting witch hunting technique, shaved with a butt plug, and managed one of the most dignified sign-off shaves in lather games history. Truly an inspiration, and I can't wait to see what our champion has in store this year.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This brush looks … 👀 interesting 👀

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's the result of a most sinister confluence of dark energies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is it as ergonomic as it looks?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

It's surprisingly usable 😅

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Old Spice++;

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I used to like it more before I knew Seaforth! Spiced, now it's the lesser Spiced in my mind

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I agree with this completely. Spiced is more complex and interesting. When you think of Old Spice think about those square rigger ships that were operated in an age where bathing, and even sanitation, were ignored. This is the environment in which Bay Rum was invented and you can bet that strength of scent was far more important than scent balance and complexity. As the ad shows, Old Spice relates more closely to this time than to ours.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

June 2, 2024

Brush: AP Shave Co. - 24mm Synbad Fan
Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
Blade: Feather New Hi-Stainless (1)
Lather: Central Texas Soaps - Cherry Pipe - Soap
Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - Admiral - Aftershave
Fragrance: Cross/Cut - Warm Woods - EdT

I haven't used a Feather in forever. My impression of them has been that they're fine, but a little harsh on my skin. That's probably still true in some razors, but it felt good in the Legacy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sunday, June 2, 2024: Lazy Sunday

Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
Brush: Zenith 506U XS Horse 🐎
Razor: Dovo Barbarossa Stainless
Lather: Le Père Lucien Narcisse
Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
Postshave: Floid The Genuine
Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

I went back to the Barbarossa, and it showed me how much I had screwed up honing my three go-to straights with the natural stone. They will have to go back to the synthetics, for nice and easy shaves.

Have a good Sunday!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What do you think went wrong with the natural stone? I'm curious about that part of the rabbit hole.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't know - and that's the main issue 😭

I guess that at least part of the issue is that the natural stone is less wide than the synthetics. I'll hone them on the synthetics, and try the natural stone with the Chinese straight I ordered by mistake

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I don’t know - and that’s the main issue 😭

Ugh, that sucks, sorry mate 😥

If you figure it out, I'd be grateful to hear the solution!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

June 2, 2024

Brush: Thäter Faux Ivory 29mm 2-band Silvertip
Razor: Koraat 14-2.0 8/8" Full Hollow
Lather: Shulton - Old Spice - Soap
Post Shave: Shulton - Old Spice - Aftershave
Post Shave: Thayers - Lemon - Toner
Fragrance: Floris of London - No. 89 - Eau de Toilette
Talc: Yardley Gold

God that was good! Surprisingly good lather for a 45 year old soap, and the scent is still there, though weaker. I took extra time wallowing in the goodness of Old Spice, and I presume that u/cowzilla3 would deem this the minimum required time. I have used Shulton Old Spice aftershave for many years. My father used it as well, so it's definitely a nostalgia-fest for me. No. 89 has been around forever too. Its scent blends well with Old Spice and it is also period-correct.

I took Paleontology Day literally and used a razor that has mammoth ivory scales. This relates more to the challenge than to u/Priusaurus.

However, I mostly participate in the Lather Games for the entertainment value of the SOTD comments, and Priusaurus' comments are consistently entertaining, or interesting. He was deserving of the win last year and I'm following his pursuit of it again this year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lol, that literal palaeontology flex 😁

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

"smoke 'em if you got 'em"

Using logic as we (very loosely) apply it here in the states, that phrase actually applies. 😉