Wednesday SOTD Thread - March 27th, 2024

Mar 27, 2024 - MM24 14th Match-Up: Stirling vs. HoM

• Brush: Chisel & Hound Fu Dao Flare 26mm v20 Fanchurian Badger Knot
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #MMarch24
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE [27]
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Restore - Soap
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - Amir - Splash
• Fragrance: Chatillon Lux - Sunrise on LaSalle - Eau de Toilette

I think this is going to be a very close match-up. It may come down to a variety of scents used during overtime, and Stirling has variety in spades. Hopefully, bringing out some older HoM scents may help if it comes to that.

I needed some bright, refreshing scents to get my morning going.

Rating: 4.5/5

• Razor: Schick G4
• Blade: Personna Injector
• Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
• Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
• Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
• Additional Care: Alum Block

A fun and fast midweek shave.

🏰 Stirling vs House of Mammoth 🦣

• Brush: Boti Motherlode knot in laminated wooden handle
• Razor: Dovo 41 Inox
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. Mountain Man
• Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. Mountain Man
• Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. Mountain Man

I'm on a company engineering seminar in the mountains, so a Mountain Man trickhole is the perfect choice for my Stirling vote today. There's simply no way I can get disappointed with today's outcome. Both u/mammothben and u/stirlingsoap deserve to go all the way IMO, and I am somewhat optimistic one of them will.

Today was the first time I've taken a straight razor to the mountains and I made a fun observation: The thin, dry mountain air plays tricks with my strop and the leather-steel combo is like the plexy glass stick and cat pelt experiment from high school physics: crackling discharges of static electricity and all the hairs on my stropping arm stood up.

Every time I use the Motherlode knot I'm impressed and tell myself I should use it more, and I never do 🤷

Fantastic shave, I won't be too mad if we get snowed in and I have to repeat it a few times.

March 26, 2024

• Brush: Wild West Brushworks Blue Space 26mm Cashmere

• Razor: River Razor 14 8/8" Full Hollow

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

• Toner: Thayers - Lemon - Toner

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

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

Island Man is a dupe of Creed Virgin Island Water. I need to try this Creed fragrance because I absolutely love Rod's dupe of it. A&E St. Barts is a dupe of the same fragrance, and while I like St. Barts, it does not have that blue-cool factor that you get with Island Man.

And, I'm supporting Stirling in today's matchup. To provide so many products with such a high level of quality, at excellent value, and to do this for 12 years while continually growing the business, is exceptional. Kudos from me!

Wednesday, March 27, 2024: Megalodon Mittwoch

• Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
• Brush: Muninn Woodworks Gloire de France with Zenith 505BC Boar 🐗
• Razor: Thiers-Issard 188 7/8 'Coq et Renard'
• Lather: HAGS Megalodon
• Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
• Postshave: Pitralon Classic After Shave
• Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

I got mail from yourshaving, and I decided to try out Megalodon first (admittedly, the only possible alliteration for today...). I'm very impressed with the quality of the HAGS soap base – my face feels moisturized and very relaxed. If you don't know it, it's definitely worth a try! The scent is not love at first sight, but I believe it will grow on me.

Have a good night!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

March 27, 2024

• Brush: AP Shave Co. - 24mm Synbad Fan
• Razor: Fatip Classic Testina Gentile
• Blade: Personna Lab Blue (7)
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Piacenza - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Nivea Sensitive Balm
• Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - EdT