🐺 End-Times Air Quality Wolf Wednesday 🐺
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers 26mm Maggard Razors SHD
- Razor: Wolfman Razors WR2-DC 0.95 SB / 1.25 OC
- Blade: Voskhod (13)
- Lather: Abbate Y La Mantia - Vulcano - Shaving Soap
- Post Shave: Highland Springs Soap Co. / Australian Private Reserve - Eclipse - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Zoologist Perfumes - Tyrannosaurus Rex
- Passes: WTG, XTG
- Coffee: Colombia. Vereda Santa Rita, Manizales, Caldas - v: Geisha - p: honey, 48-hour fermentation, dried on raised beds
- Music: Bill Callahan - Apocolypse
The air quality is atrocious today, so today's shave is themed to match. I'm...pungent.
Does Sonder have some in there too? Kryptonite is definitely the one I think of having significant cooling.
福 (Fú Dào) is a little flatter smelling in the soap and the firecracker notes dominate. The complexity is easier to pick up in the aftershave and fragrance, though I wouldn't call any of the versions bright.
Testing...One, Two, Three
- Brush: Rubberset 400 26mm Soft Tuxedo
- Razor: Carbon Cx-Ti
- Blade: Astra SP (9)
- Lather: Southern Witchcrafts - Lycanthropy
- Post Shave: Lather Bros. - Lone Bear - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Rogue Perfumery - Champs Lunaires
- Passes: WTG, XTG
- Coffee: Full City Blend
- Music: Bill Evans Trio - Moon Beams
- LG Tags:
LG PRACTICE#FOF#photocontest#ROTY
Moonlight and white florals. Purdy.
Also, including some test codes for the LG planning crew. Let me know if anything looks awry—I stacked all my tags in a list item up top. u/djundjila
It sounds like you might be talking about disposable cartridge razors or all-in-one disposable razors, like the BIC Sensitive razors.
We'll recommend that instead, you buy a double-edge razor, which uses small replaceable double-edge blades that you change out every seven to thirty shaves.
This wiki talks about double edge safety razors in the "Removable Blade Razors" section. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razor
🦣 Mammoth Monday 🦣
- Brush: Mammoth x Voigt & Cop Smash 28mm VC01 Super Badger
- Razor: Charcoal Goods Level 2
- Blade: Astra SP (11)
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Kryptonite - Shaving Soap
- Post Shave: Fine Accoutrements - L’Orange Noir - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Chris Rusak - Timbre
- Passes: WTG, XTG
- Coffee: Colombia. Piendamó, Cauca - v: Tabi - p: Sterilization with ozonoated water and ultraviolet light, anaerobic yeast fermentation, controlled drying
- Music: Wye Oak - Civilian
I forgot that I have a very limited window for mentholated soaps—hot enough to want the cooling, but not so hot that the air conditioning is on—so I should be using Kryptonite as much possible. Excellent Mammoth Monday shave.
SOTD Jun 25, 2023
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers "Zydeco" 28mm Motherlode
- Razor: Blutt Rasur BR-1 0.99
- Blade: Astra SP (23)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Red Letter Day - Shaving Soap
- Post Shave: Oleo - Pucker - Balm
- Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - Sundrunk
- Passes: WTG, XTG
- Coffee: Burundi, Kayanza - v: Red Bourbon, Jackson - p: Washed
- Music: Darkside - Spiral
I've only tried a sample of the fragrance, so I can't speak to the rest of the line, but I generally find that dirt and mineral notes read as way stronger in shave soap scents than they do in an aftershave. I wonder if that's what you're picking up here.
SOTD Jun 24, 2023
- Brush: Zenith r/wetshaving Moar Boar
- Razor: Blutt Rasur BR-1 0.99
- Blade: Astra SP (22)
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Shire - Shaving Soap
- Fragrance: Hendley Perfumes - Mown
- Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG
😄 I only ask in case that's part of what's causing the issue. Maybe there's a character limit beyond which you can still attempt to post but it errors out.
Fougere Friday
- Brush: Farvour Turn Craft “Worm” 26mm Maggards Razors Synthetic
- Razor: Blackland Sabre
- Blade: GEM (2)
- Lather: Highland Springs Soap Company - Green Door - Shaving Soap
- Post Shave: Highland Springs Soap Company - Green Door - Aftershave
- Fragrance: INeKE - Idyllwild
- Passes: WTG, XTG
- Coffee: Colombia. Vereda Santa Rita, Manizales, Caldas - v: Geisha - p: honey, 48-hour fermentation, dried on raised beds
- Music: Geese - 3D Country
Across the Spider-verse is a blast, but as a warning, it's pretty long. Might want to go without any pre-movie beverages.
It's pretty rough out there CONUS for allergies, regardless of cats. Solidarity. I've been on a pill daily plus a spray every few nights all summer long.
The producer is Wilton Benitez and JBC (Wisconsin) roasted it. I know there are countless good options CONUS these days, but JBC was one of the better roasters nationally a decade ago. The last two interesting roasters I tried through a local cafe were Brandywine and Bivouac, both of which seem to focus on natural process stuff.
I'll admit I'm not good at describing razors in a precise way, but I find it comfortable and very easy to use without sticking or irritation. I'd say it's a comfortable but relatively aggressive two passes. Less so than the Blackbird SS.
Mousse Illuminée is my favorite Rogue perfume, though I haven't tried the new pine forest scent.
SOTD Jun 22, 2023
- Brush: Zenith r/wetshaving Moar Boar
- Razor: Blackland Sabre
- Blade: GEM (1)
- Lather: Talent Soap Factory - The Abyss - Shaving Soap
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Atomic Holiday - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Pink MahogHany - Gent
- Passes: WTG, XTG
- Coffee: Full City Roast Blend
- Music: Deer Tick - Emotional Contracts
New GEM blade—very smooth shave, but at least one weeper. Fresh GEMs be like that.
I should have pushed that previous blade to fifty.
SOTD Jun 21, 2023
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers 26mm Maggard Razors SHD
- Razor: Blackland Sabre
- Blade: GEM (38)
- Lather: Summer Break Soaps - Bell Ringer - Shave Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Pharaoh's Dreamsicle - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Oleo - Pucker - Balm
- Fragrance: Soivohle - Grand Canyon
- Passes: WTG, XTG
- Coffee: Colombia. Piendamó, Cauca - v: Tabi - p: Sterilization with ozonoated water and ultraviolet light, anaerobic yeast fermentation, controlled drying
- Music: Ivy - Apartment Life
Pour one out for Bell Ringer. You will be missed.
PS: I included my razor today. 🧠