🐺 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.
lol hadn't thought of the Smoker's Hypothesis
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.
Is it an unusually lengthy post?
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. 🧠