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Sat Oct 26 2024

  • Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Tabak Oridjinal, now with 28 mm Gelousy knot
  • Razor: Weck Sextoblade Med Prep
  • Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
  • Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
  • Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original

Early morning Stank Weckoning before a busy Saturday. I have family with little kids incoming, so this was my calm before the storm.

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October 26, 2024

  • Brush: Maggard 24mm Tuxedo Synthetic
  • Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
  • Blade: Wilkinson Sword Classic (8)
  • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Nag Champa - Soap
  • Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - Gratiot League Square - Aftershave

2nd shave in 12 hours. There wasn’t much there, but as @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social says, there were just as many hairs.

The lather was really great. It made me wonder, do you think Stirling been slowly improving their base over time? They’re sort of famous for not coming out with new bases, but that doesn’t mean they can’t tweak stuff here or there without us noticing. Frogs in boiling water, so to speak.

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but as @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social says, there were just as many hairs.

That guy’s onto something!

but that doesn’t mean they can’t tweak stuff here or there without us noticing

Good question. Can you ask Rod during the next Maggard meet?

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That depends on if I can go or not!

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I’m planning to go. I’ll Rod ask if I can get a word in. At the last meetup, he and Mandy were swamped with people at their table. I had a bunch of questions that I wanted to ask, and I wanted to thank Rod for helping with the Moar Boar. I got the thanks in, bought some coffee and bar soap, then had to move on so they could talk to someone else.

@djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social

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Saturday, October 26, 2024: Tag der Fahne

  • Brush: Yaqi 24mm Synthetic Panda
  • Razor: King C. Gillette DE Razor
  • Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (28)
  • Lather: Haslinger Algae
  • Postshave: Williams Aqua Velva
  • Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

Today is the Austrian National Holiday – the day of the flag, which commemorates when the last Soviet soldier left the country in 1955. I used my only remaining Haslinger soap to commemorate, and combined it with a blade produced in Russia.

Have a good evening!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

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That soap sounds very interesting! Does it have algae and seaweed as ingredients?

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They list fucus vesiculosus extract as one of their ingredients. Unfortunately, I don’t smell it at all in the soap - I would love to have something that smells like the sea at the French Channel or Atlantic coast.

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That’s interesting that it was the original source of iodine!

I guess I wouldn’t think that it was a particularly strong scent. Agreed though, I’d love a real briny scented soap.

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7 points

October 26, 2024

  • Brush: Omega - 10048 boar
  • Razor: Rockwell - 6C (R3 plate)
  • Blade: Bic - Chrome Platinum (3)
  • Lather: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber
  • Post: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber AS Splash
  • Post: Stirling - Glacial Unscented Post Shave Balm
  • Frag: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber EdP

I definitely overloaded my brush and had a bit of a hard time getting enough water into the lather. After a bit of work, though, it developed nicely.

I’m so glad it’s the weekend, but somehow my day is full of responsibilities already. At least I smell great!

Happy Saturday y’all. ✌️

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Didn’t have time to old hiker up my samples so back to the SSL kill. A bit of dedication and shaving more than once a week and I could probably kill it before Christmas

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You can do it!

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Baby steps. First aim is to log every shave in here.

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