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Sunday SOTD Thread - February 11th, 2024

Share your shave of the day!

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  • February 11, 2024

    • Brush: Stirling 24mm Synthetic
    • Razor: Baili BR179
    • Blade: Wilkinson Sword Classic (1)
    • Lather: Barrister & Mann - Diamond - Soap
    • Post Shave: Spearhead - Seaforth! Heather - Toner
    • Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral

    Same setup as yesterday, although if you're very astute you may notice I put the wrong brush yesterday. This Stirling brush is very nice. It's a softer version of a tuxedo. The Maggard Synthetic gets used a lot at home. I'm not sure which one I prefer but they're both great synths.

    @lemonparty@lemm.ee knows what I mean!

  • Sunday, February 11, 2024: With Clownshoes on your 5-year old Son's Bicycle

    So, first impressions of the Dovo Barbarossa, especially for @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social : It's small; it's even smaller in your hand than it looks. The first impression was really like wearing clownshoes when riding your son's bike: It initially feels that it's not made for someone of your size. Already honing it was kind of strange. And visibility with the razor is not ideal: the blade starts very close to the scales (if you know what I mean), and the hand really gets in the way of seeing the part of the face that you're trying to shave. So it's not the "AC-shavette ergonomics, but actually a straight razor" feel I had been hoping for. See also the image below: the Barbarossa sandwiched between the Tedalus Essence (which is the razor whose hand-feel ergonomics I like most) and the Koraat 14.2:

    I can't comment on the Inox vs. carbon steel aspect - this is my first Inox razor. I didn't have any special impression, in any case.

    Now, that being said, with all the awkwardness involved, I still got a nice shave out of it, and I'm looking forward to using it more regularly. Maybe if the cutting edge were 5-10mm longer, and a little bit farther out, it would be the perfect fit for me, but it's good enough.

    Have a nice Sunday! I'm going back to watching Starcraft II in Katowice.

    ~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

    • That Dovo razor would be too short for me. If you can find a J.A. Henckels Friodur 472 (or 472½), that's worth a try as a stainless steel razor. I think the Friodur razors are excellent.

    • This is interesting! From the pictures, it looks like the Barbarossa is a shortened version of the 41 blade blank, and I like the full 41 a lot.

      I wonder whether the geometry will still feel odd after a few shaves. Does the shortened blade allow for east - west passes under the jaw line and the neck like with a DE, or is that still tricky?

      I can't comment on the Inox vs. carbon steel aspect - this is my first Inox razor.

      I've been trying to discern a difference for one and a half years now, and I'm still looking.

      Have a nice Sunday!

      You too!

      • I wonder whether the geometry will still feel odd after a few shaves. Does the shortened blade allow for east - west passes under the jaw line and the neck like with a DE, or is that still tricky?

        I haven't tried that, but even with a DE, I don't do east -west passes there (my hair grows not very north -south in this region). I would assume that you if you can do it with a DE, it should be possible with the Barbarossa (it has roughly the same length as a DE blade).

        Edit: I guess you're right wrt the shortened 41.

  • A Stirling Sunday Shave

    • Brush: Stirling Soap Co. Zenith Boar Brush 31mm × 50mm
    • Razor: Dovo 41 Inox
    • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. Piacenza
    • Aftershave: House of Mammoth/Noble Otter/Declaration Grooming Cerberus
    • Fragrance: Terre d'Hermès Eau Intense Vétiver
    • Talc: Pinaud Clubman Finest Powder

    The brush feels broken in. There's no discernable difference from shave to shave, and I feel like I can make perfect Stirling lather with my eyes closed with it now.

    • Piacenza++;

      Among my favorite Stirling scents. I know that it is an Acqua di Parma Colonia dupe but have not bothered to try Colonia yet.

      Can you discern a difference between the Stirneth Boar and the Moar Boar now that the Stirneth Boar is broken in?

  • February 11, 2024

    • Brush: Wild West Brushworks Deep Pearl 26mm Sweet Spot Badger
    • Razor: Wolfman Razors WR2/WRH2
    • Blade: Wilkinson Sword Black (4)
    • Lather: Noble Otter - Jack - Soap
    • Toner: Thayers - Lemon - Toner
    • Aftershave: Noble Otter - Jack - Aftershave
    • Fragrance: Floris of London - Jermyn Street - Eau de Toilette
    • Talc: Yardley Classic
       
      2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

    It has been a dreary day so far here in Maryland. The lightness and brightness of the Jack fragrance was a very nice contrast to that. I really enjoyed it. Great shave today.

  • Sunday, February 11, 2024 - Super Bowl Shave

    • Prep: hot shower
    • Brush: Yaqi Cashmere Synthetic Shaving Brush, Dandelion Green Handle, 24mm
    • Razor: Gillette Flare Tip Superspeed A1 (1955)
    • Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (3)
    • Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Shaving Soap
    • Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave Balm

    Even though I'm still a little bitter about my team not making it to the Super Bowl I'm still looking forward to enjoying the game today. So I figured I should use my "manliest" scent to prepare.

    Also, in typing this I'm just now realizing the missed opportunity. I should have used my scuttle (ie lather bowl) and created an actual "super bowl" of lather in honor of the big game. Oh well, maybe I'll remember next year.

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