Saturday SOTD Thread - April 27th, 2024

Saturday Morning

Brush: Boti Sunrise
Razor: Koraat Sparschweinchen (7/8", "Sheffield-style" full hollow, carbon steel)
Lather: Stirling Soap Co. Friends to the End
Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. Friends to the End
Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. Friends to the End

Great shave this morning, and FttE got me an "Oooh, you smell really good" from the missus today, so this day started really nice.

April 27, 2024

Brush: Maggard 24mm 2 Band Badger
Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
Blade: Gillette Perma-Sharp (3)
Lather: Barrister & Mann - Lyssa - Soap
Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Lyssa - Aftershave
Post Shave: Nivea Sensitive Balm

I think this is my last tub of Excelsior based soap. I love Excelsior.

Why do you think Will stopped making Excelsior?
- I've heard some people don't like it and find it drying. My skin gets dried out pretty easily and I've never had that problem with Excelsior. It takes a large amount of water and I think most people don't have the patience to get Excelsior to its "sweet spot".
  
  Omnibus also takes a huge amount of water, but it's more forgiving if you don't spend the time getting it wet. I'm still undecided on which base I prefer, as I love them both.
  
  Soft Heart was in the middle of the two, and unlike @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social I don't think Ominibus was a natural progression, although I'm not sure that's why he meant. I feel like it was a new direction towards a different type of lather.
  
  I do prefer Excelsior and Omnibus to Soft Heart, as I find SH to be a tad bit on the poofy side.
  
  I also have an opinion about the Reserve base, but nobody asked so I'll stop here before I write a book!
- It was weirdly controversial, bordering on unpopular. During the tests, one of the other candidates was more popular: Soft hearts. Will felt it was too soft and people would resent how quickly it gets used up, so we went with the firmer Excelsior. Omnibus was the result of Will researching ways to make Soft Hearts firmer. So it feels like Will was never fully happy with Excelsior.
Yeah, Excelsior is fantastic!

April 27, 2024

Brush: Wolfman WRB2 Bronze w/AP Shave Co MiG 26mm Premium Hybrid
Razor: Wade & Butcher 6/8 Hollow Ground
Lather: Wholly Kaw - PasteurVision - Soap
Toner: Thayers - Rose - Toner
Aftershave: Elysian Soap Shop - El Dorado - Aftershave

2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

PasteurVision is another soap that I purchased at the Maggard Meetup. Another winner for me. I think if you like Amber Bomba (I'm lookin' at you @whosgotthepudding ), you'll love this one. I don't have the splash. El Dorado complements it nicely, though.

This shave was a test shave and the results were just great. The razor belongs to u/VisceralWatch and it came back for honing because the edge has never been quite right. We thought that maybe, during restoration, someone overheated the edge and changed the temper there. I think this might have happened. Sometimes these problems will only reside at the very edge of a blade. With this sharpening, I think we have honed through the bad metal and are now into the good stuff. I made a video of the sharpening. Naturally, the final verdict remains with Mr. Watch.

You're on fire with the videos these days! I only just caught up with the Ern razor video 😅

Thanks for the great content!
- Oh! I think the Ern video is the one where I fumble through the importance of minimizing impact between abrasive particles and the razor’s edge without actually getting into any classical mechanics. In real time, I remember thinking you would be chuckling over this.
- Thank you! VisceralWatch tells me that he uses them to go to sleep :) Perhaps I should skip the voice-over audio and just do ASMR.

4/27/24

Brush: Farvour Turn Crafts w/ C&H v12 Fanchurian
Razor: Ralf Aust 6/8, Full Hollow Square Point
Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. - Windy City Barbershop
Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. - Windy City Barbershop Aftershave Splash

It would seem the thrill of this Kanayama has me shaving again every day.

Interesting. I find the draw of the cordovan to be wonderful but cannot detect any difference in edge-alignment performance between the Kanoyama and my Tony Miller strops. This doesn’t stop me using the Kanoyama, though :)
- It's just the thrill of having one, much less such a nice one. It's been a nice change up from my Black Latigo. There will always be room for my Tony Miller!
Are they still selling these strops ?; I thought they were out of production.
- Yeah, they're out of production. Mr. Naomi Kanoyama retired in 2022. I stumbled on this NOS #80000 on ebay for a crazy good price, less than hour after being listed.
Kanayama being the shell cordovan strop?
- That is correct