Friday SOTD Thread - March 22nd, 2024

Mar 22, 2024 - 🌿 Fougère Friday: Varen 🪻

• Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR Sub-Exclusive (508A XL) 31mm Boar Knot
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #MMarch24
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE [22]
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Splash

Congrats to Stirling on the win, and good luck in the next match-up.

Varen is awesome! Happy #fougerefriday!

Rating: 4.5/5

Friday, March 22, 2024: Kill the Rabbit

• Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
• Brush: Semogue C3 Galahad Horse 🐎
• Razor: Mühle R41 (3-piece)
• Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (14)
• Lather: Haslinger Schafmilch 🐑
• Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
• Postshave: Pitralon Classic After Shave
• Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

Schafmilch is gone - it served me well. But this is only the first kill of the year. At least Marduk will not see 2025, either.

Have a good day!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

March 22, 2024

• Brush: Wald Stratos Goldvein 29mm A1 Fan

• Razor: Filarmonica 13 Novodur 13/16" Para Profesionales Full Hollow

• Lather: The Holy Black - Gunpowder Spice - Soap

• Toner: Thayers - Rose - Toner

• Aftershave: The Holy Black - Gunpowder Spice - Aftershave

• Fragrance: Floris of London - No. 89 - Eau de Toilette

• Talc: Yardley Gold
   
  2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

Great shave today! The fragrance of the soap and of the EdT are very nostalgic. My mind went somewhere when I started lathering and came back when the aftershave hit my face. Very nice.

Fri Mar 22

• Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving exclusive MOAR BOAR (31 mm × 57 mm bleached boar)
• Razor: EldrormR Industries - GEM Division: MM24
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
• Lather: Summer Break Soaps Teacher's Pet
• Aftershave: Southern Witchcrafts Pomona
• Fragrance: Echt Kölnisch Wasser N° 4711

48 Stirling vs 34 SBS, 11 abstentions according to u/robodjudge's tally.

Yesterday's plebiscite yielded the predictable outcome (†) and the lowest participation rate since u/robodjudge started tracking March Madness. I expected the green juggernaut to win, but I was a bit surprised that that more people didn't show up given how beloved both brands are.

Great shave with Teacher's Pet this morning. The Kölnisch Wasser was a mistake, though, and the lemon opening overwhelmed the nice apple combo I had going.

#MMarch24

(†) pending official confirmation by u/ShavinginCT, but u/robodjudge doesn't usually make mistakes.

March 22, 2024

• Brush: Maggard 24mm Tuxedo Synthetic
• Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
• Blade: Personna Lab Blue (2)
• Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. - Caoba - Soap
• Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. - Frankie & Myrna - Aftershave
• Post Shave: allMan - Refined - Balm

It's nice going back to a favorite DE after using the MM24 for most of the month. The MM24 is a tad more aggressive than I like but boy are the shaves nice and close.