Share your Shave of the Day for Friday!
SOTD - 2026-02-27
- Prep: Shower
- Brush: West Coast Shaving Synthetic
- Razor: RazoRock Game Changer .84 closed comb
- Blade: Feather New Hi Stainless(1)
- Lather: Farmcraft VT Cedar Shave Soap
- Alum: Stirling Travel Size Alum
- Toner: Stirling Unscented Witch Hazel & Aloe
- Aftershave: Stirling Deton-8 Aftershave
- Serum: Ash Hopper Blueberry Serum
- Lotion: Humble Bee Botanicals “Calendulove” Face Cream
- Fragrance: Stirling Deton-8 EdT
1 pass WTG. I messed up a bit on touch ups and gave myself a couple weepers. A socially acceptable shave.
Forgot to post yesterday. Parents are in town!
February 27th, 2026
- Brush: Unbranded - Marble w/ Maggard G5C Synthetic
- Razor: Above the Tie - Windsor
- Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
- Lather: Martin de Candre - Fougère - Soap
- Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - Top of the World - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. - Golden Balm - Balm
- Fragrance: Olympic Orchids - Blackbird - EdP
Shave 35 of the brain bowl
February 27th, 2026
- Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations - w/AP Shave Co. Cashmere 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Geneva Cutlery Co. (Genco) Straight Razor - 5/8 Half Hollow (7)
- Lather: Zingari Man - Amir - Soap
- Post Shave: MW - Bay Rum - Aftershave
A quick 2 pass luxury shave. I finally set a knot in my Rad Dinosaur Creations handle. I don’t know why it took me so long to try a Cashmere knot – after hearing about them I’ve always figured it’s right up my alley, and everyone was right. This knot suits me perfectly. https://photos.selfhost.ing/share/Tuzv8J_KKXsOcTBxqgDhoydop5TR8yFH_REx884JWLEQhVceXgSVOASt0H4vJm3RcCM
I set the knot using a 3D printed spacer. First I tried one 9mm tall, then decided 10mm would be better, increasing the left a bit more. I think I nailed it, and this was much much easier than stacking coins, washers, etc. If anyone needs one and knows the general dimensions (height is infinitely more important than diameter) I’m happy to print a few different heights and send them your way.
February 27, 2026
- Brush: Wald Stratos Haunter 29mm A1
- Razor: Atelier Durdan Horizon (setting: 4)
- Blade: Feather Artist Club Professional (4)
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Indigo - Soap
- Toner: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
- Aftershave: House of Mammoth - Indigo - Splash
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
Another wonderful shave with the Atelier Durdan Horizon. Setting 4 on this razor is all I need. The feel of the edge at this setting is positive, and the blade exposure contributes great comfort.
Indigo, with its blueberry top note and subtle, woody base made for a terrific scent experience, as it always does.
February 27, 2026
- Prep: Shower
- Brush: AKA Brushworx w/ AP Shave Co 26 mm Synbad Bulb
- Razor: GEM G-Bar
- Blade: GEM PTFE
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Saguaro Blossom
- Post Shave: Neutrogena Hydro-Boost Gel Cream
- Fragrance: Noble Otter - Firefighter
- Whiskers: Jojoba/Argan w/Tea Tree Oil
Nonidi 9 Ventôse an 234 de la Révolution, jour de Marceau
- Preshave: Proraso White Preshave
- Brush: Yaqi Starry Night 28mm Synthetic
- Razor: Koraat 14.2 Straight Razor (4)
- Lather: Chiseled Face Midnight Stag
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Chiseled Face Midnight Stag Aftershave
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
The shave to close the week of the stag was meh like the days before. I just can’t get the lather to a silky texture that protects the face well enough. I’ll classify this week after the fact as self-harm (don’t do that, people of the piefed; there are very good soap bases around).
Have a good evening!
I am not wild about the Chiseled Face soap base either, but I used Stag for an Austere August and found a way to make it work for me. The EdP for Stag is surprisingly good, btw. Much richer and more detailed than either the soap or splash.
Do you have the silk “tallow” base? Its lid has a scene whereas the tallow base is mostly black with words.
Are you tub loading or scooping? I scoop and find the soap comes out … chalky. It’s tricky to get it to stick to the bowl. I’ll spritz it with a bit of water before taking a shower. I lather in the bowl with a boar brush and get a slick, cushiony result in about the same lather time as Stirling.
I have the silk tallow, and like you, I scoop. It sticks easily to the bowl, and I bloomed it a bit. Maybe I try to bloom it longer…
But I don’t have any chalky consistency 🤷
I think the base is your problem, then. The Silk tallow base is infamous for being hard to lather. Usually, normal CFG base is pretty solid - comparable to Stirling base IMHO. Never had any performance issues with the plain black tubs.
@walden@wetshav.ing , I think you have the silk base. How do you lather?
I killed a tub of Loyal a while ago. I enjoyed the base. I tub load and heard other people saying you need to load a lot of soap with the Silk Tallow base so that’s all I did differently.
I think if you’re scooping it might be easy to under load if you’re scooping a comparable amount to other soaps.
February 27th, 2026
- Brush: Stirling - “The Replicant” 24mm Synthetic
- Razor: Personna Single Blade Disposable (2)
- Lather: Stirling - Scots Pine Sheep - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling - Cypress - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial Unscented - Balm
- Fragrance: Stirling - Arkadia - EdT
I notice that both you and @walden@wetshav.ing used disposables today. Was there some misery you two decided to share? 🤔
Only the misery of travel.
Feb. 27, 2026
- Brush: Declaration Grooming B14 “Nebula” Badger
- Razor: GEM Clog Pruf
- Blade: GEM PTFE (2)
- Lather: L&L Grooming - Darkfall - Puck
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
- Osma: Osma - Osma
- Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20
Is it too late to enter $ASS?
No rules questions
February 27th, 2026
- Brush: Stirling Soap Co. 24mm Synthetic
- Blade: Personna White Handle Disposable (9)
- Lather: Taconic Shave - Urban Woods - Cream
- Post Shave: Brut - Brut - Splash On
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Kelp & Sea Mineral - Lotion
Hotel shave.
SOTD - 2026-02-27
- Prep: PAA - Cube Black Bot Pre-shave Soap
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3++
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Declaration Grooming - Darkfall
- Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz - 4711 Echt Kölnisch Wasser
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Fragrance: Fabergé - Brut Classic Splash On
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord $ASS out $TLC in
I had today’s theme soap. I didn’t get good performance out of it though. I’m taking the blame. From the after-action analysis, either I should have used twice the amount of soap (it’s a cream), restricted water usage early in the lather, or this base sucks. Luckily, I’ve got more of this soap to try in the future.
The scent is okay. Seems pretty light.
Atlas TLC Scorecard
Category № ∑ Δ DT Soap 6 12 +6 DT Brand 4 48 0 DT Perfumer 3 0 0 ½ Scent Notes 2 4 0 Airbud Day! 1 6 0 - Extras - Snitching 3 0 0 Cross Posting 1 22 +1 Engagement Booster 1 22 +1 Total - 114 +8 Have a good day.
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