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Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, December 27th, 2025 (#928)

gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

December 27, 2025

Brush: Wald Flare “Viola” - Lapis Colorway - 28mm A1
Razor: Thiers Issard Le Transatlantic 7/8" Full Hollow Round Point
Lather: Zingari Man - The Nomad - Soap
Toner: Thayers - Coconut - Toner
Aftershave: Zingari Man - The Nomad - Aftershave

2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

I’m revisiting this scent in preparation for creating a list of 5 soaps that are my favorites. My take on this is to create 5 categories of soap scent, then find a soap in each category that I could use every day. Nomad falls into the Bay Rum category for me even though it is not a “classic” bay rum scent. I’m a fan of the strong, classic bay rum, but I could not use it every day. I could use this one, though. Enjoy your weekend!

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snooting@wetshav.ing ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Oh I love this idea! What are the five categories?

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- gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  This is a YouTube challenge that was given to me. The actual challenge is:
  
  5 favorite soaps
  
  4 favorite aftershaves
  
  3 favorite brushes
  
  2 favorite razors
  
  1 favorite blade (if a safety razor shaver), or 1 favorite stone (if a straight razor shaver)
  
  With so many soaps, I can’t really pick 5 favorites, and I almost always use an aftershave that matches the soap, so I have changed my interpretation of the challenge.
  
  My favorite soap with a top-tier lather in each of 5 scent categories.
  
  My 4 favorite aftershaves when I don’t match the soap scent.
  
  My 3 favorite brushes in the badger, boar, and synthetic categories
  
  My 2 straight razors that have the most meaning to me
  
  My most enjoyable sharpening stone to use.
  
  For soaps, I was going to use “citrus”, “aquatic”, “barbershop”, “bay rum”, “gourmand”. Now, I’m thinking * Spicy/Warm * Floral * Whisky/Tobacco * Woods * Unique
  
  I’m open to ideas.
  
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  - pi_dash_rho@wetshav.ing ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I’m guessing Sean Stapelfeld. His videos are really good!
    
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    gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Yes, Sean and I are friends. I know that he is aware of (and enjoying) the difficulty I have with this type of challenge. :)
    
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  - PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Categories, schmategories! What about
    
    vintage
    
    modern croap
    
    modern triple milled
    
    standard average artisan soap (in the consistence sense, not quality)
    
    etc. (the most important category, as always)
    
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    gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I have, in fact, decided to organize my choices into schmategories; Basically, 5 soaps that I think are unique and interesting. These are not necessarily my favorites, or that fit nicely into some organization. I’ll do what I do best nowadays - don’t plan, just wing it. I spent nearly 50 years doing detailed plans and justifying every decision. Why in h3ll should I do that now 🤨
    
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