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

• gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

  1. My favorite soap with a top-tier lather in each of 5 scent categories.
  2. My 4 favorite aftershaves when I don’t match the soap scent.
  3. My 3 favorite brushes in the badger, boar, and synthetic categories
  4. My 2 straight razors that have the most meaning to me
  5. 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m guessing Sean Stapelfeld. His videos are really good!

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    • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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