SOTD - 2026-02-02

• Prep: Stirling Unscented Preshave Soap
• Brush: Unbranded; synthetic?
• Razor: Stirling de3p6s standard head
• Blade: Feather Hi Stainless (2)
• Lather: Stirling Scots Pine Sheep Shave Soap
• Alum: Stirling Travel Size Alum
• Aftershave: Stirling Deton-8 Aftershave Splash
• Serum: Ash Hopper Blueberry Serum
• Lotion: Humble Bee Botanicals “Calendulove” Face Cream

Single pass WTG. Wow. This was not fun. I should have rinsed that lather off and started again with a different soap but instead I pushed through the mildly irritating effect of this soap. I was so hoping that the sheep’s tallow would make a difference - but any difference that made was taken away by how my face reacted. Now my lips are a little swollen. Lesson learned. And unsurprisingly Scots Pine ranks as my least favorite Stirling scent.

Comfortably close shave on most of my face except for under my chin. Closeness on the upper lip came at the cost of a couple small weepers. So far my experience with Feather blades is that past the very first use they are complete garbage. It will be some time before I try reusing a Feather I think…