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- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, January 8th, 2026 (#940) 13 hours ago:
SOTD - 2026-01-08
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Through The Fire Fine Crafts - Birch Forest
- Post Shave: Fine Accoutrements - Italian Citrus Aftershave
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
Another sneaky scent from TTFFC. Almost no scent off the puck. Slight scent while lathering. Puffs of woodiness shaving. Driving to work, smells like I’m in a forest.
Have a good one!
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, January 7th, 2026 (#939) 1 day ago:
Send some of that Winter over here!
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, January 7th, 2026 (#939) 1 day ago:
SOTD - 2026-01-07
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Bay Rum
- Post Shave: Pinaud - Clubman Aftershave
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
This is my first shave with Stirling’s Bay Rum. It has a good medium strength scent, stronger than other Stirling soaps.
Have a good one!
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, January 6th, 2026 (#938) 1 day ago:
It sticks with me most of the day. The EdC initial scent is different from the soap. I get the pepper scent strong at first then it goes full Tabac on the dry down.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, January 6th, 2026 (#938) 2 days ago:
SOTD - 2026-01-06
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original
- Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original Aftershave
- Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original - EdC
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
Tabac Tuesday!
Have a good one.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, January 5th, 2026 (#937) 3 days ago:
Count me in for a group buy as well. Also, Bundubeard (S Africa).
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, January 5th, 2026 (#937) 3 days ago:
SOTD - 2026-01-05
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
- Lather: Moon Soaps - Havana
- Post Shave: Moon Soaps - Havana Aftershave
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Glacial Unscented Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
This soap has a nice base; it’s scent is pretty light. It gave me a smooth shave this morning.
Have a good one!
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, January 4th, 2026 (#936) 4 days ago:
SOTD - 2026-01-04
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
- Lather: Southern Witchcrafts - Valley of Ashes
- Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts - Valley of Ashes Aftershave
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
Years ago, u/RockingMAC described this scent as similar to Midnight Stag, “but not as pungent.” I’ll agree with that. This is a vegan croap. I was worried at first that I had scooped too little, but the lather developed quickly. I had plenty for shaving my face and lower neck.
It wasn’t as protective and left a bit of irritation. I’m new to Southern Witchcrafts soaps, so it’s very possible that I didn’t whip it just right.
Have a good one!
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, January 3rd, 2026 (#935) 5 days ago:
SOTD - 2026-01-03
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
- Lather: Through the Fire Fine Crafts - Up North
- Post Shave: Fine Accoutrements - Italian Citrus Aftershave
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Tobacconist
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
This is an interesting soap. It has a light scent, but it keeps popping out in a pleasant way. It came out of the sample cup kind of dry and chalky, but lathered very quickly with not much water. It gave a slick lather with nice performance.
TTFFC describes the scent: tobacco leaf, cacao, roasted chestnuts, smokey vanilla, and guaiac wood.
Have a good one!
- Comment on Love this stuff. 6 days ago:
I love the Tabac Original scent.
The tallowless formula is fine. The OG tallow formula is even better. As a community, we need Mäurer & Wirtz to understand that they need to bring it back. There’s plenty of folks that appreciate a vegan base - keep both formulas.
I’ve heard stories that M&W’s tallow supplier went out of business, which led to them reformulating. We have plenty of tallow over here; M&W needs a USA collab partner. :)
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, January 2nd, 2026 (#934) 6 days ago:
SOTD - 2026-01-02
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Shire
- Post Shave: Floïd - The Genuine Aftershave
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Tobacconist
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
Sample kill. It was a sad one though. I misjudged the scoop; I could have gotten two shaves out of this. It’s a nice soap with a great scent.
Have a good one!
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, January 1st, 2026 (#933) 1 week ago:
SOTD - 2026-01-01: Happy New Year
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
- Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original Original (tallow)
- Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original Aftershave
- Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original - EdC
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
I scored a tallow Tabac puck! To start the year off right, I went all-in with that old German Spice. Old Spice was released in 1937, Tabac in 1959. Using Emperor Spice’s logic, Tabac must have been the first dupe of Old Spice.
Anyway, don’t forget to have your black-eyed peas, collard greens, cabbage, corned beef, and whatever else you need to hit the superstitious lottery jackpot for the new year!
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, December 31st, 2025 (#932) 1 week ago:
Exactly! Thanks again have a great new year!
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, December 31st, 2025 (#932) 1 week ago:
SOTD - 2025-12-31: Adventus Calendar
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
- Lather: Summer Break Soaps - Remote Learning
- Post Shave: Bond - Inspired By Whisky Aftershave
- Post Shave: Bond - Inspired By Whisky Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Tobacconist
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
Indoctrination status:
[D̾O̾N̾E̾]The End of Adventus
It’s finished.
Today’s satchel had a really nice Gillette Slim Adjustable (M2/1967) razor and a sample of Summer Break Soaps Remote Learning.
Off the puck, throughout the lather, and throughout the shave, Doritos. Nacho Cheese Doritos, which is spicy, just not in the right way. I grabbed the Bond aftershave and balm and HoM Tobacconist thinking they would knock down the scent. I was wrong. They combined into a different kind of “midnight stag” bouquet. I’ve received several side-eyes from my family so far.
I contemplated stopping on pass 2 but SBS’s Doug base is really nice (odd name for a base, but better than something like ultramagic 3.1.2i, IMHO).
I really want to thank u/cowzilla3 for this PIF. This has been a wild and fun ride. He’s tremendously generous. I’ve enjoyed following along on his journey: The Great Spice Off.
Have a wonderful New Year!
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, December 30th, 2025 (#931) 1 week ago:
SOTD - 2025-12-30: Adventus Calendar
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
- Lather: Obsessive Soap Perfectionist - Old Gold
- Post Shave: Old Spice - Old Spice Classic Aftershave
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Fragrance: Old Spice - Old Spice Classic EdC
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
Indoctrination status:
[OOOo]Adventus Day 23
Today’s soap is Old Gold by Obsessive Soap Perfectionist (OSP). I’m not familiar with this company either; it looks like the main guy left the market and came back then left again. Wetshaving Store still has a couple of their products, but not this one.
It’s a soap on the harder-side but not a triple-milled hard soap. I lathered it like I would Tabac: little soap and gradually a good amount of water. It gave a nice lather and a comfortable shave. It had a good medium scent throughout.
In today’s satchel, I received a full bottle of Old Spice Classic Aftershave (sailboat, so I’m thinking it’s from the 80s or 90s?). This matches the Old Spice cologne that I already had, so I went nuts with it. Old Gold is a pretty good dupe as I sit here in an Old Spice cloud. Tomorrow is the last day of Adventus. I’m feeling the transformation starting.
Have a good day!
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, December 29th, 2025 (#930) 1 week ago:
Do you still have Old Fife?
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, December 29th, 2025 (#930) 1 week ago:
SOTD - 2025-12-29: Adventus Calendar
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
- Lather: DentonMajik - Ole Fife
- Post Shave: Black Ship Grooming - 7 Doubloons Aftershave
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Fragrance: Old Spice - Original (Indian) EdC
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
Indoctrination status:
[OOOo]Adventus Day 22
Today’s soap is Ole Fife by DentonMajik. I’m not familiar with the company; it looks like another one that burned bright for a while then they’re gone. This was a really good soap with a great scent. In u/cowzilla3’s write-up, he pointed to a lot of boasting about how they had the actual recipe for Old Spice from Shulton.
This was a very comfortable shave with a good post shave feel.
Other gifts in today’s satchel included a travel brush (Mühle black anodized aluminum with Silvertip Fibre®) and a travel-sized Zingari Man (Unsego) Unscented Aftershave Balm, both of which landed in my travel kit.
Have a good day!
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, December 28th, 2025 (#929) 1 week ago:
She likes Tabac. I’m a lucky man.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, December 28th, 2025 (#929) 1 week ago:
SOTD - 2025-10-28: Adventus Calendar
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
- Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Spiced
- Post Shave: Black Ship Grooming - 7 Doubloons Aftershave
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Fragrance: Old Spice - Original (Indian) EdC
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
Indoctrination status:
[OOOo]Adventus Day 21
Today’s soap is Seaforth! Spiced by Spearhead Shaving Co. It made a really nice lather. It didn’t really have any scent off the puck, but it arrived mid-lather. It’s spicy just not Old Spicy.
Today’s satchel brought another bunch of frags: Maher Olfactive Santal Auster*, *Nefertiti*, *Treachery and Imaginary Authors Falling Into the Sea. My scent expert (wife) said they all smell like old lady scents. :)
I scored a nice Old Spice mug on the ‘bay (Ship Grand Turk) appropriate for the 3 oz Old Spice puck I got earlier in the Calendar.
Have a good one!
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, December 27th, 2025 (#928) 1 week ago:
I’m guessing Sean Stapelfeld. His videos are really good!
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, December 27th, 2025 (#928) 1 week ago:
In cowzilla3’s note on it, I think he chatted them up and they found a tub of it for him. I looked on the Wholly Kaw site and they don’t mention it. They really should bring it back.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, December 23rd, 2025 (#924) 1 week ago:
I liked it. It’s an interesting addition of a darker scent to counter the light citrus notes (black powder itself being charcoal, sulfur, and saltpeter). I think it is similar to how Twice As Spice’s cedar note popped out.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, December 27th, 2025 (#928) 1 week ago:
SOTD - 2025-12-27: Adventus Calendar
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
- Lather: Wholly Kaw - Twice as Spice
- Post Shave: Black Ship Grooming - 7 Doubloons Aftershave
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
Indoctrination status:
[OOO.]Adventus Day 20
Today’s soap is Twice As Spice by Wholly Kaw (tallow version). This soap is like Old Spice’s hot sister. It had a great scent throughout and I think it might have been the Cedar note that popped out several times. I even made a fourth pass just for fun. What a great base.
Today’s satchel also held a few more samples: Catie’s Bubbles Maggard Razors 2025 Meetup*, B&M *Oceana*, and B&M *Presto.
Have a good one!
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - December 26th, 2025 1 week ago:
That’s a good point. I read more about RazoRock and its founders. They have a story about how IB/RR came to be. I’m guessing Old World Importers is the big family business that does a bunch of importing across many lines of business. RR is the house brand. IB is just a storefront/eShop. RR has a long standing relationship with TFS, who has made soaps for them for a while.
Anyway, I thought I’d share my rabbit hole :)
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - December 26th, 2025 1 week ago:
I’ll get some pictures. The red rust I’ve seen is closer to the spine. Most of the edges are shiny and aren’t showing rust or the black tarnish.
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - December 26th, 2025 1 week ago:
So, I’m having to return some stuff to Italian Barber. It’s a small nightmare with the cost of sending 4 oz of stainless steel to Canada.
They’re having me ship it to Old World Importers Inc in East York, Ontario. I looked at the address on Google Maps. It looks like a small office building – not really a metal working type place.
RazoRock -> ItalianBarber -> Old World Importers Inc
That’s got me wondering if RazoRock is actually manufactured in Canada or is it a front for Yaqi? Maybe they have them made in another country and assemble/package in Canada?
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - December 26th, 2025 1 week ago:
I’m straight razor curious. Randomly, my wife found a cache of straight razors at a local antique shop and turned them into a Christmas present for me. They’re all almost completely black. One of them has some red rust spots. I’m slowly going through them to see what they are and learning how to clean them up.
There are several Shumates, a George Wostenholm & Sons IXL, a Wade & Butcher, and several others. The edges aren’t chipped and look okay to my novice eyes.
This makes me wonder about the backstory - someone in this little town collected them and took care of them for some time before they were tarnished in a junk shop.
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, December 26th, 2025 (#927) 1 week ago:
What kind of coffee maker did you get?
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, December 26th, 2025 (#927) 1 week ago:
SOTD - 2025-12-26: Adventus Calendar
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Barrister’s Reserve Spice (sample)
- Post Shave: Floïd - The Genuine Aftershave
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
Indoctrination status:
[OOO.]Adventus Day 19
Today’s soap is Barrister’s Reserve Spice by B&M. I’ll go ahead and admit: I broke this soap. I scooped too little and added too much water. Luckily, I have plenty of soap for a future awesome shave. Despite my error, I had a decent shave with a nice Spicy scent throughout.
In today’s satchel, I had a variety of soap samples: Scorpio Dragon by Van Yulay, and a bunch of the tiniest samples of Jordan’s Shaving Soap (I think this is their sample set minus Cola and Black Licorice).
Have a good one!
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, December 25th, 2025 (#926) 2 weeks ago:
SOTD - 2025-12-25: Adventus Calendar
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
- Lather: Van Yulay - Spicy Man (sample)
- Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber Aftershave
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
Indoctrination status:
[OOO.]Adventus Day 18
Today’s soap is Spicy Man by Van Yulay. The name doesn’t work for me. When I’m spicy, I need a shower. They say it’s a croap. It’s super soft and sticky. I’d call it a creap. It seemed adverse to water – I had to put more soap in and lather it like I hated it. But in the end it was slick and smelled great. Alum block gave me an “A” for my efforts.
Today’s satchel brought me a sample of Rex Supply Co 1955 shaving soap and a bunch of Barrister & Mann frags namely, Embrace, Sonder, Hygge, and Tobacconist.
Merry Christmas!