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- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread - March 28th, 2025 (#654) 1 day ago:
Fri 28 Mar 2025
- Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Super Badger
- Razor: Heljestrand 14 (7/8", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Eleven Shaving – 5
- Post Shave: №4711 – Echt Kölnisch Wasser
- Fragrance: Acqua di Parma – Blu Mediterraneo Arancia di Capri
It looks like Spearhead has reached its ceiling (not yet official, wait for u/ShavingInCT’s post). I’d have loved to see Dennis go further, but third place is a great result. Congrats!
Scrape time: Fri 28 Mar 2025, 07:14:35 GMT
| Artisan Brand | ∑ | |:----------------------|---:| | Barrister and Mann | 28 | | Catie's Bubbles | 25 | | Spearhead Shaving Co. | 24 | | Total: | 77 |
I switched the razor but didn’t take a new picture. The Heljestrand 14 is a wonderful! Great shave. Have a great Friday all.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - March 27th, 2025 (#653) 2 days ago:
Thu 27 Mar 2025: Day 14 of March Madness
- Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Super Badger
- Razor: Thiers Issard – 69 Médaille Argi (frame back)
- Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice
- Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice
Ok, we’re down to the final three and any outcome is a good outcome as far as I’m concerned. My vote still goes to Spearhead, though, and I’ll follow along with today’s match while smelling cologney-fresh.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - March 26th, 2025 (#652) 2 days ago:
😊
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - March 26th, 2025 (#652) 3 days ago:
Wed 26 Mar 2025
- Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Tabak Oridjinal, now with 28 mm Gelousy knot
- Razor: Thiers Issard – 69 Médaille Argi (frame back)
- Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
- Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
- Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
The TSF gang made it a lot further than I’d have predicted. Reaching fourth place and surviving last year’s champion is really impressive. I’m curious to see where the TSFers will bring their votes going forward. I feel like 2025 is probably the last March Madness where TSF is an outsider and underdog.
Scrape time: Wed 26 Mar 2025, 06:58:51 GMT
Artisan Brand ∑ Spearhead Shaving Co. 21 Barrister and Mann 20 Catie’s Bubbles 20 Talent Soap Factory 15 Total: 76 Today’s Tabac Wednesday is brought by the Deutsche Post which lost the BVWSC smushes for the March meeting, and Tabac is our fallback choice. The Glorious Old Man Stank®, Ol’ Reliable, The Stank®, no matter which name you use, Tabac has a weird beloved and hated place in our community. I happen to really enjoy the scent, but I’m less convinced by the vegan formulation. I know that the lather is still slick but the bubbly structure bothers me. After this tub of vegan formulation is done, I’ll revert to my tallow pucks and their glistening wet lather in the hopes that there will be a less frothy re-reformulation before I run out.
Have a great Wednesday all and congrats to TSF for a astonishing success.
- Comment on [BVWSC] Inquiry on the state of the March shave 3 days ago:
I like option 2 (obviously) 😁
- Comment on [BVWSC] Inquiry on the state of the March shave 3 days ago:
Oh man, so sorry to hear about your struggles! Concentrate on what’s important for you and know we’re keeping our fingers crossed for you and look forward to seeing you here if and when it feels fun for you again ❤️
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - March 25th, 2025 (#651) 3 days ago:
No worries!
Do we have logs of the failure? Something we can use to debug the issue?
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - March 25th, 2025 (#651) 4 days ago:
Tue 25 Mar 2025: Day 13 of March Madness
- Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Super Badger
- Razor: Thiers Issard – 69 Médaille Argi (frame back)
- Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Black Watch
- Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Black Watch
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Black Watch
Let’s go for one more round of who gets cut before TSF with a solid Spearhead lead:
Scrape time: Tue 25 Mar 2025, 07:00:10 GMT
Artisan Brand ∑ Spearhead Shaving Co. 1 Barrister and Mann 0 Catie’s Bubbles 0 Talent Soap Factory 0 Total: 1 I honed the frame back yesterday, and it cuts well, but something about it doesn’t feel good. It feels a bit empty? I’ll give it a few more tries before making decisions.
Black Watch++;
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- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - March 22nd, 2025 (#648) 5 days ago:
I’ll think, “Oh, it’s a cigar!”
Exactly 🤣
But it’s going to be nice to combine this with a visit in Paris!
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- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread - March 21st, 2025 (#647) 5 days ago:
Thanks! this has become a standard photo setup and backdrop that I can process quickly
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - March 22nd, 2025 (#648) 5 days ago:
I had a brief phase where I smoked Cuban cigars, but stopped about 20 years ago. Tobacconist still smells glorious to me :)
Did you get a few Cuban cigars in the brief window when sanctions got lessened during Obama?
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread - March 23rd, 2025 (#649) 5 days ago:
Thrill of the kill!
I have absinthe on the docket for tomorrow
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread - March 23rd, 2025 (#649) 5 days ago:
Sun 23 Mar 2025: Day 12 of March Madness
- Brush: Мужской Материк with Maggard Tuxedo knot
- Razor: Wolfman Satin WR1 dual comb 0.74 mm gap head on hollow WRH1 handle
- Blade: Feather new Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Fleur de France
- Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Fleur de France
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Fleur de France
Travel shave with the mountain den. FdF is so good. Go Spearhead!
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - March 22nd, 2025 (#648) 1 week ago:
Sat 22 Mar 2025
- Brush: Declaration Grooming Washington Blood of Kings B3
- Razor: GEM Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless (gen 2)
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
- Lather: Henri et Victoria – Cognac and Cuban Cigars
- Post Shave: Henri et Victoria – Cognac and Cuban Cigars
- Fragrance: House of Mammoth – Tobacconist
Looks like TSF lives to fight another day and that Stirling is out. Maybe a late shaver will save it at the expense of HoM before the official tally?
Scrape time: Sat 22 Mar 2025, 08:37:10 GMT
Artisan Brand ∑ Catie’s Bubbles 17 Spearhead Shaving Co. 17 Talent Soap Factory 12 Barrister and Mann 11 House of Mammoth 11 Stirling Soap Co. 11 Total: 79 I had a very nice early morning shave with Cognac and Cuban Cigars, such a pleasant, easy scent. Now I’m sitting in the train to the alps to spend a couple days with Djunior before warm spring weather brings grass and cows where there are sleds and kids now.
Tobacconist ++;
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread - March 21st, 2025 (#647) 1 week ago:
Fri 21 Mar 2025: Day 11 of March Madness
- Brush: Declaration Grooming Washington Blood of Kings B3
- Razor: Filarmónica 14 Doble Temple (8/8", extra full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Spiced
- Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Spiced
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Spiced
I’m voting again for Spearhead, and I’m curious whether today marks TSF’s demise.
This is my first use of the B3, and I’m happy that the 24 mm size is perfectly fine. I can tell I’ll get along very well with it.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - March 20th, 2025 (#646) 1 week ago:
SSL is so good. The EdT is really nice, too.
Rocket HD ++
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - March 19th, 2025 (#645) 1 week ago:
💯🏴
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - March 18th, 2025 (#644) 1 week ago:
Nobody, the TSF brigade is just a pet project of @pridetwo@sub.wetshaving.social that got a lot of traction. The artisan is a Lather Games sponsor, but otherwise not involved with the sub AFAIK.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - March 20th, 2025 (#646) 1 week ago:
Thu 20 Mar 2025
- Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Super Badger
- Razor: Thiers Issard Le Dandy (5/8", square point, carbon steel)
- Lather: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
- Post Shave: Hâttric – Classic
My unofficial morning tally of yesterday’s March Madness match-up has SBS dropping out today.
Scrape time: Thu 20 Mar 2025, 07:03:58 GMT
Artisan Brand ∑ Spearhead Shaving Co. 12 Stirling Soap Co. 12 Catie’s Bubbles 11 Barrister and Mann 10 House of Mammoth 10 Talent Soap Factory 10 Summer Break Soaps 7 Total: 72 Absolutely wonderful shave today with The Fat (tallow), the smooth Dandy, old-school Hâttric, and the new-to-me Chubby super badger that I bought off @archsoup on the r/wetshaving discord. The Super Badger is even softer than my already soft manchurian, but it’s so dense that the backbone is still there. It lathered The Fat like a champ and I’m glad I bought it. It occurred to me that even though none of the hardware or software used today is vintage, this shave could have happened half a century ago and looked exactly the same. No recent modern technology required to get a good shave.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - March 18th, 2025 (#644) 1 week ago:
Rocket is an active member of the community, posts SOTDs daily, etc. I think that makes the difference
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - March 19th, 2025 (#645) 1 week ago:
Black Watchday Wed 19 Mar 2025: Day 10 of March Madness
- Brush: Dogclaration LG 2022 Mystery Brush (B16)
- Razor: Thiers Issard 14 Médaille d’Or 1921 Exposition d’Algier Acier Spécial (7/8", extra hollow, square point, carbon steel)
- Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Black Watch
- Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Black Watch
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Black Watch
Wonderful early morning shave with Black Watch today. My vote is for Spearhead again.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - March 18th, 2025 (#644) 1 week ago:
Tab Tue 18 Mar 2025
- Brush: Chisel and Hound – Flame On with v26 Fanchurian
- Razor: C. V. Heljestrand MK Nº 31 (square point, full hollow, 5/8", carbon steel)
- Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
- Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
- Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
First day back home after 5 travel shaves. Great shave with the smooth Swede and the Stank®.
According to my
inofficialunofficial tally, March Madness consolidated around typical brands yesterday, with CB, Spearhead, BaM, Stirling and HoM taking the lead, and the TSF effort showing less than during previous days. RIP Noble Otter 🪦Scrape time: Tue 18 Mar 2025, 07:23:58 GMT
Artisan Brand ∑ Catie’s Bubbles 14 Spearhead Shaving Co. 14 Barrister and Mann 10 Stirling Soap Co. 10 House of Mammoth 9 Talent Soap Factory 8 Summer Break Soaps 5 Noble Otter 3 Total: 73 - Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - March 17th, 2025 (#643) 1 week ago:
Mon 17 Mar 2025: Day 9 of March Madness
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Wolfman Satin WR1 dual comb 0.74 mm gap head on hollow WRH1 handle
- Blade: Feather new Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Leather
- Post Shave: Hâttric – Classic
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Leather
A repeat of yesterday’s Leather + Hâttric combo because it was so nice.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread - March 16th, 2025 (#642) 1 week ago:
Sun 16 Mar 2025
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Wolfman Satin WR1 dual comb 0.74 mm gap head on hollow WRH1 handle
- Blade: Feather new Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Leather
- Post Shave: Hâttric – Classic
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Leather
I picked up Hâttric on a whim yesterday. It’s a heavy, old-feeling musky citrus scent. I think I like it, and it plays well with leather, but the combo is pretty old-school.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - March 15th, 2025 (#641) 1 week ago:
Sat 15 Mar 2025: Day 8 of March Madness
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Wolfman Satin WR1 dual comb 0.74 mm gap head on hollow WRH1 handle
- Blade: Feather new Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Leather
- Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Leather
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Leather
Third travel shave and third day of celebrating my SIL’s 50th. My in-laws take birthdays seriously and I’m hungover. The “real party” is today. Oh, oh.
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread - March 14th, 2025 (#640) 2 weeks ago:
Fri 14 Mar 2025
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Wolfman Satin WR1 dual comb 0.74 mm gap head on hollow WRH1 handle
- Blade: Feather new Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Leather
- Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Leather
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Leather
I really love how the citrus and leather play against each other in this.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - March 13th, 2025 (#639) 2 weeks ago:
Thu 13 Mar 2025: Day 7 of March Madness
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Wolfman Satin WR1 dual comb 0.74 mm gap head on hollow WRH1 handle
- Blade: Feather new Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Leather
- Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Leather
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Leather
Travel shave today. This is the only set I brought, so my next three March Madness votes are locked in.
Leather++;
Wolfie++;
Zenith Manchurian++; - Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - March 12th, 2025 (#638) 2 weeks ago:
In Zagreb, Croatia. So very fun 😊
