SOTD 16-22 April 2023

April 18, 2023
Feather AS-D2
Feather
Mondial Boar
Mitchell’s Wool Fat
Speick After Shave

Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - Shave of the Day

Prep  ||  Equate Beauty Cleansing Skin Cream with Eucalyptus Oil
Brush  ||  Trotter Handcrafts' Otoño Oscuro
Soap  ||  Stirling Glacial Black Cherry
Razor  ||  Karve Christopher Bradley / Astra SP (2)
Post  ||  Witch Hazel
A/S  ||  Stirling Glacial Black Cherry
Growth  ||  35.0 Hours

SOTD - Apr 18 2023

Razor: Snmirn
Blade: Polsilver
Brush: Yaqi two-band badger
Soap: MdC Vetyver
A/S: Brut

Razor: Atelier DURDAN Le Maurice (1.4mm bronze safety bar)
Blade: Gillette Platinum (d2)

Soap: Stirling Soap Company Mountain Man
Brush: Heritage Collection Ever-Ready w/ High Mountain White badger knot

Post 1: P.A.A. Alum w/ No-Slip Grip System & Dry Dock System
Post 2: Dickinson's Enhanced Witch Hazel Deep Cleansing Astringent w/ Menthol & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Stirling Soap Company Mountain Man w/ Menthol

Today's shave was an enlightening one. I used the 1.4mm bronze head which is a pretty big gap if I do say so. Interestingly this head felt less aggressive than the 1.2mm brass head I used for my last shave. I think this has something to do with the less smooth, more draggy feel of the brass itself. Anyway, with a light touch, this brass head felt pretty smooth. It was very efficient and gave great results are just two passes.

What can I say about Mountain Man that hasn't already been said? It has a phenomenal fragrance that's inspired by the Creed Silver Mountain Water cologne and the soap base itself is slick and rock solidly reliable like everything Stirling Soap Company makes.

I did a three-pass shave and made short order of this shave. The 1.4mm gap head meant business and I'm sitting here with a bbs for the effort. Keep in mind though that a 1.6mm gap head is an option when purchasing this razor on the Atelier DURDAN site. I can only imagine what the 1.6mm is like but I did enjoy the 1.4mm.

When done shaving I splashed on some mentholated Mountain Man and earned a compliment from my lady for doing so. It's a fantastic fragrance in and of itself but was even better on a nice sunny day like today.

Alright, my friends. Thanks for reading and enjoy your shaves!

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