Share your Shave of the Day for Monday!
December 22, 2025
- Brush: Wald Nimbus Chryselephantine 29mm A1 Fan
- Razor: Geneva Cutlery Co. 6/8" Hollow Ground Round Point
- Lather: The Holy Black - Gunpowder Spice - Soap
- Toner: Thayers - Coconut - Toner
- Aftershave: The Holy Black - Gunpowder Spice - Aftershave
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
This was a shave test of the synthetic edge that I just put on this Genco razor, but the star of the show was the Old Spice/Black Powder scent of the soap and splash from The Holy Black. For me, it doesn’t get much better than this!
SOTD - 2025-12-22: 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: Mystic Water - Windjammer
- Post Shave: Black Ship Grooming - 7 Doubloons Aftershave
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Fragrance: Barrister & Mann - Romance In Middlesex County
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
Indoctrination status:
[]Adventus Day 16
Looking back at u/cowzilla3’s notes on this one I knew it was going to be a tricky soap to lather. Precision Loading produced a good result, or so I thought. The soap fell apart. I should have looked at Mystic Water’s lathering instructions. Anyway, by pass 3 it was pretty much see-through foam. I take all the blame. Interestingly, it shaved well without any irritation and left my skin feeling nice. Mystic Water indeed. The scent was nice throughout.
In today’s satchel, I received a Stirling Soap Co. Gatlinburg bath soap bar which smells amazing.
I forgot to mention, yesterday I killed my first sleeve of Feather New Hi-Stainless. 200 blades back-to-back. Today, I cracked open a new one.
Have a good day!
Mystic Water soap is made about 25 minutes away from where I live. I had one of her soaps, but my daughter took it. I should buy another just to support her. I doubt that Windjammer would measure up to the original for me, but Gunpowder Spice (my SOTD) certainly does.
Gunpowder Spice is tomorrow’s shave for me!
Duodi 2 Nivôse an 234 de la Révolution, jour d’Houille
- Preshave: Proraso White Preshave
- Brush: Semogue C3 Galahad Horse 🐎
- Razor: Greencult GC 2.0 II
- Blade: Wilkinson Sword (14)
- Lather: Lainess Blue Pearl
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Eau Après-Rasage Blue Pearl
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
Have a good evening!
December 22nd, 2025
- Brush: Stirling Soap Co. 24mm Synthetic
- Razor: Gillette Tech
- Blade: Personna Platinum Chrome (3)
- Lather: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber - Soap
- Post Shave: Brut - Brut - Splash On
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Kelp & Sea Mineral - Lotion
Tub kill. I’ve had this tub for quite some time. I think I bought it used from someone on Reddit. I always sort of thought the scent was relatively basic but enjoyable, but using it day after day recently made my nose pick up on some details that were really enjoyable. I’m not going to replace it, but I see why this one is popular with the “use the same thing every day” crowd.
Congrats! I vowed to kill two tubs this year. Failed miserably. Oh well, that’s what New Year’s Day resolutions are for.
December 22nd, 2025: Mike’s Monday
- Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations “Stardust” - TurnNShave 26mm Shoat
- Razor: ERN 207 (13/16", full hollow, round point) (15)
- Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps - Vetiver - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling - Lampasas - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Oleo & Co. - Facial Toner - Toner
- Fragrance: Stirling - Varen - EdT
My first shave with this razor went well. This is also my first time with a round point straight razor. I found it significantly easier to control the toe and get to some of the more difficult nooks on my jawline. Overall, I very much enjoyed this razor and look forward to developing more skill with it.
December 22nd, 2025
- Brush: Summer Break Soaps - Ord w/ TnS Quartermoon Synthetic
- Razor: Above the Tie - Windsor
- Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Soap
- Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented - Balm
Got some good smells today from KerblimeySkal. Thanks man!
