January 31st, 2026

• Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations “Nebulagance” - TurnNShave Quartermoon 26mm Synthetic
• Razor: GEM Micromatic Open Comb (Gen. 1)
• Blade: Accuforge GEM Microcoat (19)
• Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps - Orange, Cedarwood, & Black Pepper - Soap
• Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts - Gravefruit II - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Oleo & Co. - Facial Toner - Toner
• Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Summer Storm - EdP

Tub kill! This was shave #58 that I have logged for this soap in SDS. I suspect I’m missing some, but I can’t remember when I added this tub to my den.

I enjoyed OCBP for pretty much every shave. Good scent in a nice base. I’m replacing it with BaM Nordost for now, but might pick up another tub some day.

GF II and Summer Storm paired very nicely together as well. Good stuff.

SOTD - 2026-01-31

• Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
• Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
• Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3++
• Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless
• Lather: Ogalalla Bay Rum Toiletry Co. - Bay Rum Stick
• Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz - 4711 Echt Kölnisch Wasser
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
• Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
• Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Man - EdT
• Tool: WSDB
• Tags: $discord

I’m refactoring my travel shave den (Okay, it’s a Stirling leather dopp kit; I’ve freed myself from the tyranny of Big Razor and always check a bag). Anyway, I’ve been dragging this stick around with me for years. I had only used it once before (and the shave didn’t go well).

I pulled it out this morning on a whim. Similar result. The scent is great but the lather completely failed in pass 2. Tabac cream swooped in and saved the shave.

The Ogalalla stick is hereby evicted from the travel shave den.

TL;DR - I suck at shave sticks.

Have a good one :)

January 31st, 2026

• Brush: Wolf Whiskers - “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
• Razor: RazoRock GOAT
• Blade: Bolzano Superinox (German) (2)
• Lather: Chatillon Lux - La For�t de Liguist - Soap
• Post Shave: Old Spice - Original - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Declaration Grooming, House of Mammoth - Cerberus - Liniment

Have a nice day!

January 31st, 2026

• Brush: Summer Break Soaps - Ord w/ TnS Quartermoon Synthetic
• Razor: RazoRock - GOAT
• Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
• Lather: Martin de Candre - Fougère - Soap
• Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - Crangère - Aftershave
• Post Shave: L’ Occitane Homme - L’Occitan - Balm
• Fragrance: Catie’s Bubbles - Dranks - EdP

Shave 8 of the brain bowl

SOTD - 2026-01-31

• Prep: Stirling Unscented Preshave Soap
• Brush: Unbranded; synthetic?
• Razor: Stirling de3p6s standard head
• Blade: SharP 7 AM plus super platinum (3)
• Lather: Stirling Duke Shave Soap
• Alum: Stirling Travel Size Alum
• Aftershave: Stirling Duke Aftershave Splash
• Balm: Taconic Aftershave Balm
• Serum: Ash Hopper Blueberry Serum
• Moisturizer: Humble Bee Botanicals “Calendulove” Facial Cream

First pass WTG. 2nd pass XTG on upper lips, cheeks, chin. It was a mistake on the upper lips - I got overconfident because I could tell that I had the lather dialed in really well today. So now I have some irritation that could have been avoided. Also maybe did not help that this blade is on the 3rd use? But really I think it would have been fine if I had even just been less aggressive on the XTG pass.

I included the serum and lotion because I think they both help with irritation from the shave and help to balance out the drying effect from the alum. They are both pretty amazing products! I’m considering ditching the Taconic balm and just using the calendulove. Too bad as the Taconic balm is still mostly full…

First time using Duke: it’s pretty nice! I think this has claimed the #2 spot for me in terms of Stirling scents. Gf and I are on the same page on this one - very nice but not quite as nice as Deton-8.