Share your SOTD for Tuesday!
May 13th, 2025
- Brush: Chisel & Hound “Spice Lily” - TurnNShave Tuxedo 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Titanium Legacy Razor
- Blade: Gillette Perma-Sharp (3)
- Lather: Stirling - Oro Valley - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling - Oro Valley - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Ginger’s Garden - Unscented (+menthol) - Balm
- Fragrance: Catie’s Bubbles - Crangère - EdP
Crangère is really good.
Tue 13 May 2025
- Brush: Zenith B8 (XL aluminium handle, 28 mm × 57 mm boar)
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co – Black Pepper Lime
- Post Shave: Speick – Men Active
I craved a bit of Black Pepper Lime, so a little second luxury shave was in order.
I’ve never seen that scent before! It sounds pretty neat.
It was a Black Friday offering a few years back. It’s really nice!
May 13th, 2025: Tabac Tuesday
- Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations - Stars w/ G5C
- Razor: Yates Precision Manufacturing - Merica
- Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
- Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac - Soap
- Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac - Aftershave
Been a hot minute since I used Tabac. Smelling good and old today.
May 13th, 2025: Afternoon Delight
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers - “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Union Razor Cutlery - 5/8 Full Hollow (1)
- Lather: Fanzine Saponifications - Test… Test… 123 - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Dove - Men+Care Ultra-Hydra - Cream
I did a few strokes on a 10k to get this thing back in action, and it seems to have worked great.
Today was spent at the RC airplane field doing a bunch of “spring cleanup” and flying. We did lots of work on the grass runway, stowed the plexiglass enclosure now that it’s warming up, did some painting, etc. I got a bit of a sunburn, but hopefully it’s not too bad.
13.05.2025
- Brush: AP Shave Co. Snakeskin handle w/ 26 mm Silksmoke Flattop/Fan hybrid knot
- Razor: Leaf Thorn
- Blade: Perma-Sharp half DE
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - The Full Measure of Man
- Post-Shave: Lavera Men sensitive ASB
-> single pass headshave, mostly ATG; coupled with a single WTG cleanup around the beard. Good shave.
I was in the mood for Tobacco and so a few soaps of mine came into consideration. FMOM is always a solid choice though, I really slept on this scent for a long time.
Nursing school exam prep is currently a shit show, thanks to sick teachers we’re mostly at home (except for three hours tomorrow) and learn whatever we deem necessary. We get some old exams by email from our teachers to familiarize with the weirdest way of asking questions ever, but that’s it. I used today for very theoretical concepts and basics of communication psychology, so this shave was also used as some form of palate cleanser from very dull activities.
The good thing about this home schooling is the flexible schedule, so I can start whenever I want to; this is also a double edged sword however, since I tend to feel like I’m not doing enough and take to many breaks. Then I try to compensate by late night studying sessions. Well, nobody said it would be easy…
People in my field often joke that when it’s time for recurrent training, that’s when you get the most stuff done around the house. Anything to avoid studying!
Haha, it definitely used to be like this for me too! Now with the pre-exam panic, I tend to actually study but my inner perfectionist still says it’s not enough. At least I have a small group chat with 3 other classmates and the exchange there helps to repeat certain topics.
Tabac Tuesday 13 May 2025
- Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Tabak Oridjinal, now with 28 mm Gelousy knot
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
- Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
- Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
I enjoy Tabac Tuesdays as a counter pole to the somewhat ridiculous diversity I choose from most days.
A scent I enjoy, a soap that works well, a brush I know by heart, it’s really easy to relax and enjoy the ritual. No thinking about which scent notes I catch, no analysing of the brush-soap matchup, no mental notes about improvements, no parsing of layered scent combinations: this would get really boring after a while if it was a daily thing, but like this, one a week, it’s an oasis of relaxation, and it also makes me appreciate variety of the other days.
