- Razor: Schick G4
- Blade: Personna Injector
- Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
- Pre-Shave: Proraso Pre Shave Cream
- Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
- Additional Care: Alum Block
A fun and fast midweek shave.
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March 26, 2024
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Brush: Wild West Brushworks Blue Space 26mm Cashmere
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Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Island Man - Soap
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Toner: Thayers - Lemon - Toner
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Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. - Island Man - Aftershave
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Talc: Yardley Classic
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
Island Man is a dupe of Creed Virgin Island Water. I need to try this Creed fragrance because I absolutely love Rod's dupe of it. A&E St. Barts is a dupe of the same fragrance, and while I like St. Barts, it does not have that blue-cool factor that you get with Island Man.
And, I'm supporting Stirling in today's matchup. To provide so many products with such a high level of quality, at excellent value, and to do this for 12 years while continually growing the business, is exceptional. Kudos from me!
Island Man++
🏰 Stirling vs House of Mammoth 🦣
- Brush: Boti Motherlode knot in laminated wooden handle
- Razor: Dovo 41 Inox
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. Mountain Man
- Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. Mountain Man
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. Mountain Man
I'm on a company engineering seminar in the mountains, so a Mountain Man trickhole is the perfect choice for my Stirling vote today. There's simply no way I can get disappointed with today's outcome. Both u/mammothben and u/stirlingsoap deserve to go all the way IMO, and I am somewhat optimistic one of them will.
Today was the first time I've taken a straight razor to the mountains and I made a fun observation: The thin, dry mountain air plays tricks with my strop and the leather-steel combo is like the plexy glass stick and cat pelt experiment from high school physics: crackling discharges of static electricity and all the hairs on my stropping arm stood up.
Every time I use the Motherlode knot I'm impressed and tell myself I should use it more, and I never do 🤷
Fantastic shave, I won't be too mad if we get snowed in and I have to repeat it a few times.
Motherlode++
Stirling Soap Co.++;
Motherlode++;
Another "win" for the stainless steel straight razor -- the perfect no-stress travel razor.
Totally. This one in particular with its stainless steel scales 😊
Mar 27, 2024 - MM24 14th Match-Up: Stirling vs. HoM
- Brush: Chisel & Hound Fu Dao Flare 26mm v20 Fanchurian Badger Knot
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #MMarch24
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE [27]
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Restore - Soap
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Amir - Splash
- Fragrance: Chatillon Lux - Sunrise on LaSalle - Eau de Toilette
I think this is going to be a very close match-up. It may come down to a variety of scents used during overtime, and Stirling has variety in spades. Hopefully, bringing out some older HoM scents may help if it comes to that.
I needed some bright, refreshing scents to get my morning going.
Rating: 4.5/5
I agree. With such loyal followings on the sub, this one will be interesting!
Wednesday, March 27, 2024: Megalodon Mittwoch
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Muninn Woodworks Gloire de France with Zenith 505BC Boar 🐗
- Razor: Thiers-Issard 188 7/8 'Coq et Renard'
- Lather: HAGS Megalodon
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Pitralon Classic After Shave
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
I got mail from yourshaving, and I decided to try out Megalodon first (admittedly, the only possible alliteration for today...). I'm very impressed with the quality of the HAGS soap base – my face feels moisturized and very relaxed. If you don't know it, it's definitely worth a try! The scent is not love at first sight, but I believe it will grow on me.
Have a good night!
March 27, 2024
- Brush: AP Shave Co. - 24mm Synbad Fan
- Razor: Fatip Classic Testina Gentile
- Blade: Personna Lab Blue (7)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Piacenza - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Nivea Sensitive Balm
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - EdT