SOTD Jun 29 2024 - Limits, Control, Will

• Brush: Alpha Brush & Shaving Co. - Bully Boy 28mm #TOLL
• Razor: Henson - Al 13
• Blade: Gillette - Nacet [1]
• Lather: Grooming Dept - Sandalo Nobile - sample
• Post Shave: Catie's Bubbles - Retreat - Aftershave
• Fragrance: Acqua di Parma - Sandalo

More often that I'd like, I am quasi-anosmic to (the various reconstructions of) the scent of sandalwood.

I wish it wasn't like this, but it's the way my brain is wired.

More often that I'd like, while trying to tackle an issue I do not understand (but wish to sort out), I am not able to communicate effectively, and the void of misunderstanding becomes filled with fear and anger from people I have no beef with.

I wish it wasn't like this, but it's the way my brain is wired.

We are all wired a little differently.

I have been happy to participate to the Lather Games because I am usually not a daily shaver.

Also, I do not usually have the habit of trying to connect my shave to some broader themes.
I tried to have fun thinking and writing my posts. Some people liked them, some others didn't, and that's life. Judges complained about posts length. I replied that I didn't mind being DQ for length: I am who I am, and overall I can't claim that I managed to express myself in a more judge-pleasing way. That's on me, and I will live with the consequences.
For me, it was important to discipline myself to go all in, every day. Not to win against other people, not to please everyone, but to work towards a purpose that was meaningful to me, sharing posts that I was hoping could've been meaningful also to some others.

I guess it's like when you go jogging: some people (myself included) do it to improve themselves, not to win competitively against others.

On the latest Air Bud Rule Podcast, I understood that also u/airbudruler promotes the enjoyment of doing things for ourselves.

TODAY'S CHALLENGE: GIMME THE PRIZE

I cannot claim to know better than the judges who's most deserving of the various prizes.

What I can do is mentioning who I think has been most thorough in their determination to will their award into existence, writing in their posts about the moment they will receive the prize:

Main LG2024: Priusaurus

ROTY: Bacconchop

They will both have my applause.

Side category: #ROTY

June 29, 2024 – 2024.06.29 SOTD: Lather Games Day 29 – Sandalwood Saturday

• Brush: Paragon Shaving Plisson knot (28mm) with Paragon handle
• Razor: Aylsworth Drakkant
• Blade: Wizamet
• Lather: Proraso – Sandalwood
• Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Spiced
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth – Fu Dao

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Daily Theme: Sandalwood Saturday

Theme justification: I'm using Proraso Sandalwood with Shea Butter](https://maggardrazors.com/products/proraso-sandalwood-with-shea-butter-shaving-soap-5-2oz), colloquially known as Proraso Red. Its scent is sandalwood.

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: Red is the theme for the day. All the software in today's shave have red as their main color: Proraso Red (as linked above), Spearhead Seaforth! Spiced aftershave toner, and House of 福 (Fú Dào). Red all around.

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Scavenger Hunt ~~Justification~~: COMPLETED

Razor facts: N/A

Brush facts: N/A

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Daily/Special Challenge: Do Our Homework Day

There have been lots of great posts this year. My favorites have been:

• /u/hugbckt turning himself into a cupcake
• /u/cowzilla3 writing a song about /u/OnionMiasma
• /u/Priusaurus doing leg day after saying he wasn't going to do leg day

There are several more, but those made me chuckle the most.

As for the contests:

FOF: I have to say /u/hugbckt has it for me. His descriptions have been great.

ROTY: I'd like to say myself, since I'm competing in the contest, but if I don't win, I think /u/bacconchop has done a good job.

Photo scavenger hunt: /u/tsrblke photos have stood out to me.

Lather Games winner: Gotta give it to /u/hugbckt. Why? His posts have been great, on theme, witty, and funny. Plus, we don't need a repeat winner. /u/Priusaurus has done extremely well, though, and if he did win it would be deserved.

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Fragrance description

Proraso Red is a lightly scented sandalwood, which I did enjoy. It's not bad at all

Seaforth! Spiced is pretty much a classic around here, and for a reason. The mandarin and cinnamon stand out to me.

This is the first time I've worn Fú Dào. Wow. The first thing that hits me is gunpowder, and a lot of it. Perfect July 4th scent, IMO. After the gunpowder dies down, the other notes start to sign through, and it reminds me of a community celebration. Takes me back to blowing up watermelons with m80s with my cousins when I was a kid.

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Now onto the shave!

Thanks to /u/Eructate for the smush. First time using Proraso, and it's not bad. Not my favorite, but if it is all I had I'd probably be content. Did a 3-pass shave with the Drakkant and a Wizament and ended up with a smooth face and neck. No irritation to be seen.

Hard to believe that this is the penultimate shave for The 2024 Lather Games.

Tomorrow is going to be a big one. :)

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Totals:

• Razor Hashtags: 10/10
• Brush Hashtags: 10/10
• Hardware Sponsor Points: 2/2
• Software Sponsor Points: 16/16
• Number of Lather Brands: 29/30
• Number of Lather Scents: 29/30
• Number of Post Shaves: 29/30
• Number of Frags: 29/30

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Contest Hashtags:

#FOF

#ROTY

June 29, 2024 - Sandalwood Saturday

• Brush: Omega - Bambino #RUNT
• Razor: Yates Precision Manufacturing - 921-M
• Blade: Gillette - Silver Blue
• Lather: Proraso - Sandalwood (Red) Cream
• Post Shave: Noble Otter - Barrbarr Splash
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Hygge Balm
• Fragrance: Old Spice EdC

Today's Theme: Proraso Red is strictly a sandalwood scent and a decent one at that. The lather from Red is not as good as Green, but still gets the job done.

Today's Challenge: From a quick glance and attempting to stay up to date with this month's madness, I think u/bmac92 takes the dub for Rookie of the Year. I also enjoyed u/Impressive_Donut114 posts throughout the month, especially his shaving cream and car buffer brush contraption.

ROTY

June 29, 2024

• Prep: Hot shower
• Brush: Chisel and Hound Sakura with v21 Fanchurian
• Razor: Muhle Companion
• Blade: Wilkinson Sword
• Lather: Black Ship Grooming - Captain Scurvy
• Post Shave: Zingari Man Sego Aftershave Balm Unscented

The scent notes for Captain Scurvy are lime, vanilla and sandalwood. To my nose, it smells like rich orange with spicy oatmeal. Whatever, I still like it. And the sandalwood is definitely present. Oh, and my deodorant is Dove Men + Care Orange + Sandalwood. Nailed it!

ROTY

Sandalwood Saturday

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Scholar V20 #COMPOSITE
• Razor: J.A. Henckels Twinworks Friodur No Stain 451
• Lather: Proraso - Sandalwood
• Post Shave: Pinaud Clubman - Classic Aftershaev Lotion
• Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - Every Storm a Serenade

Daily Video

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to OnionMiasma for the soap sample. Thanks to ShavinginCT for the frag (and the bag that the frags came in for the eye patch). Thanks to anyone who watches the whole vid. Thanks to the judges and fabulous people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
I've taken these games for grantid and I will miss them.

Daily Writeup These games have been incredible and it's pretty crazy that they are almost over. I also have been postponing the planning of tomorrow's shave because I thought these would last longer so I have to rush and find international stuff for tomorrow. Today was the first time in months that I have used a straight razor and I wasn't great back then and I'm even worse now.

Daily Theme Points This is the classic sandalwood scented soap.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
For today I went with a personal theme of classic or personal favorites in my collection, Proraso Red is their classic scent so I went with Pinaud Clubman's classic aftershave. As for the frag I went with one of Imaginary Author's top scents, Every Storm a Serenade. I also matched with my favorite brush (that I just got back from C&H). As well as to finish it all off I went with a super classic razor that almost everyone has, a Friodur.

Daily Challenge I gotta say, since day one, u/bmac92's posts have stuck out to me, they aren't necessarily special but they are just very well formatted and easy to read. But I gotta be completely honest, I usually don't have time or energy to read all the daily posts, one that I can mention that was great was u/AdWorried2904's Wildcard Wednesday SOTD whewe he used all parts of the coconut.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
Nothing new today.

Photo Contest
I'm a pirate using a cable and the black bag that ShavinginCT sent all the frag samples in lol. Only one more photo contest theme for tomorrow and it will be hard because my mom thinks it's bad feng shway or something to have a certain desert plant in the house.

TL;DR
Great games, classics, coconut, pirate, either bmac or I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me (or him) the prize.

Side Contests #photocontest #ROTY

SOTD Sandalwood Saturday * Brush: Omega - 10098 Boar Brush.
Razor: Henson - AL13 mild.
Blade: RK - Stainless.
Lather:* Cella - Buongiorno Al Sandalo.

“Good morning sandalwood” Simple and straightforward shave today. This is my first sandalwood soap that I’ve used that I’m aware of. It’s a pleasant, masculine smelling scent, nothing amazing, but it’s okay.

Challenge: I think everyone is a winner for sticking it out this long. I wish I had time to read each and every post , watch every video, see all the pictures, but given the time differences among us that’s makes it really challenging to keep up with in addition to my non Reddit responsibilities. I will say everyone has been incredibly welcoming and supportive of myself and other newbies which is pretty incredible and unheard of.

I think ROTY is tough and I’m glad I’m not a judge. I’m guessing u/bmac92 though I think u/MudAccording deserves an honorable mention. I really enjoy the posts from all the ROTY players and early on saw my competitors post and knew I didn’t have a chance, but greatly enjoyed going along for the ride anyway.

For non rookies, my vote is for u/hugbckt , u/enndeegee, u/TsrbIke , u/MrTangerinesky. Each showed unwavering commitment, creativity and oneupmanship. Well done!

ROTY

Jun. 29, 2024

• Brush: Paladin Sumo

• Razor: Blackland Blackbird

• Blade: Personna Lab Blue [6]

• Lather: D.R. Harris - Sandalwood

• Post Shave: Proraso - Eucalyptus

• Fragrance: Bath & Body Works - Black Tie

Sandalwood Saturday.

I had no Sandalwood forward soaps when the calendar came out so I grabbed the D.R. Harris sample from Maggards. Oh what a boring shave. Really no noticeable scent. Lathers fine, slickness was there but just boring. The Proraso Eucalyptus was fine, nice smell reminded me of my step grandfather, I guess this is what he used to use, so that put a smile on my face. B&B Black Tie is the most Sandalwood scented fragrance that I own. If there is another Sandalwood day for LG25 I have to be better prepared.

Todays Daily Challenge Overall Winner I really have no idea who is going to win it all but from reading everyday I think it’s coming down to u/Priusaurus, u/hugbckt or u/Mrtangerinsky.

ROTY Even though I am a participant in this years ROTY I think it’s u/bmac92 all the way. I’ve enjoyed reading his posts everyday.

FOF I have not paid attention and honestly even though I am participating in it, I have not really been paying attention and I know even though after tomorrow I will be 30/30 I really did not put much effort into my FOF posts.

Photo contest

This one I have paid attention to because I think out of everything this is the one side challenge I really worked at but I’m not exactly sure how the scoring is going to be on this one because everyone did a fantastic job. But for photo of the year I think the nod goes to either

u/schontzm for this one

Or

u/chronnoisseur42O for this one

That’s all I got

Photo challenge theme Steampunk Searching for the right art for today’s picture has given me inspiration for my next tattoo.

#ROTY #FOF #Photocontest

LG 2024- June 29th Sandalwood

https://imgur.com/a/Qzagemz

• Brush: Elite Razor Custom Synthetic Birch
• Razor: Razorock GC .84
• Blade: Lord Platinum (7)
• Lather: Stirling - Vanilla Sandalwood
• Post Shave: Stetson splash
• Frag: Stirling - Sandalwood

Challenge: Gonna be honest, This month just posting a SOTD is about all I can do with a New job and cross country move. I made my calendar as best I could given the circumstances.

I have not been able to devote near the time/effort to engage and read all the SOTD posts. That’s said I can’t comment on who I think will win but since I’m a rookie I’ve been most interested in skimming the other ROTY posts when I can. My pick is u/Mudaccording

ROTY

Jun. 29, 2024 Sandalwood Saturday * Brush: Chisel & Hound Quartermoon
Razor: Everyday Shaving Stinger
Blade: Astra SP * Lather: Cella - Buongiorno al Sandalo
Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - Retreat * Post Shave:* Jack Black - Double-Duty Face Moisturizer

Didn’t get to see all the posts throughout the month but these are my predictions based on what I did see.

LG - u/Priusauris

ROTY - u/bmac92

FoF - u/hugbckt

Honorable mention: u/enndeegee for the entertainment in the comments all month.

ROTY

Jun. 29, 2024
Prep: Cremo - Coconut Mango Shave Cream - Preshave
Brush: MÜHLE Vivo Plumwood Pur Badger #OLDWORLD #WEDONTNEEDNOSTINKINGBADGERS * Razor: Merkur 39C #ZAMAC
Blade: Astra Green [4]
Lather: Mühle Shave Care - Sandalwood Luxury Shaving Soap - Soap
Post Shave: Proraso - Coarse Beards - Sandalwood Oil & Shea Butter - Aftershave
Post Shave: Tower 28 - SOS Rescue Spray

ROTY

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