Post 'Wednesday Austere August SOTD Thread - Aug 14, 2024' of challenge 'Shepherds of Stirling 2024'

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The number of participants is 11
  1. u/sahenders posted on 2024-08-14 01:39:16-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

    AA24 - Day 14

    Heather and SSL pair together very well, so I wanted to see if Varen worked with them also. 👍

    Brush Break-In Progress Album

  2. u/loudmusicboy posted on 2024-08-14 03:21:50-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

    Down On The Farm For AA - Day 14

    • Brush: Omega 81151
    • Razor: Merkur 37C
    • Blade: Astra SP (1)
    • Lather: Stirling - Scots Pine Sheep
    • Post Shave: Stirling - Baker Street splash
    • Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial unscented AS balm

    What a difference a new blade makes. This razor/blade combo makes me remember why the 37C was my only razor for almost 10 years.

    Brush before and after pics

    $BarnyardChallenge musical inspiration provided by The Cows off their Cunning Stunts album.

    Time for caffeination. Try to enjoy your day and remember to be kind to one another.

    $RawHoggin $ShepherdsofStirling

  3. u/oswald_heist posted on 2024-08-14 06:07:57-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

    August 14 2024

    • Brush: Omega 13732 24mm
    • Razor: Solingen Best Silver Steel 6/8 (Straight shave #111)
    • Lather: Stirling - Varen
    • Post Shave: Stirling - Varen
    • Fragrance: Ineke Perfumes - Idyllwild

    Brush progress album

    A good shave this morning, coming up on the halfway point of my fourth Austere August.

    $headless

    $RawHoggin

    $ShepherdsofStirling

  4. u/Priusaurus posted on 2024-08-14 08:39:12-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

    August 14, 2024

    • Prep: Hot Shower
    • Brush: Grizzly Bay - Dark Magic - 26mm TNS Shoat Boar
    • Razor: Blackland - Sabre
    • Blade: GEM PTFE
    • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen Soap
    • Post Shave: Summer Break Soaps - Picture Day Splash
    • Tags: $ShepherdsofStirling $RawHoggin $Discord

    Another day, another shave.

    I missed out on pretzel frag this morning. That makes me sad.

  5. u/_walden_ posted on 2024-08-14 12:09:21-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

    August 14, 2024

    • Brush: Maggard 24mm 2 Band Badger
    • Razor: Gillette Tech (Z-4)
    • Blade: BIC Chrome Platinum (2)
    • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Port-Au-Prince - Soap
    • Post Shave: Aqua Velva - Musk - After Shave Cologne

    $Discord
    $ShepherdsofStirling
    Progress Album

    In an interesting turn of events, I used 4.9 grams of soap today! Way above average! That's why I'm taking a month long average, to take into account fringe events like this one.

  6. u/GoldenSteelBoy posted on 2024-08-14 13:02:36-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
    • Prep: Hot water splash with face wash
    • Razor: Rockwell 6C
    • Blade: Astra SP (2)
    • Lather: Stirling Scots Pine Sheep
    • Brush: Maggards 22mm B&W synthetic
    • Splash: Skin Bracer

    $ShepherdsofStirling

    Nice BBS shave. No irritation with a few weepers on my neck and jawline. Just a shave with these products and to keep the challenge going, so there is nothing else to report. Overall, nice midweek shave.

  7. u/NorthSoundHamster posted on 2024-08-14 17:16:29-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

    SOTD August 14, 2024

    Lather: Stirling Glacial Electric Sheep ❄️⚡️🐑

    Razor: Sabre Level 2

    Blade: GEM PTFE (4)

    Handle: Charcoal Goods Torpedo Handle SS

    Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving Moar Boar

    Post Shave: Stirling Citron Glacial Splash

    Fragrance: Stirling Executive Man EdP

    Pretty nice shave halfway through the week and almost halfway through the month here. Only 6 more shaves to get the flair! I’m extremely grateful I was able to get my hands on the Moar Boar due to this community, it’s starting to become one of my favorite brushes in my den. Went 2/3 Dickhole with the Executive Man, the Glacial was much appreciated on a warm humid day. Everyone have a good day and finish to the week.

    $ShepherdsofStirling

  8. u/SilverRavenSo posted on 2024-08-14 18:58:59-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

    SOTD
    Prep: Hot water
    Razor: SimpleCleanShave Aluminum
    Blade: KCG Gillette
    Brush: Omega Art. 10098
    Lather: Stirling Sheep
    Post Shave: Omega Alum Stick

    $ShepherdsofStirling

  9. u/TheStallionPartThree posted on 2024-08-14 19:15:37-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

    August 14, 2024 – Old Hiker SOTD

    • Brush: Semogue Torga C5
    • Razor: Christopher Bradley B SB AL plate – Maggard Handle
    • Blade: Wizamet (14)
    • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. – Varen
    • Post Shave: Noble Otter – Orbit

    Work sucks. The end.

    $RawHoggin

    $ShepherdsofStirling

  10. u/SaintBandicoot posted on 2024-08-14 20:34:05-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

    Austere August Day ~~14~~ 12

    • Prep: Hot shower
    • Brush: Chisel & Hound Government Issue with 28mm Turn-N-Shave Shoat (Boar)
    • Razor: Atelier Durdan Le Maurice 1.4 (SS Premium Polish)
    • Blade: Wizamet Super Iridium (Edge 1 - 12th shave)
    • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. Varen
    • Post Shave: Cold shower, Stirling Soap Co. Varen Splash
    • Tags: $ShepherdsOfStirling $WolfInSheepsClothing

    Day 14 minus 2: Well, after having my A.A. challenges completely dashed by some unknown illness which hit me like a freight train on Sunday night and left me bedridden for the last 2 days, I woke up feeling 70% today and dragged myself into the shower and had a shave. That first shower after being on death's doorstep hits different.

    Because all of my challenges were now down the drain, the only thing I'll be doing for the rest of August is 10 shaves with Sheep Soap. Even though one of the three judges vetoed my appeal to Shepherds of Stirling, I figured since I named the challenge I will do whatever I want. So, I have created a new challenge. I will complete the 10 shaves required by Shepherds of Stirling, and I will be donating money to my local 4-H, since the judges are doing nothing more than depriving a good cause from charitable funds. I figure I'll donate at least as much as the set of Varen cost me.

    I shall call this the $WolfInSheepsClothing challenge, and anyone that has gotten sick of what many people have been calling "performative self-harm" or has otherwise been DQ'd from other, stricter challenges with decidedly less-cool flair may join me. Just switch off whatever software you were using and onto one of Stirling's mutton tallow soaps, declare yourself a shepherd despite the protests of the judges, and donate to your local 4-H!

    AND SHEPHERDS WE SHALL BE! (A fantastic movie line that literally no one doing $ShepherdsOfStirling has used yet this month and an oversight for which they should all be DQ'd)

    Also, continuing my weigh-ins, Stirling's mutton tallow base seems way more resiliant (purely from a consumption standpoint) than GN C$+

    New tub: 225.6g Post-shave, no rinse: 224.5g Post-shave, rinsed: 223.2g

    Then you can use this way more awesome flair:

    🐑🐺🐑 Wolf in Sheep's Clothing 🐑🐺🐑

    Here is an album that I am going to continue uploading to throughout the month to show ~~progress of the brush~~ whatever I want.

    $Discord

  11. u/FastBreakSloths posted on 2024-08-14 22:14:45-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

    August 14,2024

    • Prep: Hot Shower
    • Brush: Omega 10098 27mm Boar
    • Razor: The Holy Black SR-71 Slant
    • Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
    • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Sheep
    • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented Witch Hazel & Aloe
    • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented Post Shave Balm

    Stirling needs to be studied on how they make money with the value they give.

    $RawHoggin

    $ShepherdsofStirling

    $Discord