Post 'Thursday Austere August SOTD Thread - Aug 22, 2024' of challenge 'Shepherds of Stirling 2024'

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  1. u/loudmusicboy posted on 2024-08-22 03:26:19-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

    Down On The Farm For AA - Day 22

    • Brush: Omega 81151
    • Razor: Merkur 37C
    • Blade: Astra SP (9)
    • Lather: Stirling - Scots Pine Sheep
    • Post Shave: Stirling - Baker Street splash
    • Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial unscented AS balm
    • Tags: $RawHoggin $ShepherdsofStirling

    Another stellar shave as we enter the home stretch of AA.

    Brush before and after pics. I'm definitely running out of ideas as to how to shoot these in my bathroom.

    $BarnyardChallenge musical inspiration provided by Steely Dan. I've definitely had a love/hate relationship with this band. Like, I hated them for years and years. But a couple of years ago, I was staying at The Verb Hotel in Boston and they have record players in every room and Steely Dan's Aja happened to be one of the albums left in my room. Damn that album sounded so good on vinyl and that moment totally turned my opinion on the band. Now the Steely Dan catalog gets some play around the house when the mood is right. "Black Cow" is one of my faves from that Aja album.

    Black coffee is a favorite of mine every day and it needs to get in my belly. Try to enjoy your day and remember to be kind to one another.

  2. u/sahenders posted on 2024-08-22 05:14:12-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

    AA24 - Day 22 - Trouble in Paradise

    Well this blade is now testing my technique and pressure management. I managed a DFS with no irritation, but the blade is definitely past its prime.

    Just when I think the boar stank is subsiding, it comes back with a vengeance. Are there trapped pockets of stench hiding in this knot? What is going on?

    The line up today was pleasant. Trouble Maker and Fougère Gothique are both earthy, smokey, and excellent.

    Brush Break-In Progress Album

    Weekly Tub Check: 176g (∆ -8)

  3. u/Priusaurus posted on 2024-08-22 06:30:18-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

    August 22, 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

    It's still August, but it's feeling like autumn today

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

    August 22, 2024

    • Brush: AP Shave Co. - 24mm Synbad Fan
    • Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
    • Blade: Personna Lab Blue (7)
    • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Port-Au-Prince - Soap
    • Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Reserve Fern - Aftershave
    • Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm

    $Discord
    $ShepherdsofStirling
    Progress Album

    Wow, 5.5 grams of soap today. The lather was amazing though. If someone told me this was Omnibus I would have believed them.

  5. u/oswald_heist posted on 2024-08-22 08:44:31-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

    August 22 2024

    • Brush: Omega 13732 24mm
    • Razor: Solingen Best Silver Steel 6/8 (Straight shave #119)
    • Lather: Stirling - Varen
    • Post Shave: Stirling - Varen
    • Fragrance: Ineke Perfumes - Idyllwild

    Brush progress album

    $headless

    $RawHoggin

    $ShepherdsofStirling

  6. u/FastBreakSloths posted on 2024-08-22 19:05:39-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

    August 22, 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

    I shave, I sleep, I wake up, and I shave.

    $RawHoggin

    $ShepherdsofStirling

    $Discord

  7. u/TheStallionPartThree posted on 2024-08-22 19:55:21-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

    August 22, 2024

    • Brush: Semogue Torga C5
    • Razor: Christopher Bradley B SB AL plate – Maggard Handle
    • Blade: Wizamet (1)
    • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. – Varen
    • Post Shave: Noble Otter – Orbit

    Good. Night.

    $RawHoggin

    $ShepherdsofStirling