July 17, 2023 – LG2023 Day Seventeen – Aka Alum Is Pointless Day
- Brush: Semogue – Foro Afeitado 2016 25mm Finest Badger
- Razor: Gillette – 1941 Ranger Tech
- Blade: Polsilver (5)
- Lather: House of Mammoth – Smash
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth – Smash
Collaboration day and a perfect chance to use the collaboration between two of my favourite artisans.
If Barrister And Mann was my first love then House of Mammoth is my is the mistress tempting me to stray. I don’t think Ben can produce anything that I would turn my nose up to and to be fair untill my nose fell stumbled across WAR.
For me Smash is like a slightly wayward wrong side of the tracks brother to the tamer Southern Paradise from DG, with it’s boozy sweetness coming through behind this peach bomb.
Faultless hardware today with the little Semogue (one of my grails) whipping up a perfect lather in the always enjoyable Tusk base, Ranger Tech once again giving a BBS shave with my ever present Stainless Steel Polsilvers.
I had to really dog through my garage den today to find this alum that I must of bought years ago, is it better than u/jeffm54321 favoured Osam? Almost definitely, will I ever use it? Nope not a chance, I didn’t even use it today. The only thing Alum block is good for is launching at next doors cat as it goes to empty it’s bowels on your roses.