July 20, 2023 – Dupe Day
- Brush: Maggard Synthetic
- Razor: Maggard Razors MR7/V3
- Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (6)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. – Executive Man
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. – Executive Man
For Dupe Day, I went with one of my OG shaves. Stirling’s Executive Man was highly recommended back in the days when I was hanging around in Wicked Edge. I mentioned the other day that Hallows doesn’t seem as harsh to my nose as it once did and I found the same thing today with EM. Not that it was ever unpleasant, I just found it really strong. But maybe my sense of small never recovered from my half dozen bouts of COVID or maybe I have just gotten more accustomed to a variety of scents and it doesn’t seem as potent. But this was a really nice shave today.
For the Daily Challenge, I did change up my lather a bit. I am usually a sopping wet brush kind of guy and my lather tends to be really wet. Today I went with a damp brush with most of the water squeezed out. And only added drops of water once to my lather. Now we all know that Stirling requires at least 60 drops of water to get an acceptable lather. So mine today was pretty think and a little pasty. Still a good shave and much faster than my normal method. I still prefer the wetter lather but this was okay.