- Brush: Shitty clipped boar
- Razor: Wilkinson Sword Classic
- Blade: Wilkinson Sword (2)
- Lather: Vitos – Super Extra Coco
- Post Shave: I Am – Aftershave Lotion
- Fragrance: adidas – Dynamic Pulse
It was the best of shaves, it was the worst of shaves. That the Wilkinson Sword razor is surprisingly good and punches way above its weight class is a well established fact by now, but Vitos Extra Super is a real surprise (to me) star in this setup (I shouldn't be surprised, I guess, after all it's both extra and super). Even with this shitty clipped boar brush of which I bought three in spring of 2021 as backup for Lather Games (it was back in the 30 brushes bonus point era, and I wasn't confident I'd have time to make enough of my fimo brushes), whipping this soap into a creamy, shiny, and slick lather is almost too easy. There must me some downside to Vitos soap, but I didn't find it (provided you are OK with coconut scents). If I remember after Austere August, Sample September, and TabOktoberfest, and I still have the energy for a prolonged period of restricted software choice, I might go a few weeks with this to see if it's drying my skin or something. Not sure I can handle 60 Vitos Coconut shaves in BBS November, but maybe 30?.
The brush is a disgrace, though, and the clipped bristles are like poky little needles. These were silly cheap (see below), but I still overpaid. I didn't bother cleaning this piece of shit and trashed it as is after I was done. I'll make sure not to have any of these in my den come next Frugal Friday.
For my fellow djudge, the relevant post and frag theme is frugalily, with the items selected for this shave being those of the lowest price density in my den. I've also added the prices of the hardware items. There is a potential doubt about the razor since I own a cheap Soviet plastic razor (from Lithuania pre fall) but I couldn't find pricing nor convincing inflation calculators for soviet rubles. I didn't insist because if soviet rubles were anything like GDR Aluchips, everyone had a lot of them and you still couldn't buy half the things you wanted, so the point seems moot.
For today's challenge, the answer is "very", and the photo is linked in the title.
| Product |
price density |
Assuptions |
| Lather |
0.0094444444 Eur/g |
soap density of 900 kg/m^3 |
| Post Shave |
0.0386666667 CHF/g |
splash density of 900 kg/m^3 |
| Fragrance |
0.2117647059 CHF/g |
frag density of 870 kg/m^3 |
| Hardware item |
price |
| Razor (including blades) |
5.00 GBP |
| Shitty clipped boar |
1.49 USD |