July 29, 2023 – Woody saturday
- Brush: Holzleute – Silvertip badger
- Razor: Custom designed Böker with bog oak scale and french head
- Lather: Captain’s Choice – Sandalwood
- Post Shave: Spearhead – Black Watch
- Fragrance: Boss – Bottled
#FOF
I decided to match evrything I could with the wood and or sandalwood theme.
The brush has a wooden handle and translates to “woodpeople”. My Böker is the only razor with a wood scale (leaving out the new Koraat).
Soap:
In my first maggards order, I got a A&E soap with sandalwood and oud. The soap back then had a creamy sweet sandalwood. That’s why this soap confused me a bit and reminded me of u/djundjila djunior snot Proraso red cream. Captains choice is almost medicinical. When lathered, the wood aspect gets more prominent, but also a more balsamic, almost mediteranean vibe. Did not know that sandalwood can be that different. The lather was…. if the lather would be a ship, I would be a landlubber.
There were more visible bubbles than in caties bubbles stock. Once on the face, the lather collapsed. I did not have huge expectations about the soap, but this was really underwhelming.
Shave:
I enjoyed the razor like no day before. It went as smooth over my skin as the soap allowed it. All in all, i got good shave out of it, but at no moment was I confident about what I was doing. While that beautiful shaped metal scratched off hair, making sounds like buttered toast, I thought to myself: “We have a damn nice hobby.”
Aftershave:
My first use of the aftershave. It’s more sweeter than the soap, more plum, more jasmine, but still a banger. I did the right choice to order it for the lathergames and further shaves. Because of the Sandalwood in the ingredients, I paired it for today, although I am not able to extract these notes among the other ones.
Fragrance:
Boss bottled was a sample I got way ahead of the games and only tried it once, but surprised me. Sweet apple notes fade to something spicy. After a few hours, I smell a little bit of sweetness, like cinnamon and mild woody notes, like vetiver and probably a slightly creamy sandalwood note.
Daily challenge:
Photocontest:
I looked at way too few pictures, but u/Chronossieur420 and u/gcgallant stood out. But my vote goes to u/gcgallant.
Rookie of the year:
u/pridetwo will probably make it with u/tsrblke second place. I hope they will keep our sub and hobby faithfull.
FOF:
Although u/red_mosquitoMM’s posts are tldr for me, even a blind person sees his talent. Only one who could make it up with him would be Will from B&M.
LG Winner:
u/priusaurus. He announced it in his first post and I would laugh a lot if he gets second place. While his first posts had good quality and was inventive with the interviews, it got repetitive. Thats not how I want to play the games. Thats not what I enjoy about the games. I want madness. I want shitpostings. I want drama. I want people to go crazy and innovative. The podcast would never be successful if we have boomers and u/J33pguy13 rave over quality posts: “The way he describes the use of lavender in the soap was so thoughtfull. I could really picture myself having a picnic in a lavender field”. Bla Bla.
But finally priusaurus pulled himself up and stepped in u/Djundjila’s footsteps and brought everything to the table. The spite posts with u/MrTangerinesky only pushed him forward, while still keeping up quality.