March 9, 2024 – March [#MMarch24] Madness Non-Bracket MM24 Bonus© Second Luxury© SOTD
- Brush: Grizzly Bay Blue Copper Fanchurian 26mm
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (22)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. – Deep Blue Sea
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. – Deep Blue Sea
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Deep Blue Sea
My journey into wet shaving was an interesting one. When I started, I was on a tighter budget and I was using Cremo and a brush to pretend. The tub of Proraso Red I soon bought wasn’t cutting it either. Lo and behold, this company started showing up in my Facebook feed and my initial skepticism eventually waned. Soon I had a medicine cabinet full of Stirling and so began my foray into artisan soaps.
Today’s shave was nothing short of fantastic. A luxury shave, if there ever was one. Some people are quick to pooh-pooh Stirling for what could be said to be a lack of innovation in artisan soap. Their base was perfected early on thanks to feedback from the community and the willingness on Rod’s part to humbly get it right. Other artisans have, in some people’s eyes, left Stirling to pick the grit out of its teeth after eating their figurative dust. Yet Stirling is consistently on the podium and they will always have a place in my den.
As for Talent Factory, I had never heard of them until the posting of the MM bracket. If they are as good as their small band of supporters claim, the prime time exposure they are getting this month should bring them up in future rankings. I love a solid underdog and will certainly be adding them to my repertoire.
Have a great Saturday and be kind to one another.