July 3, 2023 – I Can’t Escape Italia

• Brush: Chisel and Hound “Acer Pearl” w/ V20 Fanchurian #composite

• Razor: Schick Injector Type I1 #illfuckindoitagain

• Blade: Personna Injector (2)

• Lather: Cella – Milano Crema Da Barba

• Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. (Formerly Oleo Soapworks) – Shiloh

I often get mistaken as an Italian American. I am not. I am a mutt mish mash of 18th century American Anglos and 20th century Eastern European immigrants. Yet, people repeatedly casually assume that I am a Philadelphia Paesan. My online personna may not show it, but i am loud, boisterous, personable, and a bit brash, all common social traits of my home city brethren. Maybe that’s also why my first international trip as an adult of 39 last year was to Italy. I could have just bought this Cella from any of our preffered retailers, but why not go get it from the source and smuggle it back home. At first I wasnt impressed but this soap has grown on me. It’s no nonsense for me and for whatever reason, this new badger of mine loves it. Great clean 2.5 pass shave finished off with an Italian inspired splash, Chicago Grooming ADP-colonia dupe, shiloh.

For the u/RedMosquitoMM challenge, I had to to look back through his post and how to honor as I havent had many if any interactions with him. Seems like he’s a bit of a connoisseur of the bespoke brushed, so I decided to use my new badger from Chisel and Hound. Maybe it’s breaking in more, maybe its me, or maybe just the soap, but this brush and cella loved each other. Also in honor of his win last year, I’ll try a little extra tonight and go for a couple scavenger points.

Night night shave homies. Shaka emoji.

ROTY