June 18, 2024 – Past, Present, and Future
- Brush: Great Grampa’s old handle with a G5 synthetic knot #frankenbrush
- Razor: Gillette Tech Fat Handle
- Blade: Personna Platinum Chrome
- Lather: Obsessive Soap Perfectionist – Old Gold
- Post Shave: Old Spice – Old Spice Original
I’ve only been wetshaving the past two years so my collection has yet to include anything from artisans who’ve shuttered their doors. So I reached out to the great spice evangelist himself u/cowzilla3 to take him up on his generous offer over on the smoosh trading thread. He was more than happy to oblige but to my surprise it turns out only one of the many vendors he has reviewed has ceased operation, OSP. Obsessive Soap Perfectionist. I know no backstory on this artisans or have ever been a part of a board or Facebook group where his wares were popular or traded but it sounds like he sporadically put out high quality hard soaps. I’ll let brighter bulbs enlighten us about OSP Old Gold.A quick googling shows no recent activity and the link to his instagram in the Spice Off review now shows no user with that name. C’est la vie.
For me it was a fine shave. Scent was a bit weak. Super fluffy lather that irritated my skin a bit. Two passes after a long day. In the end, like a mother’s kiss to scraped knee, the Indian Old Spice made it all better.
For the challenge I paid homage to our brethren in my SOTD photo which highlights the quintessential photo of a blade sampler pack and the query of, “Which blade do I start with?”.