June 24, 2024
- Brush: Maggard 24mm G5 Synthetic #FAUXFUR #PREMIUMPLASTIC
- Razor: Wolfman Guerilla (Gen 1)
- Blade: Bolzano Superinox (German) (12)
- Lather: Catie's Bubbles - Royal Garden - Soap
- Post Shave: Spearhead - Seaforth! Heather - Toner
- Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Jitterbug - EdP
Really good shave, especially considering the 12 uses on the blade so far.
This is a fun theme and makes me reflect on my first year or two, how people kept sending me stuff without me even asking. It got to a point where I started telling people "no, please, stop".
I got Royal Garden before competing in my first Lather Games in the year 2021. I started wetshaving in July 2020, so I had a full year to get hyped and stocked up. /u/ramjet615 sent me this big 2 oz Cbubs sample, along with a bunch of other samples. I think I still have some of them, but this is the only one that I specifically remember coming from him.
The #FAUXFUR hastag can be justified here. Even though this is a Maggard branded knot, it's the same "G5" type.
Relevant post-shave and frag: This aftershave was given to me by my lovely wife as a birthday gift (along with matching soap and frag), so I didn't pay for it. Jitterbug was given to me by /u/mammothben after I helped make him a spreadsheet that changed his life forever, so I didn't pay for it.
Challenge: The next sub-exclusive soap should be made by someone who still posts on the sub. There are a lot of artisans with deep histories on reddit who have since moved on to bigger and better things. I nominate Summer Break Soaps (/u/rocketk455 ), because he still posts in the sub all the time.
Runner up would be Spearhead, because they did a PIF recently.