June 28, 2024 - lamb chops?
- Brush: Yaqi 26mm Tuxedo
- Razor: Gillette Tech
- Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Electric Sheep
- Post Shave: Myrsol - Agua Balsamica
- Fragrance: Noble Otter - Joker
The daily challenge and being thematic are all rolled into one today, so let's get started. Here's a pic of the whole shave setup.
I got this brush for like, $12. The only other brush I have that even comes close to that is my Chisel and Hound LG special, but it was about $5 more than the Yaqi, so Yaqi it is for today's shave.
I'm honestly not sure what kind of Tech this razor is. I know it's got a stamped diamond baseplate, so it's not British, but that's about it. even at their most expensive MSRP, controlled for inflation even, this is by far the cheapest razor I own (that isn't a cartridge since those were against the rules for today).
Next up I used the cheapest blade I have, which is this Astra. At about $0.15 per blade, it is almost half the price of my preferred Gillette Silver Blues and Wizamets.
For lather Stirling will always win this, because I refuse to buy any of the truly cheap stuff like Arko. It is completely absurd the value present in a full tub of Stirling when considering the quality of the product. Way, way, way too good for how cheap it is. (Side note, if y'all haven't tried Electric Sheep yet, get on that. This stuff is wild.)
For the post shave I went with this sample I have of Myrsol's Agua Balsamica. This was the cheapest stuff in my collection at a price of around $0.16 per milliliter. I really like this splash formula and just ordered a whole bottle. Thank god I ordered a different scent because I really hate how much this smells like roast dinner...
Lastly the frag. Thanks to u/kerblimeyskal for sharing this with me. I really enjoy this frag, which is a scent sampler for Joker in a solid cologne formulation. I am using that solid cologne to determine the price, because as far as I can tell they never sold this scent in EdP. Which means, dear reader, that this fragrance costs $0. In the past, it looks like Noble Otter has offered free samples of their scents in solid cologne form (proof of that here and here (this is their FAQ page, if you go to "Product" then "Can I get a Sample" they mention giving out free samples of scents via solid cologne)). So with no MSRP, that means this is the cheapest fragrance I own by a very large margin.
Relevance in software achieved by everything being on theme.
Today's photo contest theme is Steampunk. Please judge the photo linked in the title. To achieve Steampunk, I called my shave setup a bunch of punks, threw them in jail, then steamed up the jail real good, then took a picture of these punks in their steamy prison. This is absolutely a correct interpretation of what steam punk means and I will accept no arguments. #photocontest
ps: I tried writing the word "Punk" into the steamed up glass, but it was completely illegible so I had to change picture locations.