June 28, 2024 – Lather Games!
- Brush: Omega – Model 20106 Black Handle Boar Hair Shaving Brush #TOLL
- Razor: YPM – Winning Razor Mk1, polished #CNC
- Blade: Gillette Winner Stainless (4).
- Lather: Arko Shave Soap.
- Aftershave: Clubman Pinaud – Whiskey Woods
I picked up a 12-pack of Arko shave soap for $12 many years ago and I gave away a lot of them to various friends. I'm now down to just this one stick left, which gets pulled out every now and again for use. There is a certain nostalgia, a certain sense of timelessness to using this, almost like you can go back into time by imagining your forefathers using this or something similar as they go about their morning routine. The soap performance is decent but nothing special. If I was limited in my hardware and software, e.g., living in another country, I could get by with using this regularly. The shave is decent with all this, so I'm happy.
Have a great Friday.
#Challenge: The Mk1 Winning Razor was marked down to $40 when they were phasing them out, so I jumped and bought my 4th(?) copy then. The Omega shave brush I got for $10 or so on eBay years ago. And the Whiskey Woods aftershave was a bit less than $8 when I got it on a lark recently. The performance is okay but not great.
#LatherGames
Bonus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlJiFNq9TJQ ← J R R Tolkien, The Monsters and the Critics
u/Enndeegee : We're considering a group buy for this new shave soap that just came out. https://ibb.co/Y2ywDxX Can we count you making a purchase also?