June 14, 2024 – Freezey Minty Stacky
- Brush: Ap Shave Co Synbad 24mm
- Razor: Schick Injector Type I1
- Blade: Personna Injector
- Lather: Noble Otter – Orbit
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth – Dammusi
- Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal
Has the frozen lather bowl been done to death? How about an additional soak/rinse bowl? Maybe we throw in some mint? Im not the most extreme, but for me that’ll do. Pretty darn cool, man.
While the bowls were in the freezer, I did a quick stack. It was a bit better than the one in the SOTD, using a maggard handle as the base. But once the bowls were done I had to use the extra ice from weighing down the inner bowl and turn them into a stand for my stack.
Bowls turned out pretty good for the first time. But today has been the hottest day of the year so far and without central air these puppies started melting fast. But I was looking forward to the cool lather, or the lather I was able to make. Soaking/rinse bowl melted through before the end of the first pass but the lather bowl held up surprisingly well. Unfortunately, that nice tallow based soap didn’t play well with ice. But when on my face I couldn’t tell if it was the Orbits menthol or the ice that was cooling my face more. It was helped by the fact that I used the melting soak/rinse bowl to clean up between passes and at the ends. The second pass lather actually turned out quite nice and with the ease of the injector it was an overall a decent shave. Proof in the pudding pop.
Orbit is great. I can’t wait till the end of LG and I can make the rich yogurt lather it deserves. First time using Dammusi this year, crisp cool and salty. Thayers finished me off to match the Rose in Orbit. Good shave. Honestly will probably start experimenting with it the cold shave more this summer.
Edit: I also tried listening to the We Hate Movies podcast episode “Cool as Ice” where they talk about the Vanilla Ice movie. Couldn’t take the wacky banter though. Maybe next year I watch Cool as Ice and shave those lines in the side of my hair.
Cheers!