LG SOTD 18Jun2024
- Brush: Stirling B&W - 24mm boar
- Razor: Henson - Ti22 Medium
- Blade: Dorco - STP-301 Prime Platinum (1)
- Blade: Zorrik - Super Stainless (1)
- Lather: Dr. Jon’s - Hydra
- Bowl: CaYuen - Dark Nebula, large
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Aftershave Balm, Lavender
Happy Tuesday! Welcome to the eighteenth shave of the 2024 Lather Games. Today's theme is “RIP in Pieces” where we shave with a lather from a shuttered company.
I’ll be shaving with Dr. Jon’s Hydra, a citrus scent made with essential oils from six citrus sources approximating the name sake. Dr. Jon’s operated out of New York from 2014 to 2023 and specialized in vegan products.
I tried seven different samples (from Maggard’s) of Dr Jon’s soaps over a year and, even before they announced their closure, I had placed them in the “don’t buy again” bucket. They had some very nice scents that were usually at half strength or less compared to the competition. The base was functional - no creaminess, light on structure, average slickness, average residual slickness, mid post-shave. Though it’s not nice to say, the failure of Dr. Jon’s was not shocking and it was not a tragedy. You can’t coast indefinitely on being vegan when it’s just not much of a niche.
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As to the daily challenge, can we drop this already? The two subs have their places, and the idea that there is quantitatively more nonsense on wicked edge versus here is very debatable - we just have better enforcement of posting structure to keep it less in your face whereas wicked edge is perfectly content letting someone post a giant pic of a single tuck on their front page to go along with their useless review.
Likewise, what is the challenge? It’s another vague description that leaves us to use our imagination. So, I’m going very literal…
This is my most stereotypical r/wicked_edge post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/wicked_edge/comments/oaii0z/im_just_swapping_razors/
I posted a very newbie style post about just how much soap I was accumulating. Wonder what that version of me would have said if knew where I was headed 😅
My favorite post was crowning the winner of my Tournament of Blades:
https://www.reddit.com/r/wicked_edge/comments/yibmja/and_the_winner_is_tournament_of_blades_finale/
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For the shave I broke out a boar brush that I haven’t used in a forever. It will likely be a forever before I use it again. I don’t care that much for the way boar performs. Definitely a synthetic brush shaver.
Shave itself was nice. The soap was functional, the scent pleasant, and I’ll see it again next time this theme returns.
Enjoy your day!
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Tournament of Blades Fight 421, Round 1: Dorco - STP-301 Prime Platinum (Vietnam) vs Zorrik - Super Stainless (India)
These two blades paired much like the last - no faults to speak of but the Zorrik was close to perfectly smooth and the Dorco had noticeable feedback.
Winner of Round 1 and Fight 421: Zorrik - Super Stainless