LG SOTD 19Jun2024
- Brush: Yaqi Purple Haze - 24mm (synbad) synthetic
- Razor: Henson - Ti22 Medium
- Blade: Dorco - STP-301 Prime Platinum (2)
- Blade: Zorrik - Super Stainless (2)
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
- Bowl: CaYuen - Dark Nebula, large
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Shave Balm, Embrace
Happy Hump Day, beautiful people! Welcome to the nineteenth shave of the 2024 Lather Games. Today's Theme is Juneteenth where we shave with a lather made in a US state that fought on the side of the Union during the American Civil War. 19June1865 marked the freeing of some 250K formerly enslaved in Texas and symbolically marked the end of slavery in the USA.
For today's shave, using House of Mammoth's Embrace. HoM is a bit of a multistate endeavor. Ben operates the business from somewhere in New York (I think) and, if I'm remembering right, he started doing this while in Boston, Massachusetts. However, the challenge says "made" and HoM's soaps are made under contract by Chicago Grooming in Illinois. Fortunately for this challenge, all three associated states fought on the right side of the American Civil War with Illinois providing more than 250,000 troops for the Union.
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The challenge is another I question though I usually phone something in. Memes are largely a cancer on the species. They are cruder than hieroglyphics yet form the basis of entire political movements. Today you get a screenshot that Imgur would not accept a stupid, quick meme of adding, “Embrace the Mammoth - He’s got good smoochies!”
Wasted too much time on trying to figure out what violated their filters until I said, nope, keep your 0.2 points, I have way too much to get done today to mess around any more on a challenge I detest.
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Shave was good, of course, Embrace is one of my favorites and thinking back on it helps with some of the frustration that I couldn’t make the day’s stupid challenge and about to not stop going for 14+ hours. This time tomorrow I’m going to be taking the Lather Games on the road but until on the way to airport, it’s nonstop rushing.
Enjoy your day!
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Tournament of Blades Fight 421, Round 2: Dorco - STP-301 Prime Platinum (Vietnam) vs Zorrik - Super Stainless (India)
Today the Dorco was a wee bit smoother and the Zorrik a wee bit less smooth than yesterday BUT Zorrik still in the lead… slightly.
Winner of Round 2 and Fight 421: Zorrik - Super Stainless