SOTD by u/hugbckt

June 23, 2024 – LG Day 23 – Sugar, Spice, & Everything Nice

• Brush: Stirling Synthetic Li’l Brudder
• Razor: Hitohira – Futana – Super Blue – Kurouchi Nashiji – 170mm Santoku – Cherry Wood Handle #KAMISORI #RUSTYBUTTRUSTY #STR8SNOB
• Razor: 十八子作 Chinese Cleaver #KAMISORI #STR8SNOB
• Razor: Karve CB SB-C
• Blade: Treet Classic (3)
• Lather: Talent Soap Factory – Cakehole
• Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Co. – Seaforth! 3 Scots
• Fragrance: Imaginary Authors – A Whiff of Wafflecone

Are you ready for some nonsense?

How about a face reveal?!?

The KitchenAid lather has been perfected; I believed this even before Prius posted his SOTD today, and as it turns out, the bar of “perfection” can raise when 3D printing gets involved. As such, I didn’t breakout the mixer today. Instead, we went low-fi with my immersion blender whisk attachment. To try to save myself a step, I first checked to see if I could do this without tape. Alas, that wasn’t going to work. However, a single layer of duct tape was all it needed to stay put. I then lathered the traditional way – on high speed, with a mug of water nearby for reinforcement. This took a couple tries, and ultimately was easier without holding my phone for video, but the final result turned out a-okay.

Even though we have some good lather in this bowl (better than I often have the patience to do by hand), I’m a ~~face~~ head latherer at heart. This immediately made a mess, all over my shirt as you can see, and also on nearly every surface of my kitchen. As to not give myself a massive cleaning chore, I resorted to painting the lather on, which was somewhat difficult with the blender attachment still taped on. Then the real work began – seeing if the sharpest knives in my kitchen are razor-sharp. First came the Hitohira Santoku, which is apparently not as sharp as when I bought it last year. I don’t think it took off any hair. So I tried what I’m confident is the sharpest non-serrated blade in my kitchen, my Chinese cleaver. Alas, again, no hair shaven, as you can see from my look of disappointment at the end. With some forethought, I could have had them sharpened at my local shop, but even then I’m not sure how good of a shave I would have gotten. So I lathered up again and had to grab a real razor. I was bummed that this was necessary, so I made sure to at least choose one with a patina to match the carbon steel of my first knife choice. I also realized that my videos don’t show the whole shaving-in-the-kitchen thing as much as I would have liked, so here’s one more shot.

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Cakehole is advertised as a “perfect blend of moist white cake and hurt-your-teeth sweet butter cream vanilla frosting.” I don’t get this as much as I was hoping; to my nose, this is cake batter. Straight up box mix, add a couple pantry staples and, like magic, you’re an hour away from a cake-smelling cake batter. It certainly hits the theme, but is not the most exciting gourmand when it comes to fragrance-land. So, I decided to follow up with 3 Scots. Now, this is not advertised as a gourmand, but I think it’s highly relevant to today’s theme. Something about Shawn’s blend of warming spices and citrus smells positively delectable to me. It doesn’t literally taste good enough to eat – but rather, smells like the feeling of digging into a spice cake with an orange-scented cream cheese frosting. It’s joyful and comforting all at the same time. Finally, IA’s wildly simple vanilla/maple fragrance. It’s not trying to be subtle. In their effort to remind me of fond college memories going to the Ben & Jerry’s on Church Street, I instead get punched in the face my maple syrup spiked with vanilla. It’s unapologetic while also not quite harnessing its intended inspiration. #FOF

**[June 23, 2024 – LG Day 23 – Sugar, Spice, & Everything Nice](https://i.imgur.com/2fM7e7d.jpg)**

* **Brush:** Stirling Synthetic Li’l Brudder
* **Razor:** Hitohira – Futana – Super Blue – Kurouchi Nashiji – 170mm Santoku – Cherry Wood Handle #KAMISORI #RUSTYBUTTRUSTY #STR8SNOB
* **Razor:** 十八子作 Chinese Cleaver #KAMISORI #STR8SNOB
* **Razor:** Karve CB SB-C
* **Blade:** Treet Classic (3)
* **Lather:** Talent Soap Factory – Cakehole
* **Post Shave:** Spearhead Shaving Co. – Seaforth! 3 Scots
* **Fragrance:** Imaginary Authors – A Whiff of Wafflecone

**Are you ready for some nonsense?**

**How about a face reveal?!?**

The KitchenAid lather has been perfected; I believed this even before Prius posted his SOTD today, and as it turns out, the bar of “perfection” can raise when 3D printing gets involved. As such, I didn’t breakout the mixer today. Instead, we went low-fi with my immersion blender whisk attachment. To try to save myself a step, I first checked to see if I could do this without tape. [Alas, that wasn’t going to work](https://youtube.com/shorts/_vbgzYnD7mI). However, a single layer of duct tape was [all it needed to stay put](https://youtube.com/shorts/QeMN3ma1kx8). I then lathered the traditional way – [on high speed, with a mug of water nearby for reinforcement](https://youtube.com/shorts/CkHT5f7K2Dc). This [took a couple tries](https://youtube.com/shorts/Y3_HO7rDeAc), and ultimately was easier without holding my phone for video, [but the final result turned out a-okay](https://i.imgur.com/oei12bs.jpg).

Even though we have some good lather in this bowl (better than I often have the patience to do by hand), I’m a ~~face~~ [head latherer at heart](https://youtube.com/shorts/NL-kEkC5fdw). This **immediately** made a mess, all over my shirt as you can see, and also on nearly every surface of my kitchen. As to not give myself a massive cleaning chore, I resorted to [painting the lather on](https://youtube.com/shorts/Ps8ArHFcla0), which was somewhat difficult with the blender attachment still taped on. Then the real work began – seeing if the sharpest knives in my kitchen are razor-sharp. [First came the Hitohira Santoku](https://youtube.com/shorts/wKndSOCNOLw), which is apparently not as sharp as when I bought it last year. I don’t think it took off any hair. So I tried what I’m confident is the sharpest non-serrated blade in my kitchen, [my Chinese cleaver](https://youtube.com/shorts/q-an_SXcY3c?feature=share). Alas, again, no hair shaven, as you can see from my look of disappointment at the end. With some forethought, I could have had them sharpened at my local [shop](https://strataportland.com/), but even then I’m not sure how good of a shave I would have gotten. So I [lathered up again](https://youtube.com/shorts/ySOENnzFl8s) and had to grab a real razor. I was bummed that this was necessary, so I made sure to at least choose one with a patina to match the carbon steel of my first knife choice. I also realized that my videos don’t show the whole shaving-in-the-kitchen thing as much as I would have liked, so [here’s one more shot](https://youtube.com/shorts/8GcW0IIi8jw).

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Cakehole is advertised as a “perfect blend of moist white cake and hurt-your-teeth sweet butter cream vanilla frosting.” I don’t get this as much as I was hoping; to my nose, this is cake batter. Straight up box mix, add a couple pantry staples and, like magic, you’re an hour away from a cake-smelling cake batter. It certainly hits the theme, but is not the most exciting gourmand when it comes to fragrance-land. So, I decided to follow up with 3 Scots. Now, this is not advertised as a gourmand, but I think it’s highly relevant to today’s theme. Something about Shawn’s blend of warming spices and citrus smells positively delectable to me. It doesn’t literally taste good enough to eat – but rather, smells like the *feeling* of digging into a spice cake with an orange-scented cream cheese frosting. It’s joyful and comforting all at the same time. Finally, IA’s wildly simple vanilla/maple fragrance. It’s not trying to be subtle. In their effort to remind me of fond college memories going to the Ben & Jerry’s on Church Street, I instead get punched in the face my maple syrup spiked with vanilla. It’s unapologetic while also not quite harnessing its intended inspiration. #FOF