SOTD by u/Priusaurus

June 23, 2024

• Brush: Priusauruswood Botcrafts – LatherMaster3001
• Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy
• Blade: Wilkinson Sword
• Lather: Talent Soap Factory – Cakehole Soap
• Post Shave: Talent Soap Factory – Cakehole Splash
• Fragrance: Le Monde Gourmand - Crème Vanille EdP

Finally! It’s shave in a kitchen day. Some people may remember last year, I duct taped a shaving brush to the dough hook of my Kitchen Aid mixer and a Legendary Lather ensued. This year, I went back to the drawing board. If this was Version 1.0, I knew there were many improvements that needed be made.

For the sake of brevity, I won’t take you through ALL the steps. But the long and short of it is: I learned how to create 3D models in Autodesk Fusion 360, figured out how to copy the exact measurements of the base of the dough hook to fit on my mixer, added some design elements, and literally 19 iterations later: This model of a Kitchen-Aid Shave Brush Attachment was born. Yes, there were 18 versions before finalizing on the design of this one. I created everything about it from scratch. No downloading other people’s models. This was 100% designed and created be me. Some changes between iterations were small details, like rounding where the mixer pin sits in the handle and other changes included the overall height, or the depth of the ferrule, or the depth of the lettering. The overall look and feel was modeled after the Amazon Blue Origin Rocket and I picked a silver filament and a black knot to compliment the Kitchen-Aid Mixer. Finally, it was time to print and each time I printed a test one, it took approximately 8 hours to print. And I printed quite a few before landing on this one. I’ve had this final prototype – The Priusauruswood Botcrafts LatherMaster3001 - ready since late May, and it has yet to make a lather. I was waiting for today: Shave in a kitchen day.

Now that I’ve done all the preparation I could. I took a scoop of soap, stuck it to the bottom of the bowl soaked the brush for a minute, attached it to the mixer, verified that we’re go for launch.

And…

It worked way better than I could have ever imagined! The handle and knot stayed secure, the mixer did its job, and The LatherMaster3001 is now ready for preorders!

With last year’s Version 1.0, I couldn’t set the mixer above Setting 4 before the duct-taped handle would come loose and the brush would fly off. With this bad boy, I could push that bitch to the limit! At the end, I had it on 10 and wished the mixer could go up to 11. I got a beautiful slick and shiny lather and was ready to shave!

I obviously used the lather right then and there and proceeded to shave in the kitchen. Would have been a pain the ass to lug that mixing bowl to the upstairs bathroom anyway.

Oh, and my wife’s sister is staying with us, so she witnessed this entire production as well as yesterday’s watermelon carving/shave. There’s no coming back from this, boys and girls.

Onto the #FOF:

What can I say about a soap and splash that smells exactly like a rich, buttery cake that’s fresh out of the oven and getting frosted? This experience was smelled delicious from beginning to end. When making the lather in the mixer, the delicious scent of cake immediately wafted up into my nose, and then immediately slathering that lather all over my face and shaving in the kitchen was perfect. If I didn’t know any better, I would have guessed my wife was baking a cake as I shaved. Now, I knew that was impossible because the mixer was otherwise occupied, but that’s how spot on this scent is. I honestly don’t love the splash, to me the scent of the alcohol overwhelms the sweet scent of cake. Once the alcohol dissipates, it does smell delicious though. And my daughter took a big whiff of my face and said, “Daddy, you smell YUMMY!!!!” I’ll take that every day of the week. I absolutely understand that this set is not gonna be for everyone, but it’s perfect for a fun shave or for a day dedicated to gourmands. The Crème Vanille fragrance was honestly a little disappointing. For some reason, the perfumer put notes of Jasmine in the fragrance, probably to “balance” the fragrance or something. Whatever. I was expecting a straight up vanilla onslaught, and this wasn’t it. On the dry-down, it became a lot more of what I was hoping for – a warm sweet amber fragrance. In hindsight, I wish I used a different fragrance today because the goal was to solely have a scent-notes for diabetes. But that’s on me. I didn’t read the scent notes since I set up my calendar a month ago so the jasmine caught me off guard today. I guess this is why we buy samples and try new things!

Challenge: See above. Short answer: Yes.

Soap Theme Justification: Dare you question The Gourmand King on Gourmand Day?

Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance: Sweet and Vanilla for everything!

[**June 23, 2024**](https://imgur.com/a/vxBLA13)

* **Brush:** Priusauruswood Botcrafts – LatherMaster3001
* **Razor:** Chiseled Face - Legacy
* **Blade:** Wilkinson Sword
* **Lather:** Talent Soap Factory – Cakehole Soap
* **Post Shave:** Talent Soap Factory – Cakehole Splash
* **Fragrance:** Le Monde Gourmand - Crème Vanille EdP

Finally! It’s shave in a kitchen day. Some people may remember [last year](https://reddit.com/r/Wetshaving/comments/14uqn4c/sunday_lather_games_sotd_thread_jul_09_2023/jraglj6/), I duct taped a shaving brush to the dough hook of my Kitchen Aid mixer and [a Legendary Lather ensued](https://imgur.com/a/Qbc3fzT). This year, I went back to the drawing board. If [this](https://imgur.com/a/qbV66Bd) was Version 1.0, I knew there were many improvements that needed be made.

For the sake of brevity, I won’t take you through ALL the steps. But the long and short of it is: I learned how to create 3D models in Autodesk Fusion 360, figured out how to copy the exact measurements of the base of the dough hook to fit on my mixer, added some design elements, and literally 19 iterations later: [This model of a Kitchen-Aid Shave Brush Attachment](https://imgur.com/a/hGf06YO) was born. Yes, there were 18 versions before finalizing on the design of this one. I created everything about it from scratch. No downloading other people’s models. This was 100% designed and created be me. Some changes between iterations were small details, like [rounding where the mixer pin sits in the handle](https://imgur.com/a/7OJb9za) and other changes included the overall height, or the depth of the ferrule, or the depth of the lettering. The overall look and feel was modeled after the [Amazon Blue Origin Rocket](https://imgur.com/a/cSkaRYd) and I picked a silver filament and a black knot to compliment the [Kitchen-Aid Mixer](https://imgur.com/a/aIMj9wV). Finally, it was [time to print](https://imgur.com/a/Pay3jnQ) and each time I printed a test one, it took approximately 8 hours to print. And I printed quite a few before landing on this one. I’ve had this final prototype – [The Priusauruswood Botcrafts LatherMaster3001](https://imgur.com/a/Kj6veOA) - ready since late May, and it has yet to make a lather. I was waiting for today: Shave in a kitchen day.

Now that I’ve done all the preparation I could. [I took a scoop of soap, stuck it to the bottom of the bowl soaked the brush for a minute, attached it to the mixer, verified that we’re go for launch.](https://imgur.com/a/VPEHXWb)

[And…](https://giphy.com/gifs/samuel-l-jackson-jurassic-park-hold-onto-your-butts-OCu7zWojqFA1W)

[It worked way better than I could have ever imagined](https://youtu.be/ekKpvVI7Nms)! The handle and knot stayed secure, the mixer did its job, and The LatherMaster3001 is now ready for preorders!

With last year’s Version 1.0, I couldn’t set the mixer above Setting 4 before the duct-taped handle would come loose and the brush would fly off. With this bad boy, I could push that bitch to the limit! At the end, I had it on 10 and wished [the mixer could go up to 11](https://giphy.com/gifs/spinal-tap-this-is-go-to-11-lvlLuc2zhi39C). I got [a beautiful slick and shiny lather](https://imgur.com/a/ygSXnZT) and was ready to shave!

I obviously used the lather right then and there and proceeded to shave in the kitchen. Would have been a pain the ass to lug that mixing bowl to the upstairs bathroom anyway.

Oh, and my wife’s sister is staying with us, so she witnessed this entire production [as well as yesterday’s watermelon carving/shave](https://www.reddit.com/r/Wetshaving/comments/1dlovsg/comment/l9u87nr/). There’s no coming back from this, boys and girls.

Onto the #FOF:

What can I say about a soap and splash that smells exactly like a rich, buttery cake that’s fresh out of the oven and getting frosted? This experience was smelled delicious from beginning to end. When making the lather in the mixer, the delicious scent of cake immediately wafted up into my nose, and then immediately slathering that lather all over my face and shaving in the kitchen was perfect. If I didn’t know any better, I would have guessed my wife was baking a cake as I shaved. Now, I knew that was impossible because the mixer was otherwise occupied, but that’s how spot on this scent is. I honestly don’t love the splash, to me the scent of the alcohol overwhelms the sweet scent of cake. Once the alcohol dissipates, it does smell delicious though. And my daughter took a big whiff of my face and said, “Daddy, you smell YUMMY!!!!” I’ll take that every day of the week. I absolutely understand that this set is not gonna be for everyone, but it’s perfect for a fun shave or for a day dedicated to gourmands. The Crème Vanille fragrance was honestly a little disappointing. For some reason, the perfumer put notes of Jasmine in the fragrance, probably to “balance” the fragrance or something. Whatever. I was expecting a straight up vanilla onslaught, and this wasn’t it. On the dry-down, it became a lot more of what I was hoping for – a warm sweet amber fragrance. In hindsight, I wish I used a different fragrance today because the goal was to solely have a scent-notes for diabetes. But that’s on me. I didn’t read the scent notes since I set up my calendar a month ago so the jasmine caught me off guard today. I guess this is why we buy samples and try new things!

**Challenge:** See above. Short answer: Yes.

**Soap Theme Justification:** Dare you question The Gourmand King on Gourmand Day?

**Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance:** Sweet and Vanilla for everything!