June 29, 2024 – Lather Games 2024 Day 29: Sandals
- Brush: Perfecto Pure Badger
- Razor: Gillette Super Adjustable 109 P-2
- Blade: Gillette Wilkinson Sword (Saloon Pack) (2)
- Lather: Zingari Man – The Traditionalist
- Post Shave: Proraso – Sandalwood
- Fragrance: Outlaw – Blazing Saddles
Use of Theme: Sandalwood Saturday
Several years ago the Donut family went to the Maple Syrup Festival at Malabar Farm State Park. Aside from seeing demonstrations on how maple syrup has been made throughout the years, we ate breakfast and listened to live bluegrass music in the Pugh Cabin. If you are a film history buff like I tend to be, you’ll appreciate that the Pugh Cabin and grounds were used in filming of the opening sequence of The Shawshank Redemption. All you see in the opening of the film is right there and almost the entire movie was filmed in nearby Mansfield. Pretty cool. So cool that when I had the opportunity to purchase a shaving brush handle made from the famous Shawshank tree, I jumped on it. I haven’t set a knot in it for fear of doing something rash, like using it for the Lather Games. So it sits on my shelf.
I do have a wood handled brush, though poor it may be, the Perfecto will have to do the job of representing the wood half of the theme. The other half is a strappy little number from Mrs_Donut’s side of the closet. We put the two together and we have Sandalwood Saturday!
Oh, it helps that we are using Zingari Man The Traditionalist. It has Sandalwood right on the label. Proraso (Red) Aftershave also is sandalwood scented. Our Fragrance, Blazing Saddles, though it smells more like a cowboy’s chaps after a long, hot, August trail ride, does have some sandalwood in it to round things out.
Daily Challenge: ~~Roast~~ Do the Djudges’ Jobs for Them
It’s been a heck of a month. Too much to keep track of and too busy with life.
Here is my initial thought on judging.
Hugbckt, Priusaurus, Endeegee, and many others brought out their A games this year. We’ll see how it all shakes out.