Share your Shave of the Day for Friday!
Friday SOTD Thread, February 6th, 2026 (#969)
8 months ago by AutoBot to c/wetshaving
PorkButtsNTaters666 6 points 8 months ago
Thanks! It was very moving
snooting 6 points 8 months ago
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- Brush: Summer Break Soaps "Elyria" - TurnNShave v9 Tip 28mm Badger
- Razor: Yates Precision Manufacturing 921-M
- Blade: Astra Green (9)
- Lather: Stirling - Destination Unknown - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling - Destination Unknown - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Oleo & Co. - Facial Toner - Toner
- Fragrance: Stirling - Destination Unknown - EdT
Today's challenge soap is The Holy Black - Jeckyll and Hyde (Mr. Hyde). Scent notes are: Vetiver, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Amber.
Stirling - Destination Unknown, a dupe of Versace Eros, matches 100% of these notes:
Italian lemon and mandarin, mint oil, candied apple, geranium flower, clary sage essence, amber, cedarwood, vetiver, patchouli, sandalwood, and vanilla.
Road to victory:
| Category | ∑ | Δ |
|---|---|---|
| Daily theme soap | 6 | 0 |
| Artisan | 4 | 0 |
| Scenter | 0 | 0 |
| Half of the scent notes | 6 | +2 |
| Airbudding the day | 1 | 0 |
| Cross posting | 6 | +1 |
| Snitching | 6 | 0 |
| Snitching incorrectly | 0 | 0 |
| Goody Two-Shoes | 6 | +1 |
| Total | 35 | +4 |
FWAaron 6 points 8 months ago
February 6, 2026
- Prep: Shower
- Brush: Badlands Shaving w/ AP Shave Co G5c 26mm
- Razor: GEM Junior
- Blade: GEM PTFE
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Saguaro Blossom
- Post Shave: Neutrogena Hydro-Boost Gel Cream
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. - Campania
- Whiskers: Jojoba/Argan w/Tea Tree Oil
This soap doesn't seem to be in WSDB yet I suppose because it's seasonal. I think they've released it more than once year so I hope they continue. It's very nice. It's sweet but well balanced. I recommend it.
Used the GEM Junior second day in a row.
PorkButtsNTaters666 7 points 8 months ago
Used the GEM Junior second day in a row.
At this rate, it will get senior very quick 🤔
FWAaron 6 points 8 months ago
I believe you are looking for !dadjokes@lemmy.world
walden 5 points 8 months ago
February 6th, 2026
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers - "Gianmaria" w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Koraat 15/16 Full Hollow - Sub Exclusive 'Moarteen' (10)
- Lather: Wet Shaving Products - Black Amber Vanille - Soap
- Post Shave: Noble Otter - The Night Before - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Declaration Grooming, House of Mammoth - Cerberus - Liniment
Not the worst, but I did give myself a tad bit of irritation.
TriplePlaid 5 points 8 months ago
SOTD - 2026-02-06
- Facewash: Stirling Activated Charcoal Facial Soap
- Prep: Stirling Unscented Preshave Soap
- Brush: Unbranded; badger? I reached out to the person who sold it to me and they aren't sure but they think it is badger.
- Razor: Stirling de3p6s standard head
- Blade: Gillette Silver Blue(1)
- Lather: Farmcraft VT Cedar Shave Soap
- Alum: Stirling Travel Size Alum
- Toner: Stirling Unscented Witch Hazel & Aloe
- Aftershave: Stirling Deton-8 Aftershave Splash
- Serum: Ash Hopper Blueberry Serum
- Balm: Stirling Deton-8 Aftershave Balm
- Lotion: Humble Bee Botanicals "Calendulove" Face Cream
- Fragrance: Stirling Deton-8 EdT
One of my best shaves so far, approaching DFS. First pass WTG. 2nd pass WTG on chin. 3rd pass XTG on chin and moustache. I changed a lot of things for today's shave which makes it hard to tell what made it so good. I think the blade was nice, but so was the shaving cream - nice cushion, sufficiently slick, mild but pleasant scent. Possibly the least feedback I have ever gotten from my alum!
I also changed up my preshave method a bit, trying something I saw on shavemyface.com. I showered as usual but this time after sudsing the preshave soap on my face I didn't rinse it straight off. Instead I got a washcloth damp with really dang hot water and held it on my face until it cooled down and then repeated 3x and then rinsing off fully before shaving. Maybe that helped more than my usual routine where I would just rinse it right off.
Also my package from Stirling arrived:
snooting 5 points 8 months ago
At this point I don’t really do any pre shave. The most I’ll do is rub some of the extra lather from the tub on my face.
When I get irritation it’s usually because my lather or technique was off.
TriplePlaid 5 points 8 months ago
I think my technique is not anywhere close to perfect, so that is almost certainly part (or most) of the story here.
I really struggle to avoid tugging on my chin, so much that I find it almost impossible to do a smooth/fluid pass; the razor frequently catches. I think I am having a hard time keeping the angle correct as I navigate the quickly changing angles and that I have a bad habit of pressing the blade too hard. I feel like even when I am getting it to cut on my chin it is impossible to get a close shave, so then I do more passes which results in irritation. I have the same problem in my moustache area except the difficulty navigating contours isn't an issue there so idk why I can't get it close there.
I am also pretty inexperienced in making good lathers so that may be part of it as well. Overall though I feel that I have been making faster progress in this department, especially in the last week or two :)
snooting 2 points 8 months ago
The chin and jawline is typically my hardest area as well. Small strokes and skin stretching help me a lot when shaving there.
And again, good lather makes a huge difference. You want to basically use as much water as possible without breaking the lather.
pi_dash_rho 5 points 8 months ago
SOTD - 2026-02-06
- Prep: Phoenix Shaving - Cube 2.0 - Blackbot
- Bowl: Captain's Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners' Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3++
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless
- Lather: The Holy Black - Gunpowder Spice
- Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz - 4711 Echt Kölnisch Wasser
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Fragrance: Fabergé - Brut Classic Splash On
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord u/AdWorried2804 $ASS $TLC
Kind of Fougère Friday with a bit of Spice.
Atlas TLC Scorecard
| Category | ∑ | Δ |
|---|---|---|
| DT Soap (6) | 0 | 0 |
| DT Brand (4) | 4 | +4 |
| DT Scenter (3) | 0 | 0 |
| Half of the scent notes (2) | 0 | 0 |
| Airbudding the day | 0 | 0 |
| Cross posting | 1 | +1 |
| Snitching | 0 | 0 |
| Snitching incorrectly | 0 | 0 |
| Engagement Booster | 1 | +1 |
| Total | 6 | +6 |
Have a good one.
pi_dash_rho 5 points 8 months ago
This is a pretty good dupe of classic Old Spice with that gunpowder note sitting right on top.
BossHoggins10 5 points 8 months ago
February 6th, 2026
- Brush: AP Shave Co. - Black Butterscotch w/ AP Pure Bliss Synthetic
- Razor: Above the Tie - Windsor
- Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
- Lather: Martin de Candre - Fougère - Soap
- Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. - Armonia - Aftershave
Shave 14 of the brain bowl
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Reporting on a morning shave. I'm headed for a former colleague's funeral, and settled on Arkadia for an event-appropriate scent.
Have a good day.
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