Saturday SOTD Thread, February 14th, 2026 (#977)

8 months ago by AutoBot to c/wetshaving

Share your Shave of the Day for Saturday!

pi_dash_rho 6 points 8 months ago

Barberella SOTD - 2026-02-14 ❤️

  • Prep: Suavecito - Shave Cream and a hot towel
  • Brush: Dovo - Synthetic Olivewood
  • Razor: Feather - Artist Club SS Folding Razor
  • Blade: Feather - Artist Club ProGuard
  • Lather: Burmax - Lather Time Hot Lather Machine w/ Campbell's Shave Cream
  • Post Shave: Johnny B - P.M. After Shave

A shave and a haircut from the lady barber today. I'm going for an extra shave later in the day to stay ASS out, TLC in. I don't want to find out about the second-tier losers club. :)

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pi_dash_rho 6 points 8 months ago

Gratuitous SOTD - 2026-02-14

  • 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: Barrister & Mann - Prestō
  • Post Shave: Lucky Tiger - Lucky Tiger Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
  • Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
  • Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Man - EdT
  • Tool: WSDB
  • Tags: $discord $ASS out $TLC in

I don't have the theme soap, but I've got the brand. It also has 50% of the scent notes of the theme soap (menthol), but that doesn't matter this year.

Atlas TLC Scorecard

Category ∑ Δ
DT Soap (6) 0 0
DT Brand (4) 32 +4
DT Scenter (3) 0 0
Half of the scent notes (2) 0 0
Airbudding the day 1 0
Cross posting 9 +1
Snitching 0 0
Snitching incorrectly 0 0
Engagement Booster 9 +1
Total 51 +6

Have a good evening.

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BossHoggins10 6 points 8 months ago

February 14th, 2026

  • Brush: Summer Break Soaps - Ord w/ TnS Quartermoon Synthetic
  • Razor: RazoRock - GOAT
  • Blade: BIC Chrome Platinum
  • Lather: Martin de Candre - Fougère - Soap
  • Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. - Armonia - Aftershave
  • Fragrance: Chicago Grooming Co. - Armonia - EdP

Shave 22 of the brain bowl

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snooting 6 points 8 months ago

February 14th, 2026

  • Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations "Stardust" - TurnNShave 26mm Shoat
  • Razor: Joseph Rogers & Sons Near Wedge (8)
  • Lather: Barrister and Mann - Paganini's Violin - Soap
  • Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Paganini's Violin - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Oleo & Co. - Facial Toner - Toner
  • Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Lavender, Interrupted - EdT

Today's challenge soap is Barrister and Mann - Arctique. I don't have Arctique, but am happy to use Paganini's Violin instead. It's been too long since I've pulled this one out.

I'm pretty sure there's no way for me to match tomorrow's scent, so today my run ends. TBD whether I join TLC or just go back to killing some soaps. I'm leaning toward the latter.

This razor gave a comfortable two pass shave this morning, though the results were not as close as I'd prefer. I'm still learning how to best approach using this razor. The geometry feels quite different from my other, hollow ground razors. Almost like I need to come in at a steeper angle. More experimentation required!

Road to $ASS victory:

Category ∑ Δ
Daily theme soap 6 0
Artisan 32 +4
Scenter 0 0
Half of the scent notes 8 0
Airbudding the day 1 0
Cross posting 14 +1
Snitching 6 0
Snitching incorrectly 0 0
Goody Two-Shoes 14 +1
Total 81 +6
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PorkButtsNTaters666 6 points 8 months ago

Sextidi 26 Pluviôse an 234 de la Révolution, jour de Guède


I bought Floid The Genuine aftershave again. Why did I ever not have any? This is arguably the greatest aftershave ever.

Have a good day!

Shared via emacs & sotd.el

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pi_dash_rho 3 points 8 months ago

I totally agree. Floïd++

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walden 5 points 8 months ago

February 14th, 2026

  • Brush: Stirling Soap Co. 24mm Synthetic
  • Blade: Personna White Handle Disposable (8)
  • Lather: Proraso - Sandalwood - Soap
  • Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Kelp & Sea Mineral - Lotion

Forgot to post this yesterday, but it was a really good hotel shave. The only downside was it was an early morning. In fact, I think I was in such a fog that I forgot to use aftershave and only applied lotion. No harm, no foul.

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FWAaron 5 points 8 months ago

February 14, 2026

  • Prep: Shower
  • Brush: Badlands Shaving w/ AP Shave Co G5c 26mm
  • Razor: Gillette flat bottom tech
  • Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
  • Lather: Barrister and Mann - Vespers
  • Post Shave: Neutrogena Hydro-Boost Gel Cream
  • Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Vespers
  • Whiskers: Jojoba/Argan w/Tea Tree Oil

Went with Vespers today because it's been very warm here in Minneapolis! So I wanted to use it once more while there's still some snow and feels a bit wintry.

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TriplePlaid 5 points 8 months ago

SOTD - 2026-02-14

  • Facewash: Stirling Activated Charcoal Facial Soap
  • Prep: Stirling Unscented Preshave Soap
  • Brush: Unbranded; badger?
  • Razor: Stirling de3p6s standard head
  • Blade: Astra SP Green(2)
  • 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

Pretty good shave, not quite as nice as my last two. Taking down 6 days of growth. First pass WTG second pass XTG. I think I didn't have the lather dialed in quite as well today. I got a little bit of irritation in all the problem areas :( pretty close though...

Also maybe my technique sucked today. I'm distracted because I had a wisdom tooth pulled yesterday. Deton-8 helps me to feel better.

Edit: it seems my left side is much better than my right side...

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