SOS: December 2018

Mammoth Soaps | Hygge
Phoenix Shaving | The Starcraft | Roswell Hybrid Synth
The New Improved Schick Injector Razor | Personna 74


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Mammoth had been somewhat of a mystery to me for a while. Some of the testers, apparently having gone through numerous soap iterations, seem to have become fans which only furthered my desire to try it. Due to life happening the morning of the Hygge drop, I missed out. Jason Rudman passed this set on to me because he's just really a great guy.

Hygge accepts a moderate amount of water, but it can be broken if you push it. I recommend test lathering before putting it into practice in order to gather a good understanding of its limits. That's not to say it's not intuitive, as it doesn't take much experimentation to dial it in. With my hard water, the resulting lather is certainly dense but not particularly voluminous and has a lustrous sheen. First-pass slickness is above average as is residual slickness. The luxurious post-shave is the most impressive aspect of this soap, leaving behind soft, supple, natural feeling skin.

Hygge's fragrance when lathered is light, opening with sweet, sharp, and mildly powdery spiced orange that swells throughout the shave. It acquires a cold crushed coniferous bitterness at its peak before descending to a warm resinous accord.

The splash is obligatory given the excellent post-shave offered by the soap. While it's alcohol-based, it is necessary to agitate it just prior to application as there are undissolved particulates. Again it's difficult to assess the splash's effectiveness as there was no irritation to begin with. The scent is similar to the soap except for a brief initial musky green aloe that would have clashed had it persisted. Otherwise, the festive sweet orange is more prominent and sharper with less powder than the soap. After about an hour, the citrus burns off leaving a warm and understated resin with lightly sweet highlights. After approximately 3 hours, I lost track of the fragrance altogether.

Mammoth Soaps has made a fine introduction with this public release. While boasting a performance that surpasses many freshman offerings, it's still just out of reach of the most elite artisans. Hygge's restrained festive fragrance is spot-on for Winter wear but far from being weighty or novel. I certainly look forward to future releases.

 

Sunday, December 16

Saponificio Varesino Felce Aromatica 4.0~~Morris & Forndran Polo 2~~'11 Mühle R41~~Personna 74~~Creed GIT
Have a great day!​

 

December 16 SOTD:

Razor: Gillette Sheraton
Blade: Polsilver
Brush: Ever-Ready 400
Lather: MdC
Aftershave: Chatillon Lux Unconditional Surrender
Additional Care:
Stirling Unscented PSB

 

GartBnx.....

 

Excellent review! I always look forward to your posts and appreciate the time and detail that goes into each and every one. Thank you.

 

Thank you for the kind words.

 

PARADIGM :: PANTAREI :: TFS PANTAREI AS​

 

Yesterday's
Hybrid RazoRock Game Changer .84 P on Barbaros Levend Handle P / Persona Platinum / WWBW Block Party Custom / Chiseled Face Zoologist Nightingale

And pic of my new 'candy jar' for the den...

 

yes, my family have used them since i was very young..

 

lovely picture and great review. always a pleasure to read and view..

 

Thank you.

 

SOTD December 16, 2018

Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap
Blade: GEM PTFE
Razor: GEM Micromatic
Brush: Ever Ready 100T restored badger
Soap: Stirling Ozark Mountain
Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Ozark Mountain aftershave

Have a great day!

 

sunday shave.
46-50 gold tech.nacet,rr barrel 24 finest badger/ 2 band.
t and f lime,mont blank legend.
nice 1 pass touch up shave, dfs ,
have a great sunday, gary

 

1924 Shovelhead/Germ PTFE. AOS Sandalwood. Handle on loan from @twhite is a WCS model. Smooth as silk.

 

Today
Hot Water wash
T-400/ silvertip knot
Fine American blend
Rockwell 6s (6)
Rockwell swedish ss (1)
Pinaud Whiskey Woods
A wonderful three pass shave. The 6s did grab my chin(which i thought not possible), while I was distracted (talking to my wife). But it didn't even bleed much. Other than that, maybe a perfect shave. American blend smells nice with whiskey woods.
Hope y'all did as well, or better.
No pic, everything i used is common.

 

Now that’s smart

 

Razor - Gillette old type
Blade - 2- Astra sp
Brush - klenzo badger reknot
Soap- Geo Trumpers rose
Post - lavender witch hazel
A/S - the VEG

Awesome shave with the old type. I used 2 well used blades for the shave.

 

Thank you.

 

Brush porn

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Shave well: Sandalwood Sunday

PRE
PdP Sandalwood soap
Micky Lee's preshave Sandalwood

Vulfix Sandalwood cream
Paladin 28mm Lotus
1904 Merkur
Personna Red ⚂
3 pass
BBS--

POST
Alum
Proraso red AFS
Soap Commander Sandalwood ASB
Tom Ford Santal Blush


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