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Fri 28 Mar 2025

• Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Super Badger
• Razor: Heljestrand 14 (7/8", full hollow, carbon steel)
• Lather: Eleven Shaving – 5
• Post Shave: №4711 – Echt Kölnisch Wasser
• Fragrance: Acqua di Parma – Blu Mediterraneo Arancia di Capri

It looks like Spearhead has reached its ceiling (not yet official, wait for u/ShavingInCT's post). I'd have loved to see Dennis go further, but third place is a great result. Congrats!

Scrape time: Fri 28 Mar 2025, 07:14:35 GMT

I switched the razor but didn't take a new picture. The Heljestrand 14 is a wonderful! Great shave. Have a great Friday all.

Thu 27 Mar 2025: Day 14 of March Madness

• Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Super Badger
• Razor: Thiers Issard – 69 Médaille Argi (frame back)
• Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice
• Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice
• Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice

Ok, we're down to the final three and any outcome is a good outcome as far as I'm concerned. My vote still goes to Spearhead, though, and I'll follow along with today's match while smelling cologney-fresh.

😊

Wed 26 Mar 2025

• Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Tabak Oridjinal, now with 28 mm Gelousy knot
• Razor: Thiers Issard – 69 Médaille Argi (frame back)
• Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
• Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
• Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original

The TSF gang made it a lot further than I'd have predicted. Reaching fourth place and surviving last year's champion is really impressive. I'm curious to see where the TSFers will bring their votes going forward. I feel like 2025 is probably the last March Madness where TSF is an outsider and underdog.

Scrape time: Wed 26 Mar 2025, 06:58:51 GMT

Today's Tabac Wednesday is brought by the Deutsche Post which lost the BVWSC smushes for the March meeting, and Tabac is our fallback choice. The Glorious Old Man Stank®, Ol' Reliable, The Stank®, no matter which name you use, Tabac has a weird beloved and hated place in our community. I happen to really enjoy the scent, but I'm less convinced by the vegan formulation. I know that the lather is still slick but the bubbly structure bothers me. After this tub of vegan formulation is done, I'll revert to my tallow pucks and their glistening wet lather in the hopes that there will be a less frothy re-reformulation before I run out.

Have a great Wednesday all and congrats to TSF for a astonishing success.

I like option 2 (obviously) 😁

Oh man, so sorry to hear about your struggles! Concentrate on what's important for you and know we're keeping our fingers crossed for you and look forward to seeing you here if and when it feels fun for you again ❤️

No worries!

Do we have logs of the failure? Something we can use to debug the issue?

Tue 25 Mar 2025: Day 13 of March Madness

• Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Super Badger
• Razor: Thiers Issard – 69 Médaille Argi (frame back)
• Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Black Watch
• Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Black Watch
• Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Black Watch

Let's go for one more round of who gets cut before TSF with a solid Spearhead lead:

Scrape time: Tue 25 Mar 2025, 07:00:10 GMT

I honed the frame back yesterday, and it cuts well, but something about it doesn't feel good. It feels a bit empty? I'll give it a few more tries before making decisions.

Black Watch++;

I'll think, "Oh, it's a cigar!"

Exactly 🤣

But it's going to be nice to combine this with a visit in Paris!

Mon 24 Mar 2025

• Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
• Razor: Thiers Issard Le Dandy (5/8", square point, carbon steel)
• Lather: Martin de Candre – Absinthe
• Post Shave: L'Occitane – Eau de Baux

First use of Absinthe for me. I really like the MdC base, it's easy to work with and super slick, and the scent of Absinthe is nice. I think if I was given the soap to smell in a blind test, I'd have guessed that it's a spearmint chewing gum fragrance, though. Primed with the knowledge that they were going for absinthe, I can sniff the anise/fennel, but it doesn't scream fée verte to me. Not a problem, since it smells good anyway. Great all-EU-artisan shave.

The resilience of TSF is astounding. These numbers aren't final until ShavingInCt confirms them, but it looks like HoM, last year's winner, is done. The Mammoth Mafia seems to follow in the footsteps of the once mighty Order of the Stag.

Scrape time: Mon 24 Mar 2025, 07:58:29 GMT

Thanks! this has become a standard photo setup and backdrop that I can process quickly

I had a brief phase where I smoked Cuban cigars, but stopped about 20 years ago. Tobacconist still smells glorious to me :)

Did you get a few Cuban cigars in the brief window when sanctions got lessened during Obama?