SOTD by u/Teufelskraft

AA D19: Friday Stag Shack

• Prep: cold water
• Brush: Tadé NOS vintage boar 22 mm
• Razor: KAI Captain Standard CAP-J7 kamisori shavette
• Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Protouch MG
• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - shaving soap
• Post-Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave
• additional care: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - ASB
• Fragrance: Southern Witchcrafts - Valley of Ashes - EDP
• AA tags: #SubstantialStag #RawHoggin

It was shortly before midnight on a yet again busy Friday for me. Time for yet another Stag Shave, amirite?

Two insights so far for me:
1. Prep is massively overrated as long as you're familiar with your gear. I usually do a cold water splash on my face for the last few days, that's it. Still, good shaves. CFG base is good enough that it doesn't need any pre-shave prep at all. 2. While the boar is certainly tge hardware star, the aftershave splash might take the software crown: I like the burn combined with menthol and asthaxantin, something rarely found in aftershaves. The balm sadly has Dimethicone, but the splash? A friggin' great AS, especially since the mighty Stag scent lingers on my hands even after I put disinfectant on them. Awesome!

Tadé boar pics: side profile shot ; post use top closeup. After 19 days, it's a very nicely feeling brush that I haven't gotten tired of so far! In fact, I might add more boars to my collection now.

Sidetracked
Venom - Don't burn the Witch

You folks probably know by now that I simply love Motörhead. But there's actually another pretty influential band from GB that I adore: Venom. The founding fathers of black metal. They themselves sound a bit more like thrash metal or NWOBHM, but the newer albums definitely have some black and death metal elements. I was a bit torn between choosing Don't Burn the Witch or Witching Hour. So I'll simply include the latter as a bonus track! What's not to like about Venom? Ok, they might not be your cup of tea if you're a conservative christian... But is it really good to listen to a bald guy raving about Midnight Stag then either? Venom are simply great pioneers of extreme metal. They invented playing with downtuned guitars. They coined the term for a whole subgenre. They're fucking awesome. Ok, granted - the original members are estranged beyond repair, but Cronos still carries the torch.