SOTD by u/Teufelskraft

Austere August D6: Bloody Saturday Night Stag

• Prep: cold water
• Brush: Tadé NOS vintage boar 22 mm
• Razor: KAI Captain Standard CAP-J7 kamisori shavette
• Blade: Feather Professional AC
• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - shaving soap
• Post-Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave
• additional care: Osma alum; Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - ASB
• Fragrance: Southern Witchcrafts - Valley of Ashes - EDP

A rushed shave yet again, worst of all I almost forgot to post it here due to having a little text messenger conversation with two of my colleagues. I informed EldrormR, but forgot to tell u/Marquis90 and u/SirKravsALot that I'll post late AF. Nevertheless, AA tags: #SubstantialStag #RawHoggin

So why the rush yesterday and today? Me and my favourite young colleague talked to one of the higher-ups yesterday. Lo and behold, our arguments and rhetoric skills got us what we wanted - we'll both change wards in September! To top a great day off, Bayern Munich won their debut game against Frankfurt with a dominant 6:1. I partied a bit on my own, consuming a few shots... Perhaps a few too many. No hangover today, but a bit of sleepiness.

Weekends are usually crammed with (grocery) shopping trips, visiting my parents, walking the dogs. Normally, I'd just not shave today but it's AA and I'm too loyal to the Stag.

Unfortunately, here comes my bad decision: taking the guarded KAI out to experience an AC blade without training wheels: Feather Professional. Black box, rumoured to be one of the more aggressive AC blades. To my surprise, the shave was extremely pleasant at first. I was even feeling like I got a bit more proficient with the shavette, so I went a little bit faster. Too fast on the jawline. It bit me right there: small cut right above the right jaw. After applying a good amount of alum and witch hazel, I did a very careful second pass followed by a full alum block rub (ouch), then the splash (slightly less ouch) and finally the balm (ah, sweet relief). So yeah, lesson learned: don't get too cocky with open blades.

Edit: like a dork, I forgot my Post Shave boar brush picture again... complete with my glasses.

Song of today is EyeHateGod - Sabbath Jam . I was talking to a sidetracked challenge participant about doom metal and that I don't like it as much as I used to... But then, I remembered Sludge. What is Sludge? It's kinda like taking old school doom metal and mixing it with vile Hardcore Punk and elements of other extreme metal styles. EHG is one of the rougher acts: provocative band name, aggressive screamed vocals, lots of guitar feedback, distortion and crushing riffs. This is actually a tribute song to Black Sabbath - quite fitting, considering I wanted to originally share something from Black Sabbath or Saint Vitus! I think I'll go with something more relaxed and electronic tomorrow.