SOTD by u/Teufelskraft

Austere August D11: late shave after a stressful day

• Prep: cold water splash
• 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

While the last few shaves were only posted late, this one today was actually a SOTN. Had a very stressful day and just needed to relax a bit with my shave...

On a positive note, it was mostly positive stress. Got my plan for nursing school and aw... I'll only see my new ward in October. All of September is filled with school. Nevertheless, progress is progress! I also got my new smart watch and smart scale yesterday and set up the watch today - it's actually more comfortable than I'd have thought and I'll even try sleeping while wearing it.

Two pass WTG shave. Nothing fancy, just a comfortable shave without going for ultra close and smooth results.

The Tadé boar on day eleven felt pretty soft this time around and it's now like a good companion. I'll have fun using it for the whole remaining month. Granted, it'll forever be baptized in Stag - but isn't that awesome in its own regard? Speaking of Stag: the scent is like an old friend now too. Hello Stagness my ol' friend, I've come to shave with you again... Or something along those lines.

Sidetracked
Today's track is quite interesting. I'm not big on watching Tv series, or streaming for that matter. I'm one of the few people below 40 without a Netflix subscription. But I often enjoy watching little snippets of scenes. One series I probably should watch is Invincible - not only for the memes it has spawned or the over the top violence and gore, or the fact that it's adult animation that finally isn't comedy. No, it also seems to have great sound design and soundtracks. Case in point: when Omni Man, one of the main characters, follows invading aliens back to their planet just to annihilate them all - they play the song Tom Tom by Holy Fuck. It takes big balls to call your band Holy Fuck as radio stations will flat out refuse to play your material. Marketing is probably also problematic. But the tension, the precision and underlying rage is just such a perfect fit with this scene. I was seriously happy when I finally found out how the song is called! As a bonus, here is said scene (NSFW) - such a perfect fit when you're feeling like you're fed up with someone's crap and just want to destroy everything that's against you.

Edit: forgot the AA tags: #SubstantialStag #RawHoggin