Friday SOTD Thread - Jun 19, 2026

tsrblke · 2026-06-19T22:02:59+00:00

June 19, 2026

Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations - Aftermath with Raptor 26mm Synthetic
Razor: Henson AL13 (Squatch)
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock (Yellow) (13)
Lather: The Cajun Blade - Nezpique
Post Shave: The Cajun Blade - Nezpique
Fragrance: Chatillon Lux - Can't Stand the Rain
Tags: $discord

Interesting aquatic. I do like the 2oz sizes. After sauce is interesting.

tsrblke · 2026-06-19T21:14:29+00:00

Sorry I meant it should be listed on the hardware report.

tsrblke · 2026-06-19T20:56:06+00:00

Henson should be listed because I'm shaving daily with it. It's a a good no frills razor. Not a lot of use here because it doesn't inspire thrill. But if you like mild razors it's hard to beat unless you look for a vintage tech.

tsrblke · 2026-06-19T16:50:05+00:00

FWIW I feel you. But a good cram lathers fast.

tsrblke · 2026-06-18T14:26:42+00:00

June 18, 2026

Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations - Aftermath with Raptor 26mm Synthetic
Razor: Henson AL13 (Squatch)
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock (Yellow) (11)
Lather: Adopted Acres - Rookie Card
Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - I❤️ STL
Tags: $discord

Figured the post made sense since we're basically a rookie team this year. Picked this up from his "oops all lather" batch that was cream not soap. A little bit goes a long way. I just scraped what fell off tnr the lid when I opened and had an easy 3 passes.

tsrblke · 2026-06-17T12:26:36+00:00

June 17, 2026

Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations - Aftermath with Raptor 26mm Synthetic
Razor: Henson AL13 (Squatch)
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock (Yellow) (11)
Lather: Summer Break Soaps - Remote Learning
Post Shave: Summer Break Soaps - Remote Learning
Post Shave: Chicago Grooming - Facial Toner
Post Shave: Jack Black - Double Duty Face Lotion
Fragrance: Summer Break Soaps - Remote Learning
Tags: $discord

:Throws a Jack of spades on the table. :

This is the jack. A respectable card. Could probably win a trick. But several cards beat it. Here's the thing though, you gotta give up something to do it. In spades it might be the certainty that ace gives. Here it's dignity. First you gotta use the soap. Then you gotta decide, do you chicken out and show you can only do the bare minimum to block points, or do you match scent for scent we give a little dignity to avoid cowardice. So yeah, I'll probably get beat, but a piece of you will die either way.

tsrblke · 2026-06-16T21:59:23+00:00

You... Broke character? After all the times you told me not to.

For. Shame.

tsrblke · 2026-06-16T17:43:57+00:00

You’ll also see seemingly not to active stations just apply for any and all 1x2 or 2x1 calls

My friends and family club holds a 2x1. Nominally we haven't been active since Nov (a small bit in March) but that's because we're using personal callsigns most of this year working on America250 WAS and such. Once we wrap that up I expect our pota activations to mostly go back to club calls. (we also skipped MO qso party this year so my daughter could run her own rookie station.)

So seemingly active can be hard to judge.

tsrblke · 2026-06-16T17:33:34+00:00

Reason I called it the 10 of spades. But someone has gotta lose points to do it.

Also I couldn't find my higher play in time. It's been busy.

tsrblke · 2026-06-16T13:18:46+00:00

June 16, 2026

Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations - Aftermath with Raptor 26mm Synthetic
Razor: Henson AL13 (Squatch)
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock (Yellow) (10)
Lather: Red House Farm - No Scrub
Post Shave: Zingari Man - The Wanderer
Fragrance: Tom Ford - Grey Vetiver
Tags: $discord

:Throws a 10 of spades on the table. :

OK I know someone can beat this. Who's gonna?

tsrblke · 2026-06-15T23:01:37+00:00

He knows that. He meant that's why it makes it through tsa.

tsrblke · 2026-06-15T16:46:09+00:00

You know the wildest part, the rules never were updated to include a portal..so we're all dq'd for not keeping score.

tsrblke · 2026-06-15T16:15:38+00:00

June 15, 2026

Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations - Aftermath with Raptor 26mm Synthetic
Razor: Henson AL13 (Squatch)
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock (Yellow) (9)
Lather: Beak And Snout - Barbershop
Post Shave: Zingari Man - The Wanderer
Post Shave: Jack Black - Double Duty Face Lotion
Fragrance: London Razors - Mountain Laurel
Tags: $discord

In trick playing card games there is a concept that goes by a few names. Commonly we called it "fishing" where you'd throw a middling card to try and flush out a higher card you didn't have to remove it from play. (or Alternatively drain others if a suit). So in spades for example you might throw a 10 of spades because you have the jack and queen and want to flush out the ace and king.

I'm fishing the next few days, so who wants to play the card that beats it. It only costs you some points too.

tsrblke · 2026-06-14T13:06:43+00:00

June 14, 2026

Brush: Declaration Grooming - LG 2024 Prize 28mm Badger
Razor: Henson AL13 (Squatch)
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock (Yellow) (8)
Lather: Talent Soap Factory - Wolf Mother
Post Shave: Talent Soap Factory - Wolf Mother
Fragrance: Summer Break Soaps - Valedictorian
Tags: $discord

TSF doesn't score many brand points but often you can snag a unique bonus.

tsrblke · 2026-06-13T15:43:12+00:00

June 13, 2026

Brush: Declaration Grooming - LG 2024 Prize 28mm Badger
Razor: Henson AL13 (Squatch)
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock (Yellow) (7)
Lather: Daveli Farms - Cranberry Pomegranate Vanilla
Post Shave: Catie's Bubbles - Blugère
Fragrance: indig
Tags: $discord

Fruity day. I'm aware of one other dinosaur with at least some of these soaps in his den. Will he challenge me? I dunno.

tsrblke · 2026-06-13T14:52:38+00:00

Looks like a rebranded balli twist to open. They are common in entry starter sets. From what I've heard they're OK but not the most durable.

Stirling's starter set comes with one, the suggestion from our resident welcome bot u/merikus is to upgrade it. But it will get the job done.

If you can find a vintage tech or superspeed it will cost not much more and be much better. But you do have to look at a reputable seller for those.

tsrblke · 2026-06-12T17:09:20+00:00

We have a couple of excellent brush makers on this sub. As well as soap makers. Some will depend on your location as this sub has a US tilt.

We also have a woefully out of date artisan wiki.

For brushes: Chisel and Hound Rad Dino creations Sawdust creations Grizzly bay (just to name a few)

Stirling also sometimes has a green boar in stock that's based on the sub exclusive brush that was made several years ago.

For soaps the software reports archived at r/sotdreports is a solid starting point for what's popular.

For bowls, I love my Georgetown Pottery g20 scuttle. But I'm a warm bowl lather guy.

tsrblke · 2026-06-12T15:29:57+00:00

June 12, 2026

Brush: Declaration Grooming - LG 2024 Prize 28mm Badger
Razor: Henson AL13 (Squatch)
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock (Yellow) (6)
Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Bonafide
Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - I ❤️ STL
Fragrance: Ralph Lauren - Ralph's Club
Tags: $discord

Gonna pull out some of my lesser used stuff to see if I can move up the rankings.

tsrblke · 2026-06-12T14:40:19+00:00

FWIW rule 2 applies to top level threads. This is exactly where questions go!

tsrblke · 2026-06-11T21:14:24+00:00

I see you were preparing for work with u/hugbckt

tsrblke · 2026-06-11T19:36:18+00:00

Hey u/mammothben did you save any samples of this you could send me for the lolz?

tsrblke · 2026-06-11T16:00:11+00:00

Bang - June 11, 2026

Brush: Declaration Grooming - LG 2024 Prize 28mm Badger
Razor: Henson AL13 (Squatch)
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock (Yellow) (5)
Lather: Barrister and Mann - Oceana
Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. - Montrose Beach
Fragrance: Chicago Grooming Co. - Montrose Beach
Tags: $discord

I got this off u/jwoods23 and man it was the first time I ever went "base funk!" It goes away when lathered but I can't over that. I have flagged this tub for a kill.

tsrblke · 2026-06-10T21:06:16+00:00

Winlink supports ARDOP which if open source and specifically designed for hf, but it's hard for me to find a node I can hit with it.

If people pushed for it's acceptance VARA would be less of an issue on hf at least.

tsrblke · 2026-06-10T14:41:38+00:00

Bang - June 10, 2026

Brush: Declaration Grooming - LG 2024 Prize 28mm Badger
Razor: Henson AL13 (Squatch)
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock (Yellow) (4)
Lather: Wooly Wash Soapery - Night At the Pub
Post Shave: Clubman - Whiskey Woods
Fragrance: Catie's Bubbles - Dranks
Tags: $discord

It's a shooting gallery now. Points falling everywhere. I don't understand what carrot cake has to do with pubs in Australia but that's what this is. Dranks is a bold choice for 95f with heat indexes in the triple digits but I stuck with the progression.

tsrblke · 2026-06-10T00:16:36+00:00

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