24.11.2024 - It smells like smoked Worscht

• Brush: AP Shave Co. Snakeskin handle w/ 26 mm Silksmoke Flattop/Fan hybrid knot
• Razor: Greencult GC 2.0 (IV plate)
• Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux
• Lather: Meißner Tremonia - Strong & Scottish
• Post-Shave: Southern Witchcrafts - Valley of Ashes AS; Alterra men natural ASB

-> 2 passes on the dome, 1 around the beard lines. A very good shave, but a bit too much blade feel for my taste.

This MT soap arrived shortly before I left for my vacation trip. It's a hard soap in a violet glass jar, according to Meißner Tremonia it was infused with real scottish whisky. However, it smells very dank - not boozy as I hoped. My mind immediately went to my grandparents' "Worschtkammer", meaning sausage room in local thuringian dialect. It was a dedicated room for storing meat and sausages, mostly Knackwurst , especially the smoked/cured ones (basically, those were put over a small fire to use the smoke to make them last longer). Everything else that was also left in this room (and there were a few things also there) sooner or later had this smell of the smoked Knackwurst. So yeah, this soap unearthed a memory but not one I am too fond of. I now regret that I haven't chosen Himalayan Heights by MT... since the soap base performs really great when you load a lot of soap into the brush and even with this heavy scent, no signs of skin irritation.

The GC 2.0 with plate No. 4 is really efficient. Probably the highest blade gap of any razor I own. After my last shave was Wednesday, still at the hotel, I kinda was up for something really efficient. The first pass worked great, but as soon as the second one started, it felt a bit rough. I probably could change back to the II plate for consecutive passes, but ain't nobody got time for that!
Nevertheless, impressive that I didn't cut myself or got weepers. Neither was there aby noticeable redness. I guess this razor & RPLs are a great match!

Going into the early shift tomorrow. I already hate it, as I am an owl type. But well, it is what it is. Fair enough. Hope everyone had a good weekend & have a nice start into the new week!