October 3rd, 2026: SDS Day

• Brush: Wolf Whiskers - "Gianmaria" w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
• Razor: Koraat 15/16 Full Hollow - Sub Exclusive 'Moarteen' (12)
• Lather: MÜHLE - Sandalwood - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Friends to the End - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Friends to the End - Balm

I was going to skip today because I didn't think I had anything I've never used (and I'm playing day-by-day without any planning). But, I decided to poke around anyway, and low and behold my wife had bought me this Muhle shaving soap on a trip she took to Italy (despite me telling her not to buy me anything shave related). It was in an unassuming paperboard box, so it's no wonder it has just been sitting on a shelf.

As for the daily challenge, I feel like this was made for my Shaving Data System project. https://gitlab.com/walden_/shaving-data-system

Using the SDS to filter my shaves from the last year, here are some stats:

Total shaves including 10/3/2025 (but not including today): 367 Most used brush: Wolf Whiskers - "Gianmaria" w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic - used 26% of the time Most used type of razor - Straight Razor - used 40% of the time (with the Moarteen taking the lead in frequency of use) Most used soap - Fanzine Saponifications - Caravaggio - used 8% of the time (killed so I can't use it) Most used aftershave - Brut - used 10% of the time (killed so I can't use it)

My travel brush, a Stirling "2-band" Synthetic, was used 66 times which means I was away from home 66 nights. My most used DE was the RazoRock GOAT, used 14% of the time. My most used straight was the Koraat Moarteen, used 9% of the time. My most used DE blade was Personna Lab Blue, used 7% of the time. I used a 2nd post-shave product 69% of the time, with a vast majority being in the colder months. I spray a frag only 25% of the time.