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Wednesday SOTD Thread, December 24th, 2025 (#925)
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This is the December installment of the Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club. The scent was bay-rummy to me, and seemed highly appropriate for this time of the year. The lather did not explode in the bowl as other US-artisan soaps use to do, but it produced a serviceable lather. I was asthonished that the second ingredient was beer 🍻
I used for the first time the asymmetric razor – I used it like it was a standard symmetric one, and that was probably not a good idea. I will have to check how such razors are supposed to be used, when you shave yourself.
Happy Christmas to everybody!
~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~
I "ain't no expert" (as we Americans say), but I think using a slant razor in the same way you use a standard one gives you the benefit of the "Gillette Slide" (slicing motion) without the need to actually slide across the face. Merry Christmas! Hope it is a good one for you.