Thursday SOTD Thread, December 25th, 2025 (#926) (sub.wetshaving.social)

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[-] pi_dash_rho@wetshav.ing 6 points 4 days ago

SOTD - 2025-12-25: Adventus Calendar

Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
Bowl: Captain's Choice - Obsidian Copper
Brush: Semogue - Owners' Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
Lather: Van Yulay - Spicy Man (sample)
Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber Aftershave
Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
Tool: WSDB
Tags: $discord

Indoctrination status: [OOO.]

Adventus Day 18

Today's soap is Spicy Man by Van Yulay. The name doesn't work for me. When I'm spicy, I need a shower. They say it's a croap. It's super soft and sticky. I'd call it a creap. It seemed adverse to water -- I had to put more soap in and lather it like I hated it. But in the end it was slick and smelled great. Alum block gave me an "A" for my efforts.

Today's satchel brought me a sample of Rex Supply Co 1955 shaving soap and a bunch of Barrister & Mann frags namely, Embrace, Sonder, Hygge, and Tobacconist.

Merry Christmas!

[-] walden@wetshav.ing 5 points 4 days ago

December 25th, 2025: Merry Christmas

Brush: Summer Break Soaps - w/Maggard Silvertip 28mm Badger
Razor: Joseph Rogers & Sons Near Wedge (5)
Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Friends to the End - Soap
Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Friends to the End - Aftershave
Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Friends to the End - Balm
Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. - Friends to the End - EdT

I've had the soap of Friends to the End since July and asked my wife for the aftershave and EdT for Christmas. She went above and beyond and got the balm too, so now I have a Quadfecta!

This was just a perfect shave. I love this scent with it's warmth and maturity, and the razor felt fantastic. I stropped it on poly/leather @ 20/60 and finally it felt like I remember it after the first time I honed it. When I got this razor it had a chip so I removed a bunch of material (from both the edge and spine to keep the geometry stock) with a 600 grit diamond plate. Then I spent a bunch of time on a 10k synthetic because that's the only "finishing" stone that I own (for now). I immediately fell in love with how this razor felt despite the sus nature of my honing progression, but subsequent honings haven't resulted in the same magic -- until now!

Thinking about my strop -- I just looked at the eBay listing and realized that I've been using the polypropylene side before switching to leather. This strop also includes a cotton side, but it requires you to hold the leather part out of the way. So that's cool, I can try cotton and see if it makes a difference. The polypropylene fabric is thicker and rougher than the cotton.

[-] BossHoggins10@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

December 25th, 2025

Brush: AP Shave Co. - Black Butterscotch w/ AP Pure Bliss Synthetic
Razor: Above the Tie - Windsor
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Lather: Declaration Grooming - Massacre of the Innocents - Soap
Post Shave: Declaration Grooming - Massacre of the Innocents - Aftershave

Merry Christmas!

[-] gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 4 days ago

December 25, 2025

Brush: AP Shave Co Lemondrop 28mm SynBad
Razor: Gillette Super Adjustable 109 (Black Beauty) Gold O-4
Blade: Gillette Nacet (2)
Lather: Barrister and Mann - Vespers - Soap
Toner: Thayers - Coconut - Toner
Aftershave: Barrister and Mann - Vespers - Aftershave

2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

Wonderful shave this morning. It had to be Vespers, of course. What a perfect winter scent that is. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it!

[-] snooting@wetshav.ing 4 points 4 days ago

December 25th, 2025

Brush: Omega - 10048 28mm Boar
Razor: Blackland Sabre
Blade: Accuforge GEM Microcoat (11)
Lather: Stirling - Christmas Eve - Soap
Post Shave: Stirling - Christmas Eve - Aftershave
Post Shave: Oleo & Co. - Facial Toner - Toner
Fragrance: Stirling - Christmas Eve - EdT

Merry Christmas to all that celebrate!

this post was submitted on 25 Dec 2025

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