5

Share your shave of the day!

top 8 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old

Tuesday, August 20, 2024: Last Day of Vacation

  • Brush: Semogue 610 Boar 🐗
  • Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89
  • Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (20)
  • Lather: The Goodfellas Smile Amber Fougère
  • Postshave: Old Spice After Shave

Tomorrow, we'll be heading back home – time to say good bye (for a moment) to Amber Fougère. I should be posting more seriously from tomorrow on.

Have a good night!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

[-] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 3 months ago

Day 20/31 of Looking for Serenity in Austerity

  • Brush: Semogue Owner's Club (cherry wood and boar) (20)
  • Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 50 (7/8", hollow ground, stainless steel, masonic deco) (3)
  • Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice
  • Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice
  • Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice

The edge has hit its stride and – at peak smoothness now – is a joy to use. I like hollow grounds for their gentle touch, and I like heavy blades for their smoothness ATG. When a comparatively light blade like this one gives you a smooth fool's pass, you know the edge is on point.

I saw and photographed split tips in the brush a few days ago, but I can't find them anymore, and the brush seems in no hurry to start a mass splitting event. I'm starting to feel impatient.

$FriodomRiders $HoneMeisterschaft $RawHoggin

[-] gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 2 months ago

The edge has hit its stride and – at peak smoothness now – is a joy to use.

Yes, an edge can be too sharp. I actually like that feeling, but I associate it with a new edge that I know will soften with a couple of uses. I'm still thinking that stropping is a highly overrated activity.

[-] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 2 months ago

I’m still thinking that stropping is a highly overrated activity.

According to Brad Maggard, old soft Sheffield steel "springs back to life" when stropped. I'm now thinking that a comparative Sheffield edition of the #NoStrop challenge is in order for science.

[-] gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 2 points 2 months ago

To be simplistic about it, a degree of correlation with elements that contribute to wear resistance - carbon content, alloying elements, heat treatment - might be in order 😁

Technique-wise, I use a very wet lather preparation, and I keep shaving angle low to optimize cutting efficiency and to favor compressive loads at the edge over shear loads.

[-] gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 2 months ago

August 20, 2024

  • Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving 31mm x 57mm Moar Boar

  • Razor: J.A. Henckels Friodur 14 Full Hollow Square Point

  • Lather: Chicago Grooming - AG 1889 - Soap

  • Toner: Thayers - Lavender - Toner

  • Aftershave: Chicago Grooming - AG 1889 - Aftershave

  • Fragrance: Guerlain - Jicky - Eau de Toilette

2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave. $headless $FriodomRiders #NoStrop

Edge Condition Album


The closeness of these shaves backed down from exceptional during the first 3 or 4 days, and has remained pretty steady since then. Comfort increased, though, and the combination of comfort and closeness that I'm getting from this entire setup has been stunning. After the shave, I still have BBS everywhere except around my Adam's Apple, but that area dries down to BBS after about 20 minutes. It is very difficult rate this experience anything but "Excellent".

Tomorrow I'll make my third microscope photo of the edge.

[-] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 2 months ago

August 20, 2024

  • Brush: AP Shave Co. - 24mm Synbad Fan
  • Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
  • Blade: Personna Lab Blue (5)
  • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Port-Au-Prince - Soap
  • Post Shave: Old Spice - Original - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Harry's - Aftershave Balm

$Discord
$ShepherdsofStirling
Progress Album

Quite excellent. Added more water to the lather than I have been. Great soap.

[-] sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social 2 points 2 months ago

AA24 - Day 20 - Tea Tuesday

Cheshire++

Brush Break-In Progress Album

this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2024
5 points (100.0% liked)

WetShaving

718 readers
12 users here now

This is a community of enthusiasts, hobbyists and artisans who enjoy a traditional wet shave: brush, soap, and safety or straight razor. We are a part of the WetShaving community found on Reddit, Discord, and IRC.

New subscribers welcome!

Please visit our wiki, which is always and forever a work in progress.

Check out these alternative front-ends for this server:

https://gem.wetshaving.social - a nice modern interface

https://old.wetshaving.social - designed to look like old.reddit.com

Our sister Mastodon instance is https://wetshaving.social.

Community Rules

Rule 1 - Behaviour and Etiquette
Rule 2 - Content Guidelines
Rule 3 - Reviews and Disclosure
Rule 4 - Advertising
Rule 5 - Inappropriate Content
Rule 10 - Moderator Discretion

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS