Sunday SOTD Thread - November 24th, 2024 (#532) (1000th post on sub.wetshaving.social!) (sub.wetshaving.social)

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Share your shave of the day!

This is the 1000th post made to this instance. Hooray!

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[-] snooting@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Sunday, November 24, 2024: FLS - Away At Sea

Brush: Zenith - B21 boar
Razor: Gillette - Super Speed Black Tip
Blade: Gilette - 'The Spoiler' Super Stainless (1)
Lather: WestMan - Adamastor
Post: Stirling - Deep Blue Sea Aftershave splash (+ menthol)
Post: Ginger's Garden - Unscented AS balm (+ menthol)
Frag: Stirling - Deep Blue Sea EdT

I'm glad to be here for post #1000! Here’s to a thousand more! 🍻

This morning, I had a quick two-pass shave to get me out the door.

This was my first shave with WestMan's base, and I was quite impressed. It has great slickness and is easy to lather.

The scent of Adamastor was lovely for a sunny Sunday morning. The briny salty sea air comes through in a surprisingly convincing way. This is a scent I could see myself wearing in the summer. Perhaps I'll look into a set once summer rolls around.

Have a good day y'all.

🍳 Created with Neovim & sotd.nvim 🍳

[-] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 1 points 1 hour ago

🎉🎉

[-] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

November 24, 2024

Brush: Zenith 508A XL/Bristle (B35) (MOAR BOAR) 31mm
Razor: GEM Flying Wing
Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (1)
Lather: London Razors/Summer Break Soaps - Mountain Laurel - Soap
Post Shave: London Razors - Mountain Laurel - Aftershave
Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
Fragrance: London Razos - Mountain Laurel - EdP

In honor of @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social using one of my favorite GEMs today as part of his "GEM Days" celebration, I too used my Flying Wing.

Great shave.

This SOTD thread is the 1,000th post made to this Lemmy instance. A big milestone! With 10,200+ comments, the average comments per post is about 10.2.

[-] sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 10 hours ago

Nov 24, 2024 - Mousse de Saxe Sunday

Brush: Chisel & Hound Fu Dao Flare 26mm v20 Fanchurian Badger Knot
Razor: Gillette Red Tip Super Speed (1957)
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Super Stainless (Green) [1]
Lather: Barrister and Mann - The Full Measure of Man - Soap (Excelsior)
Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Lavanille - Splash

Warm and comforting MdS combined with vanilla, tobacco, and lavender. A Sunday treat!

[-] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 13 hours ago

GEM Days 8a/14: GEM Micromatic Flying Wing – Stunning Beauty – Sun 24 Nov 2024

Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
Razor: GEM Micromatic Flying Wing (NOS, chrome plated)
Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. – AG 1889
Post Shave: Summer Break Soaps – Teacher's Pet
Fragrance: The Scottish Fine Soaps Company – Vetiver & Sandalwood

This is shave 15 of my run through all 14 generations of GEM-style razors, and I have reached the prettiest vintage safety razor of all times, the GEM Micromatic Flying Wing. The American Safety Razor seems to have hired a designer or two because this and the next razor (the legendary Streamline/Jewel/Ambassador to come out of the factory are absolutely stunning.

The Flying Wing/Bullet Tip

The Flying Wing is an update to the Micromatics with the same exact same twist-to-open mechanism as the MMOCs and Clog-Prufs, but with a redesigned head, a true safety bar and a reduced bullet tip-shaped knob. The top cap is now flat, and the modern safety bar and its geometry have roughly settled for the remainder of ASR razor history with the exception of the Jewel (more on this tomorrow).

For the first year, the Flying Wing came with the so-called "Guiding Eye", a gimmick that's supposed to encourage the right shaving angle like the "HOLD FLAT AGAINST FACE" engraving on some MMOCs.

The original version with the Guiding Eye came in the chrome-plated version I'm using today which shipped in cardboard packaging, and a gold-plated version in a see-through display case visible in the background of the SOTD pic.

A later version replaced the brass twist knob by a plastic knob.

The Flying Wing is the mildest of the Micromatics, and because of the flat top cap feels significantly different than the MMOCs and Clog-Prufs, but it is still an efficient razor, and had seen significant use on the sub, particularly during a brief phase when Micromatic Mammoth Monday Formation Flights (MMMMFFs) where a regular thing.

The shave

I love the scent of 1889, but get a tingling from the frag, so I use it rarely. I limited myself to two passes today, and I managed to get a great shave before the tingling reached unpleasant levels. Success. The Flying Wing consistently gives great shaves, and today was no exception.

[-] gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 1 points 1 hour ago

I have a guiding eye on my Flying Wing. Complete gimmick. Would love to have been in the room to hear the discussion when they added that to the cap. Or, I wonder if it is actually a manufacturing error and a bug was promoted as a feature?

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