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Tuesday SOTD Thread - June 18th, 2024 (self.wetshaving)

submitted 5 months ago by walden to c/wetshaving

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[–] gcgallant 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

June 18, 2024

Brush: AP Shave Co White 26mm Gelousy SHD
Razor: Puma 89 #2 11/16 Full Hollow
Lather: Australian Private Reserve - Ozymandias - Soap
Post Shave: Imaginary Authors - Telegrama - Aftershave
Post Shave: Thayers - Lavender - Toner
Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - Telegrama - Eau de Parfum
Talc: Pinaud Clubman Finest Powder

Very nice shave today. APR was out of business when I entered the hobby and it is a shame what happened there. I got this smush/sample from u/VisceralWatch a while ago. A really nice, interesting, soap and scent, and today I used up the last bit I had of it.

The razor is my second Puma 89. This one was a deal I could not pass on. I put a coticule edge on it. Here is the video of that.

[–] walden 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I had assumed you were in the hobby for longer! Probably due to your advanced ~~age~~ maturity.

[–] gcgallant 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’ve been aware of the hobby for a very long time. My first serious bout of straight razor shaving was 10-12 years ago, and I used to refer to the Badger & Blade people as ” those crazy razor guys .“ I never really thought I would become one :)

[–] djundjila 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My first serious bout of straight razor shaving was 10-12 years ago

That would make it right after "The Scene That Saved Dovo From Bankrupcy". Did it also get you?

[–] gcgallant 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I liked that movie but somehow was unaware of that scene.

[–] djundjila 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Apparently this scene has triggered a massive straight razor boom

[–] gcgallant 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's great. I was at a large company when that movie came out and a bunch of GenXers took up straights at that time. I guess the movie might have had an influence. I've always been enamored with the elegance of straights. I feel like I've finally cracked the code with them. As an aside, you posted that you have 430ish straight shaves. I think you're off by about 100. I'm currently at 541, and you are almost always a little ahead of me.

[–] djundjila 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think I'm ahead of you in open blade shaves by 4, but I'm pretty sure I have only 436 straight razor shaves. I use my Wecks quite a lot

[–] gcgallant 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ahh. That makes sense. The numbers have to work in order for me to feel comfortable in the world :)

[–] djundjila 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The numbers have to work in order for me to feel comfortable in the world :)

Oh, then you must have a similarly negative reaction as I did to the volkswagen crate 😅

[–] gcgallant 2 points 5 months ago

I like very much that a benefit of the volkswagen test is that it runs faster. 🤣

[–] djundjila 2 points 5 months ago

RIP in Pieces

Brush: Rubberset 400-3 #Hollow
Razor: Victoria 4 (6/8", half hollow, round tip, carbon steel)
Lather: Australian Private Reserve – Raconteur
Post Shave: Siliski Soaps – Unscented
Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Pharaoh's Dreamsicle

Theme: APR went out of business when its owner passed away a few years ago.

Relevant post & frag: All items in this shave are some differing degree of RIP in Pieces. Siliski soaps has stopped making wetshaving products, but are still in business. Stirling has retired Pharaoh's Dreamsicle, but are still producing a lot of other wetshaving products. Victoria has stopped making razors at some point and changed its name to Victorinox in 1909 (the maker of the Swiss army knife). Rubberset finally never really went out of business, but was bought by Williams in 1956 and stopped producing shave brushes.

[–] walden 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

June 18, 2024

Brush: L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
Blade: Bolzano Superinox (German) (9)
Lather: Central Texas Soaps - Down By The River - Soap
Post Shave: Old Spice - Hawkridge - Aftershave
Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Santa Noir - EdP

Central Texas Soaps is no longer around. I double checked to see if maybe they kept making bar soap to sell locally (they used to sell stuff at farmer's markets and the like), but their website is gone, Insta profile gone, and Facebook gone.

The price tag on this tub says $12.75 for 5oz. of soap. I originally gave the brand a try because they accepted cryptocurrency, and at the time I was a crypto hundred-aire, so it was an easy splurge. I liked the soap so much, I bought a second tub.

This scent is marketed as a dirty river type of smell, but it's really fresh and bright, with a natural freshness to it that I really enjoy.

Challenge: Today I shaved with a Black Land double edge holder, and a Bolzano razor. I've used this blade 9 times so far. How many shaves do razors last for? I'm thinking of getting a new tub of soap. I see some brands with some really cool labels that I think I'll get. I don't know anything about the companies or people who make the soap, but the cartoons and scantily clad women on the lid are pretty dope.