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Tuesday SOTD Thread - June 4th, 2024 (self.wetshaving)

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

June 4, 2024

Brush: AP Shave Co. - 24mm Synbad Fan
Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
Blade: Feather New Hi-Stainless (3)
Lather: Central Texas Soaps - Cherry Pipe - Soap
Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - Weinstrasse - Aftershave
Post Shave: Bulldog - Original Moisturizer
Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - EdT

This soap is getting very low! I think it only has one more shave in it.

The Feather is still working quite well. Feather, of course, has a reputation for always being called "the sharpest" and "the best". The first few times I tried them I got lots of irritation. As the story so often goes, I'm either better at shaving now, or maybe I just found a razor that works well with them, but I've been getting great shaves.

The world of Linux is another nerdy community that I'm semi tuned into, and there's a running joke about people saying "I use Arch, btw". Arch, in this case, is not beginner friendly relative to a lot of other operating systems, but it has a lot of hardcore fans. Feather is the same way, with expert shavers saying "I use Feather, btw", and recommending them to new shavers.

[–] PorkButtsNTaters666 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We need to find the equivalent of Manjaro for blades: Based on Feather, but with a decent installer.

~Yes, I use Manjaro, why you'r asking?~

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

I feel like Nacet could be Manjaro.

[–] PorkButtsNTaters666 3 points 5 months ago

My desire to try a Nacet just increased considerably 🤷

[–] gcgallant 3 points 5 months ago

The Feather blades are ground keener than other blades. The Refined Shave (no longer around) did sharpness testing (using a BESS tester) of a number of DE blades and Feather tested as the keenest. However, great keenness is accompanied by great edge fragility. The reduction in keenness from the first to second shave was the largest that was tested as well. I use Feather, btw.

The world of Linux is another nerdy community

It is at that! As an embedded systems guy, "I use Yocto, btw". ... for a target Linux OS. For host development, I use whatever distribution is easiest for me to run as a VM under VirtualBox.

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

K.I.S.S.

Brush: Rubberset 400 (unnumbered, with a 26 mm Zenith knot at 63 mm loft) #HOLLOW #TOLL
Razor: EldrormR Industries GEM Division - MM24 #FLIPTOP #MODERNGEM #RUSTYBUTTRUSTY
Blade: Personna - GEM PTFE
Lather: Nordic Shaving Company - Coffee
Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Orange Chill
Fragrance: Acqua di Parma - Blu Mediterraneo Arancia di Capri

Theme: Coffee note. ✅
Relevant post & frag: Orange (single note, OJ after coffee) ✅
Challenge: Spearhead 20.1 is my favourite dead base, Stirling mutton my favourite current base. ✅
#Photocontest: Bokeh balls ✅
Keeping it simple ✅

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

Great photo! And, thanks for showing me what tags to use with the MM24. I'll use it at some point in the LG but, as usual, I'm planning one day at a time :/

[–] djundjila 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks! This year, I'm also making it up as we go :)

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

June 4, 2024

Brush: AP Shave Co Lemondrop 28mm SynBad
Razor: Gillette Slim Aristocrat H4 (setting: 7)
Blade: Personna Platinum (5)
Lather: Wholly Kaw - Peach Karma - Cream
Post Shave: Ariana & Evans - Peach & Cognac - Aftershave
Post Shave: Thayers - Lemon - Toner
Fragrance: Zaharoff Curly Scents - Of the Immortals - Eau de Parfum
Talc: Yardley Classic

I'm a big fan of Wholly Kaw. I think Sri does a great job of coming up with soap bases and scents [Entropy Man?!] . The vegan base used for Peach Karma is velvety and super slick, and the post-shave feel is gentle and nourished. Well done!

The height of the soap-base wars occurred before I became interested in wetshaving. In recent memory, I think that the Spearhead 20.1 base didn't need to go. It could easily live alongside the Highland base. And, back to Wholly Kaw, for the moment it appears that the Siero base (which I quite like), is produced in parallel with the newer, and also great, Crème Fraîche base. I suspect that Crème Fraîche will supercede Siero, though, which I think would be a shame. Thankfully, I have a lot of soap in both bases.

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

test.

leaving this here for the time being. Seems the db is corrupt and replies to above comment all receive the same ID.

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

that slim looks mint, was it replated?

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

No, it has a few minor flaws but it was a very good find. As close to NOS as it gets.

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

Beautiful find

[–] gcgallant 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks!

[–] djundjila 2 points 5 months ago

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[–] PorkButtsNTaters666 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Tuesday, June 4, 2024: Zingari Zischtig

Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
Brush: Chisel & Hound Blaireau de la République with 24mm G5 Synthetic
Razor: Ertan Süer L'Ours Russe (7/8th)
Lather: Zingari Man Bon Monsieur
Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
Postshave: Zingari Man Bon Monsieur Recovery Splash
Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

I got a new straight razor today, and I immediately wanted to try it out. The shop promised that it would be shave-ready, and it provided indeed a good, smooth shave right out of the box. The Blaireau de la République is now officially the Zingari Zischtig brush.

Have a good day!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

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

I've recently been lusting over a few Ertan Süer razors on the bay. Funny coincidence to see this pop up here.

[–] PorkButtsNTaters666 2 points 5 months ago

It's too early to tell, but it looks good so far 😁