Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, April 26th, 2025 (#683)
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 1 day ago
April 26th, 2025
- Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts “Santa Noir” w/ 28mm Badger
- Razor: Union Razor Cutlery 5/8 Full Hollow (4)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Roam Two - Soap
- Post Shave: Summer Break Soaps - Wood Shop - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Dove - Men+Care Ultra-Hydra - Cream
$discord
Made some progress on my Shaving Data System project. Now it’s more secure and requires a login to log SOTD’s. I also fixed some functionality with SOTD picture links - if you include one it gets formatted to a markdown link, and if you don’t include one it just prints the date.
This shave went pretty well! @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social’s edge felt nice and I can sense my skillz improving. Closeness still isn’t quite there, but I’m armed with the knowledge that that’ll come with time.
snooting@sub.wetshaving.social 1 day ago
What passes are you doing for your straight shaves right now?
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 1 day ago
I’d say nothing really different than what I’ve figured out works for DE’s, except for my lower neck… DE’s give me irritation going north-to-south on my lower neck, and it seems the opposite is true with straight razors. I found out “early on” that north-to-south is better with a straight. Now that I’m 7 or 8 shaves in maybe I’ll try south-to-north again and see if my skillz allow it.