Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, June 19th, 2025 (#737)
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 5 days ago
June 19, 2025
- Brush: AP Shave Co Lemondrop 28mm SynBad
- Razor: Gillette Tech English Flat Bottom
- Lather: House of Mammoth - 福 (Fú Dào) - Soap
- Post Shave: Fabergé - Brut - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
2 passes. Bowl lather. Good shave.
Fú Dào can be interpreted as “good fortune has arrived”. Great sentiment. I celebrate lady luck when she smiles on me and I have been very fortunate. This good fortune has afforded me many freedoms.
More pertinent to this Juneteenth holiday, though, I can imagine that those slaves in Galveston, Texas felt that “good fortune has (finally) arrived” on learning of their freedom in 1865.
If I’m going to shave without a mirror, by feel, I’m not using a straight razor. It feels very unnatural to shave without a reflection. I did not realize how much I depended on it. With a DE it is completely doable, though.
