August 28, 2025

• Brush: Zenith B44 28mm Boar
• Razor: Koraat 14 “Moarteen” 15/16" Full Hollow
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - I, Rich Moose (Mutton -r/Wetshaving) - Soap
• Toner: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
• Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. - I, Rich Moose - Aftershave
• Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz - Sir Irisch Moos - Eau de Cologne

3 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

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Four full weeks of the same edge with no honing or stropping. I’m not sure I understand why us straight razor shavers are so amazed by this. Anyone who takes a DE blade or SE blade this same distance is very likely doing the same thing. I continue to think that stropping is highly overrated, though pretty much everyone else takes the opposite view :)

Here is what the edge looks like after today’s shave. And the shave today was very comfortable and about the same level of BBS as my normal 2-pass shave. I have noticed a reduction in edge keenness.

Edge Microscope Images
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