Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - November 22, 2023
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 10 months ago
November 22, 2023 - les Mercredis du Mammouth
- Brush: Yaqi Cavern Lake 24mm Tuxedo
- Razor: Feather AS-D2
- Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock SharpEdge (Yellow) (4)
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
- Post Shave: Combe Inc. - Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Thayers - Lemon - Toner
About 2½ years ago some very cheap disposable cartridge razors made me fed up with the lousy shaves I was getting from them. I wanted really close shaves and I wanted to enjoy them. A little online research lead me to Feather DE blades. I was sold on these immediately because of my long-running experience with the high quality of Japanese cutlery. It only seemed fitting to buy the razor that is designed to be used with these blades, so I did.
And I was hooked on this combination after my first shave with them; a very close, very comfortable one-pass shave done with canned goo. Then I decided to go back to where I started and get a brush and a mug of soap. A Parker silvertip badger brush and a tub of Tabac landed at my door shortly thereafter. I’m a little further down the rabbit hole now ;)
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 10 months ago
An AS-D2 as starting razor and the Stank ® as your first soap, you dove right in with the fancy stuff! ☺️
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 10 months ago
At the time, I figured that I would use that razor for the rest of my life and its cost would be insignificant when amortized over that time, and I thought I would use one blade per month, and that the soap would last about 3 or 4 months. And I already knew how to shave with a DE and could use a straight and not cut myself … but my online research uncovered YouTube videos which contributed greatly to my descent into madness :-;
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 10 months ago
Lol, I have made this kind of argument myself numerous times.