Happy Birthday! 🎂🎂
Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - April 30th, 2024
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
One Month until Mass Shenanigans
- Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Tabak Oridjinal, now with 28 mm Gelousy knot
- Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur Unnumbered 8/8" ( hollow ground, stainless steel, round point)
- Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz Tabac Original
- Aftershave: Mäurer & Wirtz Tabac Original
- Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz Tabac Original
- Talc: Pinaud Clubman Finest Powder
Birthday Tabac Tuesday shave 🎂, and I’ve gotten a pretty Henckels 14 (not the big Frio I’m using here, but an old vintage pre-Friodur Henckels 14) and a bottle of AdP Blue Mediterraneo Arancia Di Capri edt. My family has figured out that this weird Wetshaving hobby of mine makes buying gifts for me really easy! Yay new den additions 🎉
My lather with the vegan Tabac still isn’t fully as good as what I used to get with the tallow version. Too fluffy. Some of it may be that more dialling in is needed. But unfortunately, I’ve also never really gotten warm with this floppy Gelousy knot. Maybe a bit of experimenting with boars and synths and re-evaluating the knot choice for this brush is in order.
Luckily, the lather issues were mostly cosmetic, and I got a comfy and smooth shave from the big Frio. Such a nice razor.
In other news, I’m getting pumped for the Lather Games and related shenanigans. Only one month away!
PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
Thank you!
PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
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gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
Happy Birthday!!
I think that Mäurer and Wirtz will have spent quite a bit of time on this new base to protect their market. I figure that with a bit of dialing in, we’ll all be happy with it someday.
So, what’s your take on your second big Frio? Beautiful, btw.
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
Thanks!
I bet you’re right.
This one’s great! Where discussed already at dinner point that these modern Frios don’t have a good reputation, but this one’s just fantastic. Absolutely zero complaints.
I wrote up a comparison to the 14s during last TabOKtoberfest.
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
Ah yes. I remember your excellent comparison.
I made a video about this, but I think perhaps some of the negative opinion on stainless razors comes from trying to treat stainless steel like carbon steel. As you know, I inspect edges and test them with a pretty high level of OCD. If you sharpen stainless with synthetic stones (Al~2~O~3~ abrasive) most stainless edges can be refined to the same keenness as carbon. In my view, when this is done, they perform as well also.
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
To my surprise, I haven’t fallen into the natural stone rabbit hole (yet), so I’ve never really seen that issue with stainless steel razors. Your suggestion sounds plausible.
I’m thinking it could also just be a question of timing. The heyday of straight razor use is just before the era of high quality affordable stainless steel. All the legendary straights that were mass produced are carbon steel, and there’s only a handful of manufacturers who survived until the stainless steel era.