Thursday SOTD Thread - May 2nd, 2024

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• whosgotthepudding@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  5/2/24

  • Brush: Muninn Woodworks w/ 28mm TNS M7 Fan
  • Razor: Filarmonica 14 Doble Temple (JMP) 8/8, Extra Hollow Square Point
  • Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. - Ag 1889
  • Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. - Ag 1889 Aftershave Splash

  Close and comfortable shave, no nicks or irritation.

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  • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Fili++;

    How do you like AG 1889? Any tingling from the lather?

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    • whosgotthepudding@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I love 1889. The scent, in a way, kind of reminds me of Clubman. I do actually get some tingling from it.

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  • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They really got it right with the Fili 14. Of the 14 form factor razors I have, the River Razor is the closest in feel to my Fili 14.

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    • whosgotthepudding@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      River Razor has been on my radar since you first talked to me about them. Doubly so now. I’m crazy interested to find out about the Iberia myself!

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• sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Theme Thursday: May Flowers

  • Brush: Chisel & Hound/House of Mammoth Beloved 26mm v15 Fanchurian Badger Knot
  • Razor: Blackland Razors Vector
  • Blade: Feather Artist Club Professional [3]
  • Lather: Declaration Grooming - Mayflower - Soap
  • Post Shave: Declaration Grooming - Mayflower - Aftershave
  • Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Shire 2 - Eau de Parfum

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  Maybe my scent selection is a little on the nose for today’s theme. It’s an awesome scent, and I don’t care.

  The Vector did an amazing job, and using Milksteak two days in a row has been a treat.

  Rating: 5/5

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• DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  02.05.2024

  • Prep: warm water
  • Razor: Greencult GC 2.0 II-plate
  • Blade: BIC Chrome Platinum
  • Brush: AP Shave Co. 26 mm Silksmoke Flattop/Fan hybrid w/ Snakeskin handle
  • Lather: Stirling Soap - Gin & Tonic on the rocks
  • Post Shave: Thayer’s Cucumber facial spray; Natura Siberica ASB gel

  Late night head shave. 1 pass just to clean the dome, one weeper behind the right ear suffered. I think I have something called revenge bedtime procrastination. I should be asleep by now, but there’s simply no way I can see myself go to bed earlier than shortly before midnight in my time zone.

  So today’s shave wasn’t so great. I thought I could now try different things out, see what sticks and what I could weed out. Unfortunately, both the soap and the razor didn’t have their best days. I know that the biggest margin for error is usually the hand wielding the brush or razor, but considering that yesterday’s MMOC shave felt milder than today is quite disappointing. I have decided that it’s time to get rid of the Greencult. My experience with it was mediocre at best from the start, so - no need to cling to it any longer. Gin Tonic on the rocks wasn’t really bad, but also not really stellar either. I like the scent, but unfortunately those big Stirling soaps are like a bottomless pit. I enjoyed the menthol though, even though we actually got “May showers” around my area this evening with thunderstorms and hail. I was just vaping on my balcony when all hell broke loose. Bees were flung out of the air onto the floor of my balcony from the heavy rain. I tried my best to get them to a dry area near my wall, hopefully this helped them survive.

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• walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  May 2, 2024

  • Brush: Maggard 24mm Tuxedo Synthetic
  • Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
  • Blade: Personna Lab Blue (2)
  • Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. - Caoba - Soap
  • Post Shave: Aqua Velva - Musk - After Shave Cologne
  • Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm
  • Post Shave: Nivea Sensitive Balm

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• djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  May Showers

  • Brush: Dogclaration LG 2022 Mystery Brush (B16)
  • Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur Unnumbered 8/8" ( hollow ground, stainless steel, round point)
  • Lather: Noble Otter Two Kings
  • Aftershave: Noble Otter Two Kings
  • Fragrance: Creed Wind Flowers

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  The whole April showers bring May flowers is a bust today, but the theme still looked to a wonderful floral shave with the big modern Frio.

  It’s difficult for me to think of better hard and software than this right here.

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• gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  May 2, 2024

  • Brush: Wald Stratos Haunter 29mm A1

  • Razor: River Razor 14 8/8" Full Hollow

  • Lather: WestMan Shaving - Alma - Soap

  • Toner: Thayers - Rose - Toner

  • Aftershave: WestMan Shaving - Alma - Aftershave Balm

  • Fragrance: Initio - Paragon - Eau de Parfum

  • Talc: Yardley Gold
     
    2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

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  The rose in Alma and the lavender in Paragon, supported by their respective woody notes, made for a great celebration of spring. Unfortunately, summer temperatures and humidity have arrived here on the Chesapeake Bay. C’est la vie. I mean I could be in the UK where complaining about the weather is an art form :)

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