Tuesday SOTD Thread - June 18th, 2024

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• gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  June 18, 2024

  • Brush: AP Shave Co White 26mm Gelousy SHD

  • Razor: Puma 89 #2 11/16 Full Hollow

  • Lather: Australian Private Reserve - Ozymandias - Soap

  • Post Shave: Imaginary Authors - Telegrama - Aftershave

  • Post Shave: Thayers - Lavender - Toner

  • Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - Telegrama - Eau de Parfum

  • Talc: Pinaud Clubman Finest Powder
     

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  Very nice shave today. APR was out of business when I entered the hobby and it is a shame what happened there. I got this smush/sample from u/VisceralWatch a while ago. A really nice, interesting, soap and scent, and today I used up the last bit I had of it.

  The razor is my second Puma 89. This one was a deal I could not pass on. I put a coticule edge on it. Here is the video of that.

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  • walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I had assumed you were in the hobby for longer! Probably due to your advanced age maturity.

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    • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve been aware of the hobby for a very long time. My first serious bout of straight razor shaving was 10-12 years ago, and I used to refer to the Badger & Blade people as ” those crazy razor guys .“ I never really thought I would become one :)

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• djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  RIP in Pieces

  • Brush: Rubberset 400-3 #Hollow
  • Razor: Victoria 4 (6/8", half hollow, round tip, carbon steel)
  • Lather: Australian Private Reserve – Raconteur
  • Post Shave: Siliski Soaps – Unscented
  • Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Pharaoh’s Dreamsicle

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  Theme: APR went out of business when its owner passed away a few years ago.

  Relevant post & frag: All items in this shave are some differing degree of RIP in Pieces. Siliski soaps has stopped making wetshaving products, but are still in business. Stirling has retired Pharaoh’s Dreamsicle, but are still producing a lot of other wetshaving products. Victoria has stopped making razors at some point and changed its name to Victorinox in 1909 (the maker of the Swiss army knife). Rubberset finally never really went out of business, but was bought by Williams in 1956 and stopped producing shave brushes.

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• walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  June 18, 2024

  • Brush: L’Occitane Plisson Synthetic
  • Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
  • Blade: Bolzano Superinox (German) (9)
  • Lather: Central Texas Soaps - Down By The River - Soap
  • Post Shave: Old Spice - Hawkridge - Aftershave
  • Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Santa Noir - EdP

  Central Texas Soaps is no longer around. I double checked to see if maybe they kept making bar soap to sell locally (they used to sell stuff at farmer’s markets and the like), but their website is gone, Insta profile gone, and Facebook gone.

  The price tag on this tub says $12.75 for 5oz. of soap. I originally gave the brand a try because they accepted cryptocurrency, and at the time I was a crypto hundred-aire, so it was an easy splurge. I liked the soap so much, I bought a second tub.

  This scent is marketed as a dirty river type of smell, but it’s really fresh and bright, with a natural freshness to it that I really enjoy.

  Challenge: Today I shaved with a Black Land double edge holder, and a Bolzano razor. I’ve used this blade 9 times so far. How many shaves do razors last for?

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