Sunday SOTD Thread - August 25th, 2024 (#441)

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• PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sunday, August 25, 2024

  • Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
  • Brush: Semogue C3 Galahad Horse 🐎
  • Razor: Star 1912 Type Razor
  • Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (9)
  • Lather: Stirling Arcadia
  • Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
  • Postshave: Terre d’Hermès After Shave Lotion
  • Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

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  Feeling tired, nothing special.

  ~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

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• djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Day 25/31 of Looking for Serenity in Austerity

  • Brush: Semogue Owner’s Club (cherry wood and boar) (25)
  • Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 50 (7/8", hollow ground, stainless steel, masonic deco) (8)
  • Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice
  • Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice
  • Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice

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  Last Sunday of AA, and I’m loving the HoneMeisterschaft format where I’m still shaving with a fresh edge. Truly concentrating on a setup without added hoops to jump through designed to make the experience challenging.

  I hope everyone is staying a great party week of AA today!

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  • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I admit that I look forward to AA as a challenge for technique in some way. I’ve been surprised each year.

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    • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, and for this AA, my challenge is to get the best shaves possible with the best conditions possible :)

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• gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  August 25, 2024

  • Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving 31mm x 57mm Moar Boar

  • Razor: J.A. Henckels Friodur 14 Full Hollow Square Point

  • Lather: Chicago Grooming - AG 1889 - Soap

  • Toner: Thayers - Lavender - Toner

  • Aftershave: Chicago Grooming - AG 1889 - Aftershave

  • Fragrance: Guerlain - Jicky - Eau de Toilette

  3 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave. $headless $FriodomRiders #NoStrop

  Edge Condition Album

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  Today I went back to a 3-pass shave. After both the first and second passes, though, the gradual decline of the razor’s keenness finally became noticable. The razor is totally comfortable, and a 2-pass shave will still be a “good” shave, but I need three passes to get BBS easily. I expect that this is the way I’ll finish out the month.

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• walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  August 25, 2024

  • Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts “Santa Noir” w/Maggard 28mm SHD Badger
  • Razor: GEM Damaskeene
  • Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (3)
  • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Port-Au-Prince - Soap
  • Post Shave: Razorock - Puros - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm

  $Discord
  $ShepherdsofStirling
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  Really good. I’m close to the end of this tub and wonder if maybe I’ll keep pushing through until it’s finished, even after August is over. I sort of doubt I will, since I have 4 Stirling samples queued up. I got Oro Valley (smells nice, but scent strength might be a tad low, we’ll see during the shave), Haverford (I had a sample of this back in the day and it didn’t click, but now it clicks), Nag Champa (ooo baby), and they threw in Margarita’s in the Arctic.

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• DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  25.08.2024 - Return

  • Prep: head wash
  • Brush: TGS Galaxy 26 mm
  • Razor: Leaf Thorn
  • Blade: snapped BIC Chrome Platinum
  • Lather: HAGS - Creatures of the Night (sheep tallow base)
  • Post-Shave: HAGS - Apocalypse ASB

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  -> 2 pass head shave, 1 pass neck cleanup. Great scents and good shave.

  So yeah, it’s me again! I actually shaved in the past week, just never bothered posting since most of my head shaves were quick and nonchalant shaves under the shower.

  Yesterday was my grandma’s funeral. Exactly four weeks after her passing. It was a quite exhausting day (mostly mentally, although strong heat and wearing a black suit isn’t very comfortable either) but now I start to feel a bit better. It may sound weird, but funerals provide a weird sense of closure for me. Of course it’s a very sad occasion, but actually it helps to think about the good days you had with that person.

  Today I chose something that just smells nice and even my grandma would’ve enjoyed: Creatures of the Night is a powdery masculine cologne scent with a slightly more sweet twist. Nothing I could use often, but today it’s quite fitting. This is in HAGS sheep tallow base (why do they have so many bases?!?) and it feels very good in terms of performance and skin care. 2 passes with the Thorn can be done very quickly, so my dome is nice and slick again. The ASB wasn’t the most fitting, but still a good pairing.

  Hope everyone had a good weekend.

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• sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  AA24 - Day 25

  • Brush: Zenith Multi-Color (2006 XSE) 21mm Unbleached Boar Knot

  • Razor: Aylsworth Razors Drakkant Plus

  • Blade: Gillette Platinum [25]

  • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Soap (Mutton Tallow)

  • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Splash

  • Tags: $ShepherdsofStirling $RawHoggin $Discord

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  The last week of AA is here.

  Brush Break-In Progress Album

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