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Share your SOTD for Saturday!
Groundhog Day with my travel setup. Very pleasant, though!
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Ubrique is good stuff.
Moarteen got here this morning. Surprisingly, it arrived before the strop that I ordered. Unfortunately, that means I won’t try it out until next weekend since I’ll be away this week for work.
Have a great Saturday!
April 19, 2025
Brush: Captain’s Choice Ocean 24mm Tuxedo
Razor: Koraat 6/8" Full Hollow
Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Boat Drinks - Soap
Toner: Thayers - Coconut - Toner
Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. - I, Rich Moose - Aftershave
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
I haven’t used Boat Drinks in quite a while. That’s a very smooth refreshing scent!
Different Koraat than the one you got today? The Moarteen is 15/16" if I recall, but I haven’t measured it.
Brush: Semogue Pegasus mistura 26mm
Razor: Muhle Rocca R94
Blade: Bic Chrome platinum
Lather: Australian Private Reserve - Lavioletta
Post Shave: Australian Private Reserve - Fenchurch
Fragrance: Ensar Oud - Bishara
Day 19 of APRil, missed the USPS man for my moarteen which required signature. Feelsbadman
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 2 days ago
April 19, 2025
I got this razor in the mail yesterday, compliments of @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social . I also got my Moarteen group-buy razor yesterday, so I had to decide which one to use first!
I decided to use the Union City despite my Moarteen excitement, because after shaving with my poorly honed Gold Dollar a couple of times I really wanted to see what a good edge felt like. No offense to Ulrik, but I’ve heard nothing but good things about Greg’s honing skills! It was certainly an improvement compared to the Gold Dollar. Less irritation, less tugging, etc. My hopes were too high, though… I was hoping it’d power through my chin and mustache without much effort, but those areas are still going to require me to develop some technique. It’s also quite possibly all my fault, because I didn’t strop before the shave. I had assumed, probably incorrectly, that that was done for me by the honemeister. I did the packing peanut test right after I shaved and it wasn’t great – then I stropped and tested again. The difference was very noticeable.
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 2 days ago
I strop all the razors I hone. You can shave with them right away. If the edge felt good at first, then felt more rough as the shave progressed, then the edge must have dulled during the shave. I used that razor a number of times and did not have that problem, but that doesn’t mean much; different beards, different technique, etc.
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 2 days ago
That’s what I figured. It didn’t feel dull, just didn’t quite pass the peanut test. I’m still figuring it all out, obviously, so there’s a tendancy for me to over analyze everything…