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Share your Shave of the Day for Tuesday!
Aug 5, 2025 - Tea Tuesday: Jasmine
I would be lying if I said I was enjoying this Weck. It certainly works, but the novelty is already wearing off. I’m hoping a in a few more days the blade will start smoothing out. $Rawhoggin $monthofmikes $headless $discord
Sounds like it might be a long month for you
Yeah we will see how long it lasts
August 5th, 2025
MMOC++
I’ve been using this soap for the past 3 or 4 days even though I’m not doing Austere August. I’m visiting family and this is all I brought.
I think Mood Indigo is in Ben’s “greatest hits” album.
It started smelling even better when he announced it was being discontinued!
August 5, 2025
3 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
I’m enjoying doing 3-pass shaves every day. It’s early, but so far, I can’t detect a difference in the edge from lack of stropping it. I’ll make a microscope image in a couple of days to get an update on its condition.
$RawHoggin
$ShepherdsofStirling
$headless
$discord
The Nones of August (where nothing ever happens)
A decent shave. I dropped the blade into the sink at the beginning, but consequences are not the same with an Astra blade or with a River Razor kamisori. I guess I could throw it away if it’s warped.
And it turns out that using a very soft brush and bowl lathering keeps the frag burn in check. Obvious in hindsight, but I wouldn’t have thunk before. I added too much water to the soap though - which killed the slickness.
Have a good night!
August 5th, 2025: MMOCMQ Day 5
XTG, ATG, super close shave.
$discord
BIG $monthofmikes
CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
2025-08-05
Still struggling with my edge a bit but I found out 2 layers of tape is best. 0 and 1 didn’t hold the edge at all and 3 layers seemed to much, didn’t take one to begin with. Progression is 8k > 1.5 micron strop > 0.6 micron strop. And yes I just soften my face with warm water and go, for various reasons. I just slap some on there with a washing cloth on each part before I shave there.
Decent shave, not much irritation at all today. I went against the grain immediately on the neck, felt good. Somehow that saves me irritation because I take less passes in total (I think). Went against/across the grain on the chin immediately as an experiment. Totally doable but I made a small error and cut myself. Skill issue. Looks like it would hurt but it doesn’t.
snooting@sub.wetshaving.social 3 weeks ago
Hello and welcome! I don’t think I’ve seen you around here before.
Why do you not use soap when you shave, if you don’t mind my asking?
CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Thank you. I am new indeed. As for the soap:
I don’t think I will post often here as I only have one razor, no soaps and two basic aftershaves. So it’s not exactly the most exciting SOTD 😅