Share your Shave of the Day for Tuesday!
Aug 5, 2025 - Tea Tuesday: Jasmine
- Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations Atlas II 26mm Raptor Synthentic Knot
- Razor: Aylsworth Razors Drakkant Ti
- Blade: Gillette Platinum [5]
- Lather: Noble Otter - 茉莉綠茶 (Jasmine Green Tea) - Soap
- Post Shave: Noble Otter - Hamami - Splash
- Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - The Soft Lawn - Eau de Parfum
CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 2 days 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 2 days 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 1 day 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 😅