Thursday SOTD Thread, August 28th, 2025 (#807)

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• djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Day 28/31 of Riding through Serenity in Austerity

  • Brush: Zenith - 506 N XS (extra soft horse)
  • Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 50 (7/8", hollow ground, stainless steel, masonic deco)
  • Lather: Barrister and Mann – Roam
  • Post Shave: Barrister and Mann – Roam Two
  • Fragrance: Barrister and Mann – Roam Two

  $FriodomRiders
  $HoneMeisterschaft
  $Equestrian

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• BossHoggins10@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  August 28th, 2025: AA Day 28

  • Brush: Proraso - Professional Boar
  • Razor: Weck - Sextoblade Med Prep
  • Blade: Fromm Hair Shaper
  • Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps - Vetiver - Soap
  • Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - 322 - Aftershave

  Three more days.

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• gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  August 28, 2025

  • Brush: Zenith B44 28mm Boar
  • Razor: Koraat 14 “Moarteen” 15/16" Full Hollow
  • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - I, Rich Moose (Mutton -r/Wetshaving) - Soap
  • Toner: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
  • Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. - I, Rich Moose - Aftershave
  • Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz - Sir Irisch Moos - Eau de Cologne

  3 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

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  Four full weeks of the same edge with no honing or stropping. I’m not sure I understand why us straight razor shavers are so amazed by this. Anyone who takes a DE blade or SE blade this same distance is very likely doing the same thing. I continue to think that stropping is highly overrated, though pretty much everyone else takes the opposite view :)

  Here is what the edge looks like after today’s shave. And the shave today was very comfortable and about the same level of BBS as my normal 2-pass shave. I have noticed a reduction in edge keenness.

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  $RawHoggin
  $ShepherdsofStirling
  $headless
  $Stropless
  $discord
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  • PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I continue to think that stropping is highly overrated

    Heretic!

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    • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I know! I’m told it’s a bad idea to cross the cognoscenti.

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