Comments

• pi_dash_rho@wetshav.ing ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  SOTD - 2025-12-16: Adventus Calendar

  • Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
  • Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
  • Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
  • Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
  • Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
  • Lather: Hoffman’s Shave & Soap Co. - Burn The Ships
  • Post Shave: Black Ship Grooming - 7 Doubloons Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
  • Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
  • Tool: WSDB
  • Tags: $discord

  ---

  Indoctrination status: [Oo..]

  Adventus Day 11

  Today’s soap has a pretty nice goat milk base. It was easy to make plenty of lather and showed a nice sheen. The scent has a nice strength off the puck and throughout the shave.

  Calendar wise this is most of a scooped tub craftily attached to this day’s satchel. I also got a sample of Southern Witchcrafts Necromantic. It has a really wild scent. To quote my wife, “Oh hell no. Use that when I’m out of town.” :)

  Have a good one!

  source

  • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “Oh hell no. Use that when I’m out of town.”

    I think we’ve all heard that at some point. 😂

    source
• walden@wetshav.ing ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  December 16th, 2025

  • Brush: Wolf Whiskers - “Coffee & Cream” w/Declaration Grooming B1 Badger
  • Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3
  • Blade: Personna Lab Blue (3)
  • Lather: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber - Soap
  • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Nivea - Sensitive - Balm

  I haven’t used the Era in a while, but my buddy mentioned getting rid of his so I had to whip it out. I love this razor so much I’m going to buy his to keep in the family. I don’t want it going to some ingrate!

  Tomorrow this blade will have 4 shaves on it, matching it to the Personna GEM Platinum Diamond Glide that I have on standby. That’ll give me the opportunity to do another side by side shave, maybe a little bit more scientific this time. I’ll try to convince my wife to load a blade in each of my Baili BR171 razors so I won’t know which is which. Then I’ll keep each razor to one side of my face and see which I like best.

  That reminds me, did @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ever reveal the scientific results of his synthetic vs Japanese natural comparison?

  source

  • PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That reminds me, did @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ever reveal the scientific results of his synthetic vs Japanese natural comparison?

    He called it, but he never told us which is better

    ~not betting on synthetic superiority though~

    source

    • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      @walden@wetshav.ing

      I called my preference (1 dot over 2), but I don’t know yet which is which. I want to try to get my third abalone as close as I can to that edge using my synthetic progression before asking @whosgotthepudding@sub.wetshaving.social to reveal which is which

      source

      • -> View More Comments
    • walden@wetshav.ing ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      From what I’ve heard, it’s just personal preference anyway! @gcgallant@wetshav.ing is supposed to send my Koraat back with a nice jnat edge. He liked it a lot though, so I may never see it again.

      source

      • -> View More Comments
• snooting@wetshav.ing ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  December 16th, 2025

  • Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations “Stardust” - TurnNShave 26mm Shoat
  • Razor: Blackland Sabre
  • Blade: Accuforge GEM Microcoat (5)
  • Lather: Proraso - Red - Soap
  • Post Shave: Pinaud - Clubman - Aftershave
  • Fragrance: Stirling - Seine Reserve - EdT

  Image

  Coming down with something, so wanted a simple shave this morning. Proraso Red is good stuff, if a little drying.

  source

  • walden@wetshav.ing ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Get well soon. My wife is still getting over the flu. It’s day 8, so hopefully only a little longer. Luckily nobody else in the house got symptoms.

    source

    • snooting@wetshav.ing ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thanks. I think it’s just a slight cold, hoping it clears up by tomorrow so we can properly celebrate my wife’s birthday.

      source
  • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I hope that it is a slight cold as you suspect. Really bad time of year to come down with something.

    source
• PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Sextidi 26 Frimaire an 234 de la Révolution, jour de Pignon

  • Preshave: Proraso White Preshave
  • Brush: MRED/Le Père Lucien 26mm Synthetic
  • Razor: Ertan Süer L’Ours Russe (7/8th) (3)
  • Lather: Martin de Candre Absinthe
  • Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
  • Postshave: Mennen Le Grand Large
  • Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

  ---

  Good shave – time to prepare dinner.

  Have a good evening!

  ~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

  source

  • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Good shave - great setup!

    source
• BossHoggins10@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  December 16th, 2025

  • Brush: Summer Break Soaps - Ord w/ TnS Quartermoon Synthetic
  • Razor: Above the Tie - Windsor
  • Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
  • Lather: Catie’s Bubbles - Dusk - Cream
  • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Margaritas in the Arctic - Balm

  source
• gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  December 16, 2025

  • Brush: Elite Razor Honduran Rosewood Burl 24mm HMW Fan
  • Razor: Union Razor Co. 6/8" Full Hollow Round Point
  • Lather: Barrister and Mann - Amazelnut - Soap
  • Toner: Thayers - Coconut - Toner
  • Aftershave: Noble Otter - Cerberus - Aftershave

  3 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

  ---

  This was a test shave of a fresh Arkansas edge on this Union razor. I bought t his razor for $12, so I don’t expect a lot. My goal was to have a comfortable edge that has the personality of the Arkansas stone and provides a close shave. Comfort was definitely there in the shave, and closeness exceeded my expectations. I’d say this shave test was a success.

  Shave video

  source