Sunday SOTD Thread - October 29, 2023

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PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

October 29, 2023

Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
Brush: Zenith 506U XS Horse 🐎
Razor: Parker Straight Razor
Lather: Abbate y la Mantia Ishtar
Post Shave: Floid The Genuine

* Post Shave: Nivea After Shave Balm
AYLM soaps tend to be finicky with the water here, and I need to load considerably more than with other soaps. Today I didn’t, and the lather kept vanishing on my face.

Have a good day!

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djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
That Parker looks great!

Do you have very hard water?

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- PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  Do you have very hard water?
  
  Yes, lots of calcium in the tap water - it doesn’t matter too much with most soaps, but AYLM doesn’t like it at all.
  
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- walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Hard water–
  
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gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
October 29, 2023

Brush: Elite Razor Honduran Rosewood Burl 24mm HMW Fan

Razor: J.A. Henckels Friodur 14 Full Hollow Square Point (Straight Shave 362)

Lather: Wholly Kaw - Entropy Man - Soap

Post Shave: Unilever - Brut - Aftershave

Post Shave: Thayers - Rose - Toner

2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

Entropy Man - tobacco, leather, plum, rum, etc. This is another scent that I can’t get enough of. And I don’t have the splash! Need to rectify that.

Today was my second use of the Frio 14. Wonderful, as expected.

Enjoy your Sunday!

Boltzmann++;

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- djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I love the perspective work on this image. Did you focus stack to get so much depth of field, or is that with a tiny aperture?
  
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  - gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Thank you! The image is taken with a 10mm (15mm full-frame equivalent) focal length on a 10-24mm zoom lens. Aperture was f/8. It is a focus stack of two images; one image has the focus on the scale’s pin closest to the camera, and the other image has focus on the soap label.
    
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walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
October 29, 2023

Brush: L’Occitane Plisson Synthetic

Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)

Blade: Derby Premium (2)

Lather: Chiseled Face - Gearhead - Soap

Post Shave: Pinaud - Clubman Special Reserve - Aftershave

Post Shave: Eufros - Dama Noche - Balm

Fragrance: Azzaro - Pour Homme Night Time - EdT

So good.
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djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Tabak Oridjinal

Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur Unnumbered 8/8" ( hollow ground, stainless steel, round point)

Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original

Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original

Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original

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Ok, just wow. This big unnumbered Friodur is something else. I replaced its broken scales on Friday and honed it yesterday. The result not only looks stunning, but it’s also a heavenly smooth razor. I’ll try it again tomorrow, but my preliminary impression is that I think this must be my smoothest and sharpest edge to date. It felt almost like a coated Kismet, but with that calm weight and heft of a 14 (It’s not a 14, though, more on this later): It’s a little like starting on an incline, with a tractor. You have all that raw power, you give only a tiny hint of an impulse on the pedal and off you go smoothly, gently and in full control. Like resistance is irrelevant. The feeling of wiping off whiskers with a feather, but with the size of an FBU.

I’ve been trying to read about the unnumbered Friodurs, but I can’t find a any good info. Regarding its age, Griffith Shaving Goods is selling one that looks just like mine:

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(they sell it as a 7/8", and mine is just a smidge over 8/8",

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but it’s the closest I could find), they claim it’s from the 1980s or 1990s. So this might be from the last production runs before the Twin Works stopped making straights?

Either way, it seems to be ground “more hollow” than the 14, in the sense that thinned part of the blade goes closer to the spine, and it’s also a different blank, with a straight tang and spine, and absolutely no smile. So this is clearly not a member of the legendary family of “14” blades, see below for a comparison with a Friodur 14 (middle) and Filarmónica 14 (bottom):

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but my initial impression couldn’t be better. Just wow.

Pinging @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social, the search is not over with yesterday’s Frio 14, you’ll want this in your den, too. At the very least for science.

Stank ++;
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- gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’ve seen the one on Griffiths, and have been tempted, but unreliable forum rumor suggests that the later Twinworks-labeled razors (as opposed to Zwillingswerk) are not considered to be as good. Of course, some folks don’t consider stainless razors worth using ;-)
  
  The blade shape on my Frio 14 is similar to your unnumbered one, and I was noticing during this morning’s shave that access to certain hollow areas on the neck are a little more difficult with this one than with my two other 14s. It’s a solvable problem, though. Oh, and I have a fourth 14-style razor (“for science”) on its way to me from across the pond.
  
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  - djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    
    the later Twinworks-labeled razors (as opposed to Zwillingswerk) are not considered to be as good.
    
    Both mine and the one on Griffiths are stamped Zwillingswerk, so problem solved 😅 But kidding aside, I find it difficult to get any info that isn’t just some dude’s opinion when it comes to Frios.
    
    The blade shape on my Frio 14 is similar to your unnumbered one
    
    From the pictures, it seems like yours has the normal 14 blank, with the curved fat tang and the slight curve in the spine. The unnumbered 8/8" has a perfectly straight and more slender tang. and both the spine and edge are perfectly straight, too.
    
    access to certain hollow areas on the neck are a little more difficult with this one than with my two other 14s.
    
    What do you mean? Access for cleaning?
    
    Oh, and I have a fourth 14-style razor (“for science”) on its way to me from across the pond.
    
    Oh, “14-style”. So not a 14 per se? Let me guess: you already have the Koraat 14-2.0, it’s not a Frio 8/8 or you would just have said “me too”, so… you sprung for the Böker 14?
    
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DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
SOTD 29.10.2023

Prep: warm water

Razor: RazoRock GC 0.84 OC

Blade: Voskhod

Brush: TGS Galaxy 26 mm

Lather: Barrister & Mann - Le Grand Chypre

Post Shave: A&E - Wood & Lavender rice water serum

The cold is almost gone, just in time for me working two early shifts - yeah right, unfortunately school breaks mean work days in my line of work.

Two pass face shave to look presentable to my colleagues tomorrow. It’s nice to be able to smell nice scents again and LGC is a nice choice for a relaxing Sunday shave.

Unfortunately, I’m not in a good state mentally. Should’ve posted that in the Free Talk Friday thread, but I currently try to find a new place of work for 2024, together with a few important colleagues who also want to get out of our current situation - wish me luck. 'Cause I’ll need all the luck I can get…
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- walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Good luck!
  
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Sunday SOTD Thread - October 29, 2023

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