Wednesday SOTD Thread - November 01, 2023

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MaplePoplar@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Nov. 1, 2023

Brush: Yaqi 26mm Synthetic

Razor: Karve Overlander

Blade: Personna Platinum

Lather: Barrister And Mann - Adagi - Soap

Post Shave: Barrister And Mann - Adagi - Aftershave

Ok shave. Looking at it now I seem to have some irritation. Shave felt smooth not really sure where my redness is coming from.
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sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Nov 1, 2023 - Witchcrafts Wednesday: Carmilla

Brush: Wald Shaving Nimbus Haunter 29mm A1 Knot

Razor: Karve Shaving Co. Christopher Bradley Aluminum, SB-E

Blade: Gillette Nacet [2]

Lather: Southern Witchcrafts - Carmilla - Soap (Vegan)

Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts - Carmilla - Aftershave (Alcohol Free)

Fragrance: Southern Witchcrafts - Carmilla - Eau de Parfum

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I couldn’t pass up #witchcraftswednesday the day after Halloween. What better scent than Carmilla, in honor of the vampire legend.

I don’t think the Nacet works well for me when paired with aggressive razors. I have some irritation from the shave. Ironically, no blood was let.

Rating: 4/5
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- walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Great picture
  
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  - sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Thank you!
    
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- gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Love the brush. I have Haunter with the A1 fan and Stratos handle. Amazing knot and workmanship.
  
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  - sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Absolutely!
    
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spj_hook@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
November 1, 2023

Prep: hot shower

Brush: Yaqi Cashmere Synthetic Shaving Brush, Dandelion Green Handle, 24mm

Razor: Edwin Jagger DE 89L

Blade: Lord Super Chrome (2)

Lather: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Soap

Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Hygge balm

Not really feeling the Jagger this week. It’s either that the blade doesn’t go well with it, or it’s just taking me some time to readjust.
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walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
November 1, 2023

Brush: Maggard 24mm Synthetic

Razor: Gillette Flat Bottom Tech

Blade: Personna Lab Blue (1)

Lather: Barrister & Mann - Roam - Soap

Post Shave: Australian Private Reserve - Raconteur - Aftershave

Post Shave: House of Mammoth/Declaration Grooming - Cerberus - Liniment

I have a Personna BBS-0 on its way to me, so in honor of that I whipped out a Personna blade. Great shave.
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PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
November 1, 2023

Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave

Brush: Semogue C3 Galahad Horse 🐎

Razor: Star 1912 Type Razor

Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (10)

Lather: Southern Witchcraft Autumn Ash

Post Shave: Floid The Genuine

* Post Shave: Nivea After Shave Balm

I’m joining in Witchcraft Wednesday. Today’s shave was stupidly simple with the Star razor.

I’m supposed to travel tomorrow, but with Ciarán going strong, it’s not sure I’ll be able to.

Have a good night!
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- djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Autumn Ash ++;
  Star 1912 ++;
  
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DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
SOTD 01.11.2023

Prep: warm water

Razor: Pearl Flexi

Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux

Brush: RazoRock 400 Noir SE

Lather: Declaration Grooming - Unscented

Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts - Samhain; Stirling Glacial Spearmint ASB

Two pass head and face shave since lo and behold, I was able to score an appointment for a job interview tomorrow. I want to look as good as possible, even if it’s after nursing school.

Adjustable razors are great for changing the aggressiveness between passes - that is, if they’re evenly aligned. This Pearl Flexi is like a differential razor, one side is always milder than the other. I always end up using the more “efficient” side, especially on the lower settings.

That aside, this was a good comfortable shave. Haven’t shaved my head in ages, so it feels really good. Still used the Samhain AS since it was standing around and it’s just such a great scent 🎃
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- walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Wow, just the other day you mentioned you started looking for other opportunities. Hopefully it’s a good fit.
  
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  - DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I actually started looking a bit earlier, but just sent out some e-mails last week and made some calls yesterday. Nursing is a field were you can find a new job quickly due to the staff shortage. Thank you, I’ll see how it goes 😃
    
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- PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Good luck with your interview!
  
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  - DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Thanks!
    
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- djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Good luck for your interview tomorrow!
  
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  - DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Thank you very much 👍🏻
    
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gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
November 1, 2023

Brush: Wald Stratos Goldvein 29mm A1 Fan

Razor: C.V. Heljestrand MK 10 13/16 Half Hollow Square Point (Straight Shave 364)

Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Black Watch - Soap

Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Black Watch - Aftershave

Post Shave: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner

Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Black Watch - Eau de Toilette

Of course I’m recognizing Black Watchday. Going with a black theme as suggested by u/djundjila. You can’t fault this setup.

Later today, I’ll be shave testing my Friodur 472 on which I did an edge refresh. I made a video on honing it, but it is my first sharpening video, so it is pretty bad; long and probably boring. I learned a lot, though [mostly, the lesson is “don’t make videos”]. This was done as practice for a video I’ve been asked to make on sharpening my Iwasaki razor. I want to be comfortable with the process before I do that one.

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- djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Happy Black Watchday to you too! 😊
  
  I can’t watch the video yet, but I was impatient and already fast forwarded through without sound to get the gist and noted that you don’t do the trailing edge strikes anymore. Looking forward to watching it with sound later to hear your comments!
  
  My own 472 is currently out on loan or I would be tempted join in a 472 second luxury shave 😅
  
  Great composition on that picture BTW! 😊
  
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  - gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I have never honed razors with just trailing edge strokes, but I added a trailing edge component to my half strokes. Traditional Japanese knives are normally sharpened with trailing edge pressure, and some heavily recurved knife blades require it too. So I have done it; just not with razors.
    
    Great composition on that picture BTW! 😊
    
    Yeah, the idea just presented itself as I was looking through SOTDs earlier today ;-)
    
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djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Black Watch Morning Shave

Brush: Dogclaration LG 2022 Mystery Brush (B16)

Razor: Heljestrand MK N° 10

Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! Black Watch

Aftershave: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! Black Watch splash

Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! Black Watch EdT

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My original plan was to lean a bit more into the black theme here and use my Böker S.S. Paris Wins with the black scales but then I decided to tighten the pin a bit and did the tap-tap-klack splitting one scale 🤬. At least this seems to resolve the question whether this is a modern or a vintage: that’s too brittle for a recent plastic scale. Oh well, replacement scales are ordered.

The Heljestrand is a great little shaver, too, and Black Watch is just as great as I remember it. It has this note that reminds me a bit of Cerberus, and I bet they’d work great together.)
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- walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Bummer!
  
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  - djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yeah… Feels a bit stupid to break something that survived that long. I’m the other hand: new scales! 😅
    
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gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
November 1, 2023

Brush: Zenith B15 (506 U/L) 27.5mm Boar

Razor: J.A. Henckels Friodur 472 13/16" Full Hollow Square Point (Straight Shave 365)

Lather: Summer Break Soaps - Wood Shop - Soap

Post Shave: Summer Break Soaps - Wood Shop - Aftershave

Post Shave: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner

This was a shave test of a refreshed edge on this razor. For the honing, I used some stones that I normally would not use for razors. While I did not particularly like the look of the scratch pattern on the bevel after the honing was done, the apex looked fine, and the edge tested smooth and very sharp. Performance was excellent. This made for a wonderful Wood Shop Wednesday.

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- CpnStumpy@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  What stones did you use?
  
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  - gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    This razor came back to me from being on loan. It had a tiny ding on the toe that required fixing so I did a slight reprofile of the edge to fix it. The progression was 1K Shapton Glass, 5K Nubatama, 10K Imanishi, 25 laps on firehose linen, 30 laps 750nm diamond emulsion on nanocloth, 30 laps 250nm diamond emulsion on nanocloth, 25 laps firehose linen, 50 laps on Tony Miller steerhide leather.
    
    If you’re thinking that the diamond emulsion was unnecessary I wouldn’t argue. I have all this stuff from 15 years of sharpening so I feel compelled to use it.
    
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- HomeAwayFromHone@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Does your 472 have the decorated spine like the worn one I picked up early in my exploration of straights and still keep with the edge it came with as one of my references? imgur.com/a/QJX47Yg
  
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  - gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yes. Here’s a photo that shows the spine on mine. The edge mine came with was “shave-ready” which I’ve learned really means “needs sharpening”.
    
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djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Thé Noir Luxury!

Brush: Dogclaration LG 2022 Mystery Brush (B16)

Razor: Gillette Super Adjustable P3 Black Beauty (1970)

Blade: Feather New Hi-Stainless

Lather: Noble Otter Thé Noir et Vanille

Aftershave: Noble Otter Thé Noir et Vanille splash

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I don’t have a Valet Autostrop razor (yet, but there’s one in the mail to me), so I can’t do u/Marquis90’s No(ir et vanille)V(alet Autostrop)ember, but Thé Noir et Vanille is the first scent in wetshaving that really swept me off my feet (the second was Haverford, I’m a sucker for sweet gourmands) and I haven’t used it in too long.

Wonderful second luxury shave, now off to bed smelling all fancy.
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- walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I just realized what you really mean by “luxury”.
  
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  - djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yeah, it’s a reference to the “second luxury shave”, a term coined by u/EldrormR
    
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Wednesday SOTD Thread - November 01, 2023

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Black Watch Morning Shave

Thé Noir Luxury!