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- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, April 15th, 2025 (#674) 3 hours ago:
Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club tomorrow (Wednesday).
- Comment on Mailcall! Moarteen! 3 hours ago:
Are the black specs on the head-on toe picture just spots that didn’t get polished off the surface?
The metal looks so different in all of the pictures, so it’s probably just accentuated by your camera’s flash!
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, April 15th, 2025 (#674) 3 hours ago:
April 16, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers – “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
- Blade: Personna 74 (68)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Soap
- Post Shave: Noble Otter - The Night Before - Aftershave
After a poorly honed straight razor shave yesterday, this was a breath of fresh air! I do look forward to seeing what a properly honed razor feels like.
I have to travel for the next couple of days, but a special shave with this razor is coming up soon. The number of shaves on this blade might align with the serial number of this razor… I could also wait 16 days for Lemmy post #690, but… we’ll see.
- Comment on Mailcall! Moarteen! 5 hours ago:
Super cool! Nice post and nice razor.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, April 14th, 2025 (#673) 1 day ago:
Soap bros
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, April 14th, 2025 (#673) 1 day ago:
I have a Duke City strop 👍
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, April 14th, 2025 (#673) 1 day ago:
Ohhh, big difference. I used to live in northwest Atlanta. Union City is southwest, not too far.
I looked online and people postulate they were made in Union City, with the blanks possibly coming from a machine factory in the city. I got married at one of the machine factories (an event venue, now) called King Plow, but I didn’t see any reference to that place in regards to razors.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, April 14th, 2025 (#673) 1 day ago:
Yup, I already watched the fundamentals video today and it reinforced some things and answered some other things (mainly about burr removal). I’ll check out the other video, too.
Maybe the loaded strop video will answer this question, but do people typically put any treatment on their leather stops, or just use them as is?
Thanks for the Union! I haven’t heard of that brand, but I see on Amazon they are still only $13 or $14.
- Comment on [BVWSC Reminder] 1 day ago:
June hiatus sounds like a good plan to me.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, April 14th, 2025 (#673) 1 day ago:
April 14, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers – “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Gold Dollar Straight Razor – Red (1)
- Lather: Fanzine Saponifications – Test… Test… 123 – Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
First straight razor shave in the books. About 2 years ago I tried one shave with a $.50 half-DE shavette – this was better.
Weepers, sure… but I didn’t have to get out the styptic pencil, and not as many as I thought I’d get.
My deficiencies as a sharpener/honer were on full display, but the razor did cut hair, and as the shave went on my technique improved, and things got easier. I’m going to watch @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social’s video on how to sharpen a straight razor again, now that I have stuff to play with (I think he has a dedicated how-to video, but don’t take my word for it). I only have an Atoma 600 and a Naniwa 10k at this point, so I’m sure I would benefit from something like a 6000 or 8000.
So the good news is I’m not totally turned off from straight razor shaving, and I might actually enjoy the challenge! Woohoo!
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, April 13th, 2025 (#672) 2 days ago:
I typically love scents that other people hate… I’ve never smelled War, but wonder if that pattern would hold true.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, April 13th, 2025 (#672) 2 days ago:
Ah that’s too bad. It’s a favorite of mine.
- Comment on Are Micromatic's the best travel razor? 2 days ago:
If only.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, April 13th, 2025 (#672) 2 days ago:
April 13, 2025
- Brush: Stirling 24mm Synthetic
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (2)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Soap
- Post Shave: Old Spice - Original - Aftershave
My assault on Vespers continues, and I feel like I’m getting close.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, April 12th, 2025 (#671) 3 days ago:
April 12, 2025
- Brush: Stirling 24mm Synthetic
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (1)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Soap
- Post Shave: Old Spice - Original - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
Great travel shave. I’m glad to have discovered this likely already-known trick of traveling with a Micromatic and turning the blade around for suitcase safety.
- Comment on Are Micromatic's the best travel razor? 3 days ago:
Oh yeah, good point!
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- Comment on Free Talk Friday - April 11th, 2025 4 days ago:
Cool, I’ll check it out!
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - April 11th, 2025 4 days ago:
Hello
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - April 11th, 2025 4 days ago:
That’s a lot of aftershave
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - April 11th, 2025 4 days ago:
I got some honing equipment in the mail over the past week. I got a Naniwa 10k synthetic and an Atoma #600 diamond plate to use as a flattener/lapper.
I don’t have any straight razors yet, but spent some time on one of my kitchen knives. I need to set the bevel of the knife, and even the #600 seems to be too fine to do the work quickly! But that’s ok, at least I can play around with it and maybe eventually get the bevel set (using a guide clip).
Lapping the synthetic stone was a little scary! It felt like I was taking a lot of material off, but of course in reality I’m not. I stopped after a little while but I’m going to draw pencil lines on it and go at it again to make sure it’s actually all the way flat.
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - April 11th, 2025 4 days ago:
I got my smush from @sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social , too! I hope the porch pirate knocks on your door to get recommendations for what kind of blades to use in it 🤣.
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, April 11th, 2025 (#669) 4 days ago:
I’m glad to hear everything is all good. Get some sleep!
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, April 11th, 2025 (#669) 4 days ago:
April 11, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers “Coffee & Cream” with DG B1
- Razor: Fatip Classic Testina Gentile
- Blade: Personna 74 (67)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Soap
- Post Shave: Spearhead - Seaforth! Heather - Toner
The B1 isn’t my favorite, but then again I usually use synthetic knots! It’s good enough to keep around, though.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, April 10th, 2025 (#668) 5 days ago:
I watched that video… boy that edge cleaned up nicely!
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, April 10th, 2025 (#668) 5 days ago:
I enjoyed Heather for what it was, and still have the toner. I wasn’t sad when I killed the tub, though. It’s just not in my wheelhouse is all.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, April 10th, 2025 (#668) 5 days ago:
April 10, 2025
- Brush: Zenith 508A XL/Bristle (B35) (MOAR BOAR) 31mm
- Razor: Fatip Classic Testina Gentile
- Blade: Personna 74 (66)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Soap
- Post Shave: Pinaud - Clubman Musk - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
- Fragrance: Jōvan Musk - EdT
Great lather. I only soaked this brush for a minute or two, and that was all it needed. So that’s nice. I agree with some others that the loft on Moar Boar could be longer, but I’ve just resigned to the fact that it’s a painter, not a splayer. I still enjoy using it!
I’m almost at 69 uses on this blade according to my spreadsheet. I’ll have to remember to swap it back into my Chiseled Face Legacy which is serial # 69.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, April 9th, 2025 (#667) 6 days ago:
Legacy++
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, April 9th, 2025 (#667) 6 days ago:
Nope, just using it because it’s great and I’m not bored of it yet.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, April 9th, 2025 (#667) 6 days ago:
I find the Clary Sage to be pretty strong in Heather. It doesn’t smell like anise, but maybe it has a similar sort of “sharpness” to it.
