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- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, May 26th, 2025 (#713) 7 hours ago:
Hooray for decent straight razor shaves!
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, May 27th, 2025 (#714) 18 hours ago:
May 27th, 2025
- Brush: Chisel & Hound - “Rob’s Finest” w/ 25mm Synthetic
- Razor: Mühle - R89
- Blade: Personna P74 (80)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Soap
- Post Shave: Pinaud - Clubman Musk - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Declaration Grooming, House of Mammoth - Cerberus - Liniment
- Fragrance: GLHF Workshop - Atriox - EdP
$discord
Superb!
This blade is just great. Very close and comfy. Hardly any aftershave feedback, and Clubman aftershaves have a hefty dose of alcohol in my experience.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, May 26th, 2025 (#713) 1 day ago:
Ha, glad I could maybe spark some subliminal thrill!
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, May 26th, 2025 (#713) 1 day ago:
Fixed, BTW!
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, May 26th, 2025 (#713) 1 day ago:
Fixed, BTW!
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, May 26th, 2025 (#713) 1 day ago:
Yep. The workaround until I get around to fixing it is to fill in all of the fields and delete what you don’t need.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, May 26th, 2025 (#713) 1 day ago:
It should, yes.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, May 26th, 2025 (#713) 1 day ago:
May 26th, 2025: New SDS Update - 1.0.9
- Brush: AP Shave Co. - Synbad 24mm Synthetic
- Razor: Gold Dollar - Straight Razor (5)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Dove - Men+Care Ultra-Hydra - Cream
- Fragrance: GLHF Workshop - Atriox - EdP
$discord
For all of the Shaving Data System users, a recent Baserow update changed the way some things work behind the scenes so I had to change some stuff around. At some point today I’ll update everyone’s templates (free of charge!) because this new version (1.0.9) is the minimum required at this point.
Some cool new features are possible now, though. For example, I typed these paragraphs in and the output will spit out new paragraphs (but you have to manually type
<p>at the end of each paragraph.<p>is html speak for “new paragraph”. A bit of a limitation, but maybe some users will enjoy it! I know @snooting@sub.wetshaving.social was looking for something like this.This Gold Dollar is visibly not straight – I might start calling it a Curved Razor instead of Straight Razor. Nevertheless, it shaves!
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, May 25th, 2025 (#712) 2 days ago:
May 25th, 2025
- Brush: AP Shave Co. - w/Maggard SHD 26mm Badger
- Razor: Union Razor Cutlery - 5/8 Full Hollow (2)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Dove - Men+Care Ultra-Hydra - Cream
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - EdP
Very decent. Varen is such a good scent. Right in my wheelhouse.
- Comment on What Are People Still Doing on X? 2 days ago:
I’m having trouble reading what you just wrote because it’s poorly written.
- Comment on What Are People Still Doing on X? 2 days ago:
In this analogy that’s like saying “some people don’t care about Nazis sitting at the bar next to them, they just want to drink their beer like they did for the last decade”. Beer is available in other places, as is news.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, May 24th, 2025 (#711) 3 days ago:
I love when that happens.
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - May 23rd, 2025 3 days ago:
I’ve been running Immich for a while, which aims to replace Google Photos. The interface is very nice and polished, and development is very active. It’s still considered “beta” with the occasional breaking change, but it has been fun to keep it running. Of course in order to feel really confident running something like this for your precious photos, a solid backup strategy is a must, so keep that in mind if you decide to look into it.
We have a 2.5 year old, of whom we have thousands of pictures. We had a Nixplay photo frame which used to sync a Google Photos album and worked well, but corporate greed has turned it into e-waste with recent changes in their subscription model.
So, I turned a Rasperry Pi and an old computer monitor into an even better photo frame using software called ImmichFrame. It’s pretty slick! I’m hoping it’s stable enough to maybe set up at the grandparents house eventually.
The fact that it displays photos from Immich, and not Google, just tickles me. I love it.
The only thing left to make Immich a total replacement for us is phone notifications. I want my parents to get notified when we add new pictures to the shared album, and the latest release hinted at that functionality being in the works… I’m pretty pumped to see where it goes.
I know my sister and brother both have subscriptions to things like iCloud and Google in order to keep all of their photos and videos on those services, so I wonder if they’d trust me to be their “cloud”, with virtually unlimited storage, for free. Probably not, but maybe one day. And honestly, but the time I pay for off-site backup, it probably costs me about the same as it costs them to use iCloud and the like.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, May 24th, 2025 (#711) 3 days ago:
May 24th, 2025: Smooth
- Brush: AP Shave Co. - w/Maggard 26mm Badger
- Razor: Koraat - 15/16 Full Hollow (9)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Promises - Soap
- Post Shave: Old Spice - Hawkridge - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Dove - Men+Care Ultra-Hydra - Cream
- Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Lavanille - EdP
I have a theory now that I’m 23 shaves in on Straight Razors, that my edge preference for straights is similar to what I like in a DE blade. I like mild blades that aren’t excessively sharp (keen?). Still sharp enough to cut a whisker, but maybe with a little bit of resistance. Too much resistance would be tuggy and not good, but a little bit treats me well. Super smooth, no irritation, and a pleasant experience.
Thanks to @sahanders@sub.wetshaving.social for the new SOTD thread icon. It’s only visible with certain viewing methods like Alexandrite (gem.wetshaving.social), Summit for android, and I’m sure some other apps.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend!
- Comment on [Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club] July Soap Nomination 4 days ago:
Hear me out…
Arko
For me it’s a little lemon and some patchouli, and I do like the scent quite a bit.
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, May 23rd, 2025 (#710) 4 days ago:
May 23rd, 2025
- Brush: Maggard Razors - SHD Bulb 24mm Badger
- Razor: Joseph Rogers & Sons - Near Wedge (4)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Promises - Soap
- Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Heather - Toner
- Post Shave: Dove - Men+Care Ultra-Hydra - Cream
- Fragrance: GLHF Workshop - Atriox - EdP
Atriox has some lasting power. I keep getting whiffs of it, and it’s excellent. I have another Brut frag (made by Brut), but it’s not as strong, doesn’t last nearly as long, and is a little too sweet. Atriox is stronger, lasts way longer, and has more of the “good stuff”.
This razor was so good today. I felt a high degree of confidence using it. I can see myself getting more near-wedge style razors in the future, but hollow razors are so much more ubiquitous.
I got two more old straight razors from AuctionNinja for $5 each and picked them up today. I haven’t had a change to look them over yet. One of them is in a weird old leather “condom” pouch, for lack of a better description. I should throw that part away, right? The other one is in a pretty typical straight razor box – I don’t care for razor boxes but part of me thinks I should keep it.
- Comment on Free Talk Friday - May 2nd, 2025 4 days ago:
Sure, feel free! What type of data are you referring to?
There aren’t many constraints on self-hosted Baserow… No row limits, etc. Just a bunch of other paywalled stuff.
The SSD in my server is pretty large so I don’t imagine any baserow databases making a dent.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, May 22nd, 2025 (#709) 5 days ago:
Glad you liked it!
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, May 22nd, 2025 (#709) 5 days ago:
May 22nd, 2025
- Brush: Maggard Razors - SHD Bulb 24mm Badger
- Razor: Blackland - Era - Level 3
- Blade: Personna P74 (80)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Promises - Soap
- Post Shave: Brut - Brut - Splash On
- Post Shave: Dove - Men+Care Ultra-Hydra - Cream
- Fragrance: P2 - Atriox - EdP
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, May 21st, 2025 (#708) 6 days ago:
May 21st, 2025
- Brush: Maggard Razors - SHD Bulb 24mm Badger
- Razor: Blackland - Era - Level 3
- Blade: Personna P74 (79)
- Lather: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber - Soap
- Post Shave: Brut - Brut - Splash On
A quick 2 pass luxury shave.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, May 21st, 2025 (#708) 1 week ago:
May 21st, 2025: Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club
- Brush: Stirling Soap Co. 24mm Synthetic
- Blade: Personna Twin Pivot Plus (Atra) Cart (7)
- Lather: Australian Private Reserve - Raconteur - Soap
- Post Shave: Old Spice - Original - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Claus Porto - Musgo Real - EdC
$discord
Today is the monthly BVWSC where a group of users shave with the same soap.
This month we voted on Raconteur, an amazing scent that is probably in my top 5. I’ve heard some negative opinions about the APR soap base, but I find it to be pretty great if you load enough of it. This is the V2 soap base.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, May 21st, 2025 (#708) 1 week ago:
I think your lather and post shave might have suffered from a mix up!
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, May 20th, 2025 (#707) 1 week ago:
May 20th, 2025
- Brush: Maggard Razors - SHD Bulb 24mm Badger
- Razor: Blackland - Era - Level 2
- Blade: Personna P74 (78)
- Lather: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber - Soap
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Lyssa - Aftershave
A nice gentle DE shave before work.
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- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, May 19th, 2025 (#706) 1 week ago:
May 19th, 2025: Smooth
- Brush: Zenith - B03-A26 (B2) 26mm Boar
- Razor: Koraat - 15/16 Full Hollow (8)
- Lather: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber - Soap
- Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. - Frankie & Myrna - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Dove - Men+Care Ultra-Hydra - Cream
I almost used a DE today, but thrill got the best of me. Great shave with the MOARteen. My skin isn’t quite as happy as it usually is, but it’ll be fine.
The shave I got is ultra smooth. Frankie & Myrna is one of my favorite smells. Such a nice blend of interesting scents.
For anyone who likes the MOAR Boar brush, but wishes it had a little bit more loft - you should get a Zenith B02. I include both nomenclatures in the SOTD so you can either search for B03-A26 and get it cheap from Europe, or search for B2 and pay a little more to have it shipped from the USA (B2 is the designator used by The Gentle Shave). Naturally, it’s sold out right now thegentleshave.com/…/zenith-pro-aluminum-handle-b…. It’s available from Europe, though yourshaving.com/…/1256-zenith-pure-bristle-bleach…
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, May 18th, 2025 (#705) 1 week ago:
I’d stick it out a little longer. Technique definitely helps.
You’re stropping between shaves, right? Sort of obvious but figured I’d ask.
- Comment on I am not a LG judge. AMA 1 week ago:
Interesting! Maybe I was thinking of Samsung.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, May 18th, 2025 (#705) 1 week ago:
May 18th, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers - “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Joseph Rogers & Sons - Near Wedge (3)
- Lather: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber - Soap
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Petrichor - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Dove - Men+Care Ultra-Hydra - Cream
Another nice straight razor shave. My 20th.
Today should be a lot of fun. It’s the 1st annual Town Party hosted by the local concert venue. It’ll be outside in a baseball field. The headliner is Guster, a great Alternative band most famous in the 90’s but still putting out great music.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, May 17th, 2025 (#704) 1 week ago:
Experts ain’t got shit on me.
- Comment on I am not a LG judge. AMA 1 week ago:
I feel like LG makes decent TV’s but their other stuff could be better. What do you think is the best overall appliance brand?