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Cuteness enjoyer.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, August 24th, 2025 (#803) 4 weeks ago:
2025-08-24
- razor: Koraat wedge 15/16
- post shave: Nivea after shave balm sensitive
My first edge didn’t get half the blade. Getting the tape even was very difficult. At last I had more success without tape. I still might try tape the next time. I had 3 days of growth which gives me a lot to chop through. The wedge feels much different than a hollow. Managing the pressure needs some getting used to. I spend to much time trying to chase bbs but some spots weren’t perfect after all. Pretty good shave and no cuts. I like the after shave, I stingily got two of them in a 1 + 1 free deal.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, August 9th, 2025 (#788) 1 month ago:
Interesting to hear about the vintage blade and the cost per shave. Kind of reminds me of vintage dip pen nibs. They also wear out and the vintage ones can be much more expensive than new ones.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, August 9th, 2025 (#788) 1 month ago:
I never understood how people can get away with so many shaves on a DE blade! My facial hair is like the tail of a black pig, like bristles. Maybe that’s why. I have a 2 day stubble and my chin feels like I could use it to sand down wood. I understand preshave and lather can extend the life of the blade but 100 is crazy. Do you strop the DE blade?
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, August 5th, 2025 (#784) 1 month ago:
Thank you. I am new indeed. As for the soap:
- I just randomly started trying to use the razor. I didn’t buy all the things at once but slowly added things to make it work. Soap just wasn’t in line yet. I used to try to shave of an 3k edge on a razor with bad geometry honed on non-flat stones with no strop. It’s a miracle it even kind of worked. So things like a diamond plate, a 8k stone and a strop were of higher priority to me.
- I have a lot of lines to get straight, like my sideburns and my beard so I need to see what I’m doing.
- It costs money and my shaving budged is getting a bit low so I need to pick my poison.
- I’m a minimalist in the weirdest ways sometimes.
- I had a lot of trouble with my edge, so I honed a lot and tried a lot of edges. Just water gives the most direct feedback of the edge on the skin. If it’s fine with water it will be fine with any soap or oil.
- If my fundamentals (edge and technique) are solid I might add things like shaving soap or oil in the future.
- It’s quick. I watched a bunch of shaving videos and the lathering up part often takes up more than half of video.
I don’t think I will post often here as I only have one razor, no soaps and two basic aftershaves. So it’s not exactly the most exciting SOTD 😅
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, August 5th, 2025 (#784) 1 month ago:
2025-08-05
- Razor: MERX & Co. Solingen-Wald Gamerx
- Lather: just warm water :)
- Post Shave: Kruidvat Aftershave Balm Sensitive
Still struggling with my edge a bit but I found out 2 layers of tape is best. 0 and 1 didn’t hold the edge at all and 3 layers seemed to much, didn’t take one to begin with. Progression is 8k > 1.5 micron strop > 0.6 micron strop. And yes I just soften my face with warm water and go, for various reasons. I just slap some on there with a washing cloth on each part before I shave there.
Decent shave, not much irritation at all today. I went against the grain immediately on the neck, felt good. Somehow that saves me irritation because I take less passes in total (I think). Went against/across the grain on the chin immediately as an experiment. Totally doable but I made a small error and cut myself. Skill issue. Looks like it would hurt but it doesn’t.