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  • PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social
    6·
    23 days ago

    Tuesday, August 20, 2024: Last Day of Vacation

    • Brush: Semogue 610 Boar 🐗
    • Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89
    • Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (20)
    • Lather: The Goodfellas Smile Amber Fougère
    • Postshave: Old Spice After Shave

    Tomorrow, we’ll be heading back home – time to say good bye (for a moment) to Amber Fougère. I should be posting more seriously from tomorrow on.

    Have a good night!

    ~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

  • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social
    4·
    23 days ago

    August 20, 2024

    • Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving 31mm x 57mm Moar Boar

    • Razor: J.A. Henckels Friodur 14 Full Hollow Square Point

    • Lather: Chicago Grooming - AG 1889 - Soap

    • Toner: Thayers - Lavender - Toner

    • Aftershave: Chicago Grooming - AG 1889 - Aftershave

    • Fragrance: Guerlain - Jicky - Eau de Toilette

    2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave. $headless $FriodomRiders #NoStrop

    Edge Condition Album

    The closeness of these shaves backed down from exceptional during the first 3 or 4 days, and has remained pretty steady since then. Comfort increased, though, and the combination of comfort and closeness that I’m getting from this entire setup has been stunning. After the shave, I still have BBS everywhere except around my Adam’s Apple, but that area dries down to BBS after about 20 minutes. It is very difficult rate this experience anything but “Excellent”.

    Tomorrow I’ll make my third microscope photo of the edge.

  • walden@sub.wetshaving.socialM
    4·
    23 days ago

    August 20, 2024

    • Brush: AP Shave Co. - 24mm Synbad Fan
    • Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
    • Blade: Personna Lab Blue (5)
    • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Port-Au-Prince - Soap
    • Post Shave: Old Spice - Original - Aftershave
    • Post Shave: Harry’s - Aftershave Balm

    $Discord
    $ShepherdsofStirling
    Progress Album

    Quite excellent. Added more water to the lather than I have been. Great soap.

  • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialM
    4·
    23 days ago

    Day 20/31 of Looking for Serenity in Austerity

    • Brush: Semogue Owner’s Club (cherry wood and boar) (20)
    • Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 50 (7/8", hollow ground, stainless steel, masonic deco) (3)
    • Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice
    • Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice
    • Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice

    The edge has hit its stride and – at peak smoothness now – is a joy to use. I like hollow grounds for their gentle touch, and I like heavy blades for their smoothness ATG. When a comparatively light blade like this one gives you a smooth fool’s pass, you know the edge is on point.

    I saw and photographed split tips in the brush a few days ago, but I can’t find them anymore, and the brush seems in no hurry to start a mass splitting event. I’m starting to feel impatient.

    $FriodomRiders $HoneMeisterschaft $RawHoggin

    • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social
      3·
      23 days ago

      The edge has hit its stride and – at peak smoothness now – is a joy to use.

      Yes, an edge can be too sharp. I actually like that feeling, but I associate it with a new edge that I know will soften with a couple of uses. I’m still thinking that stropping is a highly overrated activity.

      • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialM
        3·
        23 days ago

        I’m still thinking that stropping is a highly overrated activity.

        According to Brad Maggard, old soft Sheffield steel “springs back to life” when stropped. I’m now thinking that a comparative Sheffield edition of the #NoStrop challenge is in order for science.

        • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social
          2·
          22 days ago

          To be simplistic about it, a degree of correlation with elements that contribute to wear resistance - carbon content, alloying elements, heat treatment - might be in order 😁

          Technique-wise, I use a very wet lather preparation, and I keep shaving angle low to optimize cutting efficiency and to favor compressive loads at the edge over shear loads.