Share your shave of the day for Sunday!

  • @I_Comment_On_EVERYTHING
    6•1 year ago

    Oct 1, 2023

    • Brush: Truefitt & Hill - Regency Super Badger
    • Bowl: Georgetown Pottery - Hamada Shaving Scuttle
    • Razor: Feather AS-D2
    • Blade: VOSKHOD Teflon Coated
    • Lather: Chiseled Face - Summer Storm Shaving Soap
    • Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Summer Storn Aftershave
    • Fragrance: Nautica - Blue
      • @I_Comment_On_EVERYTHING
        5•1 year ago

        Yup, first time!

        I am a rare wet shaver in that I have a full large beard. I only wet shave once or twice a month to clean up the edges of my beard and the hairs on my neck.

        I went deep down the rabbit hole of wet shaving when I got a job that did not allow any facial hair other than a trimmed mustache. Ironically the company policy on both facial hair and tattoos changed less than six months after I had already shaved my beard completely off.

        Bonus I guess is that I am now kitted up with enough supplies to last me a lifetime.

  • PorkButtsNTaters666
    5•1 year ago

    October 1, 2023

    • Preshave: Water -> Face
    • Brush: Yaqi 24mm Synthetic ““Panda””
    • Razor: King C. Gillette DE Razor
    • Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (11)
    • Lather: Haslinger Algae
    • Post Shave: Williams Aqua Velva
    • Post Shave: Nivea After Shave Balm

    Straightember is over, and it’s time to use a DE. It really is amazing how effortless shaving with a DE is, especially around the chin, and how easy it is to get BBS. Though I remember at the beginning that I was doubting whether I would ever not nick me when shaving around the chin.

    Have a good day!

  • sahenders
    5•1 year ago

    Oct 1, 2023 - Alma

    • Prep: Klar - Activated Charcoal - Face Soap
    • Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts/Declaration Grooming Purple Hybrid 28mm B7 Knot
    • Razor: Chiseled Face Legacy (Aluminum)
    • Blade: Gillette Nacet [4]
    • Lather: Westman Shaving - Alma - Soap
    • Post Shave: Westman Shaving - Alma - Aftershave Lotion
    • Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Man Gravity - Eau de Toilette

    Rating: 4.5/5

  • gcgallant
    4•1 year ago

    October 1, 2023

    • Brush: Zenith B15 (506 U/L) 27.5mm Boar
    • Razor: Dovo Facharbeit 6/8" Full Hollow Square Point (Straight Shave 343)
    • Lather: Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Soap (66)
    • Post Shave: Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Aftershave
    • Post Shave: Thayers - Lavender - Toner
    • Fragrance: Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Eau de Parfum
       

    2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

    @djundjila asked where the Facharbeit has been. Well, here it is. I did an edge refresh on it last night using synthetic stones and received, by far, the best shave I’ve had with this razor. 2-pass BBS, smooth, and very comfortable. A 3-pass shave would have been ultra-enjoyable, but I did not have the time.

    As I have been doing lately, I pushed this edge’s sharpness as far as I could and used post-hone stropping to correct any micro-alignment issues and to add a little convexity to the edge geometry. I was convinced that I went too far. Here is what the edge looked like after one shave and this result is far better than what I was expecting.

    So, while it is October 1, the first day of TabOKtober for some of you, it is Settantisemo Straightember 31 for me. Four more shaves on this tub. I ought to be excited to move on, and I need to move on, but I’ll be a little sad to see this end.

    Enjoy your Sunday!

    • @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialM
      3•1 year ago

      Good to see the Facharbeit again! I should have followed your Straightember philosophy of refreshing a bunch of razor edges and use them, I might have made more happy discoveries like the Bismarck 😀

      • gcgallant
        3•1 year ago

        I might have made more happy discoveries like the Bismarck 😀

        Yes! Taking what I thought were great edges and pushing them during a refresh has been very instructive. I had no idea I would learn so much.

  • @MaplePoplar@sub.wetshaving.social
    4•1 year ago

    Oct. 1, 2023

    • Brush: Yaqi 26mm Synthetic
    • Razor: Karve Overlander
    • Blade: UK Tech Statum
    • Lather: House Of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
    • Post Shave: House Of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

    Good shave

  • @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialM
    4•1 year ago

    Oh It’s Back

    • Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Tabak Oridjinal
    • Razor: Dovo Bismarck 2 (7/8″, full hollow, carbon steel)
    • Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
    • Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
    • Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original

    TabOKtoberfest is back, and it started it with a surprisingly delightful shave. The Bismarck was in my “bad buy” category because it wouldn’t take a good edge, but @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social has been raving about his Bismarck shaves recently, even comparing it to the Fili 14, so I had to give mine another chance (Happy September 31, BTW, @gcgallant 😉 ). I made sure my bevel was set correctly with the Edding/Sharpie test (it was, BTW) and then honed it on my finishing stone (Naniwa 10k) using only trailing edge strokes until it tree-topped arm hair. That went very quickly, indicating that the previous edge was very close to good already. I smoothed it all out in a good 50 laps on a loaded canvas strop. The result was a bit shocking because it felt like a completely different razor and I had a wonderfully smooth shave. I’m not sure if the Bismarck steel is finnicky and I just lucked into a good edge this time around, or if this trailing edge strokes technique that I’ve beet trying out for a while is just so much more suited for this particular steel/geometry/whathaveyou. On other razors, I hadn’t really noted any dramatic improvement after my switch, so it’s a bit of a puzzle. A puzzle I’ll enjoy trying to solve, I think.

    Lathering from the Stank Tank ® and having the Glorious Old Man Stank waft around the bathroom was like meeting a good friend again. TabOKtoberfest is going to be nice.

    • gcgallant
      3•1 year ago

      I’m not sure if the Bismarck steel is finnicky and I just lucked into a good edge this time around,

      Nope. This will work on this razor reliably. It’s like finding a terrific razor that you didn’t realize you had! I’m very happy this worked out for you the same way it did for me.

  • waldenM
    4•1 year ago

    October 1, 2023

    • Brush: Maggard 24mm Synthetic
    • Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
    • Blade: Personna Lab Blue (2)
    • Lather: Barrister & Mann - Diamond - Soap
    • Post Shave: Pinaud - Clubman Special Reserve - Aftershave
  • @DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social
    3•1 year ago

    SOTD 01.10.2023

    • Prep: cold water
    • Razor: RazoRock Hawk V2
    • Blade: Feather ProGuard
    • Brush: RazoRock 400 Noir SE
    • Lather: Chiseled Face Groomatorium - Ghost Town Barber
    • Post Shave: Thayers toner; Pacific Shaving Co. Caffeinated ASB
    • Fragrance: Rochas - Moustache EDP

    So, I finally made it to the Lemmy instance. I kinda wonder why I haven’t managed to do so sooner, as it’s much easier to me than Mastodon with its strict 500 character limit. With that out of the way: Hi everyone, this is Dave aka DaveWave94. You might still know me from Reddit under the silly moniker of u/Teufelskraft.

    Today’s shave was a quick 1-pass face shave before my late shift at the nursing home. I like the smell of CF GTB a lot and the soap base is, together with Stirling, Noble Otter and Moon’s Union a really fast to dial in good lather. Unfortunately, I really should change the Feather PG into something from KAI again. My face and Feather blades simply won’t get along. Quite a few weepers today. Well, tomorrow’s shave will surely be better!