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Aug 17, 2025 - Seaforth! Sunday: 3 Scots
- Brush: Craving Shaving Blue Bronze 26mm Crave Synthentic Knot
- Razor: Aylsworth Razors Drakkant Ti
- Blade: Gillette Platinum [13]
- Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company - 3 Scots - Soap (Highland)
- Post Shave: Westman Shaving - (Desas)sossego - Splash
- Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Lavender - Eau de Toilette
- Brush: Proraso - Professional Boar
- Razor: Weck - Sextoblade Med Prep
- Blade: Fromm Hair Shaper
- Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps - Vetiver - Soap
- Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - 322 - Aftershave
I really do think this blade is starting to lose its edge or I am just getting complacent with my lather. This one felt pretty rough and was glad when the shave was finished. Still waiting on this brush to stop eating lather too. Maybe I just need to load it to no end and see where that gets me.
Day 17/31 of Riding through Serenity in Austerity
- Brush: Zenith - 506 N XS (extra soft horse)
- Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 50 (7/8", hollow ground, stainless steel, masonic deco)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Roam
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann – Roam Two
- Fragrance: Barrister and Mann – Roam Two
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$EquestrianAugust 17, 2025
- Brush: Zenith B44 28mm Boar
- Razor: Koraat 14 “Moarteen” 15/16" Full Hollow
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - I, Rich Moose (Mutton -r/Wetshaving) - Soap
- Toner: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
- Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. - I, Rich Moose - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz - Sir Irisch Moos - Eau de Cologne
3 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
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August 17th, 2025: MMOCMQ Day 17
- Brush: AP Shave Co. “Amber Smoke” - Silksmoke 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: GEM Micromatic Open Comb
- Blade: Accuforge GEM Microcoat (17)
- Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps - Orange, Cedarwood, & Black Pepper - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling - Arance Mandarini - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial Unscented - Balm
- Fragrance: Chanel - Égoïste - EdT
Another superlative shave with the MMOC and OCBP.
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August 17th, 2025
- Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts - w/Maggard 30mm Badger
- Razor: Union Razor Cutlery 5/8 Full Hollow (8)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Lyssa - Soap
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Lyssa - Aftershave
- Fragrance: GLHF Workshop - Atriox - EdP
Great shave. Very close and comfy. Back to 3+ passes today.
Ahh. A turning point, perhaps?
With regards to the number of passes? Still sussing that out and I’m sure I’ll flip flop a bit over time.
In general, though, I’d say the past week has been a big improvement since I found magic in a lower angle, and the magic seems to translate to all 4 razors currently in my rotation.
since I found magic in a lower angle, and the magic seems to translate to all 4 razors currently in my rotation.
I think you’ve found the cheat code 😂
17.08.2025
- Brush: RazoRock Beehive 28 mm
- Razor: RazoRock Hawk V2 w/ Cyber handle
- Blade: KAI Captain Protouch MG
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - The Full Measure of Man
- Post-Shave: Moon Soaps - Old School “balm”
- Passes & Info: 2-pass face shave around a very short-trimmed circle beard, just 3 small blood spots but otherwise a good shave!
First test of an SOTD post from my PieFed-account. Otherwise yeah, it’s the same old Dave you all know.
I’ve now landed on Summit as my Fediverse app of choice, unfortunately not on Droidify/F-Droid but seemingly a nice app with the same high level of customization as I was used to by Raccoon. As for PieFed, it’s still a bit early to make a full statement - it seems like it federates well with Lemmy but I can’t make any further statements yet. As a normal user who isn’t a mod/admin of any community, my first impression is that it loads everything quickly and that’s nice - I haven’t seen too many bad posts that are auto hidden or anything in terms of low quality tags yet, but maybe that’s an API thing too. Unfortunately Summit doesn’t show our SOTD logo picture, and according to walden PieFed still lacks picture upload support at the moment (which would be better for our hobby). Maybe I can share more concise thoughts in a few weeks, so I’ll still keep my Lemmy account on standby…
So for this shave itself: I basically had to wait until today for everything to heal up after my misfortune with the shavette. As for a tiny mishap, I forgot to check which guide comb was on my trimmer earlier and trimmed my henriquatre to just 1.5 mm instead of 3 mm, so I actually had to re-shape it with my zero gap trimmer as it was barely recognizable from the surrounding stubble. This shave was really necessary to give it a sharp look.
The shave itself went way better than expected, just 3 little blood spots appeared on the second pass (I couldn’t really call them weepers since they immediately stopped bleeding after a cold water rinse and applying the aftershave). FMoM is great as always and it was slick enough for the tricky contouring work. A big success!
Anyways, please let me know if anything looks weird in my posts. Still getting used to the new app. Hope everyone had a nice weekend!
I hadn’t noticed the lack of thumbnail, good catch! On Lemmy it’s very client specific, but I guess PieFed doesn’t show any thumbnail if there’s no link associated with the post. I’ll ask Rimu about it. I think our use of a thumbnail for posts is pretty niche.
Pretty niche but nice nonetheless 😉 The “missing link” sounds very likely. Most Lemmy clients I had except Raccoon don’t show the SOTD thumbnail, but it does add some context IMHO.
Aug 17, 2025 - Seaforth! Sunday: 3 Scots
- Brush: Craving Shaving Blue Bronze 26mm Crave Synthentic Knot
- Razor: Aylsworth Razors Drakkant Ti
- Blade: Gillette Platinum [13]
- Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company - 3 Scots - Soap (Highland)
- Post Shave: Westman Shaving - (Desas)sossego - Splash
- Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Lavender - Eau de Toilette
