I include the shave being posted. I don’t think of it as the state of things going into the shave. Rather, add the suffix the number: “this the n^th use of this blade.” The blade is the only item that includes this metric in SOTD, and it’s not a consistent metric, anyways. You might shave daily and do two passes, while I might wait several days between shaves and do three passes. I shave my face. Some wear facial hair and only partially shave their faces. Some shave their heads. The amount of wear between users isn’t consistent. But, the standard format includes it. Otherwise I wouldn’t keep track. I’m more interested to know how many times I’ve used a boar brush, or a soap.