Share your Austere August shave of the day for Thursday!

  • gcgallant
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    1 year ago

    August 10, 2023

    • Brush: Muninn Woodworks w/AP Shave Co 24mm Titanium Synthetic
    • Razor: Weck Sextoblade (Straight Shave 291)
    • Blade: Kismet (10)
    • Lather: Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Soap
    • Post Shave: Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Aftershave
    • Post Shave: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
    • Fragrance: Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Eau de Parfum  

    2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

    Kismet Blade - Losing My Edge
    #Monthofweckoning

    Another beautiful shave. This Weck can provide BBS results at impossibly low angles. The width of the spine allows this. I’ve never used one, but I would think that a frameback straight razor has a blade thickness that is only a little wider than the Kismet blade. So I think one could get edge and bevel geometries that are similar to the Kismet, but the spine width on the Weck might be its real feature.

    This is the first day that I’m not providing an update to the edge album. I can’t find any significant change from yesterday, so my comments (in the album) from yesterday’s image apply to today.

    The only thing new that I can offer for today is another SOTD photo attempt.

    • djundjilaMA
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      1 year ago

      I was just wondering: do you take the blade out of the Weck for the microscope pictures?

      • gcgallant
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        No, I leave it in. I sanitize it with IPA and cotton swabs, and dry it with a lens-cleaning cloth. I’m able to clamp the razor under the microscope using the hack I came up with by raiding my electronics bench.