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  • waldenMA
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    4 months ago

    July 25, 2024

    • Brush: Zenith 508A XL/Bristle (B35) (MOAR BOAR) 31mm
    • Razor: MMOC Gen 2
    • Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (4)
    • Lather: Abbate y la Mantia – Don Josè
    • Post Shave: Pinaud - Clubman Special Reserve - Aftershave
    • Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm
    • Fragrance: Barrister & Mann - Lavender, Interrupted - EdP

    Second go with Don Josè, this time with a synthetic brush. The lather was much better, but still not my favorite :-)

    @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social said he put 10 grams into each sample, so I guess that means I used 5 grams per shave, because it’s all gone now.

    For reference, I have a water softener which I keep stocked with salt, so that’s not it.

      • waldenMA
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        4 months ago

        I don’t think so. Yesterday was not enough lather, and today was just about right.

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          4 months ago

          It may depend on water hardness. I used a little over a 1/4 teaspoon (1ml, 1g) and had plenty of lather. I’m on city water so the hardness is controlled to be slightly above neutral.

          @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social

          • waldenMA
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            4 months ago

            The last time I checked it it was just over 6 grains per gallon. I adjusted the softener to put it in the 1-2 gpg range.

            It tends to vary a little bit but my water feels soft, so it’s in a good spot.

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              4 months ago

              I have no idea how hard my water here in the hotel is, but we have “medium hard to hard” water in Lausanne (15-25 °fH, 9-15 gpg) where I usually lather, and this soap isn’t giving me a hard time there either. It just loads slowly for some reason.

              @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social

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                4 months ago

                It just loads slowly for some reason.

                I found this to be the case as well. With the sample, I just put a 1/4 teaspoon in a bowl, used a damp brush to build the kind of paste I would get from loading directly off the puck, then face lathered normally. I remember thinking that the paste took a long time to develop.