Share your Austere August shave of the day for Friday!
2023.08.18 SOTD (#UNCHALLENGE shave #18):
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Prep: Neutrogena Hydro Boost Cleanser
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Brush: AKA Brushworks Amethyst Watchman with 26mm AP Shave Co G5C
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Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable
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Blade: Gillette Perma-Sharp (3)
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Lather: Seaforth! Sea Ice Lime
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Post Shave: Stirling Mentholated Unscented Witch Hazel and Aloe, Seaforth! Sea Ice Lime Aftershave Splash, Neutrogena Hydro Boost Gel-Cream Extra-Dry
AA Day 18! So after having a breakthrough yesterday did I follow through with my guide? No! I was planning on taking it easy with just a 2 pass shave, but my hubris go the better of me. Did 2 passes then a lot of touch-up passes just because. Turned out okay, but would’ve rather just stuck with 2 passes and called it a day. Neck is fine, but still.
#UNCHALLENGE
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August 18, 2023
- Preshave: Cold Water
- Brush: Zenith 506U XS Horse 🐎
- Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89
- Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (17)
- Lather: The Goodfellas Smile Amber Fougère
- Post Shave: Old Spice After Shave
Last day of Amber Fougère. Another attempt of slurry lather, and a less slight frag burn than yesterday. It’s time to move on to another soap, and leave the rest for the next vacation.
Have a good night!
- Brush: Muninn Woodworks w/AP Shave Co 24mm Titanium Synthetic
- Razor: Weck Sextoblade (Straight Shave 299)
- Blade: Kismet (18)
- 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
3 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
Kismet Blade - Losing My Edge
#Monthofweckoning
I used my normal lathering method today but I tried a new, cross-handed pattern for my first pass. Of course it felt awkward, and I’m not certain of any benefits, but it is something to tinker with.
I was in the mood for a 3-pass shave today and obtained a super silky BBS result. I do think that I’m feeling less sharpness in the blade. I added an image of the edge near the toe. You can see a tiny bit of edge wear but the photo won’t show any rounding of the apex. I think it is rounded, though, because it is very difficult to get focus there.
I wondered if my issues with focus might be due to a dirty lens in the microscope. Yesterday I took it apart and cleaned it. After cleaning, the lens surface appeared shinier but I don’t see any improvement in photo quality.
The Eightteenth Day Of Weckoning is upon us - A 5 minute Wecking
- Brush: Rubberset 400-3 with a 26 mm unbleached Zenith boar knot at 56 mm loft
- Razor: Weck Sextoblade Med Prep
- Blade: Kismet Rostfrei, Polymer beschichtet (24)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Tom Ford – Tobacco Vanille
Nice three-pass shave today. Today’s our wedding anniversary so I switched up the frag (after checking with the #Monthofweckoning rules, which only regulate razor, blade, brush, lather, and post shave, but not frags).
We’re in the beginning days of a heat dome in central Europe, and Switzerland is sitting right in the middle of it. Usually, the thick stone walls of our 1902 building (over 1 m of masonry) keep the heat out for a few hot days, but today we have 27°C in the home office already at 08:00, so the next few days will be unpleasant 🥵☀🌡
I can’t exactly feel your pain. Here in Maryland it has been 32°C with 80% or above humidity for a while. Today our temp is a very comfortable 27°C with 48% humidity. I actually feel like spending the afternoon outside for a change.
5 minute Wecking++;
Congrats on your wedding anniversary!
32°C with 80% or above humidity
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East coast summers are brutal.
Congrats
Thanks!
I imagine even once it cools off there’s going to be a lot of latent heat in those walls.
Oh yeah, it takes days. I don’t know why, but my building is built like a medieval castle :)
They changed our central heating system last fall, and of course the new system failed at some point in January and heat was off for almost a full day. The outside temperatures were below freezing, but inside, it stayed just fine.
Depending on how humid it is over there, a swamp cooler might do you well.
I feel your pain. Paris will fortunately escape the heat dome this time - but it’s the deadliest capital in case of heat waves.
Yay to the future!
Ouch, I didn’t know that about Paris😔
Yeah, the future of climate change scares me
