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  • merikusMA
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    May. 10, 2025

    • Brush: Proraso Professional
    • Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
    • Blade: GEM PTFE (2)
    • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented With Beeswax - Puck
    • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave

    Stirling’s alternative bases are great. UWB makes a wonderful lather, which I sort of wouldn’t think it would considering the use of beeswax.

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    May 10, 2025

    • Brush: Wald Stratos Haunter 29mm A1
    • Razor: Wade & Butcher 5/8 Hollow Ground Square Point
    • Lather: Zingari Man - The Nomad - Soap
    • Aftershave: Zingari Man - The Nomad - Aftershave
    • Talc: Yardley Gold

    2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.


    This was a test shave for a new coticule edge on this 5/8 Wade & Butcher. I think the edge met all of my requirements. I hope the razor’s owner agrees.

    honing

    shaving

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        No that was an editing error (now fixed). This razor belongs to u/Josiguuh; new to straights.

        My collection of wedges is a bit thin, though.

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          My collection of wedges is a bit thin, though.

          Mine too. I don’t even dislike them, but somehow, I’m gravitating to the hollow grinds.

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            As am I. Yet, when I use a wedge I really enjoy it.

  • snooting
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    May 10th, 2025

    • Brush: Omega - 10048 28mm Boar
    • Razor: GEM - Damaskeene Open Comb
    • Blade: Accuforge GEM Microcoat (2)
    • Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps - Orange, Cedarwood, & Black Pepper - Soap
    • Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts - Grapefruit - Aftershave
    • Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial Unscented - Balm
    • Fragrance: Alvarez Gomez - Agua de Colonia Concentrada - EdC

    A nice citrus-forward shave on a lovely spring day.

      • snooting
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        I think it’s just straight up grapefruit. Definitely from before my time, Jobooze gave me a bottle. Pretty sure phteven unloaded several on him that he had lying around.

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          Oh, I didn’t know there was a straight up grapefruit and I immediately read it as gravefruit. My bad

          • snooting
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            I also was unaware! A couple times the font has had me second guessing whether that’s actually a “p” as well 😄

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              I recall they called their single note scents the Basic Witch line, if you didn’t know that.

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    May 10th, 2025

    • Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations - Emerald Peak w/ TnS v9 Tip

    • Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Ti

    • Blade: Gillette Silver Blue

    • Lather: Catie’s Bubbles - 322 - Soap

    • Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - 322 - Aftershave

    $discord

    First try of the database that u/walden made. Took me a hot minute to enter everything yesterday and I have a small den compared to some folks here.

    • waldenMA
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      That reminds me, I need to write the “Backups” section of the wiki so you don’t lose all of your work when my computer crashes 😁

  • djundjilaMA
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    Sat 10 May 2025

    • Brush: Mühle Purist (21 mm silvertip badger, ebonite handle)
    • Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
    • Lather: Barrister and Mann – Le Grand Chypre
    • Post Shave: Speick – Men Active

    Le Grand Chypre and the freshness of Speick make for a very nice combo for a warm almost-summer day like today.

  • waldenMA
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    May 10th, 2025: Fast

    • Brush: AP Shave Co. - Synbad 24mm Synthetic
    • Razor: Blackland - Era - Level 2
    • Blade: Personna P74 (76)
    • Lather: Viking Shaving Soap - Norway - Soap
    • Post Shave: Noble Otter - The Night Before - Aftershave

    This was a rushed shave so I could get out the door for a last minute overtime work shift. The Era Lvl 3 has long been a super favorite of mine, but this Lvl 2 is hot on its tail. Super nice.

    I don’t know why iOS has to suck so hard, but copying and pasting the SOTD text from my SDS results in the line breaks being removed. If I didn’t need this iPad for work I’d sell it in a heartbeat.