I got a pass around Blackland DE in the mail yesterday, and today there are 2 straight razors out for delivery to me (Moarteen and a Union Razors from @gcgallant. It’s like Christmas! I don’t know what to play with first.
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One of the few podcasts I listen to sometimes. Wishing them well and thanks for all of the hard work.
April 17, 2025 - Giggity
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers – “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
- Blade: Personna 74 (69)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Soap
- Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - Sni Mato - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
$Discord
69 shaves on the blade, and I used my serial #69 Chiseled Face Legacy.
Also, tub kill!
April 16, 2025
- Brush: Stirling 24mm Synthetic
- Blade: Personna Twin Pivot Plus Refills, Atra (1)
- Lather: Areffa Soap - Phantom of Kyiv - Soap
- Post Shave: Old Spice - Original - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral #N/A
I enjoyed trying this soap. The base was really easy and good. We used to have stores called The Christmas Tree Shop (I think they closed all of their stores within the past couple of years) and this acent reminded me of those stores. Definitely some pine, maybe some cinnamon (narrator note - there is no cinnamon scent note). Festive without being festive is how I’d describe it, if that makes sense. Quite nice!
Ukraine rules, Russia stinks.
2·3 days ago3:31
DRAM - WiFi (feat. Erykah Badu)
Wow, he even uses the same grits as me. Great minds think alike, although my edge sucks big time.
Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club tomorrow (Wednesday).
Are the black specs on the head-on toe picture just spots that didn’t get polished off the surface?
The metal looks so different in all of the pictures, so it’s probably just accentuated by your camera’s flash!
April 16, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers – “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
- Blade: Personna 74 (68)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Soap
- Post Shave: Noble Otter - The Night Before - Aftershave
After a poorly honed straight razor shave yesterday, this was a breath of fresh air! I do look forward to seeing what a properly honed razor feels like.
I have to travel for the next couple of days, but a special shave with this razor is coming up soon. The number of shaves on this blade might align with the serial number of this razor… I could also wait 16 days for Lemmy post #690, but… we’ll see.
154·4 days agoWhat the heck kind of photo op is that? The guy in charge of keeping people from dying takes a picture with a family whose daughter died from a preventable illness?
“Hey, good job on the dead kid! Lets take a picture!”
I have a Duke City strop 👍
Ohhh, big difference. I used to live in northwest Atlanta. Union City is southwest, not too far.
I looked online and people postulate they were made in Union City, with the blanks possibly coming from a machine factory in the city. I got married at one of the machine factories (an event venue, now) called King Plow, but I didn’t see any reference to that place in regards to razors.
Yup, I already watched the fundamentals video today and it reinforced some things and answered some other things (mainly about burr removal). I’ll check out the other video, too.
Maybe the loaded strop video will answer this question, but do people typically put any treatment on their leather stops, or just use them as is?
Thanks for the Union! I haven’t heard of that brand, but I see on Amazon they are still only $13 or $14.
April 14, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers – “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Gold Dollar Straight Razor – Red (1)
- Lather: Fanzine Saponifications – Test… Test… 123 – Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
First straight razor shave in the books. About 2 years ago I tried one shave with a $.50 half-DE shavette – this was better.
Weepers, sure… but I didn’t have to get out the styptic pencil, and not as many as I thought I’d get.
My deficiencies as a sharpener/honer were on full display, but the razor did cut hair, and as the shave went on my technique improved, and things got easier. I’m going to watch @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social’s video on how to sharpen a straight razor again, now that I have stuff to play with (I think he has a dedicated how-to video, but don’t take my word for it). I only have an Atoma 600 and a Naniwa 10k at this point, so I’m sure I would benefit from something like a 6000 or 8000.
So the good news is I’m not totally turned off from straight razor shaving, and I might actually enjoy the challenge! Woohoo!
Here’s their documentation which says they recommend Docker in a VM for better isolation from the host system. https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#chapter_pct
It’s up to you how many VM’s you use, but 16GB of RAM is a limiting factor.
April 18, 2025
2nd straight razor shave in the books, with some finishing up with the Blackland. I had spent an additional 20-30 minutes on my 10k stone yesterday in hopes that it would increase the sharpness, and it seems to have worked! The edge still sucks, though, and on my thicker chin whiskers it really struggles.
So, there’s hope yet for this cheap razor. Whether it’s worth the extra effort…? I bought this razor to play around with sharpening, so I might as well continue to play around with sharpening.
The smart thing to do would be to buy a ~3k and an 8k stone to do it properly… especially since I can see myself honing other razors in the future, but for now I’ll hold tight.
I have 2 other straight razors OFD today, so my thrill is pretty high!