Sunday SOTD Thread, May 4th, 2025 (#691)

04.05.2025

Brush: TGS Galaxy 26 mm
Razor: RazoRock Cyber Medium w/ Superknurl handle
Blade: BIC Chrome Platinum
Lather: Abbate Y La Mantia - Blu Tobacco
Post-Shave: Lavera Men sensitive ASB

-> single pass WTG head shave again. Not very close, but comfortable nonetheless.

Trying to be more active in wetshaving is difficult when there's a thousand other things on your mind. I even had to get back to my bathroom because I couldn't remember the right name for the artisan...

However, this was a nice night shave to calm down before it's back to nursing school tomorrow. Final month before the exams, crunch time. A nice shave helps to clear my head before this (figuratively and literally).

Anyways, have a nice start into the new week! ✌🏻

Quintidi 15 Floréal an 233 de la Révolution, jour du Ver à soie

Brush: Muninn Woodworks Gloire de France with Zenith 505BC Boar 🐗
Razor: River Razors Kamisori
Lather: Martin de Candre Absinthe
Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
Postshave: Epsilon Blue Mediterranean
Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

So I finally rehoned the River Razors Kamisori, into a smiling and very short kamisori. It works well enough.

Have a good day!

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Do you have a picture of the new geometry?
Absinthe++;
- Here we go:
  Not great, but I had to take off a bit of the nose, and it's easier to hone an ex-straight straight when it has a smile
  Edit: Boris de Rivière shortened the razor, but the nose was still a bit too much out of alignment that I had to take it a bit off

May 4, 2025

Brush: Chisel & Hound - Cherry w/ v25 Fanchurian
Razor: Chiseled Face Legacy Ti
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Lather Catie’s Bubbles - La Terre Verte
Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - Tonsorial Parlour

Gonna be outside all day, so I wanted some fresh smellz.

Sun 04 May 2025

Brush: Declaration Grooming Washington Blood of Kings B3
Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
Lather: Martin de Candre – Absinthe
Post Shave: Brut – Oceans

Nice afternoon shave after a busy Sunday morning and a busy week. The Martin de Candre base works really well for me and the spearmint bubblegum scent of Absinthe is pure childlike joy.

Absinthe 🍻
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May 4, 2025

Brush: Chisel & Hound Gulf Short 26mm V22 Fanchurian
Razor: J.A. Henckels Friodur 14 Full Hollow Square Point
Lather: 345 Soaps - Undercut - Soap
Aftershave: 345 Soaps - Undercut - Aftershave
Talc: Yardley Classic
 
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

Great test shave for this razor! I created the edge with a Japanese Karasu natural stone and could not be happier with its comfort and closeness.

345 Soaps has a great soap base for straight razor shaving, and the scent of Undercut (lily, patchouli, sandalwood, dash of vanilla, tobacco, cedar, amber) feels like a warm, perfect-weather day.

honing
shaving

Beautiful picture ❤
- Indeed!
- 🙏

May 4th, 2025

Brush: Kent - INF1 Infinity Synthetic
Razor: Koraat - 15/16 Full Hollow (6)
Lather: Palmolive - Cream
Post Shave: Barbasol - Brisk - Aftershave
Post Shave: Nivea - Sensitive - Balm

$discord

Decent! One little cut that I barely noticed. I would have used a DE if I had known I was going to pick up some overtime at work today, but this shave is certainly acceptable for the job.