Wednesday SOTD Thread, September 24th, 2025 (#834)
Wednesday SOTD Thread, September 24th, 2025 (#834)
Share your Shave of the Day for Wednesday!
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SOTD 2025-09-24
- Prep: Proraso - White Pre-shave balm
- Bowl: Captain's Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue Owners Club - Cherry Wood Boar 24mm
- Razor: FaTip - il Piccolo Storto Originale
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Noggin' on Heaven's Door (sample)
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - I, Rich Moose Aftershave
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - I, Rich Moose Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Tags: $discord $SampleSeptember
Sample scoop 2 of 3. 'Tisn't quite the season, but why not? This soap is thirsty!
Have a good one!
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September 24, 2025
- Brush: Wald Flare "Viola" - Lapis Colorway - 28mm A1
- Razor: Ralf Aust 5/8 Full Hollow Spanish Point
- Lather: Wholly Kaw - Hiatus - Soap
- Toner: Thayers - Coconut - Toner
- Aftershave: Wholly Kaw - Hiatus - Aftershave
3 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
This Ralf Aust was one of the first razors I purchased as I started down the straight razor rabbit hole as a wet shaver.Even though I now have "better" razors, this one continues to work just fine.
I can't say enough about Hiatus. Definitely one of my favorite scents for spring through fall.
$Discord
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24.09.2025
- Brush: TGS Galaxy 26 mm
- Razor: Razorine Flatboy 73
- Blade: Tatra
- Lather: Los Jabones de Joserra - The Witcher
- Post-Shave: alum block; Zingari Man - The Master; Alterra Men ASB
- Passes & Info: 2 pass face shave around a circle beard. Rough shave, unfortunately.
So another time of going back to a partial beard, perhaps for the fifteenth time this year?... This time it might actually last without the exam stress, who knows.
Unfortunately this shave wasn't that great. After trimming today, my skin was kinda feeling rough already. The soap had a slight burn once I applied the lather to my face. The Razorine Flatboy is good for detailed crisp line work, so it should rock for partial beards and moustaches. Yet the blade felt a bit like it's tugging in certain spots, especially on my jawline. Had a few tiny blood spots around the beard part so I actually needed 3 different post-shave products to get that under control again.
So thanks to being stupid, I now have a multitude of different variables that might have caused this:
- Dry skin due to cold windy weather
- Frag burn from a soap ingredient
- Unfamiliarity with the new aggressive razor
- The Tatra blades perform well on my scalp, but aren't suited for my hard beard hair
- Aurora Borealis? Russian hacker groups? The Illuminati?
Anyways, I smell great now but my face burns. I don't know why it dislikes shaving so much when any kind of partial beard is clearly the better look for me instead.
Have a good day/evening/night!
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September 24th, 2025
- Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations "Nebulagance" - TurnNShave Quartermoon 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable (L4, 1966)
- Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (3)
- Lather: Catie's Bubbles - 322 - Soap
- Post Shave: Proraso - Red - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial Unscented - Balm
- Fragrance: Chanel - Égoïste - EdT
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September 24th, 2025
- Brush: Chisel & Hound - Cherry w/ v25 Fanchurian Badger
- Razor: Yates Precision Manufacturing - Merica
- Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
- Lather: Fanzine Saponifications - This is Not a Test - Soap
- Post Shave: Catie's Bubbles - Daydream - Aftershave
- Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Sonder - EdP
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September 24th, 2025
Excellent shave. I have at least 1 more shave left in this tub, and we'll find out tomorrow if there's maybe 2 left...