Wednesday SOTD Thread, October 22nd, 2025 (#862)
Wednesday SOTD Thread, October 22nd, 2025 (#862)
Share your Shave of the Day for Wednesday!
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SOTD 2025-10-22
- Prep: Stirling Soap Co - Haverford Pre-shave Oil
- Bowl: Captain's Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue Owners Club - Cherry Wood Boar 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original
- Post-shave: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original Aftershave
- Post-shave: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original Balm
- Post-shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original EdC
- Tags: $tabactober
Have a good one!
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October 22nd, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers - "Gianmaria" w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Micromatic Open Comb
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (1)
- Lather: Fanzine Saponifications - Caravaggio - Soap
- Post Shave: Barbasol - Brisk - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Nivea - Sensitive Beard & Face - Balm
$discord After using vegan Tabac yesterday I was tempted to use the tallow stuff today, but my responsibility to pump up the numbers for Fanzine took over. This will be my 9th Fanzine shave this month.
Today's lather was just great. I haven't used a GEM since August and typically the first shave back is a bit rough if I've gone that long, but I kept a light touch and was rewarded with an incredible shave.
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22.10.2025
- Brush: TGS Galaxy 26 mm
- Razor: Headblade S4 Lunar Eclipse; KAI Captain J-7 kamisori shavette
- Blade: HB 2 (S4); Feather ProGuard
- Lather: Wholly Kaw - Vor V
- Post-Shave: Osma alum block ; OAM - Oli del benessere sensitive skin toner; benecos 2in1 soothing ASB
- Passes & Info: 2 passes with a cartridge on the head and the shavette on the face. Unfortunately, lots of irritation despite the shave feeling good at first. Weird...
So I thought I could focus better on my kamisori shavette endeavour if I am using a razor on my dome that takes skill out of the equation. The Headblade razors are unfortunately very gimmicky and the inventor didn't take shaving behind the ears into account. While the 2-blade cartridges are probably the best, I got a small nick behind my left ear.
Speaking of nicks, today's face shave was crammed with irritation. I actually looked at different videos of experienced users with kamisori-style shavettes and thought I could put some things right into practice. However, I made the mistake of putting a new ProGuard blade into the J-7 since I thought they were only sitting around in my drawer. These are way less mild in comparison to the KAI Protouch MG - the teeth of the safety comb are spread wider across the blade while each individual tooth is much thinner. This was a weird case where the first pass felt alright, even almost good - but it went downhill quickly on the second. Tons of little blood spots around my circle beard; one weeper on the cheek; big red splotches of razor burn sprinkled on my neck. The alum was already burning and it didn't get much better. I'll probably need to use some antiseptic cream before bed and omit any face shaving tomorrow.
Well, live and learn - at least now I know these blades are definitely not for me. I can't even remember having so much irritation from the unguarded Captain Pink Mild by KAI...
October 22nd, 2025
I've been on the fence about Santa Noir since I got the set, but it's really starting to grow on me.