Share your Shave of the Day for Tuesday!
Tue 02 Dec 2025
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 17 (NOS, 7/8", hollow ground, stainless steel)
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles – Connecticut Shade
- Post Shave: Macduffs Soap Company – Trail Tobacco
- Fragrance: Summer Break Soaps – Valedictorian
SOTD - 2025-12-02
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar 24mm Boar
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Arance Mandarini (sample)
- Post Shave: Hâttric - Classic Aftershave
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Glacial Unscented Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Tool: wsdb
- Tags: $discord
Sample kill. Arance Mandarini is nice, but not a repeat for me. The real winner for the week was Hâttric Classic. It’s such a nice scent and lasts into the day.
Have a good day!
2. Dezember 2025
- Prep: Aloe Vera gel
- Brush: AP Shave Co. black & clear handle w/ 31 mm Tuxedo Fan knot
- Razor: Leaf Thorn
- Razor: RazoRock Hawk V2 w/ Superknurl handle
- Blade: Derby Premium
- Blade: KAI Captain Protouch MG
- Lather: Los Jabones de Joserra - The Witcher
- Lather: GRN - Hemp & Hops brushless shaving cream
- Post Shave: OAM - Dolce Vita ASB gel
2 passes on both head and face, the latter since the henriquatre is finally back. Using two different setups to test the features of the WSDB SOTD generator.
Well, here I am again. The last few days were quite stressful for me tbh, so I felt like diving back into wetshaving as a hobby with a interesting experiment. Both head and face got a dry trim earlier today, so I wondered what would feel better: soap and brush or brushless cream/gel that’s applied with my hands? To the surprise of probably no one in this hobby sphere, the soap won by a landslide. The only upside of this brushless stuff that’s a hybrid between a shaving cream and a gel is that it was semi-transparent - so I could see the lines better. Oh, and I killed the remaining cream in the tube and don’t need any more of it now.
Now it isn’t like the face shave was awful, the result isn’t bad and totally serviceable. But my skin doesn’t feel that nice. I guess it reminded me way too much about how I used to shave: disposable razors, cheap shave gel and drugstore ASB. So honestly, safety razors only wouldn’t make it special to me. At least not on their own. I fell in love with the full package, from preparing the lather to post-shave shenanigans.
At first I wanted to go for the Don Logan look of moustache and goatee barely connected, but it’s still a bit short for that. I like how it gives me a cleaner, more well-kempt appearance - stubble beards are, despite their easygoing relaxed look, quite troublesome to maintain and get right. Plus I need to appear a bit more authoritative with job interviews coming up soon. Fingers crossed ✌🏻
December 2nd, 2025: Tabac Tuesday
- Brush: Grizzly Bay - Chisel & Hound v24 Fanchurian 28mm Badger
- Razor: Yates Precision Manufacturing 921-M
- Blade: Astra Green (2)
- Lather: M�urer & Wirtz - Tabac Original - Soap
- Post Shave: M�urer & Wirtz - Tabac Original - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Oleo & Co. - Facial Toner - Toner
- Fragrance: M�urer & Wirtz - SIR Irisch Moos - EdT
Fantastic Tabac Tuesday shave.
December 2nd, 2025
- Brush: Stirling Soap Co. 24mm Synthetic
- Razor: Gillette Atra - Handle
- Blade: Personna Twin Pivot Plus (Atra) Cart (10)
- Lather: Summer Break Soaps - Woodshop - Soap
- Post Shave: Brut - Brut - Splash On
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Kelp & Sea Mineral - Lotion
Nice hotel shave. This cartridge did a great job despite having 9 shaves on it.
I think Brut is stronger than I give it credit for. I left the hotel room to get breakfast and when I got back the scent was still noticeable in the air.
December 2nd, 2025
- Brush: Summer Break Soaps - Ord w/ TnS Quartermoon Synthetic
- Razor: Yates Precision Manufacturing - Merica
- Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
- Lather: Stirling Soap Company - Christmas Eve - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Company - Christmas Eve - Balm
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Company - Christmas Eve - EdT
Feel and smell like a Christmas tree.
Duodi 12 Frimaire an 234 de la Révolution, jour de Raifort: Zingari Zischtig
- Preshave: Proraso White Preshave
- Brush: Chisel & Hound Blaireau de la République with 24mm G5 Synthetic
- Razor: Dovo Bismarck (6/8th) (2)
- Lather: Zingari Man Bon Monsieur
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Zingari Man Bon Monsieur Recovery Splash
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
Have a good night!
December 2, 2025
- Brush: Wald Flare “Viola” - Lapis Colorway - 28mm A1
- Razor: Frederick Reynolds “The Celebrated” 4/8 Hollow Ground
- Lather: Sean Stapelfeld - First Try - Soap
- Toner: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
- Aftershave: Shulton - Old Spice - Aftershave
- Talc: Yardley Gold
3 passes. Bowl lather. Excellent shave.
Sean Stapelfeld sent me some shaving soap that he made so that I could share in his experience and provide him with some feedback. I thought he did a terrific job. This was my first use of the soap, and I overhydrated it a little. Still, it was very slick and extremely well done for a first effort.
