Share your Shave of the Day for Tuesday!
SOTD - 2025-12-16: Adventus Calendar
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
- Lather: Hoffman’s Shave & Soap Co. - Burn The Ships
- Post Shave: Black Ship Grooming - 7 Doubloons Aftershave
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
Indoctrination status:
[]Adventus Day 11
Today’s soap has a pretty nice goat milk base. It was easy to make plenty of lather and showed a nice sheen. The scent has a nice strength off the puck and throughout the shave.
Calendar wise this is most of a scooped tub craftily attached to this day’s satchel. I also got a sample of Southern Witchcrafts Necromantic. It has a really wild scent. To quote my wife, “Oh hell no. Use that when I’m out of town.” :)
Have a good one!
“Oh hell no. Use that when I’m out of town.”
I think we’ve all heard that at some point. 😂
December 16th, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers - “Coffee & Cream” w/Declaration Grooming B1 Badger
- Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3
- Blade: Personna Lab Blue (3)
- Lather: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Nivea - Sensitive - Balm
I haven’t used the Era in a while, but my buddy mentioned getting rid of his so I had to whip it out. I love this razor so much I’m going to buy his to keep in the family. I don’t want it going to some ingrate!
Tomorrow this blade will have 4 shaves on it, matching it to the Personna GEM Platinum Diamond Glide that I have on standby. That’ll give me the opportunity to do another side by side shave, maybe a little bit more scientific this time. I’ll try to convince my wife to load a blade in each of my Baili BR171 razors so I won’t know which is which. Then I’ll keep each razor to one side of my face and see which I like best.
That reminds me, did @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ever reveal the scientific results of his synthetic vs Japanese natural comparison?
That reminds me, did @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ever reveal the scientific results of his synthetic vs Japanese natural comparison?
He called it, but he never told us which is better
~not betting on synthetic superiority though~
I called my preference (1 dot over 2), but I don’t know yet which is which. I want to try to get my third abalone as close as I can to that edge using my synthetic progression before asking @whosgotthepudding@sub.wetshaving.social to reveal which is which
Oh wow, I’m surprised you’ve held back on wanting to know for this long!
And, uh… 3rd Abalone?!?!
And, uh… 3rd Abalone?!?!
Why yes! How else could I do a three-way comparison 😅
When there was the big discount on boker.de, I bought a couple of Abalones in addition to the one I was gifted by the sub in 2023
Interesting twist! I like it!
From what I’ve heard, it’s just personal preference anyway! @gcgallant@wetshav.ing is supposed to send my Koraat back with a nice jnat edge. He liked it a lot though, so I may never see it again.
Two Moarteen is clearly moarer than only one 😃
The moar the better!
What Koraat? 🤣
Sextidi 26 Frimaire an 234 de la Révolution, jour de Pignon
- Preshave: Proraso White Preshave
- Brush: MRED/Le Père Lucien 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Ertan Süer L’Ours Russe (7/8th) (3)
- Lather: Martin de Candre Absinthe
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Mennen Le Grand Large
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
Good shave – time to prepare dinner.
Have a good evening!
Good shave - great setup!
- Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations “Stardust” - TurnNShave 26mm Shoat
- Razor: Blackland Sabre
- Blade: Accuforge GEM Microcoat (5)
- Lather: Proraso - Red - Soap
- Post Shave: Pinaud - Clubman - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Stirling - Seine Reserve - EdT
Coming down with something, so wanted a simple shave this morning. Proraso Red is good stuff, if a little drying.
Get well soon. My wife is still getting over the flu. It’s day 8, so hopefully only a little longer. Luckily nobody else in the house got symptoms.
Thanks. I think it’s just a slight cold, hoping it clears up by tomorrow so we can properly celebrate my wife’s birthday.
I hope that it is a slight cold as you suspect. Really bad time of year to come down with something.
December 16th, 2025
- Brush: Summer Break Soaps - Ord w/ TnS Quartermoon Synthetic
- Razor: Above the Tie - Windsor
- Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles - Dusk - Cream
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Margaritas in the Arctic - Balm
December 16, 2025
- Brush: Elite Razor Honduran Rosewood Burl 24mm HMW Fan
- Razor: Union Razor Co. 6/8" Full Hollow Round Point
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Amazelnut - Soap
- Toner: Thayers - Coconut - Toner
- Aftershave: Noble Otter - Cerberus - Aftershave
3 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
This was a test shave of fresh Arkansas edge on this Union razor. I bought t his razor for $12, so I don’t expect a lot. My goal was to have a comfortable edge that has the personality of the Arkansas stone and provides a close shave. Comfort was definitely there in the shave, and closeness exceeded my expectations. I’d say this shave test was a success.
