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Saturday SOTD Thread, April 26th, 2025 (#683)

Share your SOTD for Saturday!

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Brush: Chisel and Hound w/ 26mm V8 Tip Knot
Razor: Blackland Razors Vector titanium
Blade: Schick Proline
Lather: Storybook Soapworks x Australian Private Reserve - Fresca Intensa
Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Natural
Fragrance: Auntie Anne's - knead
Day 26 of APRil, and I smell like a pretzel. Started watching Tulsa King because I have a soft spots for 80s action stars like Stallone.

April 26th, 2025
Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts "Santa Noir" w/ 28mm Badger
Razor: Union Razor Cutlery 5/8 Full Hollow (4)
Lather: Barrister & Mann - Roam Two - Soap
Post Shave: Summer Break Soaps - Wood Shop - Aftershave
Post Shave: Dove - Men+Care Ultra-Hydra - Cream
$discord
Made some progress on my Shaving Data System project. Now it's more secure and requires a login to log SOTD's. I also fixed some functionality with SOTD picture links - if you include one it gets formatted to a markdown link, and if you don't include one it just prints the date.
This shave went pretty well! @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social's edge felt nice and I can sense my skillz improving. Closeness still isn't quite there, but I'm armed with the knowledge that that'll come with time.
- What passes are you doing for your straight shaves right now?
  
  I'd say nothing really different than what I've figured out works for DE's, except for my lower neck... DE's give me irritation going north-to-south on my lower neck, and it seems the opposite is true with straight razors. I found out "early on" that north-to-south is better with a straight. Now that I'm 7 or 8 shaves in maybe I'll try south-to-north again and see if my skillz allow it.

Brush: Chisel & Hound Malachite - Oumo Rorschach 26mm badger
Razor: Koraat – Moarteen (15/16", full hollow) (1)
Lather: Stirling - I, Rich Moose
Post: Stirling - I, Rich Moose Aftershave splash
Post: Ginger's Garden - Unscented Aftershave balm (+menthol)
Frag: SIR - Irisch Moos EdT
Today was my first shave with the Moarteen, as well as my first ever straight razor shave. Talk about a different skill!
The shave went mostly fine. I only did WTG + XTG on my face and WTG + WTG on my neck. Unsurprisingly, I'm not as close as I usually am after a safety razor shave, especially under my chin, but there's practically no irritation. I reopened a cut from a previous shave and nicked myself on a mole near my jawline, but otherwise, no blood!
Probably the most difficult part of this shave was figuring out how to hold the razor for different parts of the shave. I have no intuition for how the way I'm holding the razor will translate to my face (if that makes sense). I'm definitely looking forward to developing that intuition and just some comfort with the open blade.
Also my first shave with this brush and soap. The Rorschach knot has a nice scrub to it, without being poky. Very good density. Thanks u/wallygator88 for the passaround!
I, Rich Moose smells great and performed just as well as Stirling always does. Thanks, u/jwoods23, for the smush. It seems this frag doesn't burn my face, so I'm in for the Sheep Moos!

April 26, 2025
Brush: AP Shave Co G5C
Razor: Chiseled Face Legacy Brass
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Lather Ariana & Evans - Rive Paris
Post Shave: Ariana & Evans - Rive Paris
Probably the worst shave I’ve had in recent memory. Couldn’t get the lather going with this (100% skill issue) but the splash really lit me up with frag burn. Bummed because the scent is great.

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