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Tuesday SOTD Thread - November 19th, 2024 (#527)

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gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social
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November 19, 2024

  • Brush: Wald Stratos Goldvein 29mm A1 Fan

  • Blade Holder: Smart Helix Apollo (setting: 0.5mm gap)

  • Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (4)

  • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Island Man - Soap

  • Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. - Island Man - Aftershave

2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

 

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snooting@sub.wetshaving.social
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Tuesday, November 19, 2024: SLS

  • Brush: Zenith/Stirling - 510SE-XL 31mm boar brush
  • Razor: Chiseled Face - Titanium Legacy Razor
  • Blade: Personna - Lab Blue (4)
  • Lather: Barrister and Mann - Paganini’s Violin
  • Post: Barrister and Mann - Paganini’s Violin Aftershave splash
  • Post: Ginger’s Garden - Unscented AS balm (+ menthol)
  • Frag: Barrister and Mann - Fougère Armoatique EdT

First shave with the new boar brush and with Paganini’s Violin.

The brush, being brand new, is very much eating lather which made it a bit difficult to get the hydration right. We got there in the end though.

Both of these are great additions, I’m glad to have them around.

🍳 Created with Neovim & sotd.nvim 🍳

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djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialM
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GEM Days 3b/14: MM24 – Tue 19 Nov 2024

  • Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts - Papa Eld with Declaration Grooming B3
  • Razor: EldrormR Industries GEM Division - MM24
  • Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
  • Lather: Barrister and Mann – Frankly My Pear
  • Post Shave: Pitralon – Swiss version

Second luxury shave with the sub (and personal) favourite, the MM24. The 1924 Shovelhead mod by u/EldrormrR. The legend has it that he didn’t like the golf-pencil handle, but loved the head. So he got to tinkering and chopped off the head of an MMOC to harvest its great handle. The resulting Frankenrazor is a great shaver and a joy to use.

Frankly my Pear is a happy gourmand, great for a tipsy evening shave after I stuffed myself in a local fondue place 🫕

This was shave six of my run through all 14 generations of GEM-style razors:

  1. 1906-1953: GEM 1912/Star Cadet/Junior/Damaskeene
  2. 1914-1927: 1914
  3. 1924-1933: 1924 Shovelhead ← We are here
  4. 1930-1932: Micromatic Open Comb Gen 1 (Bumpless baseplate)
  5. 1932-1941: Micromatic Open Comb Gen 2 (double-edge Micromatic GEM blades)
  6. 1940-1943: Micromatic Clog-Pruf
  7. 1945-1946: Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless
  8. 1947-1950: Micromatic Flying Wing/Bullet Tip, with guiding eye until 1948, with plastic knob in the last year
  9. 1949-1953: GEM Jewel/Streamline/Ambassador (The beginning of the end IMHO)
  10. 1950: New GEM Feather Weight, renamed to “Slim-V Flat Top” in 1953, British version sold as “Natural Angle” by Ever-Ready
  11. 1955-1958: GEM V-Slim “Heavy Flat Top” (G-Bar, shiny chrome), New V Natural Angle Heavy Flat Top (E-Bar, less shiny nickel)
  12. 1958-1965: Push Button
  13. 1965-1973: Contour
  14. 1973-1979: Countour II (The last GEM razor)
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DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social
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19.11.2024 - Travel Speick shave

  • Brush: Omega Roma Colosseo 31 mm
  • Razor: Feather Popular TTO; Headblade S2 Lunar Eclipse
  • Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (FP); Headblade HB 2 (HB)
  • Lather: Speick shaving cream
  • Post-Shave: Capanova Natural aftershave repair balm
  • Fragrance: Versace Eros Energy EdP sample

2 passes on the head (one WTG with a safety razor, ATG with a Headblade) and 1 pass for the neckline WTG. A very smooth and comfortable shaving experience.

So I am actually travelling - just a short trip until Thursday, but still nice. A mix of wellness, sightseeing and shopping is planned. So I will do my BVWSC shave tomorrow in an unfamiliar bathroom, but today’s shave was already really gooooood.

Speick shaving cream can get really slick for me: my modus operandi is applying the cream on my wet scalp, spreading it evenly with wet hands and then use a soaked shaving brush to really lather it up good. Some in the hobby tend to frown upon creams, but it all depends on the right technique.

Unfortunately my Feather Popular is seemingly broken - the safety bar is so far misaligned that it didn’t have any problems with the long stubble on my dome. The blade gap was like a tiny abyss I was gazing into on one side, so I only did a WTG pass with it. Luckily, I brought another cartridge razor as a backup besides the HB.

Have a nice day or evening, folks! Looking forward to tomorrow’s BVWSC event ✌🏻

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gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social
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November 19, 2024 – Bleu Teusday

  • Brush: AP Shave Co Summer 28mm G5C

  • Blade Holder: Gillette Fatboy E4 (setting: 4)

  • Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (3)

  • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Deep Blue Sea - Soap

  • Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. - Deep Blue Sea - Aftershave

  • Fragrance: Chanel - Bleu de Chanel

2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

A very enjoyable FLS this morning. Forgot to post until now.

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