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Share your SOTD for Saturday!
May 10th, 2025
Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations - Emerald Peak w/ TnS v9 Tip
Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Ti
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Lather: Catie's Bubbles - 322 - Soap
Post Shave: Catie's Bubbles - 322 - Aftershave
$discord
First try of the database that u/walden made. Took me a hot minute to enter everything yesterday and I have a small den compared to some folks here.
That reminds me, I need to write the "Backups" section of the wiki so you don't lose all of your work when my computer crashes 😁
May. 10, 2025
Stirling’s alternative bases are great. UWB makes a wonderful lather, which I sort of wouldn’t think it would considering the use of beeswax.
May 10, 2025
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
This was a test shave for a new coticule edge on this 5/8 Wade & Butcher. I think the edge met all of my requirements. I hope the razor's owner agrees.
Oh, is this a new-to-you W&B?
No that was an editing error (now fixed). This razor belongs to u/Josiguuh; new to straights.
My collection of wedges is a bit thin, though.
My collection of wedges is a bit thin, though.
Mine too. I don't even dislike them, but somehow, I'm gravitating to the hollow grinds.
As am I. Yet, when I use a wedge I really enjoy it.
Le Grand Chypre and the freshness of Speick make for a very nice combo for a warm almost-summer day like today.
May 10th, 2025
A nice citrus-forward shave on a lovely spring day.
Is this the OG gravefruit, the APR-SW collab?
I think it’s just straight up grapefruit. Definitely from before my time, Jobooze gave me a bottle. Pretty sure phteven unloaded several on him that he had lying around.
Oh, I didn't know there was a straight up grapefruit and I immediately read it as gravefruit. My bad
I also was unaware! A couple times the font has had me second guessing whether that’s actually a “p” as well 😄
I recall they called their single note scents the Basic Witch line, if you didn't know that.
Didn’t know that but I love it
May 10th, 2025: Fast
This was a rushed shave so I could get out the door for a last minute overtime work shift. The Era Lvl 3 has long been a super favorite of mine, but this Lvl 2 is hot on its tail. Super nice.
I don’t know why iOS has to suck so hard, but copying and pasting the SOTD text from my SDS results in the line breaks being removed. If I didn’t need this iPad for work I’d sell it in a heartbeat.