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wetshavingadmin
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wetshavingadmin@wetshav.ing Joined: 2025-08-14 |
Share your Shave of the Day for Monday! |
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pi-rho
wetshav.ing
pi_dash_rho@wetshav.ingJoined: 2025-09-01 |
LG SOTD - 2026-10-05
Theme: 2026 World Cup Day - Germany. Tabac Original. I'm using the trifecta and balm so it sticks with me all day long. Daily Challenge: Speed shave!
This post was brought to you in part by u/merikus. Let me tell you, folks, u/merikus is just fantastic. Really fantastic. He gave me a straight answer, no nonsense, just the way we like it. Tremendous guy! Maybe the best in the world. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! |
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walden
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walden@wetshav.ingJoined: 2025-08-14 |
October 5th, 2026: World Cup Day
Nice shave! Speick says "Made in Germany" on it. Theme successful. Daily Challenge: I shaved with a straight razor today, which takes me longer than with a DE/SE. Despite that, I still gave a good effort to find efficiencies and hurry things along. I chose my favorite razor and focused on reducing the amount of time I spent rinsing the lather off the razor. I've always felt like my 1st pass takes the longest, so lets see how it breaks down. Each "pass" includes applying lather, shaving, and rinsing. I pressed the "Lap" button before applying lather for subsequent passes. A pro footballer needs a smooth face for aerodymanics, so I didn't cut any corners and strived for a fast and smooth shave.
Interesting indeed! My first pass was the fastest, despite feeling like the longest. |
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snooting
wetshav.ing
snooting@wetshav.ingJoined: 2025-08-15 |
October 5th, 2026: 2026 World Cup Day
Theme justification - Martin de Candre is a French soapmaker. France has won the Men's World Cup twice, in 1998 and 2018. Relevant Post Shave or Frag - Proraso is made in Italy. Italy has won the World Cup four times, in 1934, 1938, 1982, and 2006. Daily challenge - Time: 2:51.28 Basically a slurry lather with two quick passes (WTG then ATG). Great results with only a small nick on my jawline. I'm grateful that I'm able to take much more time than this to shave every morning. $FOF - MdC Absinthe is anise and wormwood in the usual MdC base. I rarely seem to grab this soap, so World Cup Day gets it. Proraso Green doesn't have much in common with absinthe on paper, but the eucalyptus and menthol are herbal in the same direction. The cooling helped pushed the anise forward instead of covering it. L'Heure Verte is absinthe with licorice and violet leaf up top, drying into patchouli, vetiver, and sandalwood. It picked up the anise from the soap and took it somewhere greener and deeper than MdC goes on its own. |
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gcgallant
wetshav.ing
gcgallant@wetshav.ingJoined: 2025-08-16 |
October 5, 2026
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave. This was a late evening shave to test the edge on Ray Moonie's Wade & Butcher. When I started, I thought the edge was a bit harsh, but as I adjusted to the razor, I found the edge to be keen and comfortable. For World Cup Day I'm choosing a soap (actually a trifecta) from England. Floris No. 89 was Ian Fleming's scent of choice, and it is from my time. Wonderful scent that really takes me back. I could have also used a shave brush from England but chose to use a Wald A1 since Jannik is a sponsor of the games and his writeup was today. As for the speed shave. Since this was an edge test, I needed to do my normal edge test pattern (2-pass) and not focus on speed, but maintain focus on edge quality. I used the time codes in the accompanying video to produce my shaving time, and it came out to 5:01 (2:33 to 7:34). Now, I have done a 3 pass shave in about the same time, but I would not have enjoyed Floris No. 89 nearly as much 😁 Enjoy your week. |
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