Share your Austere August shave of the day for Monday!

  • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social
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    August 14, 2023

    • Brush: Muninn Woodworks w/AP Shave Co 24mm Titanium Synthetic
    • Razor: Weck Sextoblade (Straight Shave 295)
    • Blade: Kismet (14)
    • Lather: Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Soap
    • Post Shave: Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Aftershave
    • Post Shave: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
    • Fragrance: Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Eau de Parfum  

    2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

    Kismet Blade - Losing My Edge
    #Monthofweckoning


    Not much to say. I tried another slurry lather along with my normal 2-pass pattern, but no dawdling. 10 minutes from start to EdP. Very comfortable.

    I added another microscope shot to the album. This shows that the edge is pretty much the same. I will say that it is getting more difficult by the day to get a good focus point near the apex. That generally happens when the edge is not uniform. I continue to think that I feel slightly less sharpness when shaving.

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        As you know, I did this to celebrate a correlation of 70th anniversaries. However, using SV daily only improves my appreciation for its quality. Even though I feel like I’m approaching Avogadro’s number of soaps, and should use them all, I’m seriously considering just staying with 70th until it is done.

        • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialM
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          Even though I feel like I’m approaching Avogadro’s number of soaps

          That’s my “problem” too, so many nice soaps, and all of them take forever to use up :D

          I’m seriously considering just staying with 70th until it is done.

          That’s 75% of u/EldrormR’s Big Brain Bowl Bonanza. You’ll need that [REDACTED] brush to speed things up ;)

          (useless side musing: Avogadro’s number of soaps would weigh in at about 60 Yg, while Earth’s total biomass comes to 3 Eg. It’s time to get that space exploration going, I want space tallow)

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            Avogadro’s number of soaps would weigh in at about 60 Yg

            I may have exaggerated a little bit.

            You’ll need that [REDACTED] brush to speed things up ;)

            I love that thing. Can’t wait to learn the details.

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                You know, much of my engineering career was spent working on big budget, one-of-a-kind spacecraft programs. Amazingly, space tallow never came up :) If we’re talking 60 Yg, orbital mechanics will be interesting.

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                  I did not know that about your career! You’re only the third NASA (or NASA-adjacent?) person I’ve met.

                  orbital mechanics will be interesting.

                  Yup, and we better figure out a space elevator before landing that tallow