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Share your Shave of the Day for Wednesday!

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[–] walden@wetshav.ing 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

October 8th, 2025

  • Brush: Stirling Soap Co. 24mm Synthetic
  • Razor: Gillette Atra - Handle
  • Blade: Personna Twin Pivot Plus (Atra) Cart (1)
  • Lather: Chiseled Face - Bespoke #1 - Soap
  • Post Shave: RazoRock - Puros - Aftershave

I love the CFG standard base. Just have to load it heavy and dry. This was the end of my Bespoke #1 sample and I want a full tub of it.

CFG base is stupid easy to use. Heavy, dry, just a touch of water and you're coasting.

October 8, 2025

  • Brush: Brad Sears Scotsman XL 28mm Super Badger
  • Razor: J.A. Henckels Friodur 14 Full Hollow Square Point
  • Lather: Saponificio Varesino - Opuntia - Soap
  • Toner: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
  • Aftershave: Saponificio Varesino - Opuntia - Aftershave
  • Fragrance: Creed - Aventus

3 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.


Great shave for the fourth episode of my 14 Shoot-out series. This synthetic edge on the Friodur 14 produced excellent results with performance and feel that I'm very experienced with. While the edge feel is familiar, edge performance was terrific, giving me a DS-BBS shave with comfortable post-shave skin-feel.

Shave video

October 8th, 2025

  • Brush: Chisel & Hound - Cherry w/ v25 Fanchurian Badger
  • Razor: RazoRock - GOAT
  • Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
  • Lather: Fanzine Saponifications - This is Not a Test - Soap
  • Post Shave: Catie's Bubbles - Daydream - Aftershave
  • Fragrance: Catie's Bubbles - V - EdP

$Rocktober

[–] pi_dash_rho@wetshav.ing 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

SOTD 2025-10-08

  • Prep: Stirling Soap Co. - Haverford Pre-shave Oil
  • Bowl: Captain's Choice - Obsidian Copper
  • Brush: Semogue Owners Club - Cherry Wood Boar 24mm
  • Razor: Yaqi - Slant 37
  • Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless
  • Lather: Chiseled Face Groomatorium - Midnight Stag
  • Post Shave: Chiseled Face Groomatorium - Midnight Stag Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Proraso - White Aftershave Balm (sample)
  • Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
  • Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original EdC
  • Tags: $discord

This was a Tabactober break for a tallow-based lather with a scent at least as aggressive as Tabac. :)

Have a good one.

I completely forgot about Tabactober. Very happy to see it being kept alive!

[–] snooting@wetshav.ing 3 points 3 days ago

October 8th, 2025

  • Brush: Omega - 10048 28mm Boar
  • Razor: Yates Precision Manufacturing 921-M
  • Blade: Wizamet Super Iridium (4)
  • Lather: Fanzine Saponifications - Caravaggio - Soap
  • Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Santa Noir - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial Unscented - Balm
  • Fragrance: Chanel - Égoïste - EdT