PorkButtsNTaters666 20h ago • 100%
You're killing the SSL?
PorkButtsNTaters666 20h ago • 100%
Do I really need two 6/8 hollow-but-stiff round point French blades?
You cannot have too many French blades. It is known.
PorkButtsNTaters666 21h ago • 100%
Stay strong!
PorkButtsNTaters666 24h ago • 100%
Sunday, October 20, 2024
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Muninn Woodworks Gloire de France with Zenith 505BC Boar 🐗
- Razor: River Razors Kamisori
- Lather: Southern Witchcraft Autumn Ash
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Epsilon Blue Mediterranean
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
More or less a repeat of yesterday's shave – the Omega in my soap is getting skinnier.
Have a good Sunday!
PorkButtsNTaters666 1d ago • 100%
Remember: November is the month without Tabac in France
PorkButtsNTaters666 3d ago • 100%
Friday, October 18, 2024: Ash on Friday
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Muninn Woodworks Gloire de France with Zenith 505BC Boar 🐗
- Razor: Parker Straight Razor
- Lather: Southern Witchcraft Autumn Ash
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Epsilon Blue Mediterranean
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
An Omega of death has formed in my soap. I'm not that confident anymore that I will finish this soap in 2024, but the end is close.
Have a good day!
PorkButtsNTaters666 4d ago • 100%
I'm more than intrigued by the scent description in the aftershave!
PorkButtsNTaters666 5d ago • 100%
one of our cats yelled at me for the entire shave
Obviously; there often seems to be a competition between spouse and cat (probably because it rhymes with mouse)
PorkButtsNTaters666 5d ago • 100%
Wednesday, October 16, 2024: Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club No 3
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Zenith 506U XS Horse 🐎
- Razor: Ertan Süer L'Ours Russe (7/8th)
- Lather: Le Père Lucien Narcisse
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Pitralon Classic After Shave
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
This must be my 30th-ish shave with Narcisse, so my impressions are not the freshest. I must say that I had never once considered that the name could be the flower; I always assumed it has to be the Greek mythical character. Anyways, this is one of the soaps whose scent I like most in my den, even though the base is not as easy-going as the U.S. artisans. All in all, I'm happy to have bought it, and I'm also happy that you seem to appreciate it. And sending out soap for the BVWSC is a good way to accelerate a kill, and justifying buying other soaps!
Have a good evening!
PorkButtsNTaters666 5d ago • 100%
Happy that you like it 🍻
PorkButtsNTaters666 5d ago • 100%
You could ask Claude, and see what happens. Often, it gets you 90% of the way.
PorkButtsNTaters666 6d ago • 100%
I smell an AA challenge - or is this the scent of moist dog?
PorkButtsNTaters666 6d ago • 100%
Tuesday, October 15, 2024: Burned by Old Strathcona?
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Semogue C3 Galahad Horse 🐎
- Razor: River Razors Kamisori
- Lather: MacDuffs Old Strathcona
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Marmara Barber No 3 After Shave
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
I am getting careless: I believe that my very dry skin was in part caused by frag-burn coming from Old Strathcona (as much as I like it, the oakmoss is probably not for me). In related news, Marmara Barber also burned the hell out of my face – though that may be simply the fact that it's almost pure alcohol. I will probably leave OS for some time, and then confirm whether I get a reaction from it.
Last minute instructions for the BVWSC shave tomorrow: Narcisse is rather middle of the road what concerns quantity of soap needed and quantity of water you should add – do as you would do normally. However, LPL soaps often take more work lathering than the soaps you are probably accustomed to. If it seems to be a bubbly mess, just carry on carrying on lathering – everything will be alright in the end.
Have a good day!
PorkButtsNTaters666 7d ago • 100%
real-life Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Let's settle for a draw, then.
I've seen Johann from S&B have good things to say about Noir - maybe I should test this once as well
PorkButtsNTaters666 7d ago • 100%
Then keep a portion for November 20th!
PorkButtsNTaters666 1w ago • 100%
Welcome!
PorkButtsNTaters666 1w ago • 100%
It's the Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club shave - on the 3rd Wedesday of the mrnth, we shave with a soap we voted for together.
PorkButtsNTaters666 1w ago • 100%
Sunday, October 13, 2024
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Muninn Woodworks Gloire de France with Zenith 505BC Boar 🐗
- Razor: Ertan Süer L'Ours Russe (7/8th)
- Lather: Southern Witchcraft Autumn Ash
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Epsilon Blue Mediterranean
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
Good shave.
Have a good night!
@djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social, @DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social, @sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social, @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social, @enndeegee@sub.wetshaving.social, @walden@sub.wetshaving.social, @whosgotthepudding@sub.wetshaving.social – everything's set for Wednesday's BVWSC shave?
PorkButtsNTaters666 1w ago • 100%
👍 Looking good !
PorkButtsNTaters666 1w ago • 100%
What about a logo competition?
Since I had to throw away my trusty Floid *The Genuine* , I live in dissatisfaction: I don't have anymore an aftershave that fits basically any soap, smells good and plays nice with my skin. Do you have any recommendations for one-size-fits-it-all aftershaves?
It's time to prep for November's BVWSC! In October, *Narcisse* eaked out a **very** narrow win against Stirlings *Oro Valley*. [@walden@sub.wetshaving.social](https://sub.wetshaving.social/u/walden) – who proposed Oro Valley – would be open to repropose it for November. Therefore the question: Can we forgo the normal voting procedure, and use Oro Valley by acclamation? Aye or Nay? If the Nays win, I will open a soap proposal thread, as usual.
Get ready for tomorrow; sniffing the smush seems promising.
~~Vote for your favorite soap!~~ The people has spoken: **Narcisse**
Since we cannot trust postal services anymore: Nominate your soap for the October group shave!
This is the voting thread for the 2nd edition of the Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club of September – which will take place on September 18. Please comment under each soap, just like last time.
The first edition stil has not taken place (maybe this Wednesday?), but given that even the Swiss postal service cannot be relied upon any more, we should get going for the preparation for September. We could proceed like last time and everybody nominates a soap; we could also make it a turning presidency, and we simply decide who sends out the soap this time (and we let that person choose). PS: Since I'm in Paris, and the Olympic (and Paralolympic) Games will be starting next Friday and last until September, I think it would be safer if this time, it isn't me who sends out samples.
You have spoken: the community shave will take place on July 17th (the 3rd Wednesday of July)! But we still have to pick to soap. Every soap will get their own comment, and if you want to vote for this soap, please comment below the soap nomination with something indicating your approbation. You can vote for several soaps; in case of a tie, we will figure something out.
Hi everybody, so we are planning to do a (monthly, but pausing in August) community shave! We collectively choose a soap, and on D-day, everybody uses the same soap for their SOTD. We need to know several things: - Who would be interested in participating? If you would like to join, respond to this message by including "I'm in!" - When will we do it? It would be best to choose a Wednesday, Saturday, or Sunday, to avoid clashing with the reddit theme days, and it would be easier to organize if we could avoid the beginning of July. Furthermore, it would be probably best to fix it once and for all (something like third Wednesday or last Sunday of the month). Opinions? - Finally, we need to agree on a soap. I don't know how to poll this (I know you can do a poll on Mastodon, not sure about lemmy). The idea would be: everybody who participates nominates a soap, and if that soap is picked, that person agrees to send out smushes to everyone who doesn't have the soap. In order to be on the safe side, we probably would want to have the soap picked three weeks before the chosen date. There are surely things that I have forgotten. Any ideas, questions?
Inspired by the acquisitive prowess of our [@whosgotthepudding@sub.wetshaving.social](https://sub.wetshaving.social/u/whosgotthepudding), I also helped myself to a new straight razor. It arrived today: an Ertan Süer *L'Ours Russe* (Russian Bear), which is a 7/8th full hollow carbon steel razor with a barber's notch, and scales made out of black horn. The razor came with leather sleave, and the packaging looks very classy. ![Photo of Ertan Süer straight razor](https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsub.wetshaving.social%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F5c5f7965-7ab3-4da8-80f0-4fd99498da72.jpeg) ![Photo of Ertan Süer straight razor](https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsub.wetshaving.social%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2Fc683d586-0da2-4e78-9a95-fbb683506037.jpeg) First impressions: shave-ready as announced, and gives a good shave. It is not as massive as the Koraat, but still well-sized.
So, I got excited, and didn't anticipate well how profound the knot would sit in the handle. The knot is glued in with silicone (maybe a little bit too much), and I would like to rescue both knot and handle without damage. The general advice is: *You can just pull it*, but Nature has gifted me with the grip strength of a 5 year old child. I have tried it. It simply doesn't move. Since there are a few chemically and physically knowledgeable people here, my question is: how do I get the knot out, when (my) brute force just does not cut it?
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I believe that it is more or less 2 years ago that I bought my first horse brush – encouraged by the advice of [@sgrdddy](@sgrdddy@sub.wetshaving.social). This is a Semogue C3 Galahad premium horse brush. Now, at least at reddit, horse brushes suffer from a bad reputation. Stinky, scratchy, a tangled mess of bristles – the antihype is strong. I must say that I rather like my horse brushes (in the meantime, I purchased another one, a Zenith XS [Xtra-Soft] horse brush), and I consider the Semogue my primary brush. I cannot really count anymore how many uses I have, but I would guess that this brush has seen between 100 and 150 uses (yes, I know, [@djundjila](@djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social) gets 100 shaves in less than a month, but for me, that's rather respectable. So, here come my experiences with this horse brush. # General description The handle is "imperial red", which looks brownish to me. The bristles were initially dark brown, but they are getting clearer with use (and splitting). [The Semogue C3 Galahad, slightly underfocused](https://fotofed.nl/p/PorkButtsNTat/659831199304965021) # The smell The Semogue (just like the Zenith horse after it) came without *any* smell. I am strongly allergic to horses, which was the main reason why I hesitated to buy a horse hair brush in the first place, but I didn't feel anything with these brushes. Semogue (and Zenith) do a good job desinfecting and desodorizing their hair, and I never had the impression to wipe a horses ass over my face (as someone over at reddit described his experience). # Breaking in The last brush I had bought before acquiring the Galahad was a SOC boar – a great brush, but a real pain to break in. Fortunately, I didn't experience any breaking in effect with this one. I could use it confortably out of the box, and I didn't have the impression that there was a noticeable break-in process. That being said, I would assume that there was a break in period, even though a very long and progressive one. After a year or so, some bristles started to split, and this is still an ongoing process (my macro photography skills are bad, but you can see the change in color on the photos: unsplit bristles are much darker than splitting bristles, which are light brown). I don't really remember anymore whether there was any loss of hair; I would assume that I might have lost the occasional hair, but not more. # Tangling of the bristles I've heard that there are issues with the bristles tangling in horse brushes. To be fair, there is *some* slight tangling, but at the same level I also get with a Yaqi synthetic knot. (On the other hand, I haven't seen any tangling on my Zenith XS horse, so this cannot be related to horse hair as such). # Overall evaluation The Semogue C3 Galahad Premium Horse is a great little brush. I would recommend trying a horse brush to anybody, and this one is excellent.
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This is the place to ask beginner and simple questions. Some examples include: * Soap, scent, or gear recommendations * Favorite scents, bases, etc * Where to buy certain items * Identification of a razor you just bought * Troubleshooting shaving issues such as cuts, poor lather, and technique Please note these are examples and any questions for the sub should be posted here.
Share your shave of the day!
This is the place to ask beginner and simple questions. Some examples include: * Soap, scent, or gear recommendations * Favorite scents, bases, etc * Where to buy certain items * Identification of a razor you just bought * Troubleshooting shaving issues such as cuts, poor lather, and technique Please note these are examples and any questions for the sub should be posted here.