Share your Shave of the Day for Monday!
SOTD - 2026-01-12
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Gingerbread Man
- Post Shave: Black Ship Grooming - 7 Doubloons Aftershave
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
Have a great day!
January 12th, 2026
- Brush: Zenith - 508A XL/Bristle (B35) (MOAR BOAR) 31mm Boar
- Razor: GEM Micromatic Clog-Pruf
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (2)
- Lather: La Maison du Savon de Marseille - Aloe Vera & Donkey Milk - Soap
- Post Shave: Old Spice - Original - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Declaration Grooming, House of Mammoth - Cerberus - Liniment
Nice shave. This soap lends itself much better to an SE/DE shave. I can actually get mostly through a pass before it dissipates. Nice scent and some good slickness.
January 12th, 2026
- Brush: Chisel & Hound - Cherry w/ v25 Fanchurian Badger
- Razor: Above the Tie - Windsor
- Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
- Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps - Vetiver - Soap
- Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Seville - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Noble Otter - Barrbarr - EdP
- Brush: Zenith/Stirling - 510SE-XL 31mm Boar
- Razor: Fatip Il Piccolo Storto
- Blade: Personna Platinum Chrome (1)
- Lather: Stirling - Seine Reserve - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling - Seine Reserve - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Oleo & Co. - Facial Toner - Toner
- Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber - EdP
Really nice! I’m still not convinced that the slant changes anything, but it sure looks cool.
<3 FaTip
Yeah, it’s a great razor especially for the price.
I want to try their non slant razor as well at some point.
@walden has said good things about it before. Also, I suggest trying the classic handle (hollow HD style). It’s slightly lighter but wider.
@walden@wetshav.ing which do you have?
I have two FaTip slants. Il Piccolo Storto Originale (open comb, heavy/thin handle) and Lo Storto Gentile (closed comb, lighter/wider handle).
I swapped handles and prefer open comb with the wider handle. I’m a fan of slants and I’m moving towards more aggressive razors. RR Superslant L3 is my daily driver right now. L3++ is in the mail.
A few have come across my desk. My favorite is the Classic Testina Gentile in Chrome.
Classic refers to the handle, and Gentile (Gentle) refers to the head. There’s also a slant Gentile I think, and maybe some other handle options.
I don’t know what Testina means. https://www.fatip.it/en/the-razor/
The Gentile head is mild-medium blade feel with above average efficiency. Brass construction.
Fatip threading is smaller than the standard, so Fatip handles won’t fit most other heads, but Fatip heads will fit other handles provided the threads are deep enough. Same as Gillette razors, but the threads are longer/deeper.
January 12, 2026
- Brush: Chisel & Hound Classic 26mm V23 Fanchurian
- Razor: Thiers Issard Sheffield Best Silver Steel 6/8 Hollow Ground Round Point
- Lather: Elysian Soap Shop - El Dorado - Soap
- Toner: Thayers - Coconut - Toner
- Aftershave: Elysian Soap Shop - El Dorado - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Elysian Soap Shop - El Dorado - Eau de Parfum
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
This was a test shave of the edge that I created on this Thiers Issard razor using a Nakayama Japanese natural stone. I was very pleased with the result.
