Share your Shave of the Day for Wednesday!
SOTD - 2026-01-14
- Prep: Phoenix Shaving - Cube 2.0 - Blackbot
- 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. - Bay Rum
- Post Shave: Black Ship Grooming - 7 Doubloons Aftershave
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. - Executive Man EdT
- Tool: WSDB
- Tags: $discord
I killed my Proraso Pre-shave yesterday. It’s always sad to me. It’s such a nice jar.
Today was my first shave with the Superslant L3++ (I have been shaving with the L3 base plate). It’s noticeably more efficient. I took it slow and ended up with a comfortable shave.
Base plates side-by-side
L3++ loaded
L3 loaded
Have a good one.
Damn, that’s a pretty aggressive-looking slant!
I’m sure my quest will end up in smiley straight razors :)
Quality macro photography!
Thanks!
January 14th, 2026
- Brush: AP Shave Co. - Synbad 24mm Synthetic
- Razor: Worcester Razor Co. Straight - 6/8 Hollow (2)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Lavender Sage - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Friends to the End - Balm
- Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Lavanille - EdP
Decent results. The razor bit me in a weird way, though. Usually a straight will bite parallel to the edge, usually as a result of accidental movement in that direction. This bite was a shallow slice perpendicular to the blade, in the direction of travel. At first I thought maybe it was the square toe that dug in a bit, but the location doesn’t make sense… A bit of a mystery.
Either way, happy with the shave! Closeness is good enough. The razor had a nice soft feel.
January 14, 2026
- Brush: Elite Razor Honduran Rosewood Burl 24mm HMW Fan
- Razor: Ale 7/8 Full Hollow Spanish Point
- Lather: Areffa Soap - August Moon - Soap
- Toner: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
- Aftershave: Areffa Soap - August Moon - Aftershave
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
Great test shave with this Ale razor. This was my second use of Areffa Soap August Moon. This has a wonderful soap base (bear tallow) and has a subtle fragrance which opens up beautifully as you use it.
January 14th, 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: Catie’s Bubbles - Crangère - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented - Balm
- Fragrance: Catie’s Bubbles - Dranks - EdP
Almost done with this tub, not sure how many shaves left maybe 4
- Brush: Summer Break Soaps - Unbleached Zenith 28mm Boar
- Razor: Yates Precision Manufacturing 921-M
- Blade: Astra Green (7)
- Lather: Stirling - Seine Reserve - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling - Black Ice - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Oleo & Co. - Facial Toner - Toner
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Heather - EdT
A nice anisic shave. The brush is new to me and performed excellently. I may raise the loft, but want to spend some more time with it as-is first.
Quintidi 25 Nivôse an 234 de la Révolution, jour de Chat: Megalodon Mittwoch
- Brush: Semogue Owner’s Club Boar 🐗 ‘Taj’
- Razor: Star 1912 Type Razor
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (31)
- Lather: HAGS Megalodon
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Mennen Le Grand Large
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
I don’t know whether it’s me or the brush, but I’ve been less enthused with the OC boar lately. But solid lather with a good soap. The shave was not that close – maybe I should get rid of this blade.
Have a good night!
