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Share your Austere August shave of the day for Thursday!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

August 31, 2023

  • Brush: Muninn Woodworks w/AP Shave Co 24mm Titanium Synthetic
  • Razor: Weck Sextoblade (Straight Shave 312)
  • Blade: Kismet (31)
  • 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. Good shave.

Kismet Blade - Losing My Edge
#Monthofweckoning
August Photos


I'm saying goodbye to Austere August from the road with another Slurry Lather™. Again, I've started with a wet brush but slightly less water than I've used before. The idea is to get all the slurry with less water strewn about to clean up. I don't recall if @[email protected] has played with this aspect or not.

Anyway, this has been another fun Austere August. I will be carrying SV 70th into September. I'll explain about that in tomorrow's comment.

Congrats to the Weckonistas who started with no Weck experience and made it through!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Excellent photos all month long! Having a fresh take on the same set for so many days is not an easy task.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you very much! I ran out of steam. I was only coming up with compositions that relied on photoshop hackery but weren’t very good so I never used those.

I was planning to do a photo each day, but wanted each photo to be unique and not a rehash of something I’ve done before. Anyway, it turns out that I can’t come up with 31 unique ideas that I like. :)