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Share your Shave of the Day for Sunday!

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[–] lapislazuli@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

7 Dec 2025

  • Pre-shave: Face wash w/ hot water
  • Razor: Henson Mild (v1)
  • Blade: Lord Platinums (1st use)
  • Brush: Yaqi Tiberwolf Synthetic 26mm
  • Soap: Zingari Man “Traditionalist”
  • Passes: 2 x WTG pass on face and neck
  • Post-shave: Alum, TFS witch hazel
  • Growth: 3 days
  • Result: Presentable on the face, neck okay I guess

Holding off on the ATG for the time being, so just 2 x WTG. The scent notes for Traditionalist are sandalwood, musk and pepper. To my nose, it’s a sweet sandalwood scent that’s also fresh in a way.

Have a good one, ladies and gents!

[–] snooting@wetshav.ing 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Traditionalist is one of the Zingari Man scents that I'd like to try at some point. Sounds like a nice, mild scent.

[–] lapislazuli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

It's nice for sure, but not particularly mind. I'd say the scent strength is 6/10 or 7/10. But it's good.

[–] walden@wetshav.ing 5 points 1 week ago

December 7th, 2025: Blade test

  • Brush: Maggard Razors - Tuxedo 24mm Synthetic
  • Razor 1: Baili BR171
  • Razor 2: Baili BR171
  • Blade 1: Personna GEM Double Edge (1)
  • Blade 2: Personna Lab Blue (1)
  • Lather: Barrister and Mann - Leviathan - Soap
  • Post Shave: Pinaud - Clubman Special Reserve - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Zingari Man - The Stargazer - Aftershave Serum

I did a side by side test comparing the Personna GEM double edge and a Personna Lab Blue (aka "Super"). Both blades are made in the USA at the AccuTEC factory in Verona, Virginia. Here's an excerpt from an article I found:

In September 2015, AccuTec Blades, Inc. helped continue a long-time tradition of manufacturing in Augusta County. When Edgewell Personal Care of St. Louis, Missouri announced the sale of its Personna Industrial Division (formerly American Safety Razor) of Verona, Virginia to an investment group, the company renamed the manufacturing plant AccuTec Blades and preserved 150 jobs in Verona.

Source

This happened 10 years ago, but I only heard about the Personna branding going away within the past couple of years.

In applying the scientific process, my theory was that these new-to-me Personna GEM blades are the same as Personna Lab Blue, which are the same as AccuForge.

Keeping up with the branding of Personna blades is a hobby in and of itself. The Personna brand, last I heard, wasn't in the portfolio of AccuTEC anymore, hence the change to AccuForge for the Lab Blues. Considering that fact, why are there still Personna branded blades? Did they pause the branding during some sort of legal exchange which is now settled? Did they buy the brand back? Were these just made before the Personna brand was let go? I don't know the answers to those questions.

Anyway, on to the differences and similarities!

The similarities are many. The carton is the same, just with different printing/branding. The blades come individually wrapped in plain white paper. There's a single dot of glue holding the paper closed, but no glue or wax holding the blade in place. The blades are visually similar and have nice laser etching.

The differences are few. Other than branding, nothing sticks out as being different.

Now the part you've all been waiting for! (are you even still reading?)

The shave: I put each blade in their own Baili BR171 razor, of which I have 2. I knew which blade was in which razor, so the quality of science wasn't all that top-notch. To me, in this razor, the blades felt identical.

Who should buy these? Someone who likes or wants to try "Lab Blue" type blades. Lab Blue have been popular for years, and now we have multiple brandings to choose from! I went ahead and bought 100 because I'm a Personna fanboy. I like the fact that they are made domestically to me. I like the quality of the blades. I knew they might shave the same as Lab Blue, and in a way I'm sort of happy to report that they do!

I'm also tickled by the fact that they're called GEM, despite being double edge blades. The branding of these American made blades has always been a fuster cluck, and I'm tickled by this latest aboration in branding! I had to have some.

[–] PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Septidi 17 Frimaire an 234 de la Révolution, jour de Cyprès


My aim is to get rid of the smushes I have accumulated – mainly through the BVWSC. Susurro is very good, even though through improper handling and storage, it lost some of its scent strength.

Have a good evening!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

[–] snooting@wetshav.ing 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've realized recently (after having some smushes returned to me) that the particular wax paper I used for those smushes is not great for the task.

I'm glad you liked it even if it arrived mangled and weakly scented. :)

Improper handling and storage was surely done on my side since I received it (I was impatient and didn't properly remove the smush from the wrapper, and letting it lie around since then without any protection probably didn't help), and the scent strength was clearly stronger when I used it for the first time. If there was improper handling before, I really couldn't tell 😅

On the other hand, I tried to find a matching perfume dupe – Magnificently Dubai is not very spot on, but I like it even though it isn't that close 😎

Sun 07 Dec 2025

  • Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
  • Razor: Raido Star – 堕落の剃刀 Razor of Depravity (8/8", extra hollow, carbon steel kamisori) 🇺🇦
  • Lather: Chiseled Face – Gemütlichkeit
  • Post Shave: Chiseled Face – Gemütlichkeit

Djunior and I had the place for ourselves this weekend, and we ended two busy days with fresh baked cookies. A gemütlich evening shave with Gemütlichkeit was the logical next step.

[–] pi_dash_rho@wetshav.ing 3 points 1 week ago

SOTD - 2025-12-07

  • 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 (DE) (1)
  • Lather: Bundubeard - De Goede Hoop
  • Post Shave: Lucky Tiger - Lucky Tiger Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
  • Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
  • Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Just Right for a Tuesday
  • Tags: $discord

Okay, I'm catching on. This is 24-ish days of Old Spice :). Yesterday's soap was Endurance by Soap Commander.

Adventus Day 2

Today, I got a sample of Bundubeard De Goede Hoop soap and four fragrance samples. I picked Barrister and Mann's Just Right For A Tuesday EdP.

The soap was very nice. It's a mutton tallow from South Africa. The scent was probably 6/10 in strength and seems pretty close to Old Spice. It didn't need much water and showed a nice sheen very fast. The EdP was as described by BaM, crisp but not huge. I went with a low scent aftershave and unscented balm.

Have a good day!

[–] snooting@wetshav.ing 3 points 1 week ago

December 7th, 2025

  • Brush: Declaration Grooming - "Blood of Kings" Jefferson B14 28mm Badger
  • Razor: Atelier Durdan Horizon
  • Blade: Schick Proline (2)
  • Lather: Stirling - Christmas Eve - Soap
  • Post Shave: Stirling - Christmas Eve - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Oleo & Co. - Facial Toner - Toner
  • Fragrance: Stirling - Christmas Eve - EdT

Almost a flawless shave on setting 6 with the Horizon, but I nicked myself ATG right at the end. I'm really enjoying this razor. Nice weight in the hand, and the adjustable mechanism is very unique.

[–] BossHoggins10@sub.wetshaving.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

December 7th, 2025

  • Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations - Stars w/ AP G5C Synthetic
  • Razor: RazoRock - GOAT
  • Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
  • Lather: Stirling Soap Company - Christmas Eve - Soap
  • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Company - Christmas Eve - Balm
  • Fragrance: Stirling Soap Company - Christmas Eve - EdT

[–] snooting@wetshav.ing 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

December 7th, 2025: SLS

  • Brush: Chisel & Hound "Spice Lily" - TurnNShave Tuxedo 26mm Synthetic
  • Razor: Blackland Sabre
  • Blade: Accuforge GEM Microcoat (2)
  • Lather: Woolly Wash Soapery - Night at the Pub - Soap
  • Post Shave: Stirling - Haverford - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Oleo & Co. - Facial Toner - Toner
  • Fragrance: Stirling - Haverford - EdT

It's a chilly night here so some sweet, spicy, boozy-tobacco and vanilla goodness felt just right.