DaveWave94

Thanks! That's super helpful. I'll check this out soon.

23.08.2025

• Brush: RazoRock Beehive 28 mm
• Razor: Greencult GC 2.0, plate II
• Blade: The Gentleman's Super Platinum (DE blade, made in India)
• Lather: E&S Rasage - Shaman
• Post-Shave: OAM - oli del benessere sensitive skin toner; moisturiser
• Passes & Info: 1-pass + cleanup on both head and face around a short moustache & soul patch. Just one tiny blood spot on the chin, but the blade felt rough in general.

Today was a day where I actually shaved again. Despite the uneven moustache growth atm, I was so fed up by the full goatee that I just cut it off earlier today. I look a bit weird with both the 'stache and the patch being rather short, but I hope it'll grow out soon. I was kinda itching to shave my chin again, both figuratively and literally.

Today's blade is a mysterious case: I genuinely don't know where I got this pack of 7 blades ("5+2", as the ad on the cardboard box says) from. I know I got some "Willy's" which are made in India from a Pearl Razor, but this one was strange. It definitely was a freebie, since I never ordered these blades. And probably with good reason: the shave wasn't abysmal by any means, but the blade felt pretty rough on my face. On my head, it's less of a problem since the hair there is softer. But I already felt that it wasn't the best on the back of my head, where some coarse hairs reside. And once it got to the steel wool of my face, it was not very smooth.

However, it also didn't help that my lather was a bit too dry today and that I had some issues with shaking hands after my first home workout in months. So I will probably need to test it again. But if the first impression isn't the greatest, it usually isn't improving much with me. Maybe it's better in a different razor, who knows...

I haven't until now. After 3 different songs, it feels pretty smooth IMHO. A bit of prog rock, a bit ambient, some britpop influence (mostly in the vocals). Thanks for the suggestion! It sounds a bit like artists I'd find on Digitalis by soma.fm (I don't know if you're familiar with their different online radio stations). Maybe you'd like something like this here too?: HTRK - Gilbert and George Most of my other ambient consumption is from the darker side of things and soundtracks.

The problem is that I downloaded a Linux distro on the stick but it says that it can't be opened. Judging by the files, I don't know where/how to run them from. It seems like I need something else on the USB stick to compile & run the files in the right order, I guess? I've unfortunately done my research pretty superficially, I admit 😅

I'm currently in the final phase of preparation for the last part of my exam: the oral exam. TBH, it's 60% knowledge and 40% luck of the draw: if I draw an envelope with topics that I'm well-versed in, I'm sure I can pass it with flying colours. It's next Tuesday and currently I just want it to be over, I'm so tired of studying. I want to convert my school laptop into something for personal use, in case anyone is familiar with running Linux from an USB drive hmu - I have a few interesting distros installed but I can't seem to get it running.

However, since a peculiar bout of melancholy overcame me as I suddenly realized that after 3 years of constantly preparing for new things and always preparing for something different will end, I got myself an online piano/keyboard course today. Of course I won't ever be a classical pianist, but since this course seems to focus more on playing contemporary music instead of reading sheet music and complex arrangements, I should be alright. My end goal is to be able to play some ambient music that sounds more interesting and unique than the awful AI ambient music circulating YT and streaming services. I also have taken up listening to Ambient while I shave now: it helps me to be more "in the moment", so to speak. It's difficult to explain and maybe it's an ADHD thing. Relaxing Ambient and Drone can help me to be calmer, Dark Ambient generally helps me to stay alert and keep my focus, Experimental stuff helps me to try out new things. I often think about certain situations and events and definitely connect some kind of music or melody to it. Perhaps that's strange, but that's how my brain works.

I can also happily report that I successfully got back into reading as a hobby thanks to the tip of a YouTuber: he recommended reading before sleeping and starting with short stories or shorter books. I have read "The Stranger" by Albert Camus this month, and even though this wasn't the most motivating literature, I like how I could finish an entire book just by nighttime reading sessions.

PieFed does run smoothly and everything is loaded very fast.

Cloudflare has a few critiques, but if the alternative is AI bots and DDoS attacks I think it's the better alternative. Just look at how vanilla YT comment sections look nowadays. You can't say certain words but the spambots for crude scams run rampant. I really hope the Fediverse finds a good way to combat this and if Cloudflare is part of the solution, so be it. They also work with Mozilla, so they can't be totally evil IMHO.

19.08.2025

• Brush: RazoRock Beehive 28 mm
• Razor: Stando Perun
• Blade: Personna Super DE
• Lather: Barrister & Mann - Le Grand Chypre
• Post-Shave: OAM - oli del benessere sensitive skin toner
• Passes & Info: 2-pass face shave, felt good except the same 3 tiny blood spots as last time appeared. Contouring the doorknocker isn't the strong suit of this razor either.

This was a rather comfortable shave except when it came to lining up the beard. The Perun really does great on my head shaves, but this seems to be its weakness. Had to put a little bit more pressure on and go over the same areas multiple times, so the exact same pattern of 3 small blood spots appeared again. Oh well, one can't have everything.

I really took my time for the prep and lathering though and it paid off. Used a "pre-shave scrub" peeling and hot water, built a nice slick lather and the shave was rather smooth.

Also, LGC with its cola scent never ceases to amaze me. This is a really slick soap, but despite all the fancy scent notes it's just pure coke with lime to my nose.

18.08.2025

• Brush: RazoRock Beehive 28 mm
• Razor: Stando Perun
• Blade: Personna Super DE
• Lather: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber
• Post-Shave: Lavera - Men sensitive ASB
• Passes & Info: 2 passes on the head this time. Nice, quick and uneventful shave.

Today it was due time for a good head shave, but I only got to it shortly before Midnight (local time). I had a lot of stubble to cut down, but the Perun did it with ease. Maybe this blade is a good fit for it, unfortunately I just have ~4 of them left.

Chiseled Face's and Stirling's soap bases are kinda my "Ol' Reliable", i.e.: Nothing too fancy with tons of exotic butters and oils, but good ingredients to whip up a nice lather fast and have just enough slickness for your shave. It also helps that GTB is such a interesting & spicy take on the faux genre of barbershop scents that it's quite pleasant to use.

Pretty niche but nice nonetheless 😉 The "missing link" sounds very likely. Most Lemmy clients I had except Raccoon don't show the SOTD thumbnail, but it does add some context IMHO.

17.08.2025

• Brush: RazoRock Beehive 28 mm
• Razor: RazoRock Hawk V2 w/ Cyber handle
• Blade: KAI Captain Protouch MG
• Lather: Barrister & Mann - The Full Measure of Man
• Post-Shave: Moon Soaps - Old School "balm"
• Passes & Info: 2-pass face shave around a very short-trimmed circle beard, just 3 small blood spots but otherwise a good shave!

First test of an SOTD post from my PieFed-account. Otherwise yeah, it's the same old Dave you all know.

I've now landed on Summit as my Fediverse app of choice, unfortunately not on Droidify/F-Droid but seemingly a nice app with the same high level of customization as I was used to by Raccoon. As for PieFed, it's still a bit early to make a full statement - it seems like it federates well with Lemmy but I can't make any further statements yet. As a normal user who isn't a mod/admin of any community, my first impression is that it loads everything quickly and that's nice - I haven't seen too many bad posts that are auto hidden or anything in terms of low quality tags yet, but maybe that's an API thing too. Unfortunately Summit doesn't show our SOTD logo picture, and according to walden PieFed still lacks picture upload support at the moment (which would be better for our hobby). Maybe I can share more concise thoughts in a few weeks, so I'll still keep my Lemmy account on standby...

So for this shave itself: I basically had to wait until today for everything to heal up after my misfortune with the shavette. As for a tiny mishap, I forgot to check which guide comb was on my trimmer earlier and trimmed my henriquatre to just 1.5 mm instead of 3 mm, so I actually had to re-shape it with my zero gap trimmer as it was barely recognizable from the surrounding stubble. This shave was really necessary to give it a sharp look.

The shave itself went way better than expected, just 3 little blood spots appeared on the second pass (I couldn't really call them weepers since they immediately stopped bleeding after a cold water rinse and applying the aftershave). FMoM is great as always and it was slick enough for the tricky contouring work. A big success!

Anyways, please let me know if anything looks weird in my posts. Still getting used to the new app. Hope everyone had a nice weekend!

Hello from PieFed too!

Unfortunately Voyager for Android isn't the same as for iOS. The Android version doesn't support sign-in via PieFed yet. ~~I currently try an app called Blorp.~~ I am actually on the more feature-rich Summit now! Still getting used to it, just leaving this here for other mobile users with an Android OS!