This one gets used the most - https://maggardrazors.com/products/maggard-razors-shaving-brush-knot-24mm-synthetic?

This one is a close second. It’s softer and has less character, but I still love it https://apshaveco.com/products/24mm-synbad-fan-synthetic-knot

I also have a Stirling “2-band” synthetic that lives in my suitcase which is enjoyable.

November 18, 2024

• Brush: Wolf Whiskers - “Gianmaria” w/26mm Maggard SHD
• Razor: Wolfman Guerilla (Gen 1)
• Blade: Bolzano Superinox (Germany) (6)
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Soap
• Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Petrichor - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral

Nice shave. Still auditioning this knot for this handle. I’m quite torn. It’s a nice knot, but ultimately I do love using synths most of the time. I have some “nice” badger knots and I hardly eve use them, so no point in adding another one.

Cool chart. What’s the source? Might be good to add to the wiki for posterity.

Edit: you already included the source. Duh!

November 17, 2024

• Brush: Stirling 24mm Synthetic
• Blade: Cien Men 2-Blade Cart (4)
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Haverford - Soap
• Post Shave: Pinaud - Clubman - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral

This cartridge isn’t feeling as sharp as usual. This particular one only has 4 shaves on it, but it has been sitting in my dopp kit for well over a year. Maybe it’s a dud, or maybe the storage got to it.

November 16, 2024

• Brush: Stirling 24mm Synthetic
• Blade: Cien Men 2-Blade Cart (3)
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Haverford - Soap
• Post Shave: Pinaud - Clubman - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral

Less smokey? That’s my favorite part! I have the Zing version.

November 15, 2024

• Brush: Wolf Whiskers - “Gianmaria” w/26mm Maggard SHD
• Razor: Wolfman Guerilla (Gen 1)
• Blade: Bolzano Superinox (Germany) (5)
• Lather: Noble Otter - Batters Up - Soap
• Post Shave: Noble Otter - Hamami - Aftershave

A luxury shave, but only because I have to wake up early and would rather just run out the door in the morning.

I added a nickle (possibly the thickest USD coin? Maybe 2x the thickness of a dime?) to the handle to raise the loft of this knot, and felt a big difference. It’s either the slight increase in loft, or the knot broke in a little bit. Or both!

Either way, this knot is back in contention for permanent (temporary) installation.

Some people see Noble Otter as a brand with lots of popular, safe scents. I see it as the brand with Batters Up and Hamami, two of my favorites, and neither very popular or safe.

I did consider the vacuum and vice setup (I have both handy in the shed), but the vacuum maxes out my solar-battery-inverter setup.

I must not have been very alert yesterday because now it’s obvious that I could have used an extension cord from the house. Doh!

November 15, 2024

• Brush: Wolf Whiskers - “Gianmaria” w/26mm Maggard SHD
• Razor: Wolfman Guerilla (Gen 1)
• Blade: Bolzano Superinox (Germany) (4)
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Oro Valley - Soap
• Post Shave: Summer Break Soaps - Woodshop - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral

Excellent shave. The OG Guerilla always impresses me when I use it.

I de-knotted this brush handle yesterday (it used to have a Wolf Whiskers “Super Plush”, but Peter set it too deep for my preferences. I love synthetic knots, and it was a really nice one, but I couldn’t get behind the low loft.

I’m auditioning replacements, and this badger knot has been sitting in my medicine cabinet for a couple of years so figured I’d try it out. It was sold to me as “unknown”, but I’m pretty sure it’s a Maggard SHD. It has similarities to my other SHD knots, but there is some variation between all of them.

This one fits tight, so it stays in without adhesive. I wasn’t completely sold on it, but since this was the maiden voyage for the knot I’ll give it some time to break in before making a decision. Ultimately, I predict it’ll end up with a Maggard Synthetic in it :-).

Well, I took another look, and I don’t think neovim is for me. I looked at installing one of the dependencies, and the dependency had dependencies, and I don’t know how to install any of it. Oh well!

The spreadsheet I use is really easy. I can do it on my phone while I’m traveling, too.

Right now I have all of my soaps, blades, etc. in a Google Sheets. I can copy/paste, or export to whatever they allow. Maybe I’ll tinker with it later.

Oh this is great. I can’t wait to see how it turns out. I truly hope there are some confused idiots when it switches over, although they’ll probably believe everything and not recognize that it’s satire.

I took a quick look at sotd.nvim and I might be deterred by the json formatting. Json is great and everything, but that would be pretty tedious for me!

Is there a json tool where you can copy in a spreadsheet and it’ll try and format it for you?

they believe he may now be in Eastern Europe.

Has anyone checked if he’s on lemmy.ml?

The Flying Wing is actually my favorite GEM at the moment. It’s the mildest one I own, except maybe the Damaskeene.

Have you smelled Puros? It’s definitely a good combo. I ended up throwing or giving away my Puros soap because it was garbage, but the aftershave isn’t bad and smells great.

Really? That’s an odd thing for them to change, but what do I know.

I didn’t see any major bugs, and I confirmed with our auto-bot developer that that software will work with the new version, so cross your fingers.

I’m also working on a fancy uptime page which you can see here https://uptime.splettnet.com/status/wetshaving (URL subject to change).

November 13, 2024

• Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts w/Maggard SHD 30mm Fan
• Razor: Gillette Tech (Z-4)
• Blade: Bolzano Superinox (Germany) (3)
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Oro Valley - Soap
• Post Shave: Razorock - Puros - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral

Super nice shave. Everything clicked.

RE: BS products from massive corporations, I’m with you for sure.

RE: soap is soap - there are lots of different types of soap. Each type of fat has differing amounts of loric acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, etc. Lard makes a soap that’s a good firmness (not too soft, not too hard), not very cleansing (so it won’t dry your skin out, but also won’t do much hard cleaning), very conditioning, not very bubbly, but very creamy. Other fats/oils yield much different results. Soaps with a lot of coconut oil are very cleansing, so they’ll dry your skin out. Your soap sounds like it could be used daily without any problems.

So, I disagree that soap is soap. Soap that’s made specifically for shaving typically has a lot of added stearic acid, because no natural fats have enough natural stearic acid to produce a really stable lather that won’t dissipate during the shave. Most use a lot of beef tallow, but there are also a lot of vegan options.

If it’s the best soap you’ve ever used, that would negate the claim that soap is soap. I’m happy you’ve found something you like.

There are always people in all hobbies that think it’s their way or the highway (no offense, but your comments have that tone to them).

I try to avoid that and just share what I enjoy.

One of the biggest things I hear is “cartridges cause irritation and DE razors don’t!”. That is 100% false and I disagree with it. Still, I love using DE razors and would recommend them to anyone interested in “enjoying” shaving.