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Smelling great and off to face the Sunday.
Have a great one y'all. βοΈ
Arkadia++
It's a lovely scent! I enjoyed my sample so much I ordered the trifecta :)
October 20, 2024
Meissner Tremonia is such a strange soap. It loads super poofy, but adding water settles it down and it's really excellent after that. Woody Almond is the perfect description for this. It's not like a sweet almond like Stirling Almond Creme or Cella (I imagine, although I've never smelled it). Instead it's a dry almond. Like smelling a bag of roasted almonds.
Oct 19, 2024 - Fall Hike
Sylvan Fog is a stunning petrichor scent that is perfect for this time of year.
My honing enthusiasm provided too much rationalisation for razor acquisition and so I have ...several. The winnowing process is ongoing and I'm proud to have sold 5 x 5/8 last week.
6/8 is harder because I like them more. Lately I'm wondering: Do I really need two 6/8 hollow-but-stiff round point French blades?
I'm partial to the Grelot. I do appreciate that it's a bit more hollow and as a Canadian I enjoy the etch. Plus it's my only nice Grelot and there's some cachet there. And it's in better shape. But there's just something to the TI and it's similarly my best TI and the pitting isn't anywhere important so just sorta adds character. And it's more towards a quarter hollow so ...sort of a different thing altogether?
Inconclusive. More study required. Luckily they don't take a lot of space.
Also: I'm always curious to see the grind toe-on every time I see a picture of a straight razor and that shot should somehow always be included in the metadata or something :)
Do I really need two 6/8 hollow-but-stiff round point French blades?
You cannot have too many French blades. It is known.
Aha! I knew it! I had this trepidation when I sold this one https://pixelfed.social/i/web/post/748289303255129698 especially because they also took this very similar one https://pixelfed.social/i/web/post/748289996039802817 ...and I guess it's probably for the best I abandon the foolish notions I had when I listed this https://imgur.com/a/mardor-z12y8cw and it was especially foolhardy to have ever considered parting with https://imgur.com/a/chassaigne-k0Fy4tt π€
But it's also satisfying to set a new bevel, just not the same if it was already shaving fine (not to mention wasteful). And honing as a service seems less relaxing for myriad reasons. So compromises must be made. Thankfully(?) I've slowed a fair bit since the initial burst when I was getting into it, settling into a bit of an equilibrium with a handful in and out each year.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
More or less a repeat of yesterday's shave β the Omega in my soap is getting skinnier.
Have a good Sunday!
October 20, 2024
Brush: Chisel & Hound Gulf Short 26mm V22 Fanchurian
Razor: Koraat 6/8" Full Hollow
Lather: 345 Soaps - Undercut - Soap
Aftershave: 345 Soaps - Undercut - Aftershave
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
Great shave on Formula 1 race day!
Wonderful late Sunday morning shave with my AA razor. I had forgotten how nicely this big and light hollow ground shaves.
SSL and the durham
You're killing the SSL?
That's the aim. I've got a tub in the us waiting to get shipped across.
20.10.2024 - Sunday Rambling
-> as usual: 2 passes on the head, 1 around the beard. A good shave with just minor irritation. The alum was just for 2 bumps I managed to cut up.
Not shaving since Wednesday left me with quite the stubble on my dome, but surprisingly the Thorn manages that easily.
I was in the mood for a great ZM soap, and since I only own two and one is a summer aquatic - it was Rambler time. A pretty sweet affair, since the tobacco listed isn't my preferred "dried cigar leaf" scent but rather the tobacco flower. Nevertheless, it always lathers great and leaves my skin feeling very good. Heather knows her cosmetics stuff, she just had a unfortunate choice for a brand name.
Second microneedling treatment today. Unfortunately I wasn't paying attention and got myself a 1.0 mm roller, while every source recommends 0.5 for beginners. Now I know why it's actually a bit painful, but oh well - that's the price of beauty. π
