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September 27th, 2025
Quick 2 pass shave because I was out the door for work.
September 27th, 2025
Florentine Fern is great, I love an anisic scent.
Have a great day!
I love an anisic scent
As do I. We're in the minority I think.
I raise you an Absinthe - and so would djundjila
Iโm honored to be among such distinguished company.
September 27, 2025
3 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
Excellent shave for my first "14 Shoot-out". This razor has an Olympus edge on it that I created during this video. The idea behind my "Shoot-out" series is to put different edges on razors that all have the same bevel geometry and see what I think about the differences that I encounter with them.
With this Olympus edge, I mistook comfort for lack of keenness on the first pass. I did not realize that the edge was cutting as well as it was. This became very evident on the second and third passes. Overall, a great experience from my initial shoot-out attempt.
We never did find out the results of @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social's double blind testing. I hope he enlightens us after he returns from his break!
Me too! The last thing that I recall was that he was ready to identify what was what and to declare a preference. Iโm in suspense ๐ค
Have a good day!
Now that's an interesting lather!
September 27th, 2025
Fanzine++
Might give this tub the Visceral Watch treatment with Rocktober coming up
I might be repeating myself here, but I got to sniff This is Not a Test at the recent northeast meetup -- it's a great scent and I might grab a tub when it's back in stock.