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Share your Austere August shave of the day for Monday!

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The Twenty-Eighth Day Of Weckoning is upon us

  • Brush: Rubberset 400-3 with a 26 mm unbleached Zenith boar knot at 56 mm loft
  • Razor: Weck Sextoblade Med Prep
  • Blade: Kismet Rostfrei, Polymer beschichtet (34)
  • Lather: Barrister and Mann โ€“ Oceana
  • Post Shave: Ralon โ€“ Original
  • Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. โ€“ Island Man

The final Austere August Monday is here, time for a few early Weckonclusions:

  1. Djudging by the number of complaints, the Weckoning was a much more difficult challenge than the MMOC challenges of years prior. Many got comfortable with the Weck format, but by far not all.
  2. The Weck is scary: 19 would-be Weckonistas started the challenge, and a quarter of them immediately gave up after one day. Only 2 more gave up since, with a round dozen still in the running. I feel a weirdly misplaced sense of pride for those 12 to stuck to it. (Granted, with @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected] and @myself, at least one third were Weckerans already).
  3. I made a good choice with my software: I'm still enjoying that whiff of Oceana, Ralon, and Island Man every morning.
  4. The speed Wecking trend that briefly flared up has died down again without any injuries (at least publicly), for which I am very grateful.

Three passes, good shave, this week can start.

#Monthofweckoning

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Why so many abandon?

Is the angle hard to find?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

@sgrdddy
The angle is easier to find than on any other shavette I've tried because the blades are very sturdy, yet the spine is thin (think geometry of a DE shavette with blade quality of a Feather AC shavette). It's really as close to a hollow ground as you can get, arguably even better, depending on your preferences (the coated blades glide better than a straight ever could, if that's important to you).

@[email protected]

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

@sgrdddy
I think it's because they are open blades. The learning curve is real and the nicks are of a different "quality" than when learning safety razors ๐Ÿ˜…

@[email protected]

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
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