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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

October 13, 2024

  • Brush: AP Shave Co Summer 28mm G5C

  • Razor: Dovo Bismarck 6/8" Full Hollow Round Point

  • Lather: Wholly Kaw - Cedrati - Soap

  • Toner: Thayers - Lavender - Toner

  • Aftershave: Noble Otter - Jack - Aftershave

2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.


Wonderful Sunday shave today. I love the citrus and woody notes of Cedrati and they go well with the higher key citrus notes in Jack. I have always loved the Siero base, which helped make the mechanics of this shave top-tier.

The Bismarck (Iron Chancellor) performed magnificently! It currently has a rather boutique edge (Koma nagura on Black Arkansas), but this razor performs well regardless of what stones are used to finish the edge. The razor has a 0.1337 radian sharpening angle that results in a bevel angle of 15.3 degrees. We're in (and slightly narrower than) Filarmónica bevel angle territory here. Now, I did a little work on the spine of my razor, as I did with @[email protected]'s Bismarck, but I doubt that this work changed the razor's sharpening geometry significantly. In my experience, razors that have sharpened bevel angles in the 15-16 degree range provide extraordinary shaves.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The razor has a 0.1337 radian sharpening angle

We're doing leet sharpening angles now?

No wonder this thing shaves so well 😊

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm far too oblivious to realize that I was doing leetcode :)