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September 12, 2024
• Brush: Zenith B40 28mm Boar • Razor: J.A. Henckels Friodur 472 13/16” Full Hollow Square Point • Lather: House of Mammoth - Kryptonite - Soap • Toner: None • Aftershave: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Roman Spice - Aftershave
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
— Traveling today, but today’s shave used Kryptonite to support u/OnionMiasma’s shave against suicide.
Sep 12, 2024 - Third Annual Shave Against Suicide
Few items in my den feel more like sweet victory than this little tub of NoScrub soap.
September 12, 2024
Shave #2 that I'll post today. The Kryptonite shave from earlier was done last night for work reasons, but I counted it for today because of the Shave Against Suicide on reddit.
Anyway, TUB KILL!
I've been chipping away at this tub for 6 days in order to get it out of the way for incoming Oro Valley. This is the 20th tub of soap that I've managed to kill, granted a lot of them I got used, etc, but I'm quite proud. This brings my total tub count to 32, and tomorrow it'll increase back to 33 when Oro Valley is delivered. I had over 50 at one point and made a goal to get down to 40, and then kept going.
*disclaimer - my tub count only includes what I consider "real tubs". Things like tubes of Proraso and Speik, my puck of Williams, and other novelty lather products aren't counted for my own sanity.
THRILL OF THE KILL!!
20 kills is an impressive number. We started almost at the same moment and i have managed 2 😭😅
There's no right way to approach it. Whatever works!
September 12, 2024
$Discord
Nice shave. The WS-23 in the soap was barely detectable which I appreciate.
Thursday, September 12, 2024: Ishtar Thursday
I loaded heavy, and this was a nice shave with a good after-shave feel. My deception with AYLM is receding.
Have a good night!
