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This is a community of enthusiasts, hobbyists and artisans who enjoy a traditional wet shave: brush, soap, and safety or straight razor. We are a part of the WetShaving community found on Reddit, Mastodon, Discord, Zulip, and IRC.

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Tuesday SOTD Thread, October 20th, 2026 (#1225) (wetshav.ing)

submitted 3 weeks ago by wetshavingadmin@wetshav.ing to c/wetshaving@wetshav.ing

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[–] walden@wetshav.ing 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

October 20th, 2026

Brush: Wolf Whiskers - "Gianmaria" w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
Razor: Worcester Razor Co. - 6/8 Half Hollow (1)
Lather: Ariana & Evans - Nero e Rosso - Soap
Post Shave: Ariana & Evans - Nero e Rosso - Aftershave
Fragrance: G. Bellini - Homme - EdT
Time: 18:57.26

This soap was gifted to me by my good friend u/Specialist-Break-495. I somehow got him interested in wetshaving and he has been going all out! Thanks man! He also gave me this aftershave.

Daily challenge:

My "fast" shave was done with a straight razor too and I think it clocked in at around 11 minutes. Did I cook the books? Maybe. For that shave I didn't count stropping, cleaning up, or aftershave. I did today, because you have to pump those numbers up, and damnit it counts.

Even subtracting those things this shave took longer. (It'd be roughly 15.5 minutes by my math).

One thing I thought was interesting was each pass took about the same amount of time. They're all within about 6 seconds of each other.

1:09:47 - strop
2:00.9 - load
4:35.08 - 1st
4:30.78 - 2nd
4:23.62 - 3rd
1:37.82 - rinse & clean up
0:39.55 - aftershave

18:57.26

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