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Atlas Shaves Theme - LA Shaving Soap Company - Woody Lavender (Ho wood, lavender, amyris bay)
Feb 1, 2025 - Atlas Shaves II
- Brush: AKA Brushworx Green & Black 26mm AP Shave Co. SynBad Synthentic Knot
- Razor: Aylsworth Razors Drakkant Ti
- Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Super Stainless (Green) [19]
- Lather: The Los Angeles Shaving Soap Company - Vert Noir - Soap
- Post Shave: Declaration Grooming - Contemplation - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Declaration Grooming - Contemplation - Eau de Parfum
Our LatherBot overlord randomly selected LASSCo - Woody Lavender for day 1 of AS2.
Scent notes: Lavender, Ho Wood, Amyris and BayI managed to find a single sample of LASSCo Vert Noir at the back of my shave den. It’s not one that I liked the scent of off the sample puck. Lathering it today, the scent mellowed and it was enjoyable.
Daily Total: 5 (4 artisan who made the daily theme soap + 1 for crossposting bonus)
Running Total: 5February 1, 2025
- Brush: Stirling 24mm Synthetic
- Blade: Wilkinson Sword Classic (3)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Scots Pine Sheep - Soap
- Post Shave: Pinaud - Clubman - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral
Welp, I’m out.AirbudPoints: 1
Tridi 13 Pluviôse an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Laurier: Kät Day
- Preshave: Proraso White Preshave
- Brush: Muninn Woodworks Gloire de France with Zenith 505BC Boar 🐗
- Razor: Puma 100 Straight Razor
- Lather: Zingari Man The Watchman
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Epsilon Blue Mediterranean
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
Since I’m home alone, I tried my luck with the Dremel and polished away on the Puma. I’m afraid that esthetically, this was not a success – while I removed some of the staining, I’m not sure I have the right tools, and there is a visible difference in level of polish between where I had protected the blade with tape, and where I had polished. Like @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social’s Thiers Issard, this razor is now officially esthetically challenged.
It had no bevel on it at all, so I went all the way from 1k, and I had to get rid of a small enough dent in the toe. However bad it may look, it is a spectacularly good shaver. I will certainly use this one quite regularly.
Have a good day!
World’s weakest shave.
SSL
RED ZENITH 27MM BOAR
1914
not on theme and not using ait bud. That puts me out first and officially the waeakest shaver.
X-post from lemmy or whichever one it is I use.
I’m calling you out for a rules infraction.
They said a dog couldn’t play basketball; they said a dog couldn’t shave. You said you were out.
But you’re all wrong.
You have the AirBud point but you’re choosing to not use it. But that’s the ultimate AirBud thing to do. So really you are AirBudding even through you said you weren’t AirBudding. Which, is, obviously, AirBudding.
Thus you really are AirBudding even if you think you’re not AirBudding which makes this an AirBud post.
Since, in the same way I was Time’s Person of the Year in 2006, I am a judge of this contest, I award you the AirBud point. Congratulations, you’re not the first one out.
Crossposting to Discord because rules.
You have the AirBud point but you’re choosing to not use it. But that’s the ultimate AirBud thing to do. So really you are AirBudding even through you said you weren’t AirBudding. Which, is, obviously, AirBudding.
I was confused. So obviously, I asked Claude to explain this to me:
The quote you’ve shared is making a meta-joke: It’s suggesting that choosing not to use an Air Bud-style loophole is itself an Air Bud move, since presumably there’s no rule saying you can’t choose not to use an Air Bud loophole. Then it takes this further, noting that this creates a recursive loop - the very act of saying you’re not using an Air Bud loophole becomes an example of using one. It’s a clever piece of circular logic that plays with the concept of self-reference, similar to paradoxes like “this statement is false” or the classic barber paradox.
In terms of strict logical reasoning it falls apart under scrutiny because:
- Not doing something isn’t automatically an example of that thing (not playing basketball doesn’t make you a basketball player)
- The core premise of “Air Budding” is exploiting a specific loophole to do something novel - simply not doing something doesn’t fit that definition
It’s like saying “By refusing to be a rebel, you’re rebelling against rebellion, which makes you a rebel!” It’s not actually logically sound.
@enndeegee@sub.wetshaving.social is out according to our wise robotic overlords.
~All hail our wise robotic overlords, be they Chinese or American~
This is hilarious and unnerving.
Are there any plans to train a LLM on the yuge data ofsthis server?
That’s what’s keeping the lights on! We’re in talks with Microsoft about a potential buyout.
So I have been looking around for budget stainless steel razors and one that popped was the Swiss Shave Black Tiger which claims to be “100% steel” and is priced at $7.50. This price immediately raised red flags for me as is it far below any of the closest equivalent razors I have found and is cheaper than most zamak razors. What is catch? There has to be one. Edit: It has $6 shipping so I guess that places it at ~ $14.
That looks suspicious (already the name triggers all my do not buy alerts). The cheapest stainless steel razors I would trust (materialwise) would be from Yaqi (check on Aliexpress in the Yaqi factory store) – though I don’t know how they shave.
Otherwise, I have a Greencult II stainless steel razor, which is produced in Austria, and comes in at 99€ – which is the cheapest non-Chinese SS razor I am aware of (shipping was free to France, AFAIR).
If durability is the sole issue, Fatip has plated bronze razors at price points you only get zamac for otherwise. Bronze is similarly durable to stainless steel – but local metallurgy experts @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social or @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social might correct me on this.
The Razorock razors seem to be sold in both an aluminum and stainless steel versions for different prices obviously. Though their stainless razors all seem to be ~$60 usd.
For a safety razor, I don’t think durability is a factor in real terms. Zamak razors can provide many years of use. From a practical standpoint, you’ll pay more for stainless, bronze, or brass. These are heavier and feel better (if you like heavier), but safety razor performance is unrelated to material or cost. I assert that it is mostly related to technique.
Fatip are plated brass, not bronze. Great metal either way.
My favorite Fatip is the Gentile.
Fatip are plated brass, not bronze
I stand corrected!
It’s hard to tell, but it might be a rebranded (and marked up) Baili. It’s a super common practice. You feel like you’re getting a good deal by it’s cheaper to get a Baili.
This particular one might be similar to this razor https://a.co/d/2QvV8bG but with a different handle.
My favorite Baili is the BR171.
Keep in mind that “steel” is not stainless steel. The first one I linked to is stamped metal. Very thin, light, and cheap feeling. The second one I linked is a zamak razor. It’s sturdier feeling. Both won’t last forever, but for the price that’s ok.
The cheapest stainless steel razors are probably from RazoRock or AliExpress.
It being stamped sheet metal makes perfect sense. The reviews I have seen don’t mention it but they are too busy saying it is “great for the price!”.
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