u/djundjila's SOTDs for challenge 'Weckoning 2023'

u/djundjila submitted 31 SOTDS.

u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-01 15:15:57-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Days Of Weckoning are 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 (7)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
And thus it starts again! Tagging u/EldrormR, u/Semaj3000, and u/djundjila.

I'm pretty happy with my software choice, too!

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-02 01:03:41-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Days Of Weckoning are 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 (8)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
So, I came down with something, started AA with fever and a splitting headache, and almost didn't post yesterday.

Today I'm feeling marginally better, and I actually enjoyed my shave. Three passes with a Kismet, Soft Heart, and Oceana is a pretty great combination.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-02 23:04:39-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Third 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 (9)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
I just figured out that I tended to load to much these last days. I always struggled hydrating the first one or two passes enough, and it's because I had underestimated how efficiently this hard knot (it's got the strongest backbone of all my brushes, because of the very tight Will Ferrule) picks up the Soft Heart base. Stellar shave today, and I've dialed the soap in now, I think.

I also really enjoy summerly Oceana, followed by the almost literal slap in the face that is Ralon, and Island Man. Let the Austere Coasting begin.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-03 23:02:45-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Fourth 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 (10)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
Today is packing day, and we leave for a family beach vacation tomorrow. My Austere August setup starts to feel really topical.

Great shave again, three passes, nice and smooth. Nothing austere here. #AustereCoasting

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-05 21:14:12-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Fifth 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 (11)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
Travel day evening shave in the hotel. Quick two passes, and I was almost too tired to post😅

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-06 09:35:46-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Sixth 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 (12)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
Somehow, my boar has redeveloped a bit of funk and that's after 61 uses. I'm a bit surprised and at a loss why that could be.

I had broken this brush in during last year's Inaugural Raw Hoggin' challenge and it's an odd brush. I widened the Colin Ferrule just enough to barely fit the 26 mm unbleached Zenith knot, and if l I've set it rather low, so it's got the strongest backbone of all my brushes. Combined with the soft Zenith tips, this makes for a unique and delightful brush. I hope the funk goes away again soon.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-07 07:24:43-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Seventh 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 (13)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
Nice morning shave, three passes, no complaints.

After the shave, I was lying at the beach and looking at the fallout of LG Never Skip Leg Day (safe, but weird for work.), and I had to chuckle thinking of all the Lather Gladiators with the same predicament 😅

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-08 03:52:16-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The 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 (14)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
I enjoyed just gently wiping the stubble of my face with the super smooth Kismet blade. This Weckoning is going great.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-09 05:16:49-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Ninth 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 (15)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
Using such a nice and familiar set of hard and software for AA is great for vacation, but I miss the challenge of previous AAs.

I'm thinking I'll compensate with Sample Straightember: one straight, thirty samples. And I'll break in a Zenith horse brush.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-10 14:58:36-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Tenth 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 (16)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
Almost a third through the Weckoning and I'm reading fewer stories of struggle. Granted, 7 soft hearted individuals have up after the first day, but since then, only one more person gave up. So I'm guessing, the Weckoning is working it's magic and participants are becoming more at ease with this razor?

Had another great shave today. I've never used a Kismet blade this many times before (16 as of this shave) and I'm waiting for some deterioration, bit I can't feel any yet. I'm thinking I'll flip the blade soon, to see whether i can feel a difference between the end that's been the toe all this time and the presumably fresher current heel.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-11 08:09:45-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Eleventh 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 (17)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
The study of the Solingen Syndrome continues and I'm enjoying my shaves and following along with everyone's AA posts.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-12 14:50:34-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Twelfth 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 (18)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
One unplanned extra hotel shave. Our flight home landed late and we're staying in the airport hotel. Quick two pass affair before bed.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-13 13:25:03-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Thirteenth 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 (19)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
First shave back home from vacation, back to work tomorrow morning. sigh

I was unreasonably worried about my luggage getting delayed and breaking by AA streak.

The Kismet is still going strong, but I think I'll flip it tomorrow (when I'll have had 19 shaves with this toe, and 18 with the current heel as toe) to see whether I can feel a difference.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-14 10:57:32-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Fourteenth Day Of Weckoning is upon us - It's Flipping Time
- 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 (20)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
I flipped the blade around today to get the presumably less used heel to take over as the new toe, and I felt 🥁🥁🥁🥁 no difference. These Kismet blades really hold up well. Wow.

I now have a daily shave inspector. Djunior has started the habit of examining my chin and then to djudge it in one of two categories: 1) "Bisschen katzt" (toddler German for "scratches a little") or 2) "Nein katzt" (toddler German for "does not scratch). It's a bit intimidating.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-15 05:46:11-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Fifteenth 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 (21)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
I finally caught up and watched one of u/sgrdddy's slurry lather videos, but I didn't fully manage to reproduce it. Nothing that a bit of additional water and some scrubbing wouldn't fix, but I clearly have some more experimenting to do.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-16 00:17:16-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Sixteenth 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 (22)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
Ok, so I had a good slurry shave today, and it was insanely quick: six and a half minutes for a two-pass open blade shave from picking up the soaked brush to spraying the frag, and I didn't not hurry.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-17 04:33:22-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Seventeenth Day Of Weckoning is upon us - A 5 minute Wecking
- 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 (23)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
After a request by u/FMKJuli (the "M" stands for "Doubting Thomas 😉), I've filmed my shave today.

u/sgrdddy's slurry lather (but about a dozen swirl, not a mind-boggling single swirl), two passes with the Weck, splash and frag in 5 minutes. Good shave, not quite BBS, but almost, no irritation, no blood, and most importantly: no hurrying.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-18 00:54:47-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Eightteenth Day Of Weckoning is upon us - A 5 minute Wecking
- 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 (24)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Tom Ford – Tobacco Vanille
Nice three-pass shave today. Today's our wedding anniversary so I switched up the frag (after checking with the #Monthofweckoning rules, which only regulate razor, blade, brush, lather, and post shave, but not frags).

We're in the beginning days of a heat dome in central Europe, and Switzerland is sitting right in the middle of it. Usually, the thick stone walls of our 1902 building (over 1 m of masonry) keep the heat out for a few hot days, but today we have 27°C in the home office already at 08:00, so the next few days will be unpleasant 🥵☀🌡
u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-19 08:59:53-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Nineteenth 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 (25)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
None of that slurry lather today for me. I took my time for a proper luxurious Soft Hearts lather and a full three-pass Weckoning.

I think I'm starting to notice the blade turning the corner. It didn't pull yet, but it's losing efficiency: I see hairs that escape the first pass, and it's not something I've noticed before.

On a related note: Today, I looked at my hanging strop and I felt a pang in my heart. That's what this hobby and AA are doing to me, I miss stropping 😂

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-20 09:00:08-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Twentieth 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 (26)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
The stupid heat dome is still going strong over all over Switzerland. A quick lunchtime shave'n'shower was really nice to cool off. The blade may not be perfect anymore, but still plenty sharp enough for BBS.

Oceana and Island Man were good choices for this hot August.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-20 23:35:54-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Twenty-First 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 (27)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
Early morning back-to-work shave. Today's the first day I'm back in the office since a month ago.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-22 04:47:51-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Twenty-Second 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 (28)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
heat dome

Everything is hot here. These are days when it sucks to live in a place where AC is usually not needed and hence uncommon. Today would have been a good day for some software with a cooling agent. but AAlas.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-23 01:21:23-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Twenty-Third 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 (29)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
Overslept my alarm and woke up late today. The routine of AA helped keep it Zen. AA++;

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-24 22:22:06-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Twenty-Fourth 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 (30)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
Routine++;

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-25 07:56:48-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Twenty-Fifth 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 (31)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
Today's the day that this blade hit the usual AA service life, and while it feels a tad less efficient by now, it's doing just fine.

Three smooth passes this morning. Easy peasy.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-26 05:49:15-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Twenty-Sixth 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 (32)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
Three-pass afternoon shave at reasonable temperatures. I had almost forgotten the feeling 🥵. The heat dome over central Europe is finally dissipating and the rain brought cold air. Rain++;

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-27 07:20:09-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Twenty-Seventh 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 (33)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
This blade is chugging along brilliantly. I do not foresee any problems with the last four Shaves of Weckoning.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-28 00:57:38-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
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 – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – 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 u/Old_Hiker, u/gcgallant, u/EldrormR, 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.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-29 00:02:51-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Twenty-Ninth 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 (35)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
The end of AA is near and I felt premature nostalgia for this setup during today's shave again. This is silly since I'm really looking forward to Sample September and rummaging through Mount Smushmore.

A surprise observation: Ralon felt really good for my skin this month. I had half expected that using a 100 years old recipe for an wound antiseptic (Wiki has this only in German, Croatian, Czech, and Hungarian, unfortunately.) without the emphasis on "skin food" of modern post shave splashes for a month straight would feel drying or irritating, but this did not happen.

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-30 00:21:29-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Penultimate 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 (36)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
Very nice shave this morning. I was comfortable already with the Weck and this ultra-high backbone brush before AA, but there's something special about using a setup repeatedly for a month. This was my 301st shave with an open blade since opening this can of worms by borrowing u/VisceralWatch's Feather AC shavette for Lather Games 2022, and my 55th shave with this particular Weck, but now, for lack of a better term, I feel expertise in every move. The same goes for this brush (80th use today). I just know I'll have a great lather and a great shave before I even start.

All that being said, I'm chomping at the bit take my new-to-me Fili 14 for a spin through my sample pile (Mount Smushmore) next month.

I'm still a bit overwhelmed by yesterday's surprise gift and feeling blessed 😊️

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u/djundjila posted on 2023-08-30 23:50:17-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
The Final 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 (37)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
- Post Shave: Ralon – Original
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
And that's a wrap, another Austere August in the books. A summary:
1. This blade held up really well, and I got a nice last shave from it.
2. The Weck is a total autopilot razor now.
3. The Rubberset and a Zenith in a tight Colin Ferrule are a dream team: I love the strong back/soft tips combo. This is the Brush I broke in during last year's AA, btw
4. Oceana in Soft Hearts was great. I like the scent, and this base rocks. I did not get close to killing this tub, but the remaining soap layer has become thin enough to be translucent.
5. Ralon is great, but I noticed that I use comparatively huge amounts of it. There's no flow restrictor, so that should not have been surprising. The smell lingers for approximately 37 seconds, but even in this short window, Ralon got me multiple compliments from my wife this month.
6. Island Man was a good choice for AA. It's pleasant and unintrusive. Perfect for a daily frag.
For my first AA, I did the MMOC challenge, broke in a Zenith boar and used a Sea Spice Lime trick hole. Last year, for my second AA, I started AA with that same razor and GEM blade (which had 69 shaves on it by then) to make it to an even 100 by the end, and I raw hogged an unbleached Zenith. Both of these felt like real challenges at the beginning, but turned out to be easy in hindsight.

This year, I deliberately took it easy with just the Weckoning challenge, and I enjoyed it just as much.

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The Sixteenth Day Of Weckoning is upon us

The Seventeenth Day Of Weckoning is upon us - A 5 minute Wecking

The Eightteenth Day Of Weckoning is upon us - A 5 minute Wecking

The Nineteenth Day Of Weckoning is upon us

The Twentieth Day Of Weckoning is upon us

The Twenty-First Day Of Weckoning is upon us

The Twenty-Second Day Of Weckoning is upon us

The Twenty-Third Day Of Weckoning is upon us

The Twenty-Fourth Day Of Weckoning is upon us

The Twenty-Fifth Day Of Weckoning is upon us

The Twenty-Sixth Day Of Weckoning is upon us

The Twenty-Seventh Day Of Weckoning is upon us

The Twenty-Eighth Day Of Weckoning is upon us

The Twenty-Ninth Day Of Weckoning is upon us

The Penultimate Day Of Weckoning is upon us

The Final Day Of Weckoning is upon us