SOTD by u/gcgallant - Djudge Portal

u/gcgallant posted on 2023-08-01 12:46:36-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

August 1, 2023

Brush: Munnin Woodworks w/AP Shave Co 24mm Titanium Synthetic
Razor: Weck Sextoblade (Straight Shave 282)
Blade: Kismet (1)
Lather: Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Soap
Post Shave: Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Aftershave
Post Shave: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
Fragrance: Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Eau de Parfum

2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

A #Monthofweckoning

For Austere August, I'm breaking with my pattern of last year and not using Midnight Stag. Instead I'll be using 70th Anniversary this month. Special meaning for me. I love the subtlety and elegance of 70th Anniversary, so I won't exactly suffer.

An area where I may suffer a bit is with the Weck. I'm not really driven to use a replaceable blade straight razor because I enjoy maintaining an edge myself, and I enjoy the different steels and designs of straights that are out there. To ease my lack of excitement, u/whosgotthepudding made these absolutely amazing scales. They make this razor a joy to behold and make it handle a bit less like a Weck.

It will be a long month for me though. I have this in house, and this one is on its way across the pond to me.

So, let's talk about these Days of Weckoning:

MRTNG's Ultra Nightmare Mode. Is there any other way?
Minimum of 2 passes each day. In last year's AA, I developed a very efficient XTG/WTG, XTG/ATG 2-pass pattern. I'll be using that all month.
Palm stropping is for sissies.

To keep it boring for my zero or more reader(s), I'll be inspecting the edge condition of the Kismet blade with my microscope. A link to a photo album is above. Today's photo is of an unused edge, tomorrow's will be the condition after one shave. I plan to update this about every 5 shaves to lessen the day-to-day monotony. I was surprised that people looked at these last year. Clearly, we all need to get a life, but I'm interested to see what kind of wear one of these blades develop.

u/EldrormR, u/djundjila, and u/Semaj3000

Austere August++;

This SOTD is part of the challenge

Weckoning 2023


      **[August 1, 2023](https://imgur.com/tTy3NRp)**


* **Brush:** Munnin Woodworks w/AP Shave Co 24mm Titanium Synthetic
* **Razor:** [Weck Sextoblade](https://imgur.com/a/bNiYeEI) (Straight Shave 282)
* **Blade:** Kismet (1)
* **Lather:** Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Soap
* **Post Shave:** Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Aftershave
* **Post Shave:** Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
* **Fragrance:** Saponificio Varesino - 70th Anniversary - Eau de Parfum
 

_2 passes.   Face lather.  Excellent shave._  
  
[Kismet Blade - Losing My Edge](https://imgur.com/a/ETpI0fY)  

A \#Monthofweckoning  

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For Austere August,  I'm breaking with my pattern of last year and not using Midnight Stag. Instead I'll be using 70th Anniversary this month. Special meaning for me.  I love the subtlety and elegance of 70th Anniversary, so I won't exactly suffer.

An area where I may suffer a bit is with the Weck. I'm not really driven to use a replaceable blade straight razor because I enjoy maintaining an edge myself, and I enjoy the different steels and designs of straights that are out there. To ease my lack of excitement, u/whosgotthepudding made these absolutely [amazing scales](https://imgur.com/a/bNiYeEI). They make this razor a joy to behold and make it handle a bit less like a Weck.

It will be a long month for me though. I have [this](https://imgur.com/a/GxEjrze) in house, and [this one](https://imgur.com/a/FPccfVg) is on its way across the pond to me.

So, let's talk about these Days of Weckoning:

* MRTNG's Ultra Nightmare Mode.  Is there any other way?  
* Minimum of 2 passes each day. In last year's AA, I developed a very efficient XTG/WTG, XTG/ATG 2-pass pattern.  I'll be using that all month.  
* Palm stropping is for sissies.  

To keep it boring for my zero or more reader(s), I'll be inspecting the edge condition of the Kismet blade with my microscope. A link to a photo album is above. Today's photo is of an unused edge, tomorrow's will be the condition after one shave.  I plan to update this about every 5 shaves to lessen the day-to-day monotony.  I was surprised that people looked at these last year.  Clearly, we all need to get a life, but I'm interested to see what kind of wear one of these blades develop.

u/EldrormR, u/djundjila, and u/Semaj3000

Austere August++;