Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - November 25, 2023
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
November 25, 2023
- Brush: Wald Stratos Goldvein 29mm A1 Fan
- Razor: Gillette Super Adjustable 109 (Black Beauty) Gold O-4 (setting: 5)
- Blade: Gillette Nacet (2)
- Lather: Declaration Grooming - Opulence - Soap
- Post Shave: Declaration Grooming - Opulence - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
I haven’t used this soap in over a year. It had really dried out and I should have bloomed it a bit, but I didn’t. As a result, my lather for both passes was pretty thin. I went back to the puck during the first pass but just could not build volume. Not really an opulent shave. I’ll have to revisit this one soon.
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
Is Opulence the one that has the reputation of not lathering well?
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
For now, I think it was user error. I don’t recall having difficulty lathering this before but the last time I used it was 9/22. I think that if I bloom it, and have more water in the brush, it will create a better lather. There is no problem with the Wald synthetics. I’ll give it a try again next month, but would be interested to know if it has a reputation for being difficult to lather. This month I’m using a different soap for each shave.
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
There is a batch of opulence that scoot messed up, and it simply won’t lather. He never took responsibility for it publicly, though 🙄
I have a tub from that batch.
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
Ugh. That’s not cool. I’ll give it another go in December. I still have nine different soaps to use this month.