I had a Dark Lord sample and it's an pretty incredible scent. The frag is very strong and lasts for ages. I honestly don't have high hopes of the dupe being close to the real thing, BUT I'm looking forward to something along the same vein!
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joined 2 weeks ago
August 19th, 2025
- Brush: Stirling Soap Co. 24mm Synthetic
- Razor: Gillette Atra - Handle
- Blade: Personna Twin Pivot Plus (Atra) Cart (6)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Lyssa - Soap
- Post Shave: RazoRock - Puros - Aftershave
Quick travel shave. Only two passes.
Ahh, I see. Similar to Kindergarten, or maybe pre-school in the USA?
That's exciting! I look forward to our son having free daycare 5 days a week 🤣
August 18th, 2025
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers - "Gianmaria" w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Joseph Rogers & Sons Near Wedge (5)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Lyssa - Soap
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Petrichor - Aftershave
Totally forgot to strop, but as has been shown by some of our members, stropping sometimes isn't required! Maybe it was the lather, or the unstropped blade, or my technique, or all of the above... I give this shave a 10\10.
I hadn't noticed the lack of thumbnail, good catch! On Lemmy it's very client specific, but I guess PieFed doesn't show any thumbnail if there's no link associated with the post. I'll ask Rimu about it. I think our use of a thumbnail for posts is pretty niche.
With regards to the number of passes? Still sussing that out and I'm sure I'll flip flop a bit over time.
In general, though, I'd say the past week has been a big improvement since I found magic in a lower angle, and the magic seems to translate to all 4 razors currently in my rotation.
Sometimes it's the only way to really figure out what's broken.
Nice work. I've replaced the wrong part before, but I learned a lot from it. Something was dripping on the exhaust manifold, so I replaced the heater core because it was in the right place, and coolant runs through it. It turned out to be the head gasket that needed replacing, so I got to do that, too. I'm in a different place now financially, and will never do either of those jobs myself ever again.
August 17th, 2025
- Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts - w/Maggard 30mm Badger
- Razor: Union Razor Cutlery 5/8 Full Hollow (8)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Lyssa - Soap
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Lyssa - Aftershave
- Fragrance: GLHF Workshop - Atriox - EdP
Great shave. Very close and comfy. Back to 3+ passes today.
No it isn't, but we have a strict no-rules policy here.