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Sunday SOTD Thread - September 29th, 2024 (#476)
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29.09.2024 - SW season is back
-> 2 pass head shave. Very smooth and comfortable!
As some of you fine folks already remarked a few days ago, fall season is SW season. Unfortunately SW is seemingly not very active anymore (at least compared to other artisans) but they're the pioneers of great vegan shaving soap and alcohol-free aftershave. Especially the latter is great for head shavers like me with a sensitive scalp.
Pomona is sadly a discontinued scent. The bright gourmand with apple, honey, spices and red wine makes it a perfect companion for the early days of fall. It's very similar to cider in smell and evokes memories of a harvest festival IMHO. It was a perfect choice for the sunny autumn weather we had here today.
The soap is always working well for me, the lather is nice and quickly turns into something usable. Using my Ever-Ready 1912 again was a joy, very neat to have a razor where you just put the blade in, clamp it down and it's ready to go. Btw, this is still the same GEM blade that had a pretty bloody shave with my MMOC - now it's smooth sailing with it.
The SV Pro Victis sample was good. I guess it's intended purpose is not as an aftershave balm. It is very thick and doesn't absorb very fast, but at least it seems to be pretty good in the skin food department. It's also supposed to be anti-inflammatory, so that's neat. Nothing I'd personally buy though.
Edit: I now realised that today I'm celebrating one year of using Lemmy! Thanks for this awesome little community here, folks. After the Reddit exodus, I haven't found a new home easily but this small group is welcoming, friendly and safe. I feel like I can be myself over here and that's what matters most.
Happy cake day! It's great to have you here ๐
And Pomona++; one of my favourite scents in wetshaving. I'm also worried about the seeming lack of activity from SW, especially since Dogwood Handcrafts is effectively shut down, too, and for months already. ๐ข
Thank you very much! It's great that we have a server for our niche hobby over here and I'm glad to be part of it.
Pomona is so great, I'm even wearing the EdP today. Really unfortunate that it didn't sell well and was discontinued - it's definitely one of my favourite gourmands too! Yeah, sad thing about SW ๐ซค
When I checked their website yesterday, it was still up but most things are sold out, even the samples. I wonder how Courtney and Stephen are doing, hopefully everything is alright...
Yeah, I'm a bit worried.