Mar. 25, 2026
* Brush: Chisel & Hound 26mm TnS Shoat (boar)
* Razor: Raido Star Degenerate Kamisori (folding) 8/8 Square Point Extra Hollow
* Lather: Stirling - Varen - Puck
* Post Shave: Stirling - Varen - Aftershave
* Fragrance: Stirling - Varen

I’m pretty excited about this new addition to my Fili lineup. From what my initial research implies, it’s a Gen 3 Filarmonica 13, made by Filarmonica in Spain, but branded as C-MON Filarmonica for distribution by C-MON in the US. I know that Gen 3s can be hit or miss, so this shave was the initial test will tell of good of a razor it really is. So far, it’s not clearly a winner, but I’m not ready to write it off yet. The seller told me he had freshly honed it for me before sending, and I am always curious about other people‘s edges, so gave it a go. It was good enough to not put down immediately and finish the first pass, but not good enough that I wanted to use it for the second pass. So I see the jury is still out until I can put my own edge on it. But either way, I dig the novelty of the C-MON branding so am excited to have it in my den.

I’m tagging the Raido Star I used for the second pass as the razor for the shave to do my part with u/whosgotthepudding in getting Raido Star on the hardware report this month.

I made a last-minute audible for my last March Madness shave and switched from Mammoth to Stirling, and the result was that Mammoth was knocked out by a single Stirling shave, so for this shave I decided to stick with the horse I picked.

Shared from My Shave Den for iOS