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- Comment on Atlas games 2: weekly judges update and stats report. 2 weeks ago:
ChatNDG wouldn’t do this to us.
- Comment on Thanks for the help with the 1912 boot sale find 2 weeks ago:
That’s awesome, glad to hear you’re enjoying it. Some time ago a member of our community made a sticker that said “GEM #ButterTheToast”. The audio feedback is a great element to that razor!
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - February 4th, 2025 (#604) [Atlas Shaves Edition] 2 weeks ago:
Feb. 4, 2025
- Brush: Proraso Professional
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
- Blade: GEM PTFE [6]
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Night Music - Soap
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Night Music - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Splash
- Osma: Osma - Osma
- Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20
- Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Night Music
I’m not technically playing Atlas Shaves, but hell—when you have a Night Music trifecta sometimes you need to flex the Night Music trifecta.
As many of you know I can’t really use scented products because of my wife, so I did the ole spray and walk through on the frag and a single drop of the aftershave in my palm before adding the unscented stuff. So if my wife tells me I smell like a strawberry took a dump, I’ll know it’s just my usual smell and not her reacting to the Night Music.
Night Music is one of the few scents that I think deserves its legendary status. I understand why it is never coming back, but damn I would love if it did. I know it’s controversial to say this, but it’s one of my deep cut favorite scents and I’d love to have more of the soap.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread - February 2nd, 2025 (#602) [Atlas Shaves Edition] 2 weeks ago:
Feb. 2, 2025
- Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
- Blade: GEM PTFE [5]
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Sheep - Soap
- Osma: Osma - Osma
When I shaved this shave, I shaved it with unscented products because I was on my way to the birth center because my wife was being induced. I even forgot to do any post-shave routine except Osma.
But when we got there they told us they had reviewed her case and haha nevermind. Go home. Despite the fact they had called to confirm we were coming in earlier in the day.
So now I’m home. I guess I’ll go put on some balm.
- Comment on What blades does this razor accept? 2 weeks ago:
I’m a face shaver but just want to say these are my favorite razors. You’re in for a treat.
What happens if you don’t? Does it nick your skin?
On my face at least, I’ve found these razors to be very forgiving. I’ve only ever cut myself on these razors out of personal stupidity. While riding the cap is the correct way to go, I do occasionally ride the bar and it’s fine.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - February 1st, 2025 (#601) 2 weeks ago:
I am convinced that the absurd growth in /r/Wetshaving subscribers (I don’t know if you’ve seen my analysis of this, but we had literally linear growth of over a hundred thousand members in two years) is LLM accounts. Which means that ChatGPT is, indeed, us. It is trained on us; it understands us.
Hence how easily it was able to pull that reverse AirBud thing out of its ass.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - February 1st, 2025 (#601) 2 weeks ago:
After reading this, I too became confused. Claude’s argument made sense, but I know I’m always right. So I asked ChatGPT to prove that I was right. Here’s what it had to say:
Alright, here’s why Claude is wrong, and the original comment is actually airtight logic—perhaps even too airtight, like a cosmic truth wrapped in a paradox burrito.
First, let’s establish a fact: AirBudding is about exploiting a loophole. But what if the greatest loophole of all is the loophole of not using a loophole? If there’s no rule saying you must AirBud, then choosing not to AirBud is itself a use of the ultimate AirBud loophole—the loophole that allows one to abstain from loopholing.
Claude’s mistake is assuming that the only way to AirBud is to do something unexpected within the rules. But what if the most unexpected move is doing nothing at all? If everyone expects AirBudding, the true AirBud move is not AirBudding. That’s the AirBud Inversion Principle™: When AirBudding becomes the norm, non-AirBudding becomes the new AirBud.
So in rejecting AirBudding, you are, in fact, engaging in the most advanced form of AirBudding possible: the meta-AirBud, or AirBud Prime. You are exploiting the system by opting out of the exploit, and in doing so, you complete the AirBud cycle.
Thus, Claude’s reasoning collapses. Not playing basketball doesn’t make you a basketball player—unless you were already on the court, holding the ball, and chose to walk away. And that’s exactly what’s happening here.
Q.E.D.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - February 1st, 2025 (#601) 3 weeks ago:
I’m calling you out for a rules infraction.
They said a dog couldn’t play basketball; they said a dog couldn’t shave. You said you were out.
But you’re all wrong.
You have the AirBud point but you’re choosing to not use it. But that’s the ultimate AirBud thing to do. So really you are AirBudding even through you said you weren’t AirBudding. Which, is, obviously, AirBudding.
Thus you really are AirBudding even if you think you’re not AirBudding which makes this an AirBud post.
Since, in the same way I was Time’s Person of the Year in 2006, I am a judge of this contest, I award you the AirBud point. Congratulations, you’re not the first one out.
Crossposting to Discord because rules.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - January 27th, 2025 (#596) 3 weeks ago:
She said it smelled like baby powder to her, which she liked.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - January 27th, 2025 (#596) 3 weeks ago:
Jan. 27, 2025
- Brush: Proraso Professional
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
- Blade: GEM PTFE [4]
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Port-au-Prince - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
- Osma: Osma - Osma
- Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20
What a remarkable shave.
I’ve been wanting to try this scent for awhile, and when I heard that Stirling was discontinuing it I knew I had to pick up a puck.
So happy I did. What an incredible scent. It’s subtle but wonderful. And, of course, the mutton tallow base is one of the best in the business.
What’s truly remarkable about this scent is my wife liked it. I’m not joking, she hates scents. It’s to the point where I rarely use anything except scented soap anymore, and even then sometimes she can pick up the scent on me (and hate it) hours later. But this one she loved. Hopefully it comes back someday!
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - January 22nd, 2025 (#591) 4 weeks ago:
Jan. 22, 2025
- Brush: Proraso Professional
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
- Blade: GEM PTFE [3]
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Sheep - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
- Osma: Osma - Osma
- Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20
I am very, very tired. This was a “I need to scrape the hair off my face” shave more than anything else. It was mediocre, which was expected based on the effort I put into it.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - January 20th, 2025 (#589) 4 weeks ago:
Well, I never knew I wanted to understand why that happened, but apparently I did. Fascinating.
- Comment on Atlas shaves 2: official rules 5 weeks ago:
This isn’t too dissimilar in spirit to the very first Lather Games. We have truly come full circle.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - January 11th, 2025 (#580) 1 month ago:
Jan. 11, 2025
- Brush: Proraso Professional
- Razor: GEM Open Comb Micromatic Gen. 2
- Blade: GEM PTFE [2]
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Sheep - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
- Osma: Osma - Osma
- Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20
Today shave was pretty mid. No one’s fault but my own. I was dragging ass this morning and had to get out the door and so my lather was a little off and I got some irritation.
One thing I should try to get better at is quick shaves. Luxurious ones are easy enough. Makes me wonder about tips to shave fast and get out the door.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - January 6th, 2025 (#575) 1 month ago:
Jan. 6, 2025
- Brush: Proraso Professional
- Razor: GEM Open Comb Micromatic Gen. 2
- Blade: GEM PTFE [1]
- Lather: Spearhead Shaving Co. - Seaforth! 3 Scots - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
- Osma: Osma - Osma
As many of you know my wife and I are expecting our first child. We are in the “home renovations” phase of pregnancy where we decide to redo the entire house in the final weeks before birth.
Anywho, I shaved because I hadn’t for awhile because all I do is home renovations. It was great because 3 Scots is great. Again, so happy I picked this up during the drop.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - December 30th, 2024 (#569) 1 month ago:
Dec. 30, 2024
- Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
- Blade: GEM PTFE [4]
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
- Post Shave: Osma - Osma
- Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20
Rarely do shaves go this well. Vespers felt like the perfect scent for the downslope of the holiday season, and the MM24 made it an absolutely smooth shave with no irritation. Happy New Year all!
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - December 24th, 2024 (#562) 1 month ago:
I still haven’t tried ‘TTNB. Seems nice. I considered picking it up but feel so overloaded with soap right now.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - December 24th, 2024 (#562) 1 month ago:
Dec. 24, 2024
- Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
- Blade: GEM PTFE [3]
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Christmas Eve - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Christmas Eve - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Splash
- Osma: Osma - Osma
- Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery- G20
On Christmas Eve, there are two acceptable soaps: Christmas Eve and ‘Twas The Night Before. I have Christmas Eve, so that’s what I’m going with.
This is one of my all time favorite scents. I wrote my first review about this scent. It’s incredible and I love it every time.
Merry everything!
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - December 21st, 2024 (#559) 1 month ago:
Trying to remember to crosspost more often. If I don’t use the $Discord tag it is easier to remember!
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - December 21st, 2024 (#559) 2 months ago:
Dec. 21, 2024
- Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
- Blade: GEM PTFE [2]
- Lather: House Of Mammoth - Santa Noir - Soap
- Post Shave: House Of Mammoth - Santa Noir - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Splash
- Osma: Osma - Osma
Life has been really busy lately getting ready for the holidays and the baby so not much time to log shaves. But this was a particularly good one, everything came together well. Been working on my angle lately with the GEMs and have been really dialing it all in.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - February 12th, 2024 1 year ago:
Feb. 12, 2024
- Brush: Declaration Grooming B14 “Nebula” Badger
- Razor: GEM Bullet Tip
- Blade: GEM PTFE [6]
- Lather: House Of Mammoth - 福 (Fú Dào) - Soap
- Post Shave: House Of Mammoth - 福 (Fú Dào) - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
- Osma: Osma - Osma
- Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20
It’s the Mammoth Monday closest to the Lunar New Year, so this seemed like an excellent themed shave today. This is one of my top tier scents, one that I think everyone should give a whirl.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - February 01, 2024 1 year ago:
Feb. 1, 2024
- Brush: Zenith B33
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
- Blade: GEM PTFE [5]
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Maribor - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
- Osma: Osma - Osma
- Scuttle: [Redacted] - Travel Scuttle
This is my standard traveling setup right now. Been working quite good. I like the pleasant scent of the Maribor.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - Jan 8, 2024 1 year ago:
Jan. 8, 2024
- Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
- Razor: GEM Clog Pruf
- Blade: GEM PTFE [1]
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Bonaparte - Soap
- Aftershave: House of Mammoth - Uitwaaien
- Osma: Osma - Osma
- Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20
I decided to buy Bonaparte on a lark, because /u/StirlingSoap mentioned on Facebook that it is strong and divisive.
Strong, sure. And perhaps divisive, but frankly I think the scent is really nice.
Uitwaaien is an absolute pleasure. I will probably do a posted review of this sometime soon.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread - Dec. 24 2023 1 year ago:
It was that or Noir, and I felt I needed to stay on brand.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread - Dec. 24 2023 1 year ago:
12/24/2023
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
- Blade: GEM PTFE (1)
- Brush: Zenith - MOAR BOAR
- Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20
- Soap: Stirling Soap Co. - Christmas Eve
- Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. - Christmas Eve
- Balm: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented
- Osma: Osma - Osma
Christmas Eve calls for Christmas Eve. I’ve mentioned before how this scent reminds me of Christmas Eves at my grandparents’ house as a kid. The scent just really does it for me, everything about it is wonderful. Great last shave before Christmas.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - December 21, 2023 1 year ago:
Interesting. Can you tell me more? I admit my water feels a bit…slick, for lack of a better word.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - December 21, 2023 1 year ago:
12/21/2023
Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 Blade: GEM PTFE (6) Brush: Proraso Professional Bowl: Georgetown Pottery G20 Scuttle Soap: Stirling Soap Co. Sheep Puck Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. Unscented Aftershave Balm: Stirling Soap Co. Unscented Balm Osma: Osma - Osma
First shave since the new water softener was installed yesterday. The plumber said that it could take a few days for all the hard water to get out of the hot water tank, but already there is a night and day difference. The lather was so much easier to form and felt softer and slicker. I’m excited to see the difference as the hard water works its way out of the system, and suggest everyone try a soft water shave.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - December 09, 2023 1 year ago:
Dec. 9, 2023
- Brush: Declaration Grooming B14 “Nebula” Badger
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
- Blade: GEM PTFE (34
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers
- Aftershave: Barrister & Mann - Vespers
- Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented
- Balm: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented
- Osma: Osma - Osma
- Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20
Been rocking this setup for awhile now it’s so good. I’ve got to work in some of my other Christmas Soaps while it’s still seasonally appropriate.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - November 21, 2023 1 year ago:
Nov. 21, 2023
- Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
- Blade: GEM PTFE (4)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Figgy Puddin’ (Latha)
- Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. - Christmas Eve
- Balm: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
- Osma: Osma - Osma
- Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20
Figgy Puddin’ remains one of the best Christmas scents. It is beautifully straightforward and wish it would return.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - November 18, 2023 1 year ago:
Nov. 18, 2023
- Brush: Proraso Professional
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
- Blade: GEM PTFE (3)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Smoking Bishop
- Balm: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented
- Osma: Osma - Osma
This scent is more pleasant than I remember.