djundjila
@djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, July 28th, 2025 (#776) 11 hours ago:
Mon 28 Jul 2025
- Brush: Boti Laminate brush with motherlode knot
- Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 50 (7/8", hollow ground, stainless steel, masonic deco)
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles – Florentine Fern
- Post Shave: Speick – Men Active
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, July 27th, 2025 (#775) 1 day ago:
Sun 27 Jul 2025
- Brush: Boti Laminate brush with motherlode knot
- Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 50 (7/8", hollow ground, stainless steel, masonic deco)
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles – Florentine Fern
- Post Shave: Speick – Men Active
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, July 26th, 2025 (#774) 2 days ago:
Sat 26 Jul 2025
- Brush: Boti Laminate brush with motherlode knot
- Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 50 (7/8", hollow ground, stainless steel, masonic deco)
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles – Florentine Fern
- Post Shave: Speick – Men Active
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, July 24th, 2025 (#772) 3 days ago:
It went very well so far. Djunior is now almost five, so traveling has become less difficult. Also, it turns out that both Turkey and Kyrgyzstan are super child friendly countries to visit.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, July 20th, 2025 (#768) 3 days ago:
Belgium is great to visit.
Switzerland, but last we looked (a long time ago) it was a pricey place to visit.
And it got about 25% more expensive for Americans since liberation day :(
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, July 25th, 2025 (#773) 3 days ago:
Fri 25 Jul 2025
- Brush: Boti Laminate brush with motherlode knot
- Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 50 (7/8", hollow ground, stainless steel, masonic deco)
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles – Florentine Fern
- Post Shave: Speick – Men Active
We flew overnight from Istanbul to Bishkek, so today still feels like a travel shave. A nice straight razor shave was perfect to make me feel human again after a long night with little sleep. This is the razor I’ll be using for AA this year.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, July 24th, 2025 (#772) 4 days ago:
Thu 24 Jul 2025
- Brush: Boti Laminate brush with motherlode knot
- Razor: Gillette Ball-End Tech
- Blade: Feather new Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles – Florentine Fern
- Post Shave: Speick – Men Active
- Fragrance: Atelier Rebul – 1895
Travel day shave.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, July 23rd, 2025 (#771) 5 days ago:
Wed 23 Jul 2025
- Brush: Boti Laminate brush with motherlode knot
- Razor: Gillette Ball-End Tech
- Blade: Feather new Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles – Florentine Fern
- Post Shave: Speick – Men Active
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- Fragrance: Atelier Rebul – 1895
We went to visit Atelier Rebul and we picked up 1895 and Bosphorus. This one, 1895, opens like a classic citrussy cologne, but turns more earthy and woody. It reminds me a bit of D.R.Harris Marlborough.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, July 20th, 2025 (#768) 5 days ago:
Oh, where are you planning to go?
I also haven’t been across the pond post pandemic
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, July 20th, 2025 (#768) 6 days ago:
Thanks!
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, July 22nd, 2025 (#770) 6 days ago:
Tue 22 Jul 2025
- Brush: Boti Laminate brush with motherlode knot
- Razor: Gillette Ball-End Tech
- Blade: Feather new Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles – Florentine Fern
- Post Shave: Speick – Men Active
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, July 21st, 2025 (#769) 1 week ago:
Mon 21 Jul 2025
- Brush: Boti Laminate brush with motherlode knot
- Razor: Gillette Ball-End Tech
- Blade: Feather new Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles – Florentine Fern
- Post Shave: Speick – Men Active
Nice and relaxing evening shave after walking through Istanbul’s old town for an entire (and very hot) day. Good Times
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, July 18th, 2025 (#766) 1 week ago:
Alas an opportunity squandered
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, July 18th, 2025 (#766) 1 week ago:
Thank you!
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, July 20th, 2025 (#768) 1 week ago:
Sun 20 Jul 2025
- Brush: Boti Laminate brush with motherlode knot
- Razor: Gillette Ball-End Tech
- Blade: Feather new Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles – Florentine Fern
- Post Shave: Speick – Men Active
First vacation shave. We travelled early this morning and I shaved in Istanbul right next to the Bosphorus. Tomorrow, I’ll check out Atelier Rebul and buy a frag or two. Florentine Fern was a gift sample from Catie’s Bubbles, and I really like it.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, July 19th, 2025 (#767) 1 week ago:
Sat 19 Jul 2025
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Mühle Rocca R96
- Blade: Feather new Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles – DFTR
- Post Shave: Pitralon - Swiss version
Quick late evening shave before travelling early tomorrow morning. DFTR++;
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, July 17th, 2025 (#765) 1 week ago:
The mmoc is quite sturdy. I wouldn’t worry about it in my bike bags
- Comment on Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club September Soap Nomination Thread 1 week ago:
Chicago Grooming Co. Armonía
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, July 18th, 2025 (#766) 1 week ago:
Fri 18 Jul 2025
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Thiers Issard Le Dandy (5/8", square point, carbon steel)
- Lather: Southern Witchcrafts – Tres Matres
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co – Orange Chill
- Fragrance: Acqua di Parma – Blu Mediterraneo Arancia di Capri
Last day of work before summer break, let’s do this! I went with a very summery setup with a citrus throughline, I smell great, and I’m counting the minutes until work’s done.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, July 16th, 2025 (#764) 1 week ago:
Maybe I should have taken a more applied direction because I learned none of that at uni. My analysis so far is more along the lines of Alfred, Lord Tennyson;
“I hold it true, whate’er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have 50ed and lost
than never to have 50ed at all”. - Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, July 16th, 2025 (#764) 1 week ago:
Yes, but on the other hand, yolo?
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, July 16th, 2025 (#764) 1 week ago:
Yup, not sure how I forgot that 😅
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, July 16th, 2025 (#764) 1 week ago:
Yup, not sure how I forgot that 😅
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, July 17th, 2025 (#765) 1 week ago:
Thu 17 Jul 2025
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Heljestrand 14 (7/8", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Abbate Y La Mantia – Koké
- Post Shave: Abbate Y La Mantia – Koké
- Fragrance: House of Mammoth / Noble Otter / Declaration Grooming – Cerberus
Cerb + Koké is a great combo and it was great to come back to it. The stone fruit, pear and rhubarb play really well together, as do the warm musks with the sandalwood. Whatever opoponax is may also be doing its thing.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, July 16th, 2025 (#764) 1 week ago:
Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club Wed 16 Jul 2025
- Brush: Boti - Sunrise
- Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 50 (7/8", hollow ground, stainless steel, masonic deco)
- Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. – Irving Park
- Post Shave: Speick – Men Active
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime
For today’s meeting of the Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club, we shave with CGC Irving park, courtesy of @BossHoggins10@sub.wetshaving.social (Thanks Boss!). It’s a dupe of Rive Gauche and a thoroughly enjoyable scent. I consistently get great shaves from Vida’s soaps, both the older base (did it have a name?) and darkwing, and today was no different.
I’m trying to decide which Friodur to use for this year’s Austere August and I’m waffling between today’s weird masonic deco Frio 50 with the murky history, the venerable Frio 14, the chonkier Frio 17, the Frio “the cleaver” 72-V, and a normal 72 or 59. My dilemmata:
- I think my favourite option is the Frio 50, a great shaver, but it’s what I used last year.
- The 14 is my favourite razor of all times, but I guess I want to use it sparingly and deliberately.
- The 17 is a great shaver but feels a bit normal for AA
- I’ve never used a wedge consistently for a month, so the 72-V would be interesting, but I wonder whether I’d miss the crunch of a hollow.
- All of the above are hard to replace if they get lost, and I’ll be travelling during the lead-up to and the beginning of AA, so plenty of opportunity for lost baggage.
- The 72 or 59 are fine shavers, but there’s to oomph there. The upside is that I wouldn’t mind terribly if they got lost during a flight.
Today’s shave was fantastic, so I think I’m leaning towards a repeat of the masonic 50.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, July 15th, 2025 (#763) 2 weeks ago:
Tab Tue 15 Jul 2025
- Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Tabak Oridjinal, now with 28 mm Gelousy knot
- Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 14 (8/8", extra hollow ground, stainless steel)
- Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
- Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
- Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
The Frio 14 is starting to tug lightly and ready for a few laps on the hone. Still an easy comfortable shave, but why wait?
Nice shave with The Stank.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, July 14th, 2025 (#762) 2 weeks ago:
Mon 14 Jul 2025
- Brush: Chisel and Hound – Flame On with v26 Fanchurian
- Razor: Rolls Razor Imperial № 2 with accessories
- Blade: Rolls Blade E 45
- Lather: Chatillon Lux / Declaration Grooming – Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli
- Post Shave: Chatillon Lux / Declaration Grooming – Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli
- Fragrance: Imaginary Authors – Sundrunk
Almost forgot to post today, busy day. I did a repeat of yesterday’s shave, because it hit the spot.
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, July 11th, 2025 (#759) 2 weeks ago:
I think I’m with you. Crangère is nice, but Blugère and LegenBerry are extraordinary (IMO, MOIMO, etc)
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, July 13th, 2025 (#761) 2 weeks ago:
Sun 13 Jul 2025
- Brush: Chisel and Hound – Flame On with v26 Fanchurian
- Razor: Rolls Razor Imperial № 2 with accessories
- Blade: Rolls Blade E 45
- Lather: Chatillon Lux / Declaration Grooming – Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli
- Post Shave: Chatillon Lux / Declaration Grooming – Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli
- Fragrance: Imaginary Authors – Sundrunk
Nice summer scents for a nice summer shave.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, July 12th, 2025 (#760) 2 weeks ago:
Sat 12 Jul 2025
- Brush: Chisel and Hound – Flame On with v26 Fanchurian
- Razor: Heljestrand 14 (7/8", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Declaration Grooming – Southern Paradise
- Post Shave: Wholly Kaw & House of Mammoth – Iced Tea
Nice summery shave.
