djundjila
@djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, April 17th, 2025 (#676) 11 hours ago:
Razor gud,
Yayyy!
- Comment on [BVWSC Reminder] 12 hours ago:
Спасибо, товарищ
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, April 16th, 2025 (#675) 23 hours ago:
I’m super curious to hear how it goes!
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, April 17th, 2025 (#676) 23 hours ago:
The Thu 17 Apr 2025
- Brush: Zenith – r/Wetshaving exclusive MOAR BOAR (31 mm × 57 mm bleached boar)
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moareen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co – Varen
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co – Varen
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co – Varen
Varen is one of those scents that make a lot of sense trickholing since it overpowers most other scents rather than playing nice. Possibly something like BaM Fougère Classique or Fern could hold its own, though, so I might try that for tomorrow’s Fougère Friday.
Using Varen with the sub-exclusive brush and razor felt like a preview to upcoming green-in-green SOTDs when our own exclusive Stirling soap lands, and it has the added benefit of being on theme.
- Comment on Mailcall! Moarteen! 2 days ago:
Yes, those didn’t get polished off. I think I should just post a short video, that might give a better idea of the colours.
- Comment on Mailcall! Moarteen! 2 days ago:
Yes gcgallant and I own it, and Ulrik returned it to me. We might have future sub exclusives where it could come in handy 😊
- Comment on Mailcall! Moarteen! 2 days ago:
Hyyyyyype!
- Comment on Mailcall! Moarteen! 2 days ago:
Hyyyyype
- Comment on Mailcall! Moarteen! 2 days ago:
Thanks! I’m really happy with the outcome
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, April 16th, 2025 (#675) 2 days ago:
Wed 16 Apr 2025 BVWSC and Moarteen
- Brush: Chisel and Hound – Ambrosia Maple with 26 mm synthetic Maggard knot
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive MoarTeen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Areffa Soaps – Phantom of Kyiv
- Post Shave: D.R. Harris – Marlborough
- Fragrance: Summer Break Soaps – Valedictorian
The Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club meets again today, and @sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social has yet again found a nice soap of a soaper I’ve never heard of before. The Phantom of Kyiv is a woody base with citrus on top. Warm and fresh, without clashing. Very nice! The soap base lathers easily and is super creamy.
This is my second shave with the brand-new sub-exclusive Moarteen and it went great (see here for a write-up of my first impressions and some pictures). Instead of fanboying here, I’m trying to channel my inner @whosgotthepudding@sub.wetshaving.social and avoid rose-coloured glasses when judging Ulrik’s edge. The background for those interested: Ulrik’s honing technique is a bit shocking if you’re used to multi-stone progressions, careful slurry dosage, and discussions about the minute differences between different hone materials. Ulrik sets the bevel on a diamond plate and then finishes the edge on a finisher with nothing in between (like @walden@sub.wetshaving.social, too). That’s it. And he does it with blinding speed. But here’s the deal: this edge is perfectly shave ready IMO, and on par with Brad Maggard’s or Ralf Aust’s in my experience. Is it the smoothest, sharpest phantom edge that melts through whiskers? No, but I’ve never seen that from a factory edge. I’ve only seen that after spending time on the hones myself, or with edges from @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social.
So, what do I mean when I call this shave-ready? I can shave with it comfortably, there is no pulling sensation, and I get this “wiping whiskers off your face” feeling. The shave is close, and there’s no alcohol sting from the splash. I’m a happy camper 😅
I usually try factory edges (“artisan edge” sounds weird) for only one or two shaves and then put my own on new razors, just because I think my edges are smoother and keener than the typical factory edges, but I think I’ll keep using this edge at least until all the Moarteen’s have been delivered and I’m curious to hear opinions roll in from the community over the next few days. It’ll be difficult to resist, though, because this razor has the itsiest bitsiest bevel, it’s so narrow that it’s barely visible, so I’m expecting that refreshing an edge on these is going to be unbelievably quick and easy. It reminds me of Brad Maggard getting all dreamy voiced when talking about honing new 14s 2 years ago.
Tldr: great shave, great soap from Ukraine. Слава Україні!
Have a great day, friends!
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, April 15th, 2025 (#674) 2 days ago:
Tue 15 Apr 2025, the Moarteen has landed
- Brush: Zenith – r/Wetshaving exclusive MOAR BOAR (31 mm × 57 mm bleached boar)
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive MoarTeen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – r/Wetshaving exclusive Paganini’s Violin
- Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts – r/Wetshaving exclusive Valley of Ashes
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – r/Wetshaving exclusive Seaforth! Leather
I got my Moarteen! Here is a write-up of my first impressions with pictures. Tl/dr: pheeeeeeew!
- Submitted 2 days ago to wetshaving@sub.wetshaving.social | 12 comments
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, April 15th, 2025 (#674) 3 days ago:
Tue 15 Apr 2025
- Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Tabak Oridjinal, now with 28 mm Gelousy knot
- Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 17 (NOS, 7/8", hollow ground, stainless steel)
- Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
- Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
- Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
My plan was to try to use 14-style razors from Moarteen shipping day until Moarteen delivery day, but the postal service wasn’t fast enough (or my 14 collection is too small, but the Moarteen will help mitigate that soon), and I’ve used all of them. So going forward, I will be going through 14-style-adjacent razors starting with the venerable Friodur 17, which was reportedly offered as a 14 alternative for the Japanese market which favoured heavier grinds. The two are very similar in overall outline, but the 17 blade is 7/8" wide (vs the 8/8" of the 14) but weights more due to the thicker grind.
My next 14-style-adjacent razor is the modern Friodur 8/8, which looks like the 1980s redesign of the 14: straight, clear, industrial lines without the playful curves of earlier decades. I’m not sure I’ll need to use it immediately, though, since my Moarteen should arrive today and I’m eager to check it out after work.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, April 14th, 2025 (#673) 3 days ago:
Why am I asking when the DjSIA knows?
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, April 14th, 2025 (#673) 3 days ago:
14 is an impressive number of APR scents! You’ve joined like two years ago, right?
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, April 14th, 2025 (#673) 3 days ago:
so ++
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, April 14th, 2025 (#673) 3 days ago:
Yeah, I’m not ready to drop that kind of money on a 14 right now, but I can see that one day, I’ll see a pretty Iberia or Palmera on the bay and will cave 😅
- Comment on [BVWSC Reminder] 3 days ago:
I vote for a June Hiatus
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, April 14th, 2025 (#673) 3 days ago:
Mon 14 Apr 2025
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Delolme – Le Thiernois №14 Acier Spécial pour Coiffeur (8/8", hollow ground, round tip, carbon steel)
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles – Reflection
- Post Shave: Chatillon Lux – Weinstrasse
This is the first shave with this chonky French FBU after an edge refresh, and it was wonderfully smooth.
The Weinstrasse-Reflection combo works great, I’ll definitely repeat it.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, April 13th, 2025 (#672) 4 days ago:
Sun 13 Apr 2025
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels 14 (8/8", extra hollow ground, carbon steel)
- Lather: Le Père Lucien – Cologne Fougère
- Post Shave: Pitralon - Swiss version
Still running through by 14-style razors in anticipation of the Moarteen.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, April 12th, 2025 (#671) 5 days ago:
Sat 12 Apr 2025
- Brush: Stirling Soap Co. / Zenith - Boar Brush 31mm × 50mm
- Razor: Thiers Issard 14 Médaille d’Or 1921 Exposition d’Algier Acier Spécial (7/8", extra hollow, square point, carbon steel)
- Lather: Le Père Lucien – Cologne Fougère
- Post Shave: Pitralon - Swiss version
Quick evening shave. I consistently get shit lather with LPL and boars. Great with synths, shit with boars.
- Comment on Are Micromatic's the best travel razor? 6 days ago:
Remember, starting with the second gen MMOC, GEM marketed. Spineless double edge Micromatic blades. So don’t worry about this:
yet to be seen if there’s any metal-on-metal contact with the edge
It’s literally designed to only engage with the cut outs and hit with the edge.
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, April 11th, 2025 (#669) 1 week ago:
Fri 11 Apr 2025
- Brush: Chisel and Hound – Ambrosia Maple with 26 mm synthetic Maggard knot
- Razor: Filarmónica 14 Doble Temple (8/8", extra full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Le Père Lucien – Cologne Fougère
- Post Shave: Sir Irisch Moos
- Fragrance: Sir Irisch Moos
LPL lather is really quite nice when you take the time to start ultra-dry and add water carefully (i.e., slowly), but I’m impatient most days and spoiled by dense, creamy bases in general. Today I did take my time and a synth and was rewarded with a great shave with this wonderful scent.
Continuing my run through 14-style razors until the Moarteen shows up. Giggity.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, April 9th, 2025 (#667) 1 week ago:
Yayyy, many thanks!
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, April 10th, 2025 (#668) 1 week ago:
Thu 10 Apr 2025
- Brush: Semogue Owner’s Club (cherry wood and boar)
- Razor: Böker – 14er (8/8", extra hollow, carbon steel, square point)
- Lather: Le Père Lucien – Cologne Fougère
- Post Shave: Mennen – Skin Bracer
- Fragrance: House of Mammoth – Tobacconist
I don’t think I’ve seen LPL Cologne Fougère called a barbershop scent, but it should be, and I’m declaring this shave on theme. I love this scent, just wish the base wasn’t as bubbly.
The Böker is great.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, April 9th, 2025 (#667) 1 week ago:
Wed 09 Apr 2025
- Brush: Semogue Owner’s Club (cherry wood and boar)
- Razor: Heljestrand 14 (7/8", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Le Père Lucien – Cologne Fougère
- Post Shave: Mennen – Skin Bracer
- Fragrance: House of Mammoth – Tobacconist
Really enjoying this sweet green LPL fougère. I’m continuing my run through all my 14-style razors in impatient anticipation of the Moarteen. The Heljestrand is my latest addition to the family, and it’s a loose interpretation of the 14 form factor: the grind seems heavier than Filarmónica, Henckels (including Friodur) and Böker 14s, and it lacks the typical lightly curved spine and slight smile, a bit like the Thiers Issard version.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, April 8th, 2025 (#666) 1 week ago:
Tab Tue 08 Apr 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
I’ve been talking about the Friodur family of razors on the Discord yesterday, and it inspired me to fetch the venerable Frio 14 for today’s Stankening. This stainless 14 is sublime. The calm conviction of the big 14 form factor, with the gentle “wiping whiskers off” feeling of the the thin hollow grind. Simply wonderful.
- Comment on [Sub exclusive] Operation Moarteen – Prepare for Hype! 1 week ago:
Yes, that would be advisable 😅
- Comment on [Sub exclusive] Operation Moarteen – Prepare for Hype! 1 week ago:
Thanks! It was a team effort, @gcgallant and Koraat-Ulrik did a lot of the heavy lifting
- Submitted 1 week ago to wetshaving@sub.wetshaving.social | 12 comments
