djundjila
@djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - December 21st, 2024 (#559) 1 hour ago:
Sat 21 Dec 2024
- Brush: Zenith B8 (XL aluminium handle, 28 mm × 57 mm boar)
- Razor: C. V. Heljestrand MK № 31 (square point, full hollow, 5/8", carbon steel)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Nocturne
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann – Nocturne
- Fragrance: Southern Witchcrafts – Autumn Ash
Ugh, we’re postponing our vacation in the mountains because Djunior came home from daycare with a fever 😭. Let’s hope it’s just a day or two.
It’s officially winter now, but I still felt like Autumn Ash and Nocturne. Two wonderful scents for the colder weather.
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread - December 20th, 2024 (#558) 18 hours ago:
Not sure how to describe it, but it’s less stable than Varen, but somehow… harsher?
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - December 17th, 2024 (#555) 18 hours ago:
🍻
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread - December 20th, 2024 (#558) 1 day ago:
Fougère Friday 20 Dec 2024
- Brush: Zenith B8 (XL aluminium handle, 28 mm × 57 mm boar)
- Razor: Weck Sextoblade (red translucent scales)
- Blade: Kismet Rostfrei, Polymer beschichtet
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Fougère Gothique
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann – Fougère Gothique
- Fragrance: Brut – Original
Christmas break it finally here! A nice Fougère Friday shave before working down the list of errands before we leave for a snow week in the mountains this weekend.
Fougère Gothique ++;
Wextoblade ++; - Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - December 19th, 2024 (#557) 1 day ago:
Condolences for the loss! 😔
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - December 18th, 2024 (#556) 2 days ago:
and I actually hoped for those…
Same!
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - December 19th, 2024 (#557) 2 days ago:
Thu 19 Dec 2024
- Brush: Zenith B8 (XL aluminium handle, 28 mm × 57 mm boar)
- Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels 14 (8/8", extra hollow ground, carbon steel)
- Lather: Declaration Grooming – Perigree
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth – Shire 2
- Fragrance: House of Mammoth – Shire 2
I got this soap as an gift with my 2022 Lather Games prize brush, so definitely on theme. Perigree (presumably an apsis with a fancy family tree?) is the well-behaved quiet cousin of Shire, with its clean, outdoorsy freshness and wisps of tobacco.
Shire ++;
Henckels 14 ++;
B8 ++; - Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - December 18th, 2024 (#556) 2 days ago:
So good to hear that chemo is done for waldette!
It’s interesting reading other people’s accounts.
Super interesting, the descriptinos are really all over the place
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - December 18th, 2024 (#556) 2 days ago:
I’m surprised by how differently I perceived this scent. I got none of the smoke and leather.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - December 17th, 2024 (#555) 2 days ago:
Congratulations to snootette 🎂
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - December 18th, 2024 (#556) 3 days ago:
That they have! 😊
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - December 18th, 2024 (#556) 3 days ago:
Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club Meeting, Wed 18 Dec 2024
- Brush: Zenith B8 (XL aluminium handle, 28 mm × 57 mm boar)
- Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 14 (8/8", extra hollow ground, stainless steel)
- Lather: House of Mammoth – You & I (Will Die)
- Post Shave: Noble Otter – Rawr
- Fragrance: Declaration Grooming – Bangarang
The Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club meets again, this time around HoM’s You & I (Will Die). I was expecting a darker fragrance from the description, but what I got off the smush is vernal florals on top of earthy, but still fresh grass. I wonder whether the heavier leather, smoke, truffle, and musk notes that I can’t sniff out have evaporated from the smush?
Either way, this happy version of You & I (Will Die) is nice, and I combined it with other happy vernal florals for a little spring break just before Christmas.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - December 17th, 2024 (#555) 3 days ago:
Tabac Tuesday 17 Dec 2024
- Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Tabak Oridjinal, now with 28 mm Gelousy knot
- Razor: Thiers Issard Le Dandy
- Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
- Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
- Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
A wonderful evening Stankening with the Dandy. I’m really happy with the edge on this one, so smooth both with and against the grain, it feels like a coated Kismet.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - December 17th, 2024 (#555) 3 days ago:
Oh, I haven’t been using Boltzmann at all this season. What an oversight!
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - December 17th, 2024 (#555) 4 days ago:
Tiny Terror Tuesday - But Why? 17 Dec 2024
- Brush: Omega - 11047 Mixed Midget Badger and Boar
- Razor: Weck Hair - Shaper (blue translucent scales)
- Blade: Kismet - Rostfrei, Polymer beschichtet
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Terror
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann – Terror
u/Eldrormr’s latest fascination with tiny brushes joined forces with his affinity for freezing his nerve endings to create Tiny Terror Tuesday, and couldn’t let him have all the … fun? … alone.
The Mixed Midget is a much better brush than the tiny size suggests and I enjoy the frankincense and mint (that latter note isn’t in the description, but my nose wants it to be there) scent of Terror. As always, after a few moments, I was reminded of the copy for Terror: “But the creeping, bone-shattering cold of the Arctic does not abide weakness.”. This thing is cold and only surpassed by the balm.
Really great shave with this slightly eccentric setup.
Of course, I have already rubbed my tired morning eyes with Terror fingers. First of many today, I’m sure. Sigh.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - December 16th, 2024 (#554) 4 days ago:
Yeah, it’s really shimmery and pretty! It was a gift from sub members after the 2023 Lather Games 😊
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - December 16th, 2024 (#554) 5 days ago:
Mammoth Monday 16 Dec 2024
- Brush: Zenith B8 (XL aluminium handle, 28 mm × 57 mm boar)
- Razor: Böker – Abalone (6/8", full hollow, carbon steel, French point)
- Lather: House of Mammoth – Almond Leather
- Post Shave: Declaration Grooming – Fake Yellow Light
- Fragrance: Chatillon Lux – Gratiot League Square
This is my favourite Mammoth Monday setup, at least during colder times. This leather progression just really clicks with me.
The Böker remains a delight.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread - December 15th, 2024 (#553) 5 days ago:
Sun 15 Dec 2024
- Brush: Dogclaration LG 2022 Mystery Brush (B16)
- Razor: Koraat Sparschweinchen (7/8", “Sheffield-style” full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Southern Witchcrafts – Pomona
- Post Shave: Summer Break Soaps – Teacher’s Pet
- Fragrance: Southern Witchcrafts – Autumn Ash
Nice feel-good fragrances for a late autumn Sunday shave. The Koraat is a delight and I’m impatient to get my hands on a Moarteen.
I’ve been using the B16 for the last week, and it’s a really nice brush.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - December 14th, 2024 (#552) 1 week ago:
Sat 14 Dec 2024
- Brush: Dogclaration LG 2022 Mystery Brush (B16)
- Razor: Dovo 41 Inox
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Cheshire
- Post Shave: Declaration Grooming – Chaotic Neutral
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! 3 Scots
I got many compliments from the missus for how I smell. Chaotic Neutral and 3 Scots aren’t an obvious pairing IMO, with Chaotic Neutral being more ice tea-sweet and 3 Scots cool and spicy, but they complement each other very nicely.
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread - December 13th, 2024 (#551) 1 week ago:
Nautische Nassrasur
Hohlschiff
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - December 12th, 2024 (#551) 1 week ago:
I’ll have to get a set of tobacconist at some point. I’ve really enjoyed my sample of it
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread - December 13th, 2024 (#551) 1 week ago:
Fri 13 Dec 2024
- Brush: Dogclaration LG 2022 Mystery Brush (B16)
- Razor: Böker S.S. Paris Wins
- Lather: Chatillon Lux – Weinstrasse
- Post Shave: Chatillon Lux – Weinstrasse
- Fragrance: Chatillon Lux – Weinstrasse
Took a day off work today because why not and had a nice late Weinstrasse trickhole morning shave with the fun boat Böker. Good times.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - December 12th, 2024 (#551) 1 week ago:
Yes, it lasts longer than the spray, but the scent strength is lower, too. I like it!
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - December 12th, 2024 (#551) 1 week ago:
Cerberus feels on theme. Not just today 🙂
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - December 12th, 2024 (#551) 1 week ago:
Theme Thursday 12 Dec 2024
- Brush: Dogclaration LG 2022 Mystery Brush (B16)
- Razor: Puma 88 (5/8", round tip, carbon steel, hollow ground)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. – Christmas Eve
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. – Haverford
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Friends to the End
Three warm and cosy Stirling scents for this Theme Thursday made for a very enjoyable SOTD. Pretty much the opposite of what u/EldrormR came up with today.
The Puma is a nice, smooth little razor.
- Comment on Mailcall 1 week ago:
Excellent. I have that same exact stone. Thanks!
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - December 11th, 2024 (#549) 1 week ago:
Wedgeday 11 Dec 2024
- Brush: Dogclaration LG 2022 Mystery Brush (B16)
- Razor: Union Cutlery Spike (5/8", wedge, square point, carbon steel)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Braeburn
- Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts – Pomona
- Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Man Fire Power
Nice apple combo today, topped off with spicy Tabac Fire Power. The wedge could benefit from a few laps on the stones soon.
- Comment on Mailcall 1 week ago:
I always recommend a good amount of slurry on each stone until you get to the finishing stage.
I have a follow-up question about raising a slurry. I’ve always been reluctant to raise a slurry on the finer stones because I worry about contaminating the hones with the coarse particles of the little diamond plate I use on coarse stones (the kind of plate sold for sharpening ski and snowboard edges).
It’s this worry justified? I think you use something similar to raise a slurry in your videos. Curious about your thoughts.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - December 10th, 2024 (#548) 1 week ago:
Tea for Twosday 10 Dec 2024
- Brush: Dogclaration LG 2022 Mystery Brush (B16)
- Razor: Böker – 14er (8/8", extra hollow, carbon steel, square point)
- Lather: Noble Otter – 茉莉綠茶
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann – Cheshire
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! – Spiced
Felt like a second luxury shave, and it was the right decision.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - December 9th, 2024 (#547) 1 week ago:
2021 was a great mayo vintage, to be fair.
