djundjila
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- Comment on $Honemeisterschaft: The Challenge to reach Serenity in Austerity through Superiority of Edge Quality 2 hours ago:
Oh well… I can see that 😅
The concept of Austere August is a bit obscure, I guess
- Comment on $Honemeisterschaft: The Challenge to reach Serenity in Austerity through Superiority of Edge Quality 3 hours ago:
I’m not sure. Probably?
It’s getting downvotes and I can’t figure out why anyone would be sufficiently annoyed by a hobby group doing an innocuous hobby event to downvote.
What made you think it?
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - July 4th, 2024 4 hours ago:
a sample of Roman Spice from Dennis
Was it a frag sample or splash?
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - July 4th, 2024 10 hours ago:
茉莉綠茶
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 14 (8/8", extra hollow ground, stainless steel)
- Lather: Noble Otter – 茉莉綠茶
- Post Shave: Noble Otter – 茉莉綠茶
- Fragrance: Imaginary Authors – Sundrunk
Noble Otter did it again. I love how they do tea scents!
The upcoming $FriodomRiders challenge has me excited so I went with my big Frio today. Great shave.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - July 3rd, 2024 11 hours ago:
That’s a good roll!
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - July 3rd, 2024 11 hours ago:
My least favourite season😕
- Comment on $Honemeisterschaft: The Challenge to reach Serenity in Austerity through Superiority of Edge Quality 19 hours ago:
This is my solution to the problem. I found it for last year’s AA.
Maybe something like it can reassure all involved mothers?
The hone is a different story, of course, but you only need it on the 17th. (Or not at all, of you participate only in $FriodomRiders)
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - July 3rd, 2024 20 hours ago:
Black Watch++;
- Comment on $Honemeisterschaft: The Challenge to reach Serenity in Austerity through Superiority of Edge Quality 20 hours ago:
How come? Lots of air travel?
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - July 3rd, 2024 23 hours ago:
my wife is in the hospital recovering
Quick recovery to the missus!
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - July 3rd, 2024 1 day ago:
It’s really nice!
- Comment on $FriodomRiders, or Straight Razors Done Right: The Challenge to reach Serenity in Austerity Through Liberty from Oxidisability 1 day ago:
I would, but I don’t believe in Austere August.
It’s really “Austere” August at this point 😅
I also can’t travel with a straight razor which makes it impossible to succeed 😭
😭
- Comment on $FriodomRiders, or Straight Razors Done Right: The Challenge to reach Serenity in Austerity Through Liberty from Oxidisability 1 day ago:
Stropping on a loaded strop glued to a firm flat surface indefinitely is also the way Rolls Razors and Darwin Hollow Grounds function.
- Comment on $FriodomRiders, or Straight Razors Done Right: The Challenge to reach Serenity in Austerity Through Liberty from Oxidisability 1 day ago:
no way I’m going to ruin a blade trying to learn how to sharpen it myself; kitchen knives are hard enough
Sharpening razors is easier than kitchen knives. It’s easy to mess up the bevel on a kitchen knife because you need to free-hand a constant angle. Razors lie flat on the stone. It’s honestly a very accessible and also satisfying skill to pick up, if you like that sort of thing.
My other Austere August Challenge is about eating into maintenance and making finding a reliable sharpener unnecessary, if you’re interested.
- $FriodomRiders, or Straight Razors Done Right: The Challenge to reach Serenity in Austerity Through Liberty from Oxidisabilitywetshaving.social ↗Submitted 1 day ago to wetshaving@sub.wetshaving.social | 8 comments
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- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - July 3rd, 2024 1 day ago:
Prem Base is now On Prem Base
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels 14 (8/8", extra hollow ground, carbon steel)
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles – Reflection
- Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles – Reflection
- Fragrance: Tom Ford – Tobacco Vanille
What a pleasant shave!
This is my first use of Catie’s Bubbles Premium base. I was warned by u/J33pGuy13 to load super lightly, and he was right. This base loads quickly and hydrates easily. I’m looking forward to dialling it in over the next few uses, but even this first shave worked out great.
The scent is really something special; dry, spicy, a bit tart somewhere in the background, a hint of sweetness, really fascinating. It invites you to sniff it again and again to understand what’s going on. I’m really happy about this blind buy.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - July 1st, 2024 1 day ago:
Yeah, it’s crazy, literally all they’re scents are winners IMO
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - July 2nd, 2024 2 days ago:
Freedom Tuesday!
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Blackland Razors - Vector
- Blade: Feather Professional
- Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz Tabac Original
- Aftershave: Mäurer & Wirtz Tabac Original
- Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz Tabac Original
It’s back! ♥
I revel in the glory of The Stank® trickhole after a month of lather games-induced withdrawal. Although I did have Tabac scheduled for Fougère Friday in an earlier version of my LG roster after reading this precedent, but I needed to axe it to make room for the “Science with Fuck” experiments.
I’m really enjoying @sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social’s Vector. A delicate build, but a really nice shaver!
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - July 1st, 2024 3 days ago:
Oh well, as long as it works
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - July 1st, 2024 3 days ago:
Reserve Fern gives my son a bit of frag burn. Oh well.
Lol, when your toddler needs to smell like a grandpa, sacrifices need to be made!
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - July 1st, 2024 3 days ago:
Whoo!
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels 14 (8/8", extra hollow ground, carbon steel)
- Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice
- Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice
YAYYY! @AutoBot@sub.wetshaving.social is back on patrol! Thanks @walden@sub.wetshaving.social for fixing it!
LG are done, I’ve cleared my docket first thing in the morning and shaved with Roman Spice as the second thing. This set has arrived during Lather Games, and I’ve been itching to use it. I love the fresh apple opening and I’m still processing scent. I think it’s going to get a lot of use this summer.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread - June 30th, 2024 3 days ago:
Bon Voyage, Lather Games!
- Brush: Mühle Boar Brush – Deutsche Demokratische Republik (GDR)
- Razor: СПЗ Консул – Українська Радянська Соціалістична Республіка (Ukrainian SSR) #Stainlessless
- Blade: Нева – Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика (Russian Soviet Republic)
- Lather: Купа – Купа – България (Bulgaria)
- Post Shave: Wars – Fresh – Rzeczpospolita Polska (Poland)
- Fragrance: Красная Москва – Красная Москва – Российская Федерация (Russian Federation)
- Me: Switzerland
Another Lather Games edition is in the can, and we made it to the end almost completely without drama! I want to thank the participants and my fellow organisers from the bottom of my heart for a wonderful month of June! I’m looking forward to recording the podcast wrap-up and the winner announcements soon.
Our hobby on this sub is pretty anglo-centric, so I decided to look east for today’s international theme instead for a change.
Theme: The cream Купа is from Bulgaria, home of sub legends u/MrTangerinesky and u/DjanovShaving.
Relevant post and frag: All items used are on theme.
Special challenge: The Mühle brush is from the same Mühle company that still makes razors. This NOS brush was made around 1975, shortly after the owner family Müller had been expropriated and the company had been transformed into a Volkseigener Betrieb (Publicly Owned Enterprise, the main legal form of industrial enterprise in East Germany). The Razor was made in Severodonetsk in 1990 in the Ukrainian SSR. It’s a pretty neat clone of the Gillette Slim. The blade was made in 1963 in Leningrad in the Russian SSR. It’s tuggy. The post shave is from (modern, democratic) Poland (fresh!) and Красная Москва is from the modern day Russian Federation (“Smells like a cheap old woman’s perfume” - my wife).
An interesting titbit about Красная Москва is that it and Chanel N° 5 have the same origins in the last decades of the Tsarist Russian Empire. Here’s an interesting podcast episode about it for those who understand German.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - June 29th, 2024 4 days ago:
Good to hear! Maybe I’ll have to spring for one soon too :)
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread - June 28th, 2024 4 days ago:
Huh, I didn’t realise Tabac is expensive in the US. Here it’s much cheaper than Stirling (5.8¢/g vs 8.7¢/g and that’s not even taking into account Tabac is triple milled).
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread - June 28th, 2024 4 days ago:
Just a small pile of shave gear in my parent’s apartment :)
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - June 29th, 2024 4 days ago:
Do you still enjoy l’ours russe?
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - June 29th, 2024 4 days ago:
Sandalwood Saturday, The Penultimate Challenge
- Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving exclusive MOAR BADGER (Silvertip) #SUBBROOSH
- Razor: Eversharp-Schick Hydro-magic (I2, NOS)
- Blade: Personna Injector Blade
- Lather: Proraso – Sandalwood
- Post Shave: Taylor of Old Bond Street – Sandalwood
- Fragrance: Le Labo – Santal 33
I can’t believe that LG is already almost over again!
Theme: Proraso Red is a dry, warm, slightly dirty sandalwood scent.
Relevant post and frag: Both the post and frag are completely sandalwood-forward frags. I smell like dry twigs on a sunny patch of forest floor.
Challenge: It would be a bit unethical for me to answer since I now the current rankings. Well, now I do, but I knew this challenge would come, and I answered today’s challenge on day 1, before I had relevant knowledge. Here’s my answer:
- Main ROTY will go to u/MudAccording. He’s going full hog right out of the gate. The other two roty prizes are random so your guess is as good as mine.
- photocontest goes to u/Crossan1983, that black and white shot looks well set up, like he means business.
- FoF u/Hugbckt: Great write-up, someone to watch.
- LG goes to u/Tsrblke. He was a joy to follow last year, and this first post looks like he’s full of energy this year, plus, he has that racing team!
- No Scruba: The real winner here is going to be everyone (awww!) I’m looking forward to u/Enndeegee’s no scrub list, and dread his scrub list.
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread - June 28th, 2024 5 days ago:
Frugal Friday
- Brush: I Am (house brand of local grocery store chain Migros)
- Razor: Wilkinson Sword
- Blade: Wilkinson Sword
- Lather: Arko – Berber Tiraş sabunu
- Post Shave: Wars – Classic - Energetyzujący Płyn Po Goleniu
- Fragrance: Brut — Original
Theme: To my chagrin, the cheapest soap by weight in my den seems to be Arko at CHF 22.80/kg, eking out a narrow victory over my palmolive stick (CHF 30.67/kg) which I bought in my local pharmacy a few years ago when it went out of production. The soap performs well enough, but I struggle with the scent. This is based on a technicality, because I do own an even cheaper soap, Vitos, but it’s in my mountain den, so it’s not in my collection today.
Relevant post and splash: also the cheapest in my den. Wars is CHF 43.33/l and Brut CHF 78.00/l.
Challenge: Luckily I got rid of my horrible clipped boar brushes at CHF 1.50 per brush last year after Frugal Friday (I bought them for my Rookie Lather Games, when there was still a bonus point for using 30 brushes and they were tërrible), so this brush is my new cheapest one at CHF 6.80. It’s still garbage, but less. The Wilkinson razor is GBP 4.99 including the blades, making it my cheapest. Saving so much money on today’s shave wasn’t worth using that brush. I’m getting rid of the brush and Arko.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - June 24th, 2024 6 days ago:
Yes, me too!