djundjila
@djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, May 27th, 2025 (#714) 12 hours ago:
It’s one of those love-it-or-hate-it fragrances :)
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, May 28th, 2025 (#715) 12 hours ago:
Wed 28 May 2025
- Brush: Zenith 506U N (50/50 horse mane/tail)
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps – Rose, Patchouli, Cedarwood
- Post Shave: Speick – Men Active
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Fleur de France
Mike’s Mittwoch with RPC. The scent is simple, the lather is fantastic.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, May 27th, 2025 (#714) 20 hours ago:
Sorry, no. At this point, the portal is too much of a mess to extend it to lemmy, and I don’t have it in me to do a full rewrite right now 😞
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, May 27th, 2025 (#714) 1 day ago:
Tue 27 May 2025
- Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Tabak Oridjinal, now with 28 mm Gelousy knot $RESIN $SHD
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel) $STR8SNOB
- Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
- Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
- Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
The practice portal for lather games is up and running. Use it to check your formatting if you like!
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, May 26th, 2025 (#713) 2 days ago:
Mon 26 May 2025
- Brush: Zenith 506U N (50/50 horse mane/tail)
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps – Hungarian Lavender
- Post Shave: Speick – Men Active
I shouldn’t be surprised anymore, but Mike’s lathers are shockingly slick. Really pleasant shave today.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, May 25th, 2025 (#712) 2 days ago:
Sun 25 May 2025
- Brush: Zenith 506U N (50/50 horse mane/tail)
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles – Cape Cod Cranberry
- Post Shave: Speick – Men Active
Cape Cod Cranberry is so good.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, May 24th, 2025 (#711) 2 days ago:
Still mostly good. I think I’d be honing it now if I wasn’t a bit curious about how long I can stretch it comfortably.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, May 24th, 2025 (#711) 3 days ago:
Sat 24 May 2025
- Brush: Zenith 506U N (50/50 horse mane/tail)
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co – Black Pepper Lime
- Post Shave: Speick – Men Active
Late post of my morning shave.
- Comment on [Reminder][BVWSC] Use Raconteur on Wednesday 5 days ago:
I don’t have a legacy not a rad dino handle, but I’ll join for sea spice lime
- Comment on [Reminder][BVWSC] Use Raconteur on Wednesday 5 days ago:
Great idea, I’m in
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, May 23rd, 2025 (#710) 5 days ago:
Fri 23 May 2025
- Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Super Badger
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Declaration Grooming – Dirtyver
- Post Shave: Saponificio Varesino – Desert Vetiver
- Fragrance: Terre d’Hermès – Eau Intense Vétiver
A nice and fresh vetiver shave to end this week.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, May 22nd, 2025 (#709) 6 days ago:
Elementary Theme Thursday 22 May 2025
- Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Super Badger
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles – Connecticut Shade
- Post Shave: Macduffs Soap Company – Trail Tobacco
- Fragrance: House of Mammoth – Tobacconist
I’m rebooting my tobacco shave of two Mondays ago for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle day. Connecticut Shade is really growing on me.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, May 21st, 2025 (#708) 1 week ago:
Fixed, thanks!
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, May 21st, 2025 (#708) 1 week ago:
Raconte-moi des histoires du Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club Wed 21 May 2025
- 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: Highland Springs Soap Co. / Australian Private Reserve – Eclipse
- Post Shave: Highland Springs Soap Co. – Reflections
- Fragrance: Chatillon Lux – Gratiot League Square
Dan of APR left the scene in the year I joined r/wetshaving. I missed the maestro, but his work was still omnipresent. I probably could (and definitely should) still have gotten a decent collection of APR if I had acted quickly, but I didn’t and now Raconteur is one of my very few and cherished APR scents.
It took me a while to realise that I had missed not just a very talented artisan, but also a very active sub member who wrote many insightful and informative comments, posts, and SOTDs letting everyone catch a glimpse of his process. He deleted his Reddit account which makes finding his work a bit tedious, but he didn’t delete his posts, so pearls like this Raconteur shave, helpful answers to perfumery questions, or plans of his USD 450 dream fragrance can still be read. He seems like a great person to have known.
When I bought this tub of Raconteur from The Razor Company (as part of my prep for the 2021 Lather Games), they had a full set of it available, but I hadn’t figured out a way yet to ship alcohol from the US to me in Switzerland. Oh how I regret not having put a bit more effort. This fragrance is overwhelming in the best way. Warm and rich, sweet and animalic (Dan’s own description here). I would have loved the perfume during cold days.
I’m really curious to hear what the other Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club members think about Raconteur.
- Comment on [Reminder][BVWSC] Use Raconteur on Wednesday 1 week ago:
I’m ready! 🫡
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, May 20th, 2025 (#707) 1 week ago:
Tabac Tuesday 20 May 2025
- Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Tabak Oridjinal, now with 28 mm Gelousy knot
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
- Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
- Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
This is my 36ˢᵗ shave on the factory edge and I keep trying to detect a deterioration, but it’s still going strong. I’m not sure I’ll have the patience to wait much longer before I put my own edge on this Moarteen.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, May 19th, 2025 (#706) 1 week ago:
Mon 19 May 2025
- Brush: Declaration Grooming Washington Blood of Kings B3
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: House of Mammoth – Almond Leather
- Post Shave: Declaration Grooming – Fake Yellow Light
- Fragrance: Chatillon Lux – Gratiot League Square
This combo is an evergreen.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, May 18th, 2025 (#705) 1 week ago:
I’m still learning!
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, May 18th, 2025 (#705) 1 week ago:
Sunny Sunday 18 May 2025
- Brush: Rubberset 400-3 with a 26 mm unbleached Zenith boar knot at 56 mm loft
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Saponificio Varesino – Settantesimo
- Post Shave: Saponificio Varesino – Settantesimo
I can’t get a bad shave with 70ᵗʰ, just a solid scent (dupe) in a great base. Now off to mini golf at the lake with the family. ☀
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, May 17th, 2025 (#704) 1 week ago:
Cola! Sat 17 May 2025
- Brush: Chisel and Hound Azurite with 26 mm Maggard Tuxedo knot
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Le Grand Chypre
- Post Shave: Hâttric – Classic
LGC might be my scent for this summer. Fun, fresh, and who doesn’t like a coke when it’s warm?
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, May 16th, 2025 (#703) 1 week ago:
I’ve also never let it go far enough to see find the limit :)
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, May 14th, 2025 (#701) 1 week ago:
Can we exclude accidental beheadings?
No, we can’t. Occam’s answer. #WhatHaveWeDone
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, May 15th, 2025 (#702) 1 week ago:
This should be about shave 29. I’ve used it just a little over once per day since it landed
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, May 16th, 2025 (#703) 1 week ago:
Fri 16 May 2025
- Brush: Declaration Grooming Washington Blood of Kings B3
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. / House of Mammoth – Armonía
- Post Shave: Declaration Grooming – Opulence
- Fragrance: Chatillon Lux – Weinstrasse
A lively scentscape in this shave. Armonía and Weinstrasse have these bright green, and loud notes which while different, play very well together, a tart wrapper for this sweet Opulence sandwich.
Yet another very smooth shave and I’m pleased that the factory edge on this Koraat is holding up this well.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, May 15th, 2025 (#702) 1 week ago:
Thu 15 May 2025
- Brush: Chisel and Hound – Flame On with v26 Fanchurian
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Noble Otter – RAWR
- Post Shave: Speick – Men Active
- Fragrance: Mäurer und Wirtz – Tabac Man Gravity
Not necessarily a floral scent, but there’s neroli in there, so I’m counting it as on theme.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, May 14th, 2025 (#701) 1 week ago:
SV++;
Creamy dense lather
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, May 13th, 2025 (#700) 2 weeks ago:
It was a Black Friday offering a few years back. It’s really nice!
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, May 14th, 2025 (#701) 2 weeks ago:
Wed 14 May 2025
- 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: Stirling Soap Co. – Mountain Man
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. – Mountain Man
- Fragrance: Creed – Silver Mountain Water
Happy Moarteen day 🎉.
About a month ago, these glittery green razors started landing in their dens and it’s interesting what happened: exactly half of the razors never showed up in an SOTD post. Cold feet? Secret shaves? Nobody knows.
Either way, lovely shave with the sub exclusive hardware, and Mountain Man/Silver Mountain Water is a very enjoyable placeholder until the sub exclusive I, Rich Moose can complete the colour-coordinated 100% sub exclusive SOTD.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, May 14th, 2025 (#701) 2 weeks ago:
🤣
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, May 13th, 2025 (#700) 2 weeks ago:
Tue 13 May 2025
- Brush: Zenith B8 (XL aluminium handle, 28 mm × 57 mm boar)
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co – Black Pepper Lime
- Post Shave: Speick – Men Active
I craved a bit of Black Pepper Lime, so a little second luxury shave was in order.
