djundjila
@djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, June 17th, 2025 (#735) 4 hours ago:
So you actually have no idea which is which?
Yup, I haven’t figured out a way to make sure, other that forcing rust on them, which I’ll do at some point. For now, I kinda enjoy not knowing :)
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, June 16th, 2025 (#734) 4 hours ago:
Yes they did, and this particular one is full hollow by modern standards, not like the Celebrated. Quite fascinating, this.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, June 17th, 2025 (#735) 17 hours ago:
Don’t have a Cow, Man!: Day 17 of Lather Games
- Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Tabak Oridjinal, now with 28 mm Gelousy knot
- Razor: Ralf Aust 5/8" full hollow, Spanish tip, stainless steel
- Razor: Ralf Aust 5/8" full hollow, Spanish tip, carbon steel
- Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original – vegan base
- Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
- Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
Theme justification: This is the vegan base. My gratitude to the Lather Games Planning Committee Theme Planning Subcommittee (LGPCThPS) for allowing for an on-theme Tabac Tuesday this year ♥.
Challenge: So, a while back, when I was new to the straight razor rabbit hole, I got very interested in the pros and cons of stainless steel in straight razors when compared to the classic carbon steel. The advantages are obvious, but surely there must be a downside since almost all modern makers still prefer carbon steel? Well, if and when you find one, let me know. I dove deep into the Friodur rabbit hole and they are fantastic razors, from the earliest one that predates the patent on stainless steel to the ones made in the late 1980s they are just great. I also have a great stainless Dovo (that seems to be luck of the draw, as there are a few comments floating around the interwebs suggesting serious QA and QC issues). So I started to wonder, how do I really know whether I’m liking the steel or just the geometry? Cue, Ralf Aust to the rescue: He is a rare maker of modern straight razors who makes both carbon steel and stainless steel razors, so I ordered the same razor in two variants: once in carbon steel, once stainless.
The funny part is that I can’t tell them apart, even after 13 shaves on the original edge so far. They look, feel and shave the same and I have no idea which is which. Ralf Aust’s stainless steel is magnetic, so that doesn’t work to distinguish them. I weighed them, and one is about a gram heavier than the other, which might indicate it’s stainless steel which has a higher density and should result in a heavier razor for a given geometry, but these are handmade so I can’t really know for sure that the weight difference is from a variation in the thickness for instance, or from the heavier material.
As long as the two feel the same, it doesn’t really matter, I guess, but once I feel a difference (which I hope I will at some point. They can’t also have the same edge retention, can they?) I guess I’ll have to smear some vinegar on the tails to see which one rusts. Silly, but at least I’ll finally have certainty :D
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, June 16th, 2025 (#734) 1 day ago:
Where’s the Beef?: Day 16 of Lather Games
- Brush: Chisel and Hound – Flame On with v26 Fanchurian
- Razor: Wade & Butcher The Sheffield (9/8", extra hollow ground) #Revenant #Str8Snob
- Lather: Grooming Dept – Almond Vanilla
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth – Almond Leather
- Fragrance: Tom Ford – Lost Cherry
Theme justification: This base has duck fat. Almond vanilla has this sweet kind of almond that smells like cherry, and its a fun little experiment to sniff it between more almondy almond like HoM Almond Leather and real cherry in TF Lost Cherry. When I sniff Almond leather and Almond Vanilla, Almond Vanilla smells like straight cherry to me. But after sniffing a bit of Lost Cherry, Almond Vanilla switches to almond in my brain. Oh the fun you can have.
I typically lather up and then shave, and today’s challenge would invert that order. Luckily for me, I forgot about the challenge until it was too late.
I honed up this razor during my lunch break, just before the shave, and its a pretty one. I thought I was buying a typical quarter- or half-hollow W&B à la FBU, but this one is fully hollow ground. I didn’t know that WB did such grinds until now.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, June 15th, 2025 (#733) 2 days ago:
Father’s Day: Day 15 of Lather Games
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Victoria 4 (6/8", half hollow, round tip, carbon steel) $AllNatural
- Lather: Palmolive – Classic
- Post Shave: Hâttric – Classic
- Fragrance: Creed – Silver Mountain Water
Theme justification: Everything’s on theme here. Pennellificio Pandolfo (the family business producing Zenith brushes) was founded it 1902, Victoria (today’s name: Victorinox) was founded in 1884 (under the name Messerfabrik Carl Elsener), Palmolive’s company in 1864, Olivin, the company behnd the brand Hâttric was founded in the early 1940’s (they are vague, which for a German company in that time is… concerning), and Creed was founded as a tailor shop in 1710. I was born after the 1940s.
Swiss Father’s Day was two weeks ago on LG opening day, and I celebrated it with a big dry-aged rib steak. Today, I’m using by Victoria razor: under its new name, Victorinox, many Swiss men have an almost personal connection to this brand. At some point in elementary school, your parents (typically your dad) will decide that you’re old enough to get your own Swiss army knife from Victorinox. It’s one of those “big boy” moments in early childhood. This first army knife lasts usually until your teenage years when suddenly, you “need” one with a cork screw. A bit later in boot camp, you’re issued your official Swiss army knife along with your personal assault rifle (you use its screw driver to adjust the sights). By this time, having a Victorinox knife in your pocket is just normal for me. When leaving home, I pat my pockets in a quick phone-wallet-keys-knife check, and it all started with my first knife that my father gave be some 35 years ago.
Today’s challenge: I got up before my wife and djunior, made coffee, listened to my podcasts and had a nice shave. Robes and candles wouldn’t help me relax more.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, June 14th, 2025 (#732) 3 days ago:
Near Death Experience: Day 14 of Lather Games
- Brush: Rubberset 400-3 with a 26 mm unbleached Zenith boar knot at 56 mm loft $Hollow $AtomicAge $DoorKnob
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel) #Str8Snob
- Lather: Noble Otter – RAWR
- Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! - Heather
- Fragrance: Barrister and Mann – 42
Theme justification: Last year, I used an almost dead tub of Mickey Lee Soapworks Kraken on near death day. Already in 2021, on .rip day, I used… an almost dead tub of Mickey Lee Soapworks Kraken. It’s become pretty clear that I’m using this last remainder of Kraken veeeery sparingly, and while this is clearly my closest-to-empty tub, it’s clearly not closest to being finished. Rawr on the other hands is a tub I’ve been using pretty consistently over the last 4 years and it has the best chance of being my next kill, so I think this has to be the right choice for today. Heather is Rawr’s less playful and more classy cousin.
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, June 13th, 2025 (#731) 3 days ago:
Here it was so hot I had to include water pistols is the sotd pic 🫠
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, June 13th, 2025 (#731) 3 days ago:
The heat wave is here too, and I’m not ready for the temperatures yet🫠
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, June 13th, 2025 (#731) 4 days ago:
Frugal Friday: Day 13 of Lather Games
- Brush: Nom, super market boar
- Razor: Wilkinson Sword
- Blade: Wilkinson Sword
- Lather: Vitos – Super Extra Coco
- Post Shave: Wars – Classic - Energetyzujący Płyn Po Goleniu
- Fragrance: Adidas – Dynamic Pulse
Theme justification: my cheapest shave goods didn’t change, and the Vitos isn’t in my mountain den this time, so this is nothing new. Also justifies the challenge
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, June 12th, 2025 (#730) 4 days ago:
❤️
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, June 12th, 2025 (#730) 4 days ago:
❤️
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, June 12th, 2025 (#730) 5 days ago:
Thanks for noticing, fixed! 🙏
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, June 11th, 2025 (#729) 5 days ago:
I know, hence the wording 😉
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, June 12th, 2025 (#730) 5 days ago:
Accountabilibuddies!: Day 12 of Lather Games
- Brush: Omega - 11047 Mixed Midget Badger and Boar $Mistura $OldWorld $Smoll $Runt $Jetsetter $Resin
- Razor: Puma 88 (5/8", round tip, carbon steel, hollow ground)
- Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Spiced
- Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Spiced
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Spiced
Theme justification: I’m joining a great-smelling detachment of the BVWSC faction.
Tag justification: The manufacturer markets this as a travel brush (Categoria: Da Viaggo), a mixed knot (misto setola/tasso), with a resin (resina) handle. Loft & diameter aren’t listed, but you can trust me or this extremely trustworthy retailer. Omega produces in Bologna, Italy. 6 tags for this little guy isn’t bad at all.
Challenge: I’d like to thank
- @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social for doing Operation Moarteen with me. It wouldn’t have happened without him,
- the BVWSC crew for the best low effort, high reward group activity of recent times,
- u/J33pGuy13 for working with Rad on Irisch Bääs turned I, Rich Moose,
- u/EldrormR for keeping my thrill up with an unending stream of obscure eBay finds
- Comment on [Reminder][BVWSC] Use Raconteur on Wednesday 6 days ago:
True, does one of us have MaL? Would be fun if someone gets him to be on theme for once.
I don’t, so I’m sticking with our original plan.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, June 11th, 2025 (#729) 6 days ago:
Good point :)
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, June 11th, 2025 (#729) 6 days ago:
greatest player
According to whom?
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, June 11th, 2025 (#729) 6 days ago:
@DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social, you use e&s rasage quite a bit, no?
- Comment on [Reminder][BVWSC] Use Raconteur on Wednesday 6 days ago:
reminder @sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social , @snooting@sub.wetshaving.social, @BossHoggins10@sub.wetshaving.social , @Brokenjaw622@sub.wetshaving.social, we have the SSL accountabilibuddies shave tomorrow 🫂
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, June 10th, 2025 (#728) 6 days ago:
Gorgeous!
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, June 10th, 2025 (#728) 6 days ago:
Beautiful razor, is the hollow grind mirror polished or does the picture suggest more shine?
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread, June 11th, 2025 (#729) 6 days ago:
Wildcard Wednesday: Day 11 of Lather Games
- Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving exclusive MOAR BOAR (31 mm × 57 mm bleached boar)
- Razor: Böker – 14er (8/8", extra hollow, carbon steel, square point)
- Lather: Smitten Soapery – Hipster
- Post Shave: Chatillon Lux – Pure Lavender
- Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
Theme justification: Nobody has posted this brand yet. I wonder if people know its new name…
The red thread through this shave is lavender. From blended in hipster (with patchouli and orange), prominent and aromatic in Pure Lavender, to in a supporting role in The Glorious Old Man Stank. Lavender is a relaxing start into the day of chaos. All hail chaos!
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread, June 10th, 2025 (#728) 1 week ago:
The Art of Shaving: Day 10 of Lather Games
- Brush: Chisel and Hound – Flame On with v26 Fanchurian
- Razor: Wolfman WR2 (1.55 mm SB / 1.25 mm OC) $CNC
- Blade: Feather new Hi-Stainless
- Lather: Schmiere – Abschaum
- Post Shave: Schmiere – 1959
- Fragrance: Brut – Original
Theme justification: I bought this tub on art alone. Schmiere is a brand of Rumble 59, and targets greasers (unsurprisingly, “Schmiere” translates to “grease”). They mostly make pommades and most of their tub art shows birds with pompadours. It’s really consistent artwork that doesn’t get boring, a bit like Noble Otter, but without the nobility. Quite the contrary, the branding targets the other end of society, and the name of this soap “Abschaum” is a play on words as it means both “scum” (as it societal rejects) and literally means “refuse lather”. The post shave artwork uses the same crow, but as a little easter egg, the bird has a full beard on the soap, and is clean-shaven on the post shave. This kind of complementary artwork is rare in wetshaving.
On a side note, just like the artwork, the scents of the lather and post are complementary as well: The lather is a fresh laundry detergent kind of scent (“Sea breeze and the good old days” in the artisan’s copy) while the splash is a woody spicy affair (“Mixture of refined woody and tart-spicy forest aromas”, but the German copy uses the word “herb” to describe the scent and it’s (IMO) mistranslated to “tart” in the English copy. “Herb” is the rugged, refreshingly bitter scent you get off a hoppy Pilsner for instance, and it fits this splash’s description better than “tart”.)
The soap base is good on its own and surprisingly great for a soap that’s made as the one shave soap of a niche pommade brand. I had a fantastic shave with it and some of my best hardware.
Today’s challenge is one of my least favourite to participate in, but I like looking at other’s drawings a lot. Have mine.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, June 9th, 2025 (#727) 1 week ago:
👍
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, June 9th, 2025 (#727) 1 week ago:
Dupelgänger: Day 9 of Lather Games
- Brush: Αλφα T400 tribute brush $DOORKNOB $RESURRECTIONBRUSH
- Razor: Рубин $ADJUSTABLE $STAINLESSLESS
- Blade: Ленинград
- Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. - AG 1889
- Post Shave: Saponificio Varesino – Desert Vetiver
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
, the lather of Guerlain Jicky, the post of Terre d’Hermès Eau Intense Vétiver, and the frag of Creed Virgin Island Water.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread, June 9th, 2025 (#727) 1 week ago:
Dupelgänger: Day 9 of Lather Games
- Brush: Αλφα T400 tribute brush $DOORKNOB $RESURRECTIONBRUSH
- Razor: Рубин $ADJUSTABLE $STAINLESSLESS
- Blade: Ленинград
- Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. - AG 1889
- Post Shave: Saponificio Varesino – Desert Vetiver
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
Theme justification: Lots of dupes. The brush dupes the Rubberset 400, the razor is a dupe of the Gillette Super Adjustable (“Black Beauty”), the lather of Guerlain Jicky, the post of Terre d’Hermès Eau Intense Vétiver, and the frag of Creed Virgin Island Water.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread, June 8th, 2025 (#726) 1 week ago:
Shave and a Haircut - Two Bits: Day 8 of Lather Games
- Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Manchurian $OldWorld
- Razor: Occam’s Razors – the SEnoch $ArtistClub
- Blade: Feather Professional
- Lather: Barrister and Mann – Seville
- Post Shave: Noble Otter – Barrbarr
- Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Fleur de France
Theme justification:
In Seville’s old shop, a scent so fine, Farina’s the muse, almost divine. I own the fragrance, yet here I sit, For today, I forgot it’d fit.
Barrbarr’s like a classic American shop, lemon, rosemary and basil pop. Fleur de France, oh so grand, Dennis’ French twist, finely planned.
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, June 7th, 2025 (#725) 1 week ago:
Small Business Saturday: Day 7 of Lather Games
- Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving exclusive MOAR BADGER (Silvertip) #SUBBROOSH
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Southern Witchcrafts and Chatillon Lux – La Forêt de Analingus for Excellence in Shitposting
- Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts and Chatillon Lux – La Forêt de Analingus for Excellence in Shitposting
- Fragrance: Southern Witchcrafts and Chatillon Lux – La Forêt de Analingus for Excellence in Shitposting
Theme justification: This trickhole is a batch of 1 and as such the smallest batch I own. The brush is a reknotted sub-exclusive MoarBoar, and as such a sub-exclusive MoarBadger of a batch of 1. The razor is one of a batch of 50 sub-exclusive Moarteens.
Challenge: I’m usually a face latherer, so I went with the bowl this time and promptly underestimated how much soap the MoarBadger eats. It’s always fun to try to stick more soap to the bottom of a soapy wet lathering bowl 🥴
In the end, I did get a very passable bowl of lather, and a nice small Business Saturday shave, with products from 4 (5) small businesses: Chatillon Lux for the frag oil, Southern Witchcrafts for the soap, splash, and frag, Zenith for the brush handle, and Koraat for the razor. Finally, the badger knot was retailed by Maggard, but I don’t know where it comes from.
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread, June 6th, 2025 (#724) 1 week ago:
Thanks,!
What’s the background, looks like a really quality piece of wood?
It’s a really high quality shopping bag 🤣
Smells kinda like her laundry detergent of choice did 😅
It’s always interesting to hear how scents evoke some super specific associations!
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread, June 5th, 2025 (#723) 1 week ago:
Yes! And mine got shipped just this morning. Funny timing
