walden
@walden@sub.wetshaving.social
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - December 07, 2023 11 months ago:
A regular. Gen 1, I’ve been told.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - December 07, 2023 11 months ago:
December 7, 2023
- Brush: Maggard 24mm SHD Bulb
- Razor: GEM MM24
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (4)
- Lather: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber - Soap
- Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - Nefertiti - Aftershave
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm
Switched from the Clog-Pruf to the MM24. Weird. I thought I remembered the Clog-Pruf being smoother, but the MM24 felt so much better. I really don’t have enough experience with GEMs to know what the heck is going on, but today’s shave wasn’t so bad.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - December 06, 2023 11 months ago:
December 6, 2023
- Brush: Maggard 24mm SHD Bulb
- Razor: Micromatic Clog-Pruf (Gen 1)
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (3)
- Lather: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber - Soap
- Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - Sni Mato - Aftershave
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm
A couple of under-the-nose weepers. They were actually a bit more intense than a standard weeper, but at the same time didn’t quite warrant a styptic.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - December 06, 2023 11 months ago:
Safe travels. Anywhere fun or interesting?
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - December 05, 2023 11 months ago:
Good catch
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - December 05, 2023 11 months ago:
100? Wow. How old is the knot?
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - December 05, 2023 11 months ago:
December 5, 2023
- Brush: Semogue 610
- Razor: Micromatic Clog-Pruf (Gen 1)
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (2)
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Soap
- Post Shave: Summer Break Soaps - Woodshop - Aftershave
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth/Declaration Grooming - Cerberus - Liniment
- Post Shave: Nivea Sensitive Balm
Shave #2 on this blade was much better. Presumably my technique was better than yesterday, too.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread - December 03, 2023 11 months ago:
Lol I agree. Plus the kitschy spelling of “Pruf”.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - December 04, 2023 11 months ago:
December 4, 2023
- Brush: Zenith 508A XL/Bristle (B35) (MOAR BOAR) 31mm
- Razor: Micromatic Clog-Pruf (Gen 1)
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (1)
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Soap
- Post Shave: Old Spice - Hawkridge - Aftershave
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm
A slightly rough shave, but overall not too bad. I’ve come to expect a rough shave from 1st-use GEM PTFE blades. I also don’t use GEM razors very often, so it’s likely a combination of the new blades and my suck-ass technique having not used one in a while.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread - December 03, 2023 11 months ago:
I do, but went with a Clog-Pruf today.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - December 04, 2023 11 months ago:
Is that the long awaited brush?
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread - December 03, 2023 11 months ago:
I should break out a GEM whenever my current blade runs its course.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread - December 03, 2023 11 months ago:
A Tabac dupe? Is this true, @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ?
I agree about Reserve. It’s a great base, and it was even specifically designed to be easy to lather… but Omnibus beats it in ease of use.
Congrats on no cigarettes for almost a year! Sounds like a New Year’s resolution that stuck?
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - December 02, 2023 11 months ago:
Only Woodshop so far.
- Comment on Sunday SOTD Thread - December 03, 2023 11 months ago:
December 3, 2023
- Brush: Stirling 24mm Synthetic
- Blade: Cien Men 2-Blade Cart (3)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Diamond - Soap
- Post Shave: allMan - Fearless - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Bulldog - Original Moisturizer
Nice
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - December 02, 2023 11 months ago:
One base, I just meant I need more SBS scents 👃
- Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread - December 02, 2023 11 months ago:
December 2, 2023
- Brush: Stirling 24mm Synthetic
- Blade: Cien Men 2-Blade Cart (3)
- Lather: London Razors/Summer Break Soaps - Mountain Laurel - Soap
- Post Shave: allMan - Fearless - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Bulldog - Original Moisturizer
Excellent soap base.
- Comment on Friday SOTD Thread - December 01, 2023 11 months ago:
December 1, 2023
- Brush: Stirling 24mm Synthetic
- Blade: Cien Men 2-Blade Cart (3)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Diamond - Soap
- Post Shave: allMan - Fearless - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Bulldog - Original Moisturizer
- Fragrance: Musgo Real - EdC
Diamond is really nice sometimes. Nice close shave.
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - November 30, 2023 11 months ago:
Woodshop++
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - November 30, 2023 11 months ago:
That cutting board looks like it might be from one of those giant cutting board companies, though. jk
- Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - November 30, 2023 11 months ago:
November 30, 2023
- Brush: AP Shave Co. - 24mm Synbad Fan
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
- Blade: Bolzano Superinox (German) (7)
- Lather: Martin de Candre - Fougère - Soap
- Post Shave: Eufros - Dama Noche - Balm
- Post Shave: CeraVe - Daily Moisturizing Lotion
Nice lather from the MdC.
- Comment on Wednesday SOTD Thread - November 29, 2023 11 months ago:
November 29, 2023
- Brush: AP Shave Co. - 24mm Synbad Fan
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
- Blade: Bolzano Superinox (German) (6)
- Lather: WSP - Black Amber Vanille - Soap
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm
- Post Shave: Eufros - Dama Noche - Balm
Black Amber Vanille was a gift… I wouldn’t otherwise buy a WSP product (Wet Shaving Products product?). The scent is AMAZING, at least for me. I had a scented candle in college that was very similar to this, and it’s totally my jam.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - November 28, 2023 11 months ago:
I know of at least one person!
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - November 28, 2023 11 months ago:
They were scented with NO scents.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - November 28, 2023 11 months ago:
This was a sample :-)
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - November 28, 2023 11 months ago:
Does Noble Otter still sell powder?
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - November 28, 2023 11 months ago:
Christmas Raclette
After reading about what a raclette is, I want it.
- Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - November 28, 2023 11 months ago:
November 28, 2023
- Brush: AP Shave Co. - 24mm Synbad Fan
- Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
- Blade: Bolzano Superinox (German) (5)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Christmas Eve - Soap
- Post Shave: Pinaud - Clubman - Aftershave
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth/Declaration Grooming - Cerberus - Liniment
I’ve been using more than 2 post shaves with relative frequency, so I decided to add another row to the spreadsheet which creates the formatting for me.
I bowl lathered today, using a heavyweight Captain’s Choice copper bowl that was given to me as a gift a while back. I was a bowl latherer up until a year or two ago when I switched to face lathering. Bowl lathering is still kinda fun from time to time.
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - November 27, 2023 11 months ago:
They installed a new pole and got everything hooked up yesterday. The power was only out for about 16 hours. Not bad!
- Comment on Monday SOTD Thread - November 27, 2023 11 months ago:
November 27, 2023
- Brush: AP Shave Co. - 24mm Synbad Fan
- Razor: Gillette Tech (Z-4)
- Blade: Bolzano Superinox (German) (4)
- Lather: Siliski Soaps - Frankincense and Myrrh - Soap
- Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. - Frankie & Myrna - Aftershave
I was moving some new samples into the Sample Box™ and ran out of room. This Siliski sample is rather large, so it drew the short straw. The scent isn’t all that special, but the soap base is decent. It started off quite fluffy, but settled down after adding a bunch of water. It’s good and slick once you work at it for a bit, but I prefer other soap bases.
This razor/blade combo is in my notes as being one of my favorites. The first 3 shaves were good in this particular series of shaves, but today the blade seemed to come alive. Some people don’t like blades that “open up” with time, but I don’t mind it. I know I’ll probably get another 4 great shaves out of it before it goes to being just “good” until it dies.
The power went out last night because of a tree falling on the lines nearby. Only about 5 houses are affected near us. The power company is sitting there waiting for another company to come, because apparently they don’t own the utility poles anymore. The company who owns the poles is an Internet/Cable provider, and they must have just recently bought all of the poles because they ran fiber to our neighborhood within the past couple of months. We can’t order fiber internet yet, but I guess it’s coming. That would make this power outage almost worth it.
We have a whole house generator because this type of thing is common out in the sticks where we live, so we’re comfortable with heat, running water, etc. If it goes on for more than a day we’ll have to ration the propane, but for now we’re living life in luxury.