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  • merikus@sub.wetshaving.socialMtoWetShaving@sub.wetshaving.social•Saturday SOTD Thread - March 29th, 2025 (#655)
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    3 months ago

    Mar. 29, 2025

    • Brush: Proraso Professional
    • Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
    • Blade: GEM PTFE (4)
    • Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Puck
    • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
    • Osma: Osma - Osma
    • Bowl: Georgetown Pottery - G20

    Decided to use one of my favorite BAM scents to round off a wonderful month of shaves. This was an incredible contest; absolutely loved the Royal Rumble format. Thanks so much to /u/ShavingInCT for running this event—it was a great way to get through the grey doldrums of March.

  • merikus@sub.wetshaving.socialMtoWetShaving@sub.wetshaving.social•Thursday SOTD Thread - March 27th, 2025 (#653)
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    3 months ago

    Mar. 27, 2025

    • Brush: Proraso Professional
    • Razor: GEM Open Comb Micromatic Gen. 2
    • Blade: GEM PTFE (3)
    • Lather: Barrister & Mann - Presto - Puck
    • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
    • Osma: Osma - Osma
    • Bowl: Georgetown Pottery - G20

    I wanted a nice clean, fresh, springtime scent for my night shave, and Presto delivers. I blind bought this one on sale and have to say it’s become one of my favorite BAM scents.

    I mean, he’s no TSF, but this Will guy seems to have something going on here and I’m pulling for him to win the whole shebang.

  • merikus@sub.wetshaving.socialMtoWetShaving@sub.wetshaving.social•Tuesday SOTD Thread - March 25th, 2025 (#651)
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    3 months ago

    Mar. 25, 2025

    • Brush: Proraso Professional
    • Razor: GEM Open Comb Micromatic Gen. 2
    • Blade: GEM PTFE (3)
    • Lather: Talent Soap Factory - 100 Grand
    • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
    • Post Shave: Osma - Osma
    • Bowl: Georgetown Pottery - G20

    I was once like many of you. Dismissive of /u/PrideTwo and /u/tsrblke and their crusade for TSF. Reveled at the idea of seeing them crushed under the heel of Medium-ish Soap.

    And then I realized, since when do I stand up for the medium guy against the small guy? Since when do I revel in seeing a new-ish artisan thrown to the heap like so much rubbish to be disposed of?

    No more, I say. It is time for us to rally together. To revel in the little guy. To embrace what can be—the hopers, the dreamers—against the establishment.

    Join me. Delete your posts. Shave again. Use TSF. For together we usher in a new era for wet shaving together!

  • merikus@sub.wetshaving.socialMtoWetShaving@sub.wetshaving.social•Wednesday SOTD Thread - March 19th, 2025 (#645)
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    3 months ago

    Mar. 19, 2025

    • Brush: Muninn Woodworks Big Fucking Motherlode (50mm)
    • Razor: GEM Open Comb Micromatic Gen. 2
    • Blade: GEM PTFE (1)
    • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Port-au-Prince - Puck
    • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
    • Osma: Osma - Osma
    • Bowl: Georgetown Pottery - G20

    Didn’t get a chance to shave the last two days of March Madness. So I shaved as early as I could today to help Stirling make it another round.

    This brush is really, really hard to deal with. Have not figured it out yet.

  • merikus@sub.wetshaving.socialMtoWetShaving@sub.wetshaving.social•Friday SOTD Thread - March 7th, 2025 (#633)
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    4 months ago

    Mar. 7, 2025

    • Brush: Proraso Professional
    • Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
    • Blade: GEM PTFE (5)
    • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Bonaparte - Puck
    • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
    • Osma: Osma - Osma
    • Bowl: Georgetown Pottery - G20

    I entered this month with the idea of Stirling or nothing, but BAM was twice too close for comfort. This time it’s Stirling that is far closer to the bottom of the list than I would like.

    Bonaparte is a hilarious scent, but oddly a good one. Apparently it’s quite divisive. I like it though.

  • merikus@sub.wetshaving.socialMtoWetShaving@sub.wetshaving.social•Wednesday SOTD Thread - March 5th, 2025 (#631)
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    4 months ago

    Mar. 5, 2025

    • Brush: Proraso Professional
    • Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
    • Blade: GEM PTFE (4)
    • Lather: Barrister & Mann - Eigengrau - Puck
    • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
    • Osma: Osma - Osma
    • Bowl: Georgetown Pottery - G20

    I again find myself doing a night shave for BAM. For me, the biggest surprise of March Madness has been the fact that BAM has been in the lower tier of soaps used every time. They’re widely beloved in this community and rank highly on our lather logs. So it’s surprising they would be struggling so much in the rankings.

    I am, however, reminded that I don’t care for this scent a lot. Not that it’s bad; it’s just not entirely my cup of tea. But I wanted to go with something less in-your-face for this night shave, and this one certainly delivers.

  • merikus@sub.wetshaving.socialMtoWetShaving@sub.wetshaving.social•Monday SOTD Thread - March 3rd, 2025 (#629)
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    4 months ago

    Mar. 3, 2025

    • Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
    • Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
    • Blade: GEM PTFE (3)
    • Lather: Barrister and Mann - Hallows (Glissant) - Puck
    • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
    • Osma: Osma - Osma
    • Bowl: Georgetown Pottery - G20

    I said I was going to ride or die for Stirling, but one of the benefits of having an infant is that time has no meaning so I decided to bide my time and wait.

    No way BAM was going down like this.

    So I pulled out the OG, the soap that made me a wet shaving hobbyist. The soap I stayed up to midnight for a decade ago.

    Ride on, BAM.

  • merikus@sub.wetshaving.socialMtoWetShaving@sub.wetshaving.social•Saturday SOTD Thread - March 1st, 2025 (#627)
    6·
    4 months ago

    Mar. 1, 2025

    • Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
    • Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
    • Blade: GEM PTFE (2)
    • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Port-au-Prince - Puck
    • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
    • Osma: Osma - Osma
    • Bowl: Georgetown Pottery - G20

    How much MOAR can a MOAR BOAR MOAR if a MOAR BOAR could BOAR MOAR?

    A MOAR BOAR would BOAR as much MOAR as a MOAR BOAR could BOAR if a MOAR BOAR could BOAR MOAR!

    And that’s all I have to say about that.

    Except that big kudos, as always, to Rod for making the MOAR BOAR happen. Yet another reason we should catapult Stirling to the top

    Shepherds unite!

    🍀🐑 🍀🐑 🍀🐑 🍀🐑

  • merikus@sub.wetshaving.socialMtoWetShaving@sub.wetshaving.social•Tuesday SOTD Thread - February 4th, 2025 (#604) [Atlas Shaves Edition]
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    5 months ago

    Feb. 4, 2025

    • Brush: Proraso Professional
    • Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
    • Blade: GEM PTFE [6]
    • Lather: Barrister and Mann - Night Music - Soap
    • Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Night Music - Aftershave
    • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Splash
    • Osma: Osma - Osma
    • Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20
    • Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Night Music

    I’m not technically playing Atlas Shaves, but hell—when you have a Night Music trifecta sometimes you need to flex the Night Music trifecta.

    As many of you know I can’t really use scented products because of my wife, so I did the ole spray and walk through on the frag and a single drop of the aftershave in my palm before adding the unscented stuff. So if my wife tells me I smell like a strawberry took a dump, I’ll know it’s just my usual smell and not her reacting to the Night Music.

    Night Music is one of the few scents that I think deserves its legendary status. I understand why it is never coming back, but damn I would love if it did. I know it’s controversial to say this, but it’s one of my deep cut favorite scents and I’d love to have more of the soap.

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