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Jan. 11, 2025

• Brush: Proraso Professional
• Razor: GEM Open Comb Micromatic Gen. 2
• Blade: GEM PTFE [2]
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Sheep - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

Today shave was pretty mid. No one’s fault but my own. I was dragging ass this morning and had to get out the door and so my lather was a little off and I got some irritation.

One thing I should try to get better at is quick shaves. Luxurious ones are easy enough. Makes me wonder about tips to shave fast and get out the door.

Jan. 6, 2025

• Brush: Proraso Professional
• Razor: GEM Open Comb Micromatic Gen. 2
• Blade: GEM PTFE [1]
• Lather: Spearhead Shaving Co. - Seaforth! 3 Scots - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
• Osma: Osma - Osma

As many of you know my wife and I are expecting our first child. We are in the “home renovations” phase of pregnancy where we decide to redo the entire house in the final weeks before birth.

Anywho, I shaved because I hadn’t for awhile because all I do is home renovations. It was great because 3 Scots is great. Again, so happy I picked this up during the drop.

Dec. 30, 2024

• Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE [4]
• Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

Rarely do shaves go this well. Vespers felt like the perfect scent for the downslope of the holiday season, and the MM24 made it an absolutely smooth shave with no irritation. Happy New Year all!

I still haven’t tried ‘TTNB. Seems nice. I considered picking it up but feel so overloaded with soap right now.

Dec. 24, 2024

• Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE [3]
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Christmas Eve - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Christmas Eve - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Splash
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery- G20

On Christmas Eve, there are two acceptable soaps: Christmas Eve and ‘Twas The Night Before. I have Christmas Eve, so that’s what I’m going with.

This is one of my all time favorite scents. I wrote my first review about this scent. It’s incredible and I love it every time.

Merry everything!

Trying to remember to crosspost more often. If I don’t use the $Discord tag it is easier to remember!

Dec. 21, 2024

• Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE [2]
• Lather: House Of Mammoth - Santa Noir - Soap
• Post Shave: House Of Mammoth - Santa Noir - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Splash
• Osma: Osma - Osma

Life has been really busy lately getting ready for the holidays and the baby so not much time to log shaves. But this was a particularly good one, everything came together well. Been working on my angle lately with the GEMs and have been really dialing it all in.

Feb. 12, 2024

• Brush: Declaration Grooming B14 “Nebula” Badger
• Razor: GEM Bullet Tip
• Blade: GEM PTFE [6]
• Lather: House Of Mammoth - 福 (Fú Dào) - Soap
• Post Shave: House Of Mammoth - 福 (Fú Dào) - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

It’s the Mammoth Monday closest to the Lunar New Year, so this seemed like an excellent themed shave today. This is one of my top tier scents, one that I think everyone should give a whirl.

Feb. 1, 2024

• Brush: Zenith B33
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE [5]
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Maribor - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: [Redacted] - Travel Scuttle

This is my standard traveling setup right now. Been working quite good. I like the pleasant scent of the Maribor.

Jan. 8, 2024

• Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
• Razor: GEM Clog Pruf
• Blade: GEM PTFE [1]
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Bonaparte - Soap
• Aftershave: House of Mammoth - Uitwaaien
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

I decided to buy Bonaparte on a lark, because /u/StirlingSoap mentioned on Facebook that it is strong and divisive.

Strong, sure. And perhaps divisive, but frankly I think the scent is really nice.

Uitwaaien is an absolute pleasure. I will probably do a posted review of this sometime soon.

It was that or Noir, and I felt I needed to stay on brand.