Tabac Tuesday 06 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 Stankening is my 20ᵗʰ use of the Moarteen and its factory edge, and yet another great shave. I'm really happy with how the Moarteen turned out.
J33p assures me another is on the way ;)
Oh yeah, I'm opitimoostic that is going to come soon!
Mike's base ++;
A 100% sub-exclusive shave. Very nice! ☺
Tell me about it 🫠
Mon 05 May 2025
- Brush: Dogclaration LG 2022 Mystery Brush (B16)
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Declaration Grooming – Scrooge
- Post Shave: Henri et Victoria – Cognac and Cuban Cigars
- Fragrance: Atelier Rebul – Istanbul
I had a late start and shaved over lunch break. Last week was 1 emergency room visit (turned out to be non-serious), going drinking with a friend who got laid off, and 4 birthday parties (three of which were mine, but I feel like complaining anyway). I needed a weekend, I got a Monday 🥴
Nice shave, though.
Beautiful picture ❤
Oh yeah, that's quite the smile! And nice that you can continue to enjoy the razor, I never really understood why straight razors are as long as they are anyway.
Sun 04 May 2025
- Brush: Declaration Grooming Washington Blood of Kings B3
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Martin de Candre – Absinthe
- Post Shave: Brut – Oceans
Nice afternoon shave after a busy Sunday morning and a busy week. The Martin de Candre base works really well for me and the spearmint bubblegum scent of Absinthe is pure childlike joy.
Do you have a picture of the new geometry?
Absinthe++;
Sat 03 May 2025
- Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Super Badger
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Saponificio Varesino – Desert Vetiver
- Post Shave: Saponificio Varesino – Desert Vetiver
- Fragrance: Terre d'Hermès – Eau Intense Vétiver
Lovely Desert Vetiver shave with the Super Badger and the Moarteen
Fri 02 May 2025
- Brush: Simpson Chubby 2 Manchurian
- Razor: Koraat – r/Wetshaving exclusive Moarteen (15/16", full hollow, carbon steel)
- Lather: Saponificio Varesino – Settantesimo
- Post Shave: Saponificio Varesino – Settantesimo
- Fragrance: Creed – Silver Mountain Water
Late posting this. These are some of my wife's favourite scent, perfect for a quick refresher before going out for my birthday party.
Fri 02 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: Mike's Natural Soaps – Vetiver
- Post Shave: Pitralon – Classic 🇩🇪
- Fragrance: Atelier Rebul – Istanbul
First go with Mike's Vetiver for me, and this thing is grassy. I've known vetiver that is earthy, stanky, even fresh, and I've often seen it described as a grassy note, but this is the first time I experience it myself. Noice! Thanks u/EldrormR for the puck!
I'm enjoying going through various software combinations while keeping the sub-exclusive hardware fixed, and I think I'll continue this way through May until The Games force my hand. Have a great Friday, my friends!
Thanks!
I assume that [...] this may also represent a count of years you have completed.
That's right!
entropy’s increase is inevitable ;)
Ok, good idea for tomorrow! Boltzmann ++
Thu 01 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
Silver Mountain Water was a birthday gift from my wife. The Stirling dupe is a favourite of mine, and I had been wanting to buy the original for quite some while, but never pulled the trigger. Wonderful shave, this.
Mailcall! Moarteen!
So, my Moarteen has been marked as delivered at 10:34 today, which means that mine was probably the quickest to reach its destination. I was surprised by how nervous I was about it. What I convinced y'all to buy a piece of shit? So here's a quick post about unboxing, first impressions, a few detail and comparison shots, and a first shave with that thing.
So first things first: It's really sparkly 🎇
That thick red slab you see in the picture is the stamp that created the little Lathersnoo logo on the tang (@gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social and I had it made for this and it was returned to me so that it can be reused for future sub exclusives. If you have a project in mind that could benefit from it, let me know) and you won't get that, but otherwise, that parcel, box and razor is what you c
Operation Moarteen – Prepare for Hype!
As is tradition, this is not a drill! We have collected 47 of the 48 payments over the weekend, communicated all the last minute address changes and recipient changes to Ulrik, and paid a ridiculous amount of money for group-themed shave implements. The last phase of Operation Moarteen is thus initiated.
Project Moarteen Organising Committee (PMOC/OCPM), take a breath. What are you talking about?
We're done, the razors are paid, Ulrik has our money, he'll ship the razors.
But PMOC, you said that only 47 of the 48 payments have been made‽
Yes, there is one straggler we can't reach, and we've been impatient. That person's razor will be held back by Ulrik until further notice. We hope that this will give the missing person enough time to figure out what they're about to miss and pay up. We think that giving two weeks, until Mon, Apr 21, 23:59:59 GMT, should be a fair amount of time. If we don't get payment until then, we'll offer the razor to the people on the wait list for p
Operation Moarteen – It's go time!
This is not a drill! Our Moarteens are assembled and the only step left is sharpening. We need to provide Ulrik with everyone's shipping addresses, so that he can invoice us, and we can invoice you.
Project Moarteen Organising Committee (PMOC/OCPM), why are you telling us this, don't you have our addresses?
Yes, we do, but the original sign up thread closed 6 months ago, so some shipping addresses might have changed.
Good point! How do you suggest we proceed, PMOC?
If you have moved in the last 6 month, send your updated shipping address to rwetshavingsubexclusives@gmail.com. Use the email address you've registered at sign up so we know that you're not a scammer stealing someone's identity. If you have lost access to that email address, or have any doubts or questions contact either @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social or [@djundjila@sub.we
Tuesday SOTD Thread - March 25th, 2025 (#651)
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Monday SOTD Thread - March 24th, 2025 (#650)
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Wednesday SOTD Thread - February 26th, 2025 (#625)
Atlas Shaves Theme:
Alchemical Romance by Apex Alchemy Soaps with the following notes: Chocolate, Vanilla, Butter
Tuesday SOTD Thread - February 25th, 2025 (#624)
Atlas Shaves Theme:
Fitjar Islands Slåtterøy - Notes: Citrus, Chamomile, Cedar, Coriander, Bay
Monday SOTD Thread - February 24th, 2025 (#623)
Atlas Shaves Theme:
RazoRock Don Marco - Notes: Bergamot, Neroli
Wednesday SOTD Thread - February 19th, 2025 (#617)
Atlas Theme Soap:
Naranja by Dapper Dragon
Notes: Blood Orange
Tuesday SOTD Thread - February 18th, 2025 (#616)
Atlas Theme Soap:
Robot 23 by Talent Soap Factory
Notes: Sandalwood, Black Pepper, Amber, Incense, Resin
Monday SOTD Thread - February 17th, 2025 (#616)
Atlas Shaves Theme:
Sandalwood Ten by Soap Smooth
Notes: Sandalwood, Vanilla, Amyris, Musk, Rosewood, Petitgrain, Cedar, Ylang-Ylang, Bergamot
Sunday SOTD Thread - February 16th, 2025 (#615)
Atlas Shaves Theme:
1776 by Wholly Kaw
Notes: Artemisia, Tarragon, Osmanthus, Musk, Grapefruit, Cedar, Labdanum, Tonka Bean, Benzoin, Patchouli
Saturday SOTD Thread - February 15th, 2025 (#614)
Atlas Shaves Theme:
Vetiver by Mike’s Natural Soaps
Notes: Vetiver
Friday SOTD Thread - February 14th, 2025 (#613)
Atlas Shaves Theme:
Pomander by Catie’s Bubbles
Notes: orange, clove
Thursday SOTD Thread - February 13th, 2025 (#612)
Atlas Shaves Theme:
Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli by Chatillon Lux
Notes: yuzu, rose, patchouli
Mailcall
A nice little mailcall arrived.
I had tried Tobacconist a while back in soap form and loved it, and I've finally pulled the trigger on the frag. Such a nice rich tobacco scent!
I've first tried Macduff's base thanks to @sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social's BVWSC submission a few month back and I was really impressed with the soap base. The scent is a blind buy, but the scent notes tobacco, lemon zest, spiced plum, roasted coffee, vetiver, cedar were intriguing me and I really like the scent off the tub. I'm looking forward to exploring it after AS2EB.
Finally, the comically large tin of LPL is my first tub from this artisan after having tried it also thanks to BVWSC, this time from @PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social.
Monday SOTD Thread - February 10th, 2025 (#609)
Today’s Atlas Shaves 2 Theme:
Skinny Dippin' by 345 Soap Co.
Friday SOTD Thread - February 7th, 2025 (#607)
Atlas Shaves Theme for today:
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Successful Half-Blind Mail Call
A very long awaited mail call from Black Friday finally made it to me and I was a bit worried about two of the blind buys in it. Fortunately I got lucky across the board.
The goods, from the safe buys to the risky ones:
- A bottle of SBS Valedictorian EdP. This has been one of my favourite outdoorsy scents for a few years now, but I've never had the frag so far.
- A bottle of uncool Shire splash. I love the scent of Shire, but the cooling agent in the previous splash always felt jarring to me. So far, all know stuff for me.
- A set of CF Gemütlichkeit soap and splash. I love warm wintry gourmands, so I was pretty sure I'd like this one and it's delightful off the tub. I'm looking forward to trying it soon.
- A trickhole set of CB Blugère. It felt a bit stupid to blind buy an entire trickhole set, but shipping and reshipp
Mailcall
Nice little mail call. These three waterstones expand me options. I only had 3k and 10k waterstones so far and i was curious about how a little more range and resolution would feel.
Also, this dull-like-a-butter-knife Thiers Issard frameback. It's my first frameback, and it was a bitch to hone (I did that two days ago). It just would not pass the packing peanut test off the stone. A real mystery to me. In my limited experience, I always manage to get the edge sharp on the stone without stropping, if I used a light enough touch and alternate the sides frequently, ending on leading edge strokes. But not with this guy. It wouldn't even shave arm hair without stropping.
In my mental model, this means that the steel is ductile and forms a burr, but I'll gladly be corrected by any Honemeister who actually knows what they're doing😅
Either way,