LGSOTD 12-Jun-24

• Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts - Declaration Grooming B16 #FRANKENBRUSH #SHD
• Razor: Charcoal Goods - Gen 1 Level 3 #CNC
• Blade: Wizamet - Super Iridium
• Lather: Proraso - Wood & Spice
• Post Shave: Proraso - Wood & Spice Balm
• Fragrance: Proraso - Wood & Spice Cologne

Cream Day

I've had this cream for an age, the scent is lovely and the performance is very good, slick as hell, but with plethora of gear waiting in the wings it barely gets a look in. The cologne is the one that always surprises me, the longevity is remarkable given it's cost, admittedly it doesn't have the apparent layers of other scents but you can't grumble.

Opted for the Dogwood Declaration Grooming B16 and CG Lvl 3 today. With the brush I wanted a simple one in matte black and this did not disappoint. I almost went for a synthetic knot but opted for a bit of luxury with DG and once again a very happy man. The level 3 CG is sometimes a bit intense though, this gives the dart a run for its money in the feel department, so not a daily driver for me but still comfortable to use on occasion.

Challenge - Den Tour Day

I've done this exercise once before, and it is nothing if not eye opening. Sadly I don't have the room to be able to have everything on display. So everything is packed away and I work on a smaller rotation. One thing I really don't want to know is how much I've managed to sink into this, sod it though!

Photocontest

With wood and spice on the cards, it'd be rude not to target 'Wood' for this outing.

Happy hump day and hope everyone is having a good week.

Cheers

Marc

nice colours

June 12, 2024 – Creamed

• Brush: Turn n Shave – L7 Boba
• Razor: Wolfman WR1 #cnc #stainlessless
• Blade: Treat Classic (Carbon Steel) (3)
• Lather: SIR – Irisch Moos
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. – Varen
• Fragrance: SIR – Irisch Moos

Cream! I was fortunate enough to be involved in one of u/j33pguy13’s raid of the B&B forums that resulted in many Moos cream tubes. I had heard good things about the Moos, so I decided to get one. It’s one of the few scents my wife goes “that’s good” when I lather it up. I picked up a second from him later.

It’s a true cream in a metal tube, so no bowl, just onto the brush and lather. It makes a decent enough lather. Not as good as any artisans, but better than the Cremo I used earlier. For #fof, I call this my Moos-Varen-Moos sandwich. Born out of necessity that I don’t have Moos splash, I tried it, and it works wonderfully. Varen is a bit spicier and darker to my nose. It is more vetiver forward, and that vetiver lasts a long time on my skin, so when I return to the Moos, I get a delicious blend of the two that’s greater than any one individually. Sure, I still do a Varen Trick every now and then, especially in winter, but if you get Moos EdT, paring it with Varen splash or (in my case) balm is a match made in heaven. Moos is special so for #photocontest let’s fill the frame with it. But I’m going to fill my frame a bit differently. I’m using a lens ball to play with perspective here, because why not.

Today’s challenge shows the necessity of improv in lather games. My daughter and I worked out a bit for den tour day again this year, with her leading the video. But she’s sick in the other room. In her honor though we’ll continue the bit just via pictures and text. Pretend the italics is her.

What’s this? An Admission fee?
Mom says we need to recoup the vacation fund you spent on soap.

“It’s my bathroom, also I don’t carry cash. And what about her Sephora bill?”
We take Venmo! And I won’t’ tell her you said that if you tip well.
“Fine” (Makes payment).

Excellent, I’ll lead your tour. Over on this wall we have the TOWERS OF SOAP. See how precarious they are? And how occasionally they get knocked over at night?
“Amazing! Also disorganized.”

Over here we have THE DRAWER OF MYSTERY! Random odds and ends, some of which haven’t been touched in years!.
“Those carts are probably not dull yet!”

And in here, THE MAGIC CABINET! Stuff goes in, sometimes to never be seen again!
“Yes, Yes, I get it, I need to get better organized.”

Would you like to upgrade to a VIP ticket to see the overflow den in the office? It’s only $29.99 and comes with a Seaforth! sticker we found on your desk!
“It’s my office! I’m not paying to go in my office, also give back my sticker.”

Vacation fund, remember!
“I’m good, they Saw that yesterday.

Frag display is not included in this level of tour, but we can tell you the LG 2024 winner’s frag collection has grown substantially since last year, now containing over double the full bottles of last year and many smaller sprayers!
“Thanks! Great tour!”
Don’t forget to tip!

Edit: the honorable u/djundjila informs me the brand for Irisch Moos is "SIR" which is owned by M&W but is it's own brand. I have updated accordingly.

Different perspective makes this an interesting shot. Not your typical “Z” to lead my eye through the shot

2024-06-12 - CASH RULES ALL PEOPLE

• Lather: St. James of London - Cedarwood & Clarysage (cream)
• Post Shave: St. James of London - Cedarwood & Clarysage (gel)
• Fragrance: Nicor - Royal Ebony
• Razor: Wolfman Razors - Guerrilla
• Brush: West Coast Shaving - Two Tone Synthetic 26mm

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#photocontest MONEY

MAIN POINT OF SELLING BELGIAN FIVE SEVEN PISTOL IS EXTREME PRICE OF WEAPON AND CARTRIDGE.
BELGIAN FIVE SEVEN IS WEAPON OF MAN WHO WEARS EXPENSIVE ITALIAN FASCIST SUIT OF HAND SEWING, DRIVE HUGE EXPENSIVE NAZI MERCEDES OF A.M.G. SHOP, SAIL ON MASSIVE YACHT TO GREEK ISLANDS. I THINK YOU GET PICTURE. BELGIAN FIVE SEVEN IS WEAPON THAT SAYS IS NO SUCH THING AS CONCERN OF MONEY.
FOR MAN WITHOUT EXPENSIVE SUIT, BIG BLACK MERCEDES, AND MASSIVE YACHT, BELGIAN FIVE SEVEN IS FOR PRETENDING OF BE RICH LIKE BLACK GANGSTER OF AMERICAN CITY WITH GOLD CHAINS OF LOW QUALITY AND JEWELS OF COLORED GLASS. WHEN YOU EXPLAIN USE OF BELGIAN FIVE SEVEN PISTOL IS ONLY FOR SHOOT MAN WITH BULLET VEST WITH CARTRIDGE ILLEGAL TO CIVILIAN, THIS MAN HAS NUCLEAR RAGE. WHOLE IDENTITY OF THIS MAN IS SPENT IN PRETEND PISTOL SHOWS HE IS RICH. IS VERY AMUSE.
FOR REST OF WORLD THERE IS 9 MILLIMETERS OF LUGER WHICH IS SAME WOUND FOR COST LESS.

C.R.E.A.M.:
EVERY BREATHING DAY I WISH SUFFERING ON INVENTOR OF SHAVE CREAM. CREAM IS SHAVING FOR LAZY MAN WITHOUT DEXTROUS SKILL OF HANDS AND BRUSH.

SMELLS ARE ALIKE: SUBSTANCE IS ALL WRONG (BUT MAYBE ALL WOOD)
CREAM FOR LAZYMAN AND INSANE LUNATIC MAKES FRAGRANCE IN WAX.

DEN TOUR DAY:
ДОБРЫЙ ДЕНЬ, MY DEN! XA!
LOOK WITH YOUR BALL-EYES GIVEN BY MOTHER: DEN AND TRIPLE SHAVE AS THROUGH MY OWN EYES!

I LEARN VIDEO EDITING IN OPEN SOURCE BUT THEN BIONIC EYES RECORDED NO SOUND. JOKES AND TUTCHEV POEM LOST BUT VIDEO SHORTER. DJUDGES ARE SPARED.

I HAVE BOXED SWEDISH MORNING CABINET FOR MOVING TO LAND WITHOUT DEATH OF SUN.
LOOK AT КОШКА ARTEMIS! I DIGRESS!

GOOD LUCK WITH GAMES! ИГРАЕМ LIKE RED-HAIRED CHESS ORPHAN.

#FOF

CREAM SMELLS EXACTLY AS WRITTEN ON FLIMSY PAPER ENVELOPE: LIGHT WOOD AND CLARYSAGE, I RECALL FROM YESTERDAY'S ELEVEN WITH VIOLATE. PAPER ENVELOPE IS FOR UNKILLED HANDS THAT ARE INCAPABLE OF USING CIVILIZED SOAP TO CRUSH LIKE CAVEMAN FOR UNFATHOMED SLIME OF POSTSHAVE

WAX FRAGRANCE FROM WEB CHINESE STORE SELLING TRASH TO PEASANTS.
IT SMELLS LIKE BROWN.

wheres the money honey?

Day 12

• Brush: Boti 28mm Synthetic
• Razor: Gillette Executive Fatboy
• Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
• Lather: Geo F. Trumper – Almond Shaving Cream
• Post Shave: Clubman Pinaud – Classic Vanilla Splash
• Fragrance: Tumi - Kinetic EdP

I’m going old school today. Using a sample of Geo F. Trumper. It’s funny how samples just appear on their own because I’m pretty sure I would never have purchased this. Honestly no clue where it came from. But I’m glad I had it today!

Both the scent and performance are largely inoffensive and forgettable. Same with the splash. It’s as bare-bones and basic as you can possibly get. I think these two companies may literally be the first shaving companies ever. Like the Christopher Columbus was trying to trade this stuff with the Native Americans. The splash was fine. The vanilla scent smelled artificial and disappeared quickly to makes room for the cologne, which I appreciated because I did not want the scent to linger.

I chose Tumi Kinetic for my cologne. From a #FOF perspective, it was the highlight. I was hoping the almond soap, vanilla splash, and a fragrance that features smoky vanilla would work well together for an almond/vanilla party. And on paper, it would have. But we don’t shave on paper! The scents of the soap and splash left much to be desired, so by default the Tumi Kinetic was the MVP. The smoky vanilla in the cologne was light, yet refined and it sits with a nice sandalwood base. It has a slight sweetness to it, almost there’s cherry somewhere in there, but the sandalwood is the prominent note. I’m not about to go out and buy a full bottle of this, but for today, it was just fine.

For #photocontest: Cactus

For the challenge, here’s my “den”. It’s a little smaller than a lot of people here, but I’m limited on space and it’s not the size of the den that matters, but how you use it! Everything fits in one cloth box. I have a leather dopp bag for brushes, a metal bucket for razors, a ziplock bag for samples, and all the full size soaps and splashes are at the bottom. The cloth box lives under my sink, and I typically use the same set every day for a week or so before switching out for a different set. That approach allows me to mix it up a good amount without my collection getting unmanageable.

iamhonestlylying’s Daily Top 5:

In honor of “CREAM”… The Top 5 Best Flavors of Ice CREAM from Ben & Jerry’s:

5.) Half Baked

4.) Americone Dream

3.) Netflix & Chill’d

2.) Cherry Garcia

1.) Chubby Hubby

June 12, 2024 - CREAM

• Brush: Munnin Woodworks Mother of Pearl APShaveCo G5C 24mm
• Razor: RazoRock Hawk v2
• Blade: Feather Pro Guard (15)
• Lather: Gillette - Pure
• Post Shave: Maurer & Wirtz - Tabac
• Fragrance: Calvin Klein - CK One Shock For Him

Challenge: Den Tour pic 1 - the shelves of shaving; pic 2 - soap box; pic 3 - post-shave box; pic 4 - frag box; pic 5 - razor box; pic 6 - under sink storage; pic 7 - bathroom drawer; pic 8 - overflow has gotten… pic 9 - kinda crazy.

Once upon a time, Gillette Pure was my Drug Store Day lather. It used to be available in my local Wallgreens stores. It’s not on shelves anymore. I guess it didn’t sell. There’s not much fragrance at first. I got a faint green powder and laundry musk in the soap while aloe seemingly hangs in the air. This cream is fluffy. The cream went from the tube, to my hands, then to my face, which was messy. I shouldn’t have rubbed it between my fingers. It made my hands soapy. It looked thin on my face at first. After a pass with the brush it morphed into pasty proto-lather. It puffed up quickly once I started adding water. I hydrated it until lather flung off of my brush. The slickness was okay, but not as good as the appearance of the lather led me to believe. It was at least a bit better than the Barbasol on Canned Goop Day. But, it was drying. The fragrance came out more when it was hydrated. The powder note was more prominent and smelled more distinctly of lavender. Overall, it’s a safe fragrance for a commercial product. It’s similar to what canned foam smells like. It’s non-offensive, and that’s probably the nicest thing I can say about it.

Today’s theme leaves the fragrance options wide open. I started by picking hardware and software that are physically black and white for my SOTD pic. Out of those options, I liked the idea of using other mass-market products in tandem with Pure. I won this bottle of Tabac in a PIF from /u/loudmusicboy. It’s the only Maurer & Wirtz product I’ve used. This fragrance is the most old man thing I’ve ever smelled. To be fair, it’s an old man who has taken care of himself and still cares about his appearance. I’d hate to smell the chain-smoking alcoholic on oxygen wearing a half open bathrobe old man fragrance. It’s floral. I get a mix of carnation, rose, and maybe some jasmine. This is that stinky rose note that modern fragrances have veered away from. It's soapy and woody at the same time, like this was cut from a soap tree. There’s a grassy note in there. Given time on my face, it does kind of smell like tobacco (I’m still uncertain whether tobacco is actually a note, here). It’s definitely old-fashioned. I have a lot of vintage razors. I appreciate seeing what older generations shaved with, and the trends wetshaving products have gone through. So, I’m happy to have this in my den.

I picked Calvin Klein CK One Shock For Him because of the black bottle, and because I thought it would go well with Tabac. The first smell of this makes me think “warm spicy.” It’s woody, but I get a hit of powder up front. Tobacco sits at the edges of the spice notes. There’s a hint of sweet citrus. After dry-down, the tobacco note comes through more. I get a note of amber in the base. The amber and powder combine into a sweet note resembling vanilla. I think it smells better after dry-down. Longevity is short. This doesn't have a lot of depth. It's a bit old, but not outdated. But, it's nice to splash on when I want a hit of tobacco.

#photocontest - Black and white

#FOF

great composition

June 12 2024 - FIELD OF CREAMS

#photocontest

Theme: Baseball

• Brush: CREAM & Wine Merit 99-4 by Heritage Collection / AP Shave Co. Pure Bliss SHD Premium Synthetic 24 mm
• Razor: Rex - Konsul #ADJUSTABLE
• Blade: Voskhod - Teflon Coated [2]
• Lather: Acqua di Parma - Barbiere - CREMA soffice da rasatura
• Post Shave: S.M. Novella - CREMA pre-dopo barba
• Fragrance: Murphy and McNeil - Barbershop De Los Muertos 2 Solid Cologne

American newsletters inform me that I should hurry with my carts checkout, as the Father's Day discounts are about to expire. I am moved by how online stores really care about my attention for family-related festivities. There's no better way to show affection that to buy some stuff.

Following Father's Day rules (yes, I committed to keep following the rules), for my lather and AS I diligently used two local brands that are older than me.

Accidentally, they also happen to be mention their adherence to the CREMA category, Italian for cream. The first word in my brush description is also CREAM. As this creaminess seems to be important to someone out there, I even tried to find a fragrance that came in cream form: as deodorants are not eligible, the closest approximation I could find was a "solid" (actually kind of soft lip-balm consistency) cologne.

Today's photocontest scavenger theme is baseball, which as you all know is Italy's national sport: depicted in today's photo is a snapshot from tonight's amateur leage game, together with my shaving gear. Yes, I do follow the American habit of regularly taking my shaving gear out to public arenas. I am well aware that you are nothing but a sore loser if you're not taking your gear out and shave in public while watching people trying to grab or bat each other's balls.

Thanks to American cinema, I also learned that a father/son relationship will never be fulfilling unless you spent a lot of time playing catch in your backyard. Grabbing balls is really essential if you want to live up to your potential.

Another American pastime that is super-popular here in Italy is showing off our own shaving den: man, what fun that is! It's even more popular than staring at each other's dicks while talking about your preference in cream.

As requested by the judges who don't even want to get paid for the privilege of looking at such mind-opening photos, here's my metonymic picture that reflects the chaotic spirit of my shave products collection. It feels so rewarding to share some sexy visuals! Words are boring, but a lifetime is not enough to enjoy all the shaving den pictures that can be found in the world!

Now, I have to interrupt this celebration of Uncle Sam's values in the overseas consumeristic domains, to say a few words about the topic of fragrances. I know, it's not as sexy as grabbing balls and peeking into each other's bathrooms, but you don't really have to read it if you don't care.

My lather, Acqua di Parma crema soffice da rasatura, is a surprisingly good reflection of the Acqua di Parma Colonia scent, including the bright topnotes: compared to the muted AdP balm I used on day 3, this was actually very centered and expressive in terms of scent. And it even performed more than decently, even if I had no clue about the appropriate level of hydration, and eventually just started shaving hoping for the best: it all went way better than I feared.

On the other hand, Santa Maria Novella pre- and post- cream was an olfactory disappointment - possibly because it's a few years old. Not much to say here.

More recognizable scent notes were provided by the BDLM2 Solid Cologne, which is allegedly inspired by Tom Ford for Man (according to the manufacturer's website). Fragrantica mentions no individual Man, but plural Men. In any event, I am not familiar with the original fragrancel. The dupe, while offering a very convenient form factor with its lip-balm-like tube, feels generic and ultimately meh.

Acqua di Parma was the star of the day.

All the rest was as memorable a fun as a sport that makes a big deal out of balls-grabbing since you early childhood. Too bad the day is almost over, and tomorrow we'll have to move to different challenges!

#FOF

#ROTY

CREAM

• Brush: Omega 10098
• Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable
• Blade: Astra
• Lather: Speick

photocontest

Prius.

Today’s Challenge:

Den Tour Day I’ll show you my small collection of straights. Someday I will use them all.

Jun. 12, 2024

• Brush: Chisel & Hound Strata W/TnS Quarter Moon Synthetic

• Razor: Ever Ready 1930’s Streamline Stroper Set

• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE [19]

• Lather: Taylor Of Old Bond Street - Jermyn Street

• Post Shave: Guy Laroche - Drakkar Noir

• Fragrance: Guy Laroche - Drakkar Noir

CREAM day.

I was looking forward to today’s shave, I don’t use TOOBS enough. It’s the first soap/cream that I successfully face lathered. The sent is light but it is enjoyable while shaving. I’ve had the Streamline set for awhile now, first use today. When I planed out my calendar I penned in Streamline and Drakkar. The Drakkar for me is 8O’s-90’s barber shop scents and what better to go with a soap that’s literally the name of the street and barber shop.

The shave was great but my thoughts during it were how I was going to set up today’s picture. The theme I chose to day was Onion. I call it Romance of the onion.

Today was youngest son’s 14th birthday. I know I have been saying I have a 14 yo lately but today it’s official. He’s outside right now in the blistering heat running around in his new cleats kicking a soccer ball around. I almost past out from heat stroke just watching him. Oh to be young again.

Today’s Challenge Den tour.

I only started wet shaving a 6 months ago and have fallen down the rabbit hole very quickly.

I’ll start off with frags. I was collecting fragrances long before wet shaving.

This drawer is body washes, body sprays, deodorants, unopened frags, bar soaps and lotions.

Here is the den

Soaps

Samples and pucks

More samples

I also have a lazy Susan of Badger and Synthetic brushes

I need to buy more storage for my aftershaves

Here are my boars and Weck. The green one is on loan

And lastly here are my razors and blades

Razors 1

Razors 2

Razors 3

Blades

That’s it for today!

#ROTY # FOF #PhotoConest

June 12, 2024 - CREAM

• Prep: Warm Shower

• Brush: Yaqi Goblin 24mm Synthetic

• Razor: Starter Razor From Stirling

• Blade: Voskhod (2)

• Lather: Proraso Cream - Green

• Post Shave: Proraso - Green

• Fragrance: Acqua di Parma - Colonia Club

Quick and painless shave with Proraso green cream and aftershave. Fragnatica has Acqua di Parma as the first listed fragrance Proraso green reminds people of, so that was good enough in my book.

Den tour - You don't have to look...

PHOTOCONTEST - Fill the Frame

June 12, 2024

• Brush: Muninn Woodworks purple burl AP Shave Co. 24mm MiG
• Razor: Schick Injector
• Blade: Schick Injector
• Lather: Proraso – Sandalwood
• Post Shave: Zingari – Unscented

This sandalwood scent is nice and light, sandalwood at its core. A little musk, a little depth. That classic shave smell. It brings back memories, no surprise, of shaving. It was the first time I received something via mail from a fellow wetshaver. It was u/35048467 who sent it after an awesome SOTD photo full of empty tubes. That April, Proraso became number one in the subs use single-handedly because of all the samples sent out. It was a cool introduction into the community. 🚂🚂🚂

Challenge: My den is chaos. I have a cubby hole that I am spilling out of and a drawer of recently used items.

Photo today features soccer (and football). Had to play it safe to be on soccer theme.

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fof

June 12, 2024 – LG 12: CREAM

• Brush: Catwood Handcrafts Golden Nib 18mm Master Badger #SMOLL #RUNT #FRANKENBRUSH
• Razor: Gillette Flare Tip Superspeed #RUSTYBUTTRUSTY
• Blade: Person Platinum Chrome (7)
• Lather: St. James of London – Lavender and Geranium
• Post Shave: St. James of London – Lavender and Geranium
• Fragrance: Barrister and Mann Lavender, Interrupted

Back to back lavender days, what a treat! The cream was actually a decent shave, but that also could be a more preferred razor/blade combo for me today. The AS gel is a bit weird consistency. For #FOF I would say the soap/AS gel are quite green takes on lavender, again reminiscent of the actual plant. The geranium gives it a bit more brightness due to its citrusy qualities. Lavender Interrupted is much different, and I get so much vanilla. The MdS accord that brings the funk in lavanille seems subdued by the sweetness of Lavender Interrupted. I’d wager this is both the tobacco and vanilla. There is the faintest spice but it is not intrusive. LI a sensual one for sure, strongly recommend.

For our #PHOTOCONTEST, opted for eyes today, because it matched the brush. Speaking of, the Atwood has gone through some LG iterations, but sadly not this year. It came in to play for the hashtags, sorry not sorry.

Today’s main event and challenge is the den tour. Always so fun. Here you go!. It seems like on of the videos embedded there isn’t working, so here it is by itself for a closer view.

Tried to get a better look at this developing patina, lots of green in the vertical lines. The human eye catches better than the camera. I also think people always think of brass (but I keep that karve CB looking pristine!), but nickel and silver can make cool patina too.

Oh, and that u/mammothben guy is pretty cool. Great products with $ going to great causes, and one of the most active artisans in our little r/wetshaving corner. His custom scent is easily the most coveted prize IMO for LG. #MAMMOTHMAFIA

soap brands 12/30, post shave 12/30, frag 12/30, post/frag linked 12/30, software sponsors 8/16, hardware sponsors 7/2, razor hashtags 9/15, brush hashtags 10/15, photo contest 12/30, daily challenges 10/26, special challenges 2/4

CREAM

• Brush: Wallygator - mystery vintage brush #SMOLL #RUNT
• Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable J1 #ADJUSTABLE #STAINLESSLESS
• Blade: Treet - Classic Double Edged Blade (2)
• Lather: Bevel - Shave Cream
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Ramblin' Man Aftershave Balm
• Fragrance: Creed - Himalaya

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to wallygator88 for the brush. Thanks to whoever sent me this blade with their smooshes, sorry I don't remember who. Thanks to my mom for buying this cream in my first shaving starter kit ever. Thanks to my grandma for buying the aftershave as my first non bevel shave product. Thanks to my dad for buying this razor from the antique shop with me after pho as my second razor ever! Thanks to the judges and fabulous people putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
Joining marching band, it sucks... again... I already went through this pain once and I hated it.

Daily Writeup
My whole body is sore. The knot fell out of the brush. The shave cream sucks. The aftershave and fragrance was nice though!

Daily Theme Points
This is indeed veeery CREEEEEEEEEAAMMMIIIIEEEEYYYY.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
For today's shave I went with some of my first products, my first lather, my 2nd aftershave, and a matching fragrance for that aftershave, actually the first fragrance that I ever tried because I tried it in a mall department store or something before I got into this whole thing lol. Also for matchy matchy I went with my slim which was my 2nd razor.

Daily Challenge
I have to stand up and take pictures? Man I'm too sore for this, but Lather Games doesn't give a fuck about my excuses. Here are the soaps (excluding arko because that's in the other picture and juniper reverie because that's at my dad's house) and here is my bottom mess of a drawer that was organized like 2 weeks ago before the lather games but now it looks like this, this is where I store my aftershaves, used fragrances, and razors (exluding stuff from yesterday because it's at my dad's and exluding my brassbird because it's over with blackland for inspection). The only brushes that are currently at this house are pictured in the reference photo for hashtags below.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
This brush is definitely a #RUNT. I think it's #SMOLL but I don't know exactly how big that is and I don't have measuring stuff so up to you and this reference photo.

Photo Contest
Football! Or soccer or whatever the hell you call it. This is a jersey from the local Real Salt Lake soccer team that I have never seen in my life, I got this shirt for free from my school because I was a good student or something. I actually played soccer in like 2nd grade, didn't really play it because my mom forgot about every practice lol.

TL;DR
My legs hurt, I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

Side Contests

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ROTY

June 12, 2024 - I'll show you mine since you showed me yours

• Brush: Prometheus Handcrafts w/ 26mm Oumo Motherlode
• Razor: Blackland Razors Vector (Lite)
• Blade: Schick Proline
• Lather: Proraso - Green Tea and Oat Sensitive Skin Shaving Cream
• Post Shave: Noble Otter - Two Kings
• Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - The Soft Lawn

This is one of the first lather products I ever bought, back when I started shaving my head. I almost immediately swapped it to soaps, but it worked ok today. Post Shave and frag are on theme for being fresh, clean, inoffensive scents to pair with the Proraso Green Tea scent. I really enjoyed smelling fresh and floral all day.

Shave went well. Got a good lather after really working the cream. This was the perfect brush for it. Started with way too much water so I had to really work the brush on my face to work out all the air bubbles. Anything stiffer and I definitely would've gotten some brush burn.

Den tour. Starting with most of the brushes, going to a lot of the splashes these really need some damn labels, next up is pic one and pic 2 of some generic storage, then you have the unofficial storage called the sink, and lastly the treasure trove of soaps. I hope you all enjoyed this foray into my great shame. In real talk, the vast majority of the hardware I own was purchased from you fantastic people, and I really appreciate how the community enables each other to try new things.

Today's photo contest theme is Hobbies. Please judge the photo in the title. My other big hobby is collecting slide rules. The one in the image is a pocket rule made by Pickett model number N600-ES. Astronauts on the original Apollo missions were kitted out with a model very very similar to this one so that they could double check rough calculations on the fly. I have talked before (and will again these Lather Games) about coaching the Calculator contest for the school where I teach, well a huge fun fact is that, for a very, very long time, Texas hosted a Slide Rule contest. Students would compete to do calculations as quickly and accurately as possible for nerd fame and glory. While I have plenty of Slide Rules that are just collectors items, I also have a whole set of plastic ones (like this), that I keep at school and use to host my own version of the defunct Texas contest with my students. The reward is still just nerd fame and glory, but at a smaller scale. #photocontest

SOTD - June 12 - Cream. Get the money. Dolla dolla billz y'all

Feb 25, 2024

• Prep: Shower
• Brush: Wild West Brush works - synthetic
• Razor: Gillette - FatBoy
• Blade: Gillette - Platinum
• Lather: Castle Forbes - 1445
• Post Shave: Cerave - Cream
• Fragrance: Aqua di Parma - Colonia Intensa

Here is my den and another one of my razors

photocontest

Photo theme was Darkness. Shot it in the dark 30 second exposure where I kinda painted the light in with a LED pole that I kept asking Alexa to change color mid shot. Had to put a blanket over my window. Used a 35mm prime lens that I purchased yesterday from a guy on marketplace.

The barrel lantern belonged to my grandpa. He was still wetshaving into his 90s. He used an omega boar brush. My cousin and I would buy him soap every once in a while and he would say "I wish they had stuff like this when I was young enough to go to the dances."

Really cool shot.