July 01, 2023

• Brush: Beard and Blade Supply Co. - Classic Synthetic Shaving Brush #FAUXFUR
• Razor: Gillette - King C Gillette
• Blade: Feather (2)
• Lather: Dr. Jon’s - Flowers in The Dark
• Post Shave: LÚCIDO After Shave Lotion

I have just under a week left here in Japan. Staying with my in-laws I have to say that a regular Shit, Shower & Shave routine has not been established. My lathering here has not been the best. My travel brush is small and I just hybrid-load it straight from the Maggard sample jar and my palm. What else am I gonna do? Ask my mother in law if I can use an old rice bowl??

I had this Flowers in the Dark sample for a long time but never used it. I quite liked the scent and performance of the soap. It’s sad they are closing down.

It’s been a great year of shaving for me. I added lots of soaps to my den. I got the Overlander which is my new favourite razor. But the highlight for me this year was the MOAR BOAR. Thanks to the crew who made that happen!! My first boar and I love it. But hey, did you all spot the MOAR BOAR prototype at the 2022 FIFA World Cup???

Muh hashtags #photocontest

When We Met - Dana and Alden Spotify / YouTube

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July 02, 2023

• Brush: Beard and Blade Supply Co. - 22mm Classic Synthetic

OLDWORLD

• Razor: Gillette - King C Gillette
• Blade: Feather (3)
• Lather: Southern Witchcrafts - Tres Matres
• Post: LÚCIDO - After Shave Lotion

Lather Games off to a great start yesterday! I think I saw a lot of ROTYs - that was kind of amazing.

Nice sunny hot summer day here. Not much going on. I had a good workout in the gym followed by a quick shower and shave. I got a really good lather today and very decent shave result. The scent is great too.

Edit: almost forgot in the last second to only use the one side of the DE razor. I wonder if my shave tomorrow will be affected - I did not make a note of what side I used.

Hashtags #photocontest

Music
“Like a Brother” - hey, nothing Spotify / YouTube

July 03, 2023

• Brush: Beard and Blade Supply Co. - 22mm Classic Synthetic #PREMIUMPLASTIC
• Razor: Gillette - King C Gillette
• Blade: Feather (1)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather
• Post: LÚCIDO - After Shave Lotion

Oooohhhhh I need some special consideration from the Djudges on this brush hashtag. We have a retail price of $29.99 AUD. Using Google currency converter at July 02, 9.43PM I got US$19.99. But with bid-ask spread that will be more than US$20! You never get the same rate as the Google rate! Am I wrong??

For my tribute to u/RedMosquitoMM I decided to get some Peanuts M&M’s and only eat the red ones. Those are the best! So I headed down to the Konbini (コンビニ), but unfortunately I could not find them. I checked both LAWSON and Family Mart. Sorry bro! Well, it’s Almond Day so I settled with these bad boys. At least the packaging is red, right? #RedChocAlmondsMMhh

Edit #photocontest and some small corrections

Music
“Idaho Alien” - Youth Lagoon Spotify / YouTube

July 06, 2023

• Brush: Zenith - 31mm r/wetshaving exclusive MOAR BOAR #CHONK
• Razor: Karve Shaving Co - Overlander #CNC
• Blade: Gillette - Silver Blue (1)
• Lather: Zingari - The Nomad
• Post Shave: Zingari - The Nomad - Balm

Hashtag #photocontest

Good to be home! After using a synthetic travel brush and the King C Gillette razor for the last 3 weeks… wow… amazing to see what a big difference a better brush and razor can do for the shave. Wonderful shave.

Daily challenge:

I was tired after a 9 hour flight, but I came up with this stack

Music
“That Life” - Unknown Mortal Orchestra Spotify / YouTube

July 08, 2023

• Brush: Maggard 24mm SHD two band badger #SHD
• Razor: ATT - Windsor Pro SB90
• Lather: Barrister and Mann - Fougère Angelique
• Post Shave: LÚCIDO - Aftershave

Maggard is absolutely my favourite retailer. My purchase history is longer than Ben Affleck’s face after day out shopping with Jennifer

Nice clean smooth shave today. Highly recommend the Maggard SHD brush knots if you haven’t tried. Great value for money. Loaded heavy and got heaps of lather. I have the sample of Fougère Gothique too, but prefer this one. I have a lot of soaps but not many aftershaves, so this unscented mentholated aftershave that I recently picked up will be very useful.

Daily challenge

Have a great day!

Edit #photocontest

Music
“Ring of Past” - Men I Trust Spotify /YouTube

July 11, 2023 - Green Sunny Days

• Brush: Zenith r/wetshaving exclusive MOAR BOAR
• Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Green Permasharp Stainless (1)
• Razor: Karve Christopher Bradley (SB-D)
• Lather: Spearhead Shaving Co - Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime
• Post Shave: TN Dickinson - Witch Hazel

Wow, what a refreshing shave!. Yo, u/j33pguy13, I think you’re great, imma let you finish, but Sea Spice Lime is one the best summer scents of all time!!

Hope everyone is having an awesome summer this year! Me and my family had a great 3 weeks at my wife’s parents place in Japan. I dream of living there permanently one day. It’s not completely off the cards.

Edited for spelling and hashtag #photocontest

Music
“Memory Box” - Peter Cat Recording Co Spotify / YouTube

Nice natural lighting

July 14, 2023

• Prep: Noble Otter - Lonestar Bath Soap
• Brush: Semogue SOC Taj Resin Premium Boar
• Razor: Karve Overlander (SS)
• Blade: Feather (2)
• Lather: Noble Otter - Orbit
• Post Shave: Noble Otter - Orbit - Aftershave

Hashtags #OtterSlide #photocontest

Day 14. Almost halfway. Lather Games fatigue creeping in? Or not at all???

Daily challenge was easy with the Overlander. Not 100% confident in the moustache area, but very good result. Just two passes and touch up.

Music
“By The Lake” - Pale Jay, Okonski Spotify / YouTube

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July 15, 2023

• Brush: Beard and Blade Classic synthetic
• Razor: Karve Overlander SS
• Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Black Super Platinum
• Lather: Barrister and Mann - Death
• Post Shave: Nivea - En(balm)ing fluid

As you probably can understand, my chosen theme for today’s SOTD is Death. Unfortunately, I do not own any Tabac products..… sooooo… uhmm…, I had to go with my 2nd choice - Death from the Barrister and Mann’s Four Horsemen series. Ouch…. Eh… Did I hit a sore spot there? Take your best shot, click the downvote button - I’m ready.

Hashtags #photocontest #oof

Music
“Shuriken” - Alix Perez, Headland Spotify / YouTube

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Daily challenge:

My favourite YouTube wetshaver is Donald Youngner aka Wet The Face. Not really watching to learn about new hardware/software or anything like that. This guy is just like that next door neighbour you wish you had. I think his wife is sick and in palliative care, so that is kind of sad. Honorary mentions goes to John Shaves and The Virtual Groomroom for razor reviews. YMMV!

July 16, 2023

• Prep: Noble Otter - Lonestar - Bath Soap
• Brush: Chisel & Hound “Rosewood Elegance” v14 Fanchurian
• Razor: Karve Christopher Bradley (SB-D)
• Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
• Lather: Noble Otter - Barrbarr
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Spice - Aftershave

Hashtags #photocontest

Music
“There Is This Thing” - Reginald Chapman, Foxygen Spotify / YouTube

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Daily challenge:

Alright, let’s do this. Everyone’s favourite razor this year. Ah, that’s too easy…. how about this one? Yup, we all been there. Oh, here’s another one: when your love for Nordost just gets a little bit unhealthy…. What?

It’s been a funny year hasn’t? Sometimes the memes kept writing themselves - literally. Like that time a wetshaver bypassed security for British Royals simply by going to the pharmacy to pick up shaving supplies. Speaking of shaving supplies... are MOAR BOAR owners feeling that big brush energy? Is the brush getting you into trouble with your special lady friends?

The FOF contest is going to be interesting this year. We got some very talented people here, folks. And finally, for those who are doing the Raw Hoggin’ challenge this year - just keep it to shaving, yeah?

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July 17, 2023

• Brush: Semogue SOC Taj Resin Premium Boar
• Razor: Karve Overlander SS
• Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (2)
• Lather: Southern Witchcrafts/Shawn Maher - Gravefruit II
• Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts/Shawn Maher - Gravefruit II - Toner
• Non-Osma Alum: ALLUME DI ROCCA ~~NATURALE~~ POMPELMO ALUM 120G STICK

Cold, gray and rainy day today. Work sucks. I’m out of memes. And on top of that, I’m really bummed out for not being one of the cool guys in the Osma Owners Club. Stuck with this thing from deep down in my drawers. Naturale? Ugh, so boring. So I head down to the supermarket to look for some scent infusion. Banana?? Hmmmm… Ah, grapefruit!! Yes! Genius! On theme.

Back at home, filtering grapefruit juice in my Hario V60. Then onto the infusion process. I keep it simple!. And there you go! Allume Di Rocca ~~Naturale~~ Pompelmo! This thing is fantastic! How was your boring unscented Osma, Osma-weirdos?

Music:
“Cold Wind” - Ruby Goon Spotify / YouTube

edited spelling errors + #photocontest

July 30, 2023 #photocontest

• Brush: Semogue SOC Taj Resin Boar (República Portuguesa)
• Razor: Karve Overlander SS (Canada)
• Blade: Bolzano Superinox (Deutschland)
• Lather: Summer Break Soaps - Teacher’s Pet (USA)
• Post Shave: LÚCIDO Aftershave Lotion (日本 Nihon)
• Non-Osma Alum: IHA Kantasi Styptic Pen (Türkiye)

Easy one for me, I live in Australia and all my soaps are US made. I wish I lived in the US… In-N-Out Burgers… free shipping and alcohol splashes…

Teacher’s Pet... everyone’s favourite apple scented soap? I swear I was very serious and a good student in school. Now, not so much… (NSFW)

Music:
“adios” - JAWNY Spotify / YouTube

My 2023 Lather Games playlist

Nice.