[-] merikus@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] merikus@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] merikus@sub.wetshaving.social 7 points 11 months ago

12/24/2023

  • Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
  • Blade: GEM PTFE (1)
  • Brush: Zenith - MOAR BOAR
  • Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20
  • Soap: Stirling Soap Co. - Christmas Eve
  • Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. - Christmas Eve
  • Balm: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented
  • Osma: Osma - Osma

Christmas Eve calls for Christmas Eve. I’ve mentioned before how this scent reminds me of Christmas Eves at my grandparents’ house as a kid. The scent just really does it for me, everything about it is wonderful. Great last shave before Christmas.

[-] merikus@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

12/21/2023

  • Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
  • Blade: GEM PTFE (6)
  • Brush: Proraso Professional
  • Bowl: Georgetown Pottery G20 Scuttle
  • Soap: Stirling Soap Co. Sheep Puck
  • Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. Unscented Aftershave
  • Balm: Stirling Soap Co. Unscented Balm
  • Osma: Osma - Osma

First shave since the new water softener was installed yesterday. The plumber said that it could take a few days for all the hard water to get out of the hot water tank, but already there is a night and day difference. The lather was so much easier to form and felt softer and slicker. I’m excited to see the difference as the hard water works its way out of the system, and suggest everyone try a soft water shave.

[-] merikus@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dec. 9, 2023

  • Brush: Declaration Grooming B14 “Nebula” Badger
  • Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
  • Blade: GEM PTFE ~~(34~~ (4)
  • Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers
  • Aftershave: Barrister & Mann - Vespers
  • Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented
  • Balm: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented
  • Osma: Osma - Osma
  • Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

Been rocking this setup for awhile now it’s so good. I’ve got to work in some of my other Christmas Soaps while it’s still seasonally appropriate.

[-] merikus@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 1 year ago

Dec. 3, 2023

  • Brush: Declaration Grooming B14 “Nebula” Badger
  • Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
  • Blade: GEM PTFE (3)
  • Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers
  • Aftershave: Barrister & Mann - Vespers
  • Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented
  • Balm: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented
  • Osma: Osma - Osma
  • Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

Lovely shave. The GUTL and the Nebula worked well with the Omnibus base, and of course Vespers is a top tier scent. Another great Christmas Shave.

[-] merikus@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 1 year ago

Nov. 29, 2023

  • Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
  • Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
  • Blade: GEM PTFE (2)
  • Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Soap
  • Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
  • Osma: Osma - Osma
  • Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

One of the main reasons I repeat my shaving setup day after day is I have soap left in the bottom of my scuttle from GUTLing and don’t feel like scooping it out and putting it back in the container.

That and this setup is fucking awesome.

[-] merikus@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 1 year ago

Nov. 28, 2023

  • Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
  • Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
  • Blade: GEM PTFE (1)
  • Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Soap
  • Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
  • Osma: Osma - Osma
  • Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

I bought this puck of Vespers on sale at the end of last season as a replacement for the one I killed and just found it. Absolutely one of my favorite scents.

[-] merikus@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 1 year ago

Nov. 21, 2023

  • Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
  • Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
  • Blade: GEM PTFE (4)
  • Lather: Barrister & Mann - Figgy Puddin’ (Latha)
  • Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. - Christmas Eve
  • Balm: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
  • Osma: Osma - Osma
  • Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

Figgy Puddin’ remains one of the best Christmas scents. It is beautifully straightforward and wish it would return.

[-] merikus@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 1 year ago

Things are finally beginning to calm down for me, which is allowing me to ease back into social media, which is nice!

[-] merikus@sub.wetshaving.social 7 points 1 year ago
  • Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
  • Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
  • Blade: GEM PTFE (1)
  • Lather: Barrister and Mann - Hallows (Glissant)
  • Aftershave: Barrister and Mann - Hallows
  • Post Shave: Thayer’s - Original Astringent
  • Osma: Osma - Osma

I hadn’t shaved in about a week so a little irritation was inevitable. But overall this was a really good shave. Hallows is one of my favorite scents of all time, and I was left with a wonderful face-feel from the base. 4.5/5

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[-] merikus@sub.wetshaving.social 19 points 2 years ago

I decided to start up an instance for our subreddit and it’s been working out really well so far. It was probably about 8 hours of work to get everything together, get our daily posts to go up, etc. A few bugs to work out but overall people are pretty happy with it.

This worked well for us because our sub is a tight knit community. Other tight knit communities might consider something similar, and then just federating with the larger instances.

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