June 1, 2024

• Brush: Stirling 24mm Synthetic
• Blade: Dorco SD507 disposable (6)
• Lather: Central Texas Soaps - Cherry Pipe - Soap
• Post Shave: Aqua Velva - Musk - After Shave Cologne
• Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral

We’re traveling by car, but I forgot to pack a DE!

June 1, 2024

• Brush: Oumo Warhammer Iceberg 27mm Meri-2

• Razor: River Razors 6/8 3/4 Hollow

• Lather: Henri et Victoria - Amande - Soap

• Post Shave: Wholly Kaw - Hiatus - Aftershave

• Post Shave: Thayers - Lemon - Toner

• Fragrance: Elysian Soap Shop - Atlantis Deep - Eau de Parfum

• Talc: Yardley Classic
   

Bonjour! Ça va!

I have not used a soap from Henri et Victoria before. I picked this sample up, along with three others at this year’s Maggard Meetup. Amande is very cherry and rasperry forward. There’s coconut, and a touch of rose in there too. I don’t normally enjoy fruity, gourmand scents but I really liked this one. I chose to take the fragrance more towards a Piña Colada with Hiatus. The rum note makes this fragrance less like a candy treat. Finally, I chose Atlantis Deep. This is decidedly an aquatic scent but it has yuzu and rose and manages to keep light enough to move away from the pineapple in Hiatus and into fragrance notes that I can feel comfortable with all day.

Oh wait! You may have noticed the razor. Well, I have used the major razor types; being of the older persuasion and now a fairly avid wetshaver. So, for today, I thought I would use a razor form factor that I have never used before, 6/8 - 3/4 hollow, and use a razor that nobody else in the world (except for the maker) has used before.

IRL, this razor is just stunning. The polishing is absolutely perfect, as is the file work on the spine. The Red Juma Dragon scales and Blue Juma Dragon wedge, offset by the white liners just can’t be realized in a photo – though I will try to get some glamor shots of it. While it is 3/4 Hollow, the shape is not a copy of any other 3/4 hollow 6/8 razor. This is a unique design from my friend Boris de Riviere (the artisan behind River Razors).

In fact, he made this for me as a surprise. We had been talking about a 6/8 razor. I mentioned a French Point, and that some file work on the spine would be nice. That’s all. Boris has a waiting list and I expected to hear from him about the razor in the fall; though we do correspond semi-regularly via email. The next thing I know, he emails some photos and a video of this razor. I was dumbstruck. He absolutely nailed it!

Oh, it’s a great shaver too!

Bonjour, Lather Games!

• Brush: Zenith — 506 N XS (extra soft horse) #HORSESASS #OLDWORLD
• Razor: Dovo — Shavette
• Blade: Dovo — Professional Shavette
• Lather: A A Shaving – Wapiti
• Aftershave: Declaration Grooming — Bangarang
• Fragrance: Declaration Grooming — Bangarang

Boom! Lather Games are back! Who will go above and beyond this time? Will there be intercontinental feuds again? Who will follow u/cowzilla3 and u/MrTangerineSky path and cause new legislation?

The Wapiti smush was provided by the very generous u/OnionMiasma. This was the first time trying this base (and brand), but I got a nice, creamy lather nonetheless. Really easy to use base, this.

The scent aquatic, sweet-woodsy scent reminded me of Bangarang, and both scents are supposed to evoke wet forests. A nice pairing.

The Dovo Shavette with professional blades has been approved by u/USS-SpongeBob for New all the Things! in accordance with the seasoned veteran clause. The shavette does not spark joy and feels flimsy and cheap compared to my Weck-style shavettes. In in the spirit of the challenge, I also used a new brush. The extra-soft Zenith horse hair brush did well with this soap, and it has very little horse funk. The knot is pillowy soft ad the bristles have so little bending stiffness that they completely stick together just by capillary forces. Very pleasant!