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  • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialMtoWetShaving@sub.wetshaving.social•Friday SOTD Thread - April 12th, 2024
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    7 months ago

    Killing Varen: Operation Inferno

    • Brush: Stirling Soap Co. Zenith Boar Brush 31mm × 50mm
    • Razor: Koraat Sparschweinchen (7/8", “Sheffield-style” full hollow, carbon steel)
    • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. Varen
    • Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. Varen
    • Fragrance: Chatillon Lux Weinstrasse
    • Talc: Pinaud Clubman Finest Powder

    Yesterday, I had broken up the ring of death to cover the bottom of the tub, and today’s load already broke through it again. This thing is racing to its conclusion.

    I added a talc step to the routine and thoroughly enjoyed it. I should just do it by default, it’s always a plus.

    The big Koraat is fun. The blade is great, but unlike most straight razors, the tang, the spine and the tail have been left raw. Love it.

  • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialMtoWetShaving@sub.wetshaving.social•Thursday SOTD Thread - April 11th, 2024
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    7 months ago

    Now, when a soap develops the first inking of a ring of death, I find myself using it less to prolong the enjoyment.

    This describes exactly how my whiskey collection accumulated almost empty bottles

    Très cher in the US if you can find it.

    Importé du japon;) It’s also expensive here, but a good friend of mine used to live in Japan and mule bottles for me. Sadly he lives in Kyrgyzstan now, and the imports are less… exquisite.

    This bottle was really nice, and it will be missed, but on to the next one.

  • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialMtoWetShaving@sub.wetshaving.social•Thursday SOTD Thread - April 11th, 2024
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    7 months ago

    Killing Varen: Operation Inferno

    • Brush: Stirling Soap Co. Zenith Boar Brush 31mm × 50mm
    • Razor: Weck Hair Shaper (green translucent scales)
    • Blade: Kismet Rostfrei, Polymer beschichtet
    • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. Varen
    • Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. Varen
    • Fragrance: Chatillon Lux Weinstrasse

    I broke up the ring of death and flattened the soap for easier loading. This is progressing nicely.

    In an unfortunate turn of events, in a brief lapse of self control, I ordered a replacement tub of Varen. Ugh. The entire point of this kill was to make space in the den, but no, I couldn’t even stand the threat of a Varenless future. To make matters worse, I then completely fell off the wagon and also ordered tubs of Mountain Man, Braeburn, and Baudelaire. Ugh, ugh, ugh.

    At least I had one more great Varen shave with the little Hair Shaper.

    On a side note, the parallel killing of whiskeys continues with the death of this Royal Suntory:

  • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialMtoWetShaving@sub.wetshaving.social•Wednesday SOTD Thread - April 10th, 2024
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    7 months ago

    There’s a similar situation with alcohol in the EU/Switzerland, where alcohol can be tax exempt if it has an added ingredient that makes it unfit for human consumption.

    For perfumes, Wikipedia knowledge says this tends to be Diethyl phthalate ((DEP) is a phthalate ester. It occurs as a colourless liquid without significant odour but has a bitter, disagreeable taste)

    They also mentioned something similar briefly on the podcasts episode: apparently there was a French law prescribing that anything that can be consumed by humans is required to list all ingredients (I surprised, as I’d have massively thought that these kind of laws have centuries later). This marked the beginning of perfumes no longer being marketed as healing beverages.

  • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialMtoWetShaving@sub.wetshaving.social•Wednesday SOTD Thread - April 10th, 2024
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    7 months ago

    Collision of Spheres

    • Brush: Zenith B8 (XL aluminium handle, 28 mm × 57 mm boar)
    • Razor: Mühle R41 GS (stainless steel)
    • Blade: Astra Superior Stainless Double Edge (blue)
    • Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime
    • Aftershave: House of N° 4711 Echt Kölnisch Wasser
    • Fragrance: House of N° 4711 Echt Kölnisch Wasser

    Two of my hobbies collided today when the newest episode of Geschichten aus der Geschichte (an excellent weekly history podcast in German) about the history of the Eau de Cologne popped up in my podcatcher and Mastodon feed. I grabbed my 4711 “Original Eau De Cologne” splash and frag, my tub of SSL (the closest scent I have in soap form) and started the episode and a shave, confident that I would hear the history of 4711 while using it.

    Well, as it turns out, 4711 isn’t the original at all. They even had to change their name in the 1700s point because they had a clashing brand with the original Eau de Cologne, “Farina” (not just a copy, the copying perfumer found a random Italian dude called Farina and licensed the rights to his name.) and were forced in a civil suit to change their brand.

    Another thing I learned is that the original eau de cologne (the Farina) marks a major turning point in the history of perfumery, because Farina solved the problem of distilling scentless alcohol, i.e., it is the first perfume based on what we now know as perfumer’s alcohol. Fascinating.

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