I’m calling you out for a rules infraction.

They said a dog couldn’t play basketball; they said a dog couldn’t shave. You said you were out.

But you’re all wrong.

You have the AirBud point but you’re choosing to not use it. But that’s the ultimate AirBud thing to do. So really you are AirBudding even through you said you weren’t AirBudding. Which, is, obviously, AirBudding.

Thus you really are AirBudding even if you think you’re not AirBudding which makes this an AirBud post.

Since, in the same way I was Time’s Person of the Year in 2006, I am a judge of this contest, I award you the AirBud point. Congratulations, you’re not the first one out.

Crossposting to Discord because rules.

She said it smelled like baby powder to her, which she liked.

Jan. 27, 2025

• Brush: Proraso Professional
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE [4]
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Port-au-Prince - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

What a remarkable shave.

I’ve been wanting to try this scent for awhile, and when I heard that Stirling was discontinuing it I knew I had to pick up a puck.

So happy I did. What an incredible scent. It’s subtle but wonderful. And, of course, the mutton tallow base is one of the best in the business.

What’s truly remarkable about this scent is my wife liked it. I’m not joking, she hates scents. It’s to the point where I rarely use anything except scented soap anymore, and even then sometimes she can pick up the scent on me (and hate it) hours later. But this one she loved. Hopefully it comes back someday!

Jan. 22, 2025

• Brush: Proraso Professional
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE [3]
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Sheep - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

I am very, very tired. This was a “I need to scrape the hair off my face” shave more than anything else. It was mediocre, which was expected based on the effort I put into it.

This isn’t too dissimilar in spirit to the very first Lather Games. We have truly come full circle.

Jan. 11, 2025

• Brush: Proraso Professional
• Razor: GEM Open Comb Micromatic Gen. 2
• Blade: GEM PTFE [2]
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Sheep - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

Today shave was pretty mid. No one’s fault but my own. I was dragging ass this morning and had to get out the door and so my lather was a little off and I got some irritation.

One thing I should try to get better at is quick shaves. Luxurious ones are easy enough. Makes me wonder about tips to shave fast and get out the door.

Jan. 6, 2025

• Brush: Proraso Professional
• Razor: GEM Open Comb Micromatic Gen. 2
• Blade: GEM PTFE [1]
• Lather: Spearhead Shaving Co. - Seaforth! 3 Scots - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
• Osma: Osma - Osma

As many of you know my wife and I are expecting our first child. We are in the “home renovations” phase of pregnancy where we decide to redo the entire house in the final weeks before birth.

Anywho, I shaved because I hadn’t for awhile because all I do is home renovations. It was great because 3 Scots is great. Again, so happy I picked this up during the drop.

Dec. 30, 2024

• Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE [4]
• Lather: Barrister & Mann - Vespers - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

Rarely do shaves go this well. Vespers felt like the perfect scent for the downslope of the holiday season, and the MM24 made it an absolutely smooth shave with no irritation. Happy New Year all!

I still haven’t tried ‘TTNB. Seems nice. I considered picking it up but feel so overloaded with soap right now.

Dec. 24, 2024

• Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE [3]
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Christmas Eve - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Christmas Eve - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Splash
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery- G20

On Christmas Eve, there are two acceptable soaps: Christmas Eve and ‘Twas The Night Before. I have Christmas Eve, so that’s what I’m going with.

This is one of my all time favorite scents. I wrote my first review about this scent. It’s incredible and I love it every time.

Merry everything!

Trying to remember to crosspost more often. If I don’t use the $Discord tag it is easier to remember!

Dec. 21, 2024

• Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE [2]
• Lather: House Of Mammoth - Santa Noir - Soap
• Post Shave: House Of Mammoth - Santa Noir - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Splash
• Osma: Osma - Osma

Life has been really busy lately getting ready for the holidays and the baby so not much time to log shaves. But this was a particularly good one, everything came together well. Been working on my angle lately with the GEMs and have been really dialing it all in.

Feb. 12, 2024

• Brush: Declaration Grooming B14 “Nebula” Badger
• Razor: GEM Bullet Tip
• Blade: GEM PTFE [6]
• Lather: House Of Mammoth - 福 (Fú Dào) - Soap
• Post Shave: House Of Mammoth - 福 (Fú Dào) - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Balm
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

It’s the Mammoth Monday closest to the Lunar New Year, so this seemed like an excellent themed shave today. This is one of my top tier scents, one that I think everyone should give a whirl.

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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.

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.

It was that or Noir, and I felt I needed to stay on brand.

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.

Interesting. Can you tell me more? I admit my water feels a bit…slick, for lack of a better word.

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.