Mar. 19, 2025

• Brush: Muninn Woodworks Big Fucking Motherlode (50mm)
• Razor: GEM Open Comb Micromatic Gen. 2
• Blade: GEM PTFE (1)
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Port-au-Prince - Puck
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Bowl: Georgetown Pottery - G20

Didn’t get a chance to shave the last two days of March Madness. So I shaved as early as I could today to help Stirling make it another round.

This brush is really, really hard to deal with. Have not figured it out yet.

Mar. 5, 2025

• Brush: Proraso Professional
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE (4)
• Lather: Barrister & Mann - Eigengrau - Puck
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Bowl: Georgetown Pottery - G20

I again find myself doing a night shave for BAM. For me, the biggest surprise of March Madness has been the fact that BAM has been in the lower tier of soaps used every time. They’re widely beloved in this community and rank highly on our lather logs. So it’s surprising they would be struggling so much in the rankings.

I am, however, reminded that I don’t care for this scent a lot. Not that it’s bad; it’s just not entirely my cup of tea. But I wanted to go with something less in-your-face for this night shave, and this one certainly delivers.

Mar. 3, 2025

• Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE (3)
• Lather: Barrister and Mann - Hallows (Glissant) - Puck
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Bowl: Georgetown Pottery - G20

I said I was going to ride or die for Stirling, but one of the benefits of having an infant is that time has no meaning so I decided to bide my time and wait.

No way BAM was going down like this.

So I pulled out the OG, the soap that made me a wet shaving hobbyist. The soap I stayed up to midnight for a decade ago.

Ride on, BAM.

Mar. 1, 2025

• Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE (2)
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Port-au-Prince - Puck
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Bowl: Georgetown Pottery - G20

How much MOAR can a MOAR BOAR MOAR if a MOAR BOAR could BOAR MOAR?

A MOAR BOAR would BOAR as much MOAR as a MOAR BOAR could BOAR if a MOAR BOAR could BOAR MOAR!

And that’s all I have to say about that.

Except that big kudos, as always, to Rod for making the MOAR BOAR happen. Yet another reason we should catapult Stirling to the top

Shepherds unite!

🍀🐑 🍀🐑 🍀🐑 🍀🐑

Feb. 4, 2025

• Brush: Proraso Professional
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE [6]
• Lather: Barrister and Mann - Night Music - Soap
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Night Music - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Splash
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20
• Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Night Music

I’m not technically playing Atlas Shaves, but hell—when you have a Night Music trifecta sometimes you need to flex the Night Music trifecta.

As many of you know I can’t really use scented products because of my wife, so I did the ole spray and walk through on the frag and a single drop of the aftershave in my palm before adding the unscented stuff. So if my wife tells me I smell like a strawberry took a dump, I’ll know it’s just my usual smell and not her reacting to the Night Music.

Night Music is one of the few scents that I think deserves its legendary status. I understand why it is never coming back, but damn I would love if it did. I know it’s controversial to say this, but it’s one of my deep cut favorite scents and I’d love to have more of the soap.

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. 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!

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!

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.