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Do you have an MM24? Easily my favorite.

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.

Here’s a rundown of the process:

1. Open soap container.
2. Scoop out a wad of soap.
3. Place wad of soap into a bowl or scuttle, pressing it thin.
4. With a damp brush, swirl your brush in this soap until it develops into a thick protolather. You may need to add a little water, but not too much.
5. When you have a good protolather, move to your face. Begin using standard face lathering techniques to build a base of protolather on your beard area.
6. Once the lather base has been built, move back to your bowl. Add water, building volume to your lather, getting it slick and ready to use.
7. Move back to the face, adding more water to the brush to refine the lather on the face and preparing for the first pass.
8. Finalize your lather in your bowl, bringing that bowl lather to your face and mixing it up, giving you a Grand Unified Lather.
9. As you move forward with your second and third passes, the lather in the bowl will serve as your Lather Reservoir, enabling you to not run out of lather for three, maybe four passes.

It’s called the GUTL for Grand Unified Theory of Lathering.

I essentially do a combination bowl lather/face lather called the GUTL. Essentially begin building your lather in your bowl, continue on face, then back to bowl, until you get a good lather from the combination of the two.

Just love using the G20 whenever I can.

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.

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.

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.

Nov. 18, 2023

• Brush: Proraso Professional
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE (3)
• Lather: Barrister and Mann - Smoking Bishop
• Balm: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

This scent is more pleasant than I remember.

• Brush: Declaration Grooming B14 “Nebula” Badger
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE (2)
• Lather: House Of Mammoth - Santa Noir
• Aftershave: House Of Mammoth - Santa Noir
• Balm: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented
• Osma: Osma - Osma

Santa Noir is so wonderful. Can’t wait to pick up another puck as I’m most of the way through this one.

Osma is a gift, every day.

• Brush: Zenith - MOAR BOAR
• Razor: EldrormR Industries - MM24
• Blade: GEM - PTFE (2)
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Christmas Eve
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Christmas Eve
• Osma: Osma - Osma
• Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20

No, it isn’t too early for Christmas stuff yet, thanks for asking.

I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for it. Bought it at midnight in 2016. It was sold out by 6 AM. Got a scent I loved and the thrill of the limited drop kill all at the same time. I’m pretty sure it’s why I bought everything that came out for two years straight.