#bbsnovember — Public Fediverse posts

Tue 01 Jul 2025 #TabacTuesday

• Brush: #DogwoodHandcrafts Tabak Oridjinal (now with 🦡)
• Razor: #BluttRasur BR-1 (0.99 mm plate)
• Blade: #Feather
• Lather, post, & frag: #MäurerUndWirtz Tabac Original

We are in the brief hiatus of freedom before #AustereAugust, #SampleStraightember, #TabOKtoberfest, and #BBSNovember: https://sub.wetshaving.social/post/2689869/4407194

@wetshaving #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

GEM Days 14b/14: Contour II a.k.a. Swan Song – Sat 30 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #GEM Contour II
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #BarristeAndMann Brew Ha-Ha
• Post: #BarristeAndMann Leviathan

This shave concludes the 2024 edition of #BBSNovember and confirmed that the Micromatics stand out for me as the best safety razors period. More here:
https://sub.wetshaving.social/post/1618928/2593306

@wetshaving #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

GEM Days 14a/14: Contour II a.k.a. Swan Song – Sat 30 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #GEM Contour II
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #DeclarationGrooming Tribute
• Post: #SaponificioVaresino Settantesimo
• Frag: #StirlingSoapCo Executive Man

@wetshaving #BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

GEM Days 13b/14: Push That Button 2, the Contour – Fri 29 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #GEM Contour
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #DeclarationGrooming Chaotic Neutral
• Post: #NobleOtter 茉莉綠茶

Nice tea combo for a calm Friday evening shave.

@wetshaving #BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

GEM Days 13a/14: The Contour – Fri 29 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #GEM Contour
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #DeclarationGrooming Massacre of the Innocents
• Post: #StirlingSoapCo Haverford
• Frag: #TomFord Tobacco Vanille

Fantastic warm and sweet shave with MotI, Haverford, and TV. More about the Contour here: https://sub.wetshaving.social/post/1615553/2583351

@wetshaving #BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

GEM Days 12b/14: Push That Button – Thu 28 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #GEM Push-Button
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #CaptFawcetts Fig, Olive and Bay Rum
• Post: #DeclarationGrooming B Cubed

Solid shave with Capt. Fawcett's and the Push-Button. These mild modern GEMs are really good autopilot razors. Mild, efficient, intuitive.

@wetshaving #BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

GEM Days 12a/14: Push That Button – One Last Hurrah – Thu 28 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #GEM Push-Button
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather & post: #AbbateYLaMantia Koké
• Frag: #HouseOfMammoth/#NobleOtter/#DeclarationGrooming Cerberus

Nice shave with the Push-Button and Koké, more about this interesting razor here: https://sub.wetshaving.social/post/1612100/2577534

@wetshaving #BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

GEM Days 11b/14: Heavy Flat Tops, or G and E-Bars – Wed 27 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #GEM Heavy Flat Top a.k.a. the G-Bar
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather & post: #ImaginaryAuthors Telegrama

Nice Telegrama shave with the shiny G-Bar.

@wetshaving #BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

GEM Days 11a/14: Heavy Flat Tops, or G and E-Bars – Wed 27 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #DeclarationGrooming Peaches + Scream
• Post: #ArianaAndEvans Peach & Cognac
• Frag: #ImaginaryAuthors Saint Julep

Perfect boozy shave with Peaches + Scream, Peach & Cognac, and the E(lusive)-Bar. More about the G/E-Bar here: https://sub.wetshaving.social/comment/2569627

@wetshaving #BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

GEM Days 10b/14: The Featherweight – Tue 26 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #GEM - Featherweight
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #Klar Kohle
• Post: #Wars Fresh

Simple evening shave with unscented Klar Kohle, generic Wars, and the GEM Featherweight. More details about the differences between the GEM an the Ever-Ready versions of the Featherweight here: https://sub.wetshaving.social/post/1604304/2566820

@wetshaving #BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

GEM Days 10a/14: The Featherweight – A Great Buy For A Great Guy – Tue 26 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #Ever-Ready - Featherweight
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #RedHouseFarm NoScrub r/wetshaving s(cr)ub exclusive 🐻
• Post: #Mühle Aloe Vera
• Frag: #StirlingSoapCo Island Man

Great shave with the low profile Featherweight. More details here: https://sub.wetshaving.social/comment/2562729

@wetshaving #BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

GEM Days 9b/14: Ever-Ready Streamline – Pretty Regression – Mon 25 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #EverReady Streamline
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #BarristerAndMann Atomic Holiday
• Post: #ArianaAndEvans L'Orange Verte

I haven't used L'Orange Verte in a while. Very enjoyable finish after Atomic Holiday.

@wetshaving #BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

GEM Days 9a/14: Ever-Ready Streamline – Pretty Regression – Mon 25 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #EverReady Streamline
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #GeoFTrumper Rose
• Post: #NobleOtter Two Kings
• Frag: #MäurerUndWirtz – Tabac Man Gravity

The pretty Streamline, and the beginning of the era of fancy low-tech GEMs. More here: https://sub.wetshaving.social/post/1599932/2555080

@wetshaving #BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

GEM Days 8b/14: GEM Micromatic Flying Wing – Stunning Beauty Now In Gold – Sun 24 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #GEM Micromatic Flying Wing (gold plated)
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #Klar Lemongrass
• Post: #BarristerAndMann Seville

Klar Lemongrass is a simple scent I enjoy a lot. I used to use it frequently but sort of forgot about it. It's nice to rediscover forgotten little treasures.

@wetshaving #BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

GEM Days 8a/14: GEM Micromatic Flying Wing – Stunning Beauty – Sun 24 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #GEM Micromatic Flying Wing (NOS, chrome plated)
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #ChicagoGroomingCo. AG 1889
• Post: #SummerBreakSoaps Teacher's Pet
• Frag: #TheScottishFineSoapsCompany Vetiver & Sandalwood

A nice Sunday morning shave with the beautiful Flying Wing. More here: https://sub.wetshaving.social/post/1596319/2548490

@wetshaving #BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

GEM Days 7b/14: second Generation GEM Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless – Sat 23 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #GEM Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless (second generation)
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #Mitchell's Wool Fat
• Post: #Ralon – Original

The Fat really agrees with my face. I usually use moisturiser after my shaves, but with The Fat I feel like I don't need it.

@wetshaving #BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

GEM Days 7a/14: second Generation GEM Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless – Sat 23 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #GEM #Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless (second generation)
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather & post: #BarristerAndMann Nocturne
• Frag: #SouthernWitchcrafts Autumn Ash 🍁

Wonderful autumn shave with the Peerless. More on this transitional razor here: https://sub.wetshaving.social/post/1592917/2543178

@wetshaving #BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #GEM Micromatic Clog-Pruf (first generation, NOS)
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #StirlingSoapCo Christmas Eve
• Post: #StirlingSoapCo Friends to the End

#BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD @wetshaving

> "I literally don’t understand why people even make razors anymore since razor-making reached its zenith in the 1940s with the GEM Clog Pruf." – @merikus

#BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD @wetshaving

GEM Days 5b/14: second generation GEM Micromatic Open Comb – Djudicial Shave – Thu 21 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #GEM Micromatic Open Comb (second generation, Djudge razor)
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather & post: #WhollyKaw Club Yanka

Nutmeg and vanilla, Club Yanka is a unique scent that I struggle categorising, but always enjoy.

#BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD @wetshaving

GEM Days 5a/14: second generation GEM Micromatic Open Comb - HOLD FLAT AGAINST FACE - Thu 21 Nov 2024

• Brush: #Zenith 506B MB 🦡
• Razor: #GEM Micromatic Open Comb (second generation, hold flat against face)
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather & post: #StirlingSoapCo – Satsuma
• Frag: #AcquaDiParma Blu Mediterraneo Arancia di Capri

Delicious 🍊 flavoured MMOC shave today. More here: https://sub.wetshaving.social/comment/2529193

#BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD @wetshaving

GEM Days 4b/14: first generation GEM Micromatic Open Comb - Wed 20 Nov 2024

• Brush: #DogwoodHandcrafts Papa Eld B3
• Razor: #GEM Micromatic Open Comb (first generation)
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #DeclarationGrooming Scrooge
• Post: #ArianaAndEvans Peach & Cognac

Lovely second luxury shave with spicy Scrooge, boozy Peach & Cognac, and the goat MMOC.

#BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD @wetshaving

GEM Days 4a/14: first generation GEM Micromatic Open Comb - Wed 20 Nov 2024

• Brush: #DogwoodHandcrafts Papa Eld B3
• Razor: #GEM Micromatic Open Comb (first generation
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #StirlingSoapCo. – Oro Valley
• Post: #DRHarris – Marlborough

This is shave 7 of my run through all 14 generations of GEM-stile razors with the one, the only, the legendary MMOC. More here: https://sub.wetshaving.social/comment/2521760

#BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD @wetshaving

GEM Days 3b/14: MM24 – Tue 19 Nov 2024

• Brush: #DogwoodHandcrafts Papa Eld B3
• Razor: #EldrormR Industries GEM Division: MM24
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #BarristerAndMann Frankly My Pear
• Post: #Pitralon 🇨🇭

Nice evening shave with delicious Frankly my Pear and the beloved MM24. More here: https://sub.wetshaving.social/post/1578512/2519047

#BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD @wetshaving

GEM Days 3a/14: 1914 – Tue 19 Nov 2024

• Brush: #DogwoodHandcrafts Papa Eld B3
• Razor: #EverReady 1924 Shovelhead
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #BarristerAndMann Eigengrau
• Post: #HouseOfMammoth Santa Noir
• Frag: #DeclarationGrooming Bangarang

Shave 5 of the tour through all 14 generations of GEM razors and we reached the ugly duckling of the GEM family: the 1924 Shovelhead. More here: https://sub.wetshaving.social/comment/2514147

@wetshaving #BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD

GEM Days 2b/14: 1914 – #MammothMonday 18 Nov 2024

• Brush: #DogwoodHandcrafts Papa Eld B3
• Razor: #EverReady 1914
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather, & post: #HouseOfMammoth Mood Indigo

Nice #SecondLuxuryShave with Mindigo and the 1914. More here: https://sub.wetshaving.social/comment/2511617

#BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD @wetshaving

GEM Days 2a/14: 1914 – #MammothMonday 18 Nov 2024

• Brush: #DogwoodHandcrafts Papa Eld B3
• Razor: #EverReady 1914
• Blade: #Personna #GEM PTFE
• Lather: #HouseOfMammoth Almond Leather
• Post: #DeclarationGrooming Fake Yellow Light
• Frag: #ChatillonLux Gratiot League Square

This is shave three of my run through all 14 generations of GEM-style razors, and I have reached the 1914. More here: https://sub.wetshaving.social/comment/2506876

#BBSNovember #SafetyRazor #wetshaving #ShaveOfTheDay #SOTD @wetshaving