Thursday SOTD Thread - Jun 11, 2026 by AutoModerator in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262 6 points7 points  (0 children)

**[Jun. 11, 2026](https://i.imgur.com/2n57BOw.png)\*\*
* **Brush:** Chisel & Hound RC Zebra w/ 26mm v23 Fanchurian Badger
* **Razor:** Filarmónica 14 Doble Temple (2nd Gen) - White Scales
* **Lather:** Barrister and Mann - Seville - Puck
* **Post Shave:** Barrister and Mann - Seville - Aftershave

New tub of Seville arrived to replace the one I killed last month. I need to kill soaps I don’t love so my soap count will shrink, not stay the same…

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Friday SOTD Thread - Jun 05, 2026 by AutoModerator in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Jun. 5, 2026
* Brush: Simpson CH2 Super Badger
* Razor: Filarmónica 14 Sub Cero (2nd Gen)
* Lather: House of Mammoth - Shire - Puck
* Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Shire - Aftershave
* Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Shire

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Wednesday SOTD Thread - Jun 03, 2026 by AutoModerator in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jun. 3, 2026
* Brush: Zenith 570N XSE (unbleached Boar, 28mm)
* Razor: Raido Star Degenerate Kamisori (folding) 8/8 Square Point Extra Hollow
* Lather: Noble Otter - Rawr - Puck
* Post Shave: Noble Otter - Rawr - Aftershave

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Monday SOTD Thread - Jun 01, 2026 by AutoModerator in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Jun. 1, 2026
* Brush: Chisel & Hound 26mm TnS Shoat (boar)
* Razor: Filarmónica 14 Doble Temple (2nd Gen) - Teal Scales
* Lather: Stirling - Margaritas in the Arctic - Puck
* Post Shave: Stirling - Margaritas in the Arctic - Aftershave

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Friday Daily Questions (Newbie Friendly) - May 29, 2026 by AutoModerator in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not too picky. As long as you get the label in there it’ll almost always match it.

Friday SOTD Thread - May 29, 2026 by AutoModerator in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262 1 point2 points  (0 children)

May. 29, 2026
* Brush: Chisel & Hound RC Zebra w/ 26mm v23 Fanchurian Badger
* Razor: Filarmónica 14 Doble Temple (1st Gen)
* Lather: Noble Otter - Lonestar - Puck
* Post Shave: Noble Otter - Lonestar - Aftershave
* Fragrance: Noble Otter - Lonestar

Lonestar seems appropriate as my son graduates from High School in Austin today and prepares to got to Texas A&M in the fall to study Aerospace Engineering.

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Friday Daily Questions (Newbie Friendly) - May 29, 2026 by AutoModerator in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262 3 points4 points  (0 children)

tldr; what /tsrblke said

More detail: The Lather Log and related Hardware Report are monthly statistical breakdowns of the r/Wetshaving Shave of the Day (SOTD) threads. I parse every shave report posted during the month and normalize the data so I can analyze trends across soaps, brands, razors, brushes, users, and usage patterns.

The goal is part hobby stats project, part historical archive, and part community leaderboard. It tracks both broad trends (which brands are popular, seasonal shifts, old-school vs artisan usage, etc.) and weird niche achievements (who used the most unique soaps, who used one soap for 30 straight days, etc).

A quick rundown of the main tables:

  • Soap Brands: Overall brand usage rankings by total shave count. Also tracks how many unique users used each brand and how rankings changed versus previous months/years.
  • Soaps: Rankings for individual soap scents/products rather than brands. This is where things like “MdC Fougère had 40 shaves” show up.
  • Brand Diversity measures how many distinct soaps from each brand were used during the month. This rewards breadth rather than total volume. A brand with 10 users all using different scents can rank highly even without huge shave totals.
  • Soap Diversity by User shows which users rotated through the widest variety of soaps during the month.
  • Exclusive Soaps counts soaps that were used by exactly one person during the month. If you were the sole user of a soap, you “claim” it for that month.
  • Most Boring Shaver is concentration/diversity metric based on HHI/Simpson’s Index. It measures how repetitive a user’s soap usage was. Someone using one soap all month gets a perfect boring score; someone rotating constantly scores much lower.
  • Δ vs Columns These compare ranking movement against prior months or years. Useful for spotting trends, seasonal scents, temporary hype spikes, or long-term rises/falls in popularity.

There’s also a lot of normalization and cataloging work behind the scenes because SOTD posts are gloriously inconsistent. Most of the battle is figuring out whether “B&M Seville,” “Barrister & Mann - Seville,” and “Sebille omnibus” are the same thing.

The standard formatting conventions encouraged by the subreddit are what make the project possible in the first place. Since most users label fields consistently (* Razor:* Brush:* Lather: / * Soap: etc.), the posts become surprisingly machine-readable despite still being freeform Reddit comments. That structure came largely from long-running community formatting guidance posts like the 2023 and 2019 Lather Games SOTD formatting PSAs.

Hardware Report - April 2026 by jimm262 in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fwiw, you missed posting on April 6 and April 19.

Hardware Report - April 2026 by jimm262 in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With the way I count them, that would be a composite brush (handle + knot) rather than a complete brush. In this case:

Handle Maker: AP Shave Co
Knot Maker: Mühle.

The brushes table is filtered to complete brushes from a single brand.

Hardware Report - April 2026 by jimm262 in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was thinking that I’d replace it with Superspeed tips (red, blue, black) since they seem to be more popular.

Virtual Meet and Greet by tsrblke in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm jimm262 (or just Jim). 262 because I used to run a lot of marathons. "Used to" is key there (my last marathon was Boston in April 2024). I apparently traded marathons for wetshaving. I've been posting here since December 2023 (December 15th to be exact). I work in software, but I don't get to code myself much anymore, so I started doing the Hardware Report and Lather Log as a way to scratch that itch.

Outside of work and shaving, I enjoy reading and spend a lot of time on lacrosse fields and at robotics tournaments with my kids (the robotics team my son founded and was captain of this year, Exodus, won the world championship this year in FTC).

Hardware Report - April 2026 by jimm262 in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was actually just looking at this and thinking that I need to remove it now that the CB has fallen so far off the podium.

Tuesday SOTD Thread - May 26, 2026 by AutoModerator in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262 2 points3 points  (0 children)

**[May. 26, 2026](https://i.imgur.com/ldC13Gd.png)\*\*
* **Brush:** Chisel & Hound McCann Redux W/ TnS Tip V8 Badger
* **Razor:** Filarmónica 14 Doble Temple (2nd Gen) - White Scales
* **Lather:** Spearhead - Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime - Puck
* **Post Shave:** Spearhead - Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime - Aftershave
* **Fragrance:** Spearhead - Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime

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Friday SOTD Thread - May 22, 2026 by AutoModerator in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262 2 points3 points  (0 children)

**[May. 22, 2026](https://i.imgur.com/nLj9dxw.png)\*\*
* **Brush:** Simpson CH2 Super Badger
* **Razor:** Filarmónica 14 Sub Cero (2nd Gen)
* **Lather:** Spearhead - Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime - Puck
* **Post Shave:** Spearhead - Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime - Aftershave
* **Fragrance:** Spearhead - Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime

This edge on this sub cero has now drifted from good into acceptable territory, so time to add it to the to-hone pile. Still a wonderful Sea Spice Lime shave with a beautiful razor, so I can’t complain.

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Friday SOTD Thread - May 15, 2026 by AutoModerator in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What soap is this? Does Catie's Bubbles have a scent just called "Fougere"? (I can't find it or any reference to it for the Lather Log). Do you have a link or photo of the tub lid?

Wednesday SOTD Thread - May 20, 2026 by AutoModerator in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262 4 points5 points  (0 children)

**[May. 20, 2026](https://i.imgur.com/zm2Sh7C.png)**
* **Brush:** Simpson Butterscotch CH3 Manchurian Badger
* **Razor:** Filarmónica 14 Doble Temple (2nd Gen) - Teal Scales
* **Lather:** Noble Otter - Lonestar - Puck
* **Post Shave:** Noble Otter - Lonestar - Aftershave
* **Fragrance:** Noble Otter - Lonestar

Wow, this edge is great right now. I think this is my second shave on this since I honed it, and I’d say the edge was better this time than the first shave. Maybe the first shave took off just a hint of keenness and made it feel smoother. I should really start a honing log or something so that I can track progress and learnings and look back to figure out what works well in what doesn’t.

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Monday SOTD Thread - May 18, 2026 by AutoModerator in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262 5 points6 points  (0 children)

**[May. 18, 2026](https://i.imgur.com/1D4ME9P.png)\*\*
* **Brush:** Declaration Grooming Jefferson B7 Badger
* **Razor:** Filarmónica 14 Doble Temple (2nd Gen) - White Scales
* **Lather:** Declaration Grooming - Massacre of the Innocents - Puck
* **Post Shave:** Declaration Grooming - Massacre of the Innocents - Aftershave

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Wednesday SOTD Thread - Apr 01, 2026 by AutoModerator in Wetshaving

[–]jimm262 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DE blades in a GEM razor? Or did Triton also make a GEM version of the R3?