SOTD 17-Aug-24

• Brush: Zenith - Unbleached Bristle 506U
• Razor: Henckels - Friodur 17
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Beloved
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Beloved AS
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Beloved Balm
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Beloved EDP

Cracking shave to kick off a sunny day.

The brush is preforming brilliantly at the halfway point. I still would have liked the slightly longer handle, but this is more than competent.

The razor is rumbling along like a champ, we'll see whether I notice a significant difference from the refresh tomorrow.

Still enjoying the software, but I am starting to feel like changing it up, but will obviously keep up the challenge...it's not helped that I know I have a handful of goodies coming through soon.

Hope everyone has a cracking day!

Cheers

Marc

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Brush and Software Progress
Zenith Day 17
Soap Day 17

Down On The Farm For AA - Day 17

• Brush: Omega 81151
• Razor: Merkur 37C
• Blade: Astra SP (4)
• Lather: Stirling - Scots Pine Sheep
• Post Shave: Stirling - Baker Street splash
• Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial unscented AS balm
• Tags: $RawHoggin $ShepherdsofStirling

I don't know why it has taken me 17 days to make life easier on myself and just put my tags up top since I'm just copying and pasting that section.

Brush before and after pics.

I'm actually looking forward to dickholing Baker Street come September. The set was my LG24 prize.

$BarnyardChallenge musical inspiration provided by Band of Horses. I absolutely loved the first two albums, especially today's cut from the first album. This band just dropped off a hill for me after that.

Some caffeination and then the wife and I are going to wander out for an anniversary sushi lunch. She's put up with my shit, and things like my shaving my shaving insanity, for the better part of 28 years (not all of it married). alternativemusicgirl (not on Reddit) is a keepah!

Try to enjoy your day and remember to be kind to one another.

August 17, 2024

• Prep: Hot Shower
• Brush: Grizzly Bay - Dark Magic - 26mm TNS Shoat Boar
• Razor: Blackland - Sabre
• Blade: GEM PTFE
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen Soap
• Post Shave: Summer Break Soaps - Picture Day Splash
• Tags: $ShepherdsofStirling $RawHoggin $Discord

Happy Saturday!

August 17, 2024 - AA24 Day 17

• Brush: Zenith - B07-P1 Boar w/ Wood Handle
• Razor: Yates Precision Manufacturing - 921-M
• Blade: Gillette - Silver Blue
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Tobacconist
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Tobacconist Splash

My brush has developed a small crack in its ferrule/collar/sleeve. Should be fine though.

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2024-08-17 Austere August Day 17

• Prep: Coffee, Face wash soap/warm water, and stropping, and stropping
• Brush: Shore Shave - Player Custom with 24mm Blond Boar
• Razor: Ralf Aust - Ralf Aust 5/8" Round Point Straight Razor
• Lather: House of Mammoth – Uitwaaien
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth – Uitwaaien (Splash)

Just a little light reading for the weekend.

Take care and have a good one

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Day 17/31 of Looking for Serenity in Austerity

• Brush: Semogue Owner's Club (cherry wood and boar) (17)
• Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 50 (7/8", hollow ground, stainless steel, masonic deco) (15)
• Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice
• Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice
• Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice

I'm in the phase of AA where routine has taken over. My lather is great, the brush is breaking in nicely, and the edge is still comfortable. The edge refresh weekend of HoneMeisterschaft comes just in time to make things interesting again.

I'll try to find a moment tonight after Djunior's bedtime to give the Frio a fresh new edge for the remainder of August, and I'm looking forward to reading the other HoneMeinsters' pets about refreshing their edges and the difference it makes.

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Austere August, Day 17 * Brush: Copper Zenith B36, bleached 28mm x 50mm * Razor: Ern 22 7/8 * Lather: Vintage Williams Tonsorial * Post: Proraso Red Aftershave * Frag: Ethos Mysore Santal

Day 17. Same shave, different day.

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August 17, 2024

• Brush: Zenith 507u xse unbleached boar
• Razor: Friodur 72 1/2
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder Splash

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Today’s another early-ish shave. Heading up to visit more of my wife’s family near the WI Dells. Didn’t have time to hone, but plan to when we get back tonight. Definitely feeling the edge more, but it still shaves. The soap is surprising me in how it is lasting. I’ve switched to tub loading, but now it might take until the last day to kill it. I think that will get this tub to 70 or so shaves.

August 17, 2024

• Brush: Zenith 505BC SE 28mm Bleached Boar
• Razor: Razorock Hawk v3
• Blade: Schick Proline (17)
• Lather: House of Mammoth – Dammusi
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth – Dammusi
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth – Dammusi

Simple and quick shave today.

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August 17, 2024 – Covid Austerity

• Brush: Stirling “Less Boar” 28mm x 46mm
• Razor: Schick Injector
• Blade: Schick Injector (17)
• Lather: House of Mammoth – Smash
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth – Smash (Splash)
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth – Smash (Balm)
• Fragrance: Creed – Aventus Cologne

I shaved. I feel better than yesterday but only by a bit and know that will fade as the day goes on. But I shaved. $Mammothmafia24 $rawhoggin $discord

August 17, 2024 - AA24 Day 17

• Brush: Zenith 507N XSE 27.5mm x 57mm Unbleached Boar Bristle w/ Retro Black handle
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: Personna PTFE Stainless Steel GEM (17)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Rumble (23)
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Rumble AS Balm (21)
• Tags: $Discord $RawHoggin $MammothMafia24

Precision Load; Face Lather; WTG/ATG/Cleanup Passes; BBS Result; 47th Consec / 443rd Overall SOTD; MRTNG's Ultra Nightmare Mode AA rules

Prior to AA my tub of Rumble without cover weighed 174.8g. Today the Rumble soap started detaching from the tub, so I popped it out and weighed the tub sans soap. My empty tub without cover weights 79.3g, thus I started AA with 95.5g of soap. Today my soap without tub weighs 63.9g, so I've used 31.6g of Rumble during the first 17 days of AA and am averaging 1.86g of soap per shave. This reflects how heavy I was loading the soap during the first few days of AA. I was loading 2.1g+ of soap in order to build my desired amount of lather (4+ passes of lather) but am currently loading around 1.75g per shave. I'm producing an over-abundance of lather so I could probably get away with loading around 1.6g of soap but I don't want to risk it before the unbleached boar fully breaks in. I'll weight my soap again after the final shave of AA to see what my final average daily use ends up being.

Here's the Day 17 bristle break-in progress pictures taken just before the shave. Happy shaving and have a wonderful day.

Aug. 17, 2024
Brush: Zenith 505BC
Razor: Maggard V3M/MR5
Blade: Astra SP [17]
Lather: House of Mammoth - Everett
Post Shave:* House of Mammoth - Everett

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Aug. 17,2024

• Brush: Summer Break Steinauer 26mm Zenith Boar
• Razor: Thiers Issard Evide Sonnant Extra Hollow 6/8
• Blade: Edge By u/whosgotthepudding [27]
• Lather: House Of Mammoth - Indigo - Soap
• Post Shave: House Of Mammoth - Indigo - Aftershave

Happy Saturday! I have a sad Wife and 3 super sad Huskies. My son went back to Pittsburgh today after being home for summer break and they are all just moping around.

Here is today’s brush pic

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Brush Progress Album

August 17 2024

• Brush: Omega 13732 24mm
• Razor: Solingen Best Silver Steel 6/8 (Straight shave #114)
• Lather: Stirling - Varen
• Post Shave: Stirling - Varen
• Fragrance: Ineke Perfumes - Idyllwild

Brush progress album

A fine shave, huzzah.

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Aug. 17, 2024
Brush: Zenith B36 Copper 28mmx50mm Boar
Razor: J.A. Henckels Friodur 451 5/8 Stainless Full Hollow Square Point
Lather: House of Mammoth - Alive - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive - Aftershave

Straight shave seventeen (ever). Another really good shave. That’s two nice shaves out of the last three days. And today for the first time shaving my chin felt reasonably comfortable. I’m really starting to enjoy straight shaving, and I’m glad that AA got me to commit to it. Still happy with Alive each day too, and while the brush remains hungry, at least it’s getting soft.

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Austere August - Day 17

• Brush: Ever-Ready 200 - GDMG Black Boar 27mm
• Razor: Zwilling J.A. Henckels - Friodur 14
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder (Aftershave Splash)
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Sonder Edp

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The Black Boar knot

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Saturday, Austere August 17, 2024 – SOTD

• Prep: Cold water rinse
• Brush: Omega 11137 Ash Wood Handle 24mm – Boar (17)
• Razor: Gillette Tech – Pre-War
• Blade: Rainbow Super Stainless (17)
• Lather: Arko – Shave Stick
• Post Shave: Lilac Vegetal – Aftershave
• Tags: $UltraNightmareMode $RawHoggin

New boar brush unboxing and daily progress photo album.

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Day 17. Austere August. Each shave is a chance to refine our skills and connect with our community. Stay focused and enjoy the process! Peace. 🪒 🙏

Aug. 17, 2024

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser
• Brush: Chisel & Hound “Rob’s Finest” Boar 25mm X 56mm
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM PTFE (17)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Everett
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Balm
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Sonder

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August 17, 2024 * Preshave: Hot Shower
Brush: Chisel & Hound “Rob’s Finest” Boar 25mm X 56mm
Razor: Henckels Friodur 451 No Stain
Edge: Pudding (17)
Lather: House of Mammoth Everett
Post Shave: House of Mammoth Everett Splash
Post Shave: House of Mammoth Everett EDP

Brush Pics in album

Good shave tonight. Full 3 passes - not my best 3 passes of the month, but, 3 passes nonetheless. It was really excellent until the 3rd pass, but, learning that 3rd pass is still learning that 3rd pass - it's a new way of holding the razor and while the lessons I've learned thus far are helpful, well - it's still learning. That said, by the end of the third pass I'd realized how wrong I was holding the razor and how to fix it. So - there's some positive in this, anyway.

Been a good month - eyeing (eying? - idk how to spell that and I'm not googling it) - up a nice new carbon steel razor for when this is over. Everything is so pretty and shiny and I want all the things. I really didn't need another rabbit hole to jump into.

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August 17, 2024 – One and Six

• Brush: Semogue Torga C5
• Razor: Karve Christopher Bradley B plate Aluminum/Maggard Handle
• Blade: Wizamet (2)
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. – Varen
• Post Shave: Noble Otter – Orbit

Second shave on this blade and I really appreciate it after each shave over ten on that first blade. No shame that I can’t nightmare mode it. Not to mention the Torga is getting ever softer.

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August 17, 2024

• Brush: Summer Break Soaps Pierce w/ Maggard 26mm Boar
• Razor: Blackland Vector Lite
• Blade: Schick Proline (17)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Shire
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Shire
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Shire

No experiment today, just a great shave. Getting close to the longest I’ve ever taken a proline, so I’m guessing the hard stuff is coming up.

Brush Day 17

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August 17, 2024 - AA Day 17

• Prep: Warm Shower
• Brush: Semogue Torga C5
• Razor: Weck Hair Shaper
• Blade: Kismet (17)
• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag
• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag
• Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag

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Stag Spray 17

Photo Album

• Brush: Omega 10098
• Razor: Panhandle Barbershop Company Tonsorial Gem
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Indigo
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Indigo
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Indigo

Late shave because me and my dad just got cyberpunk 2077 and time flies. Speaking of, I'm at my dads where the water heater is a lot better so thats nice

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August 17, 2024

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• Brush: Chisel & Hound 'Rob's Finest' Boar 25mm x 56mm
• Razor: J.A. Henckels Friodur 451 5/8 Stainless
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Everett
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Everett - Splash
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Everett - EdP

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SOTD 08/17/24

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• Brush: Bristle Brushwerks w/ TurnNShave Shoat Knot

• Razor: Henckels Friodur 472

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder

• Post: House of Mammoth - Sonder

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August 17, 2024

• Prep: Hot Shower
• Brush: Omega 10098 27mm Boar
• Razor: The Holy Black SR-71 Slant
• Blade: Astra Superior Platinum
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Sheep
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented Witch Hazel & Aloe
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented Post Shave Balm

Tough one today.

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August 17th, 2024 - Stagalicious

• Prep: warm shower

• Brush: Vintage Rubberset Double Stamp with TnS HTB

• Razor: J.A. Henckels Zwillingswerk Friodur 17

• Blade: /u/whosgotthepudding edge (17)

• Pre-Shave: Ariana & Evans - Pre-Shave - Serum

• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap

• Post-Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Splash

• Post-Shave: Chiseled Face - Unscented - Balm

• Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - EdP

Ultra late night stink session 🦌🦌🦌

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AA24 - Day 17 - Varen + Moos = 💚

• Brush: Zenith Multi-Color (2006 XSE) 21mm Unbleached Boar Knot
• Razor: Aylsworth Razors Drakkant Plus
• Blade: Gillette Platinum [17]
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Soap (Mutton Tallow)

• Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz - Sir Irisch Moos - Aftershave

• Tags: $ShepherdsofStirling $RawHoggin $Discord

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Brush Break-In Progress Album

August 17, 2024    --- 

• Prep: cold face wash 
• Brush: Omega 21762 27mm Boar 
• Razor: Fatip Il Piccolo Storto Gold 
• Blade: Bolzano Superinox (17) 
• Lather: Abbate y la Mantia - Crumiro 
• Post Shave: Abbate y la Mantia - Crumiro splash 
• Tags: $UltraNightmareMode $RawHoggin $Discord    --- 

Day 17: At least we're over halfway now.  RawHoggin Album