05-08 - The infallibility of Mammoth
- Brush: Yaqi 'Purple Haze' w/ 24mm Mew Brown knot
- Razor: 1953-54 Gillette 'Aristocrat Junior'
- Blade: Gillette Nacet (5)
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Soap
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm
- Fragrance: Proraso - Wood and Spice - Cologne
I want to tell you a little story. If you've been in this hobby for a while, chances are you've heard it or one very similar to it a hundred times already: My lather today was looking very disappointing.
You see, I thought I'd loaded my brush for long enough (we do things by feeling here - I don't have a scale, a microscope or a measuring spoon to always grab the perfect amount of soap) but when I added some water, it was very quickly looking very bubbly. Bubbly is not a good sign, especially when it won't go away even after some very vigorous lathering. I'd actually had something very similar happen the other day, but a bit more elbow grease eventually sorted it out so I didn't think it was worth mentioning then. Not this time. No matter what I did, the lather stayed bubbly.
So I did what every person would do in this situation. No, I didn't throw it all out and start over, I'm not Richie Rich. I just rolled with it, put brush to face, and prepared to follow with my razor. There was potentially a pretty bad shave coming up. But here's where the tragedy turns into a story of redemption: painting the lather on, it was perfectly alright! Starting my shave proper, it too was pretty much as great as it always is - none of that blade chittering, no razor cap skipping, no dried-out skin immediately afterwards. It was just an awesome overall shave.
So, kids, here's the moral of the story: The Tusk base is just that damn good. I've said it before and I'll say it again. There's bases out there that'll burn your house down in front of your eyes if you dare to add a molecule of water too much, or too little, or even if they just feel like it regardless. There's bases that apparently never give you a 5/5 experience, with there always being some sort of shortcoming in slickness. Not with Tusk. I abused the shit out of my lather this time around - I brought it to its absolute knees, drowned it to within an inch of its life, and it just got back up and did what it always does. No fuss, no trouble. What could have very easily spelt the end of my 'easy mode' claims about HoM became a case study in exactly why I called it my easiestest soap in the first place.
My face feels great, and I'm vindicated that, when I shave with Mammoth, it has my back. Always.
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