16-06 - Over the hump
- Brush: Yaqi 'Purple Haze' w/ 24mm Mew Brown knot
- Razor: 1953-54 Gillette 'Aristocrat Junior'
- Blade: Gillette Nacet (16)
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Soap
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm
- Fragrance: Proraso - Wood and Spice - Cologne
We're officially more than half-way through this month of Mammoth!
It's been a wild ride of ups, and more ups...well, really it's just been ups all the way. That's not surprising, given we're dealing with the best base and scent in the game, here. I'd be very caught out if it hadn't been great so far.
The blade doesn't show it in this picture, but it's beginning to show some brown staining on the corners (as mentioned in one of my previous posts as well, it's not gotten worse really but it well might). I don't think it's going to have an impact on its shaving ability, but it's definitely going in the bin after this is over. Not doing this whole 1000 shaves with the same Nacet thing. Sorry. They really should sue whoever came up with the term 'stainless steel' - biggest lie ever told. Unless this is some kind of 'it stains less, not never' type of deal, in which case that fella is probably laughing all the way to the bank.
On another note, today I tried to make my lather as wet as possible. I normally make it pretty wet, but today I wanted it drippy. How drippy, you ask? Almost run-off-the-brush drippy. Almost as drippy as that Pope AI deepfake thingy with the puffer jacket. And it was glorious. Perfect glide, nice residual slickness, and a joy to paint on and take off throughout the shave. The only downside was that getting to that point required a fair bit of lather-water-lather-water back and forth, but that's a small price to pay for this dripped-out Mammoth perfection. I hope u/itchypooter is proud of me.
Tags: #MammothMafia23 #UNCHALLENGE