August 1, 2023 - Austere August Day 1
- Prep: House of Mammoth Embrace Doppio Bath Soap
- Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts 24mm 2-Band
- Razor: Charcoal Goods LVL II SS (Gen 2) on Triad Aristocrat SS handle
- Blade: Personna 74 (47)
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Waves - Eau de Cologne
Day One. A Sonder Redeux
What's different?
Year 3. For 2021, I used a Dogwood 26mm Maggard B&W, an MMOC, and Mood Indigo. For 2022, I used the same Dogwood with a 26mm Zenith unbleached boar, the MMOC, and Sonder. This year, I decided I wanted to use a badger. I also wanted to start with a used blade because we all know 31 has been done. Amirite?
Teh Tusk:
I estimate the remaining soap in this tub to be around 29g. This was the tub I bought .after completing Mammoth Month in 2021, and I used it for AA of 2022. These are its last legs. My previous Tusk use measurements were with a synthetic and a boar, so time will tell if I make it to the 31st.
Teh Razor:
No Weck?! Yeah, no. I love my Sextoblade, but no. I decided to use a DE for the first time and opted for my Charcoal Goods. It's a Gen 2 Stainless LVL II with the ver 4 top cap on a Triad Aristocrat handle. I was very close to just going vintage, but this won out last night.
Teh Blade:
This P74 has been going for 46 shaves prior to the start of the month. No real worries about it for the foreseeable future, but I've never taken a blade this far that I can recall. Here's to making it to 77!
Teh Brush:
Going badger with 29g of soap left is a possible issue. I only used 30g braking in a new unbleached boar, so it's doable, but I will have to avoid overloading. I decided to use the Dogwood 24mm 2band I recently won from Phteven_j's PIF. It's smaller, less dense, but still a great brush I will enjoy looking at for a month. I will miss not using the Mire brush i used the last two years, but there was no way I was going to pull that Zenith... Just too good.
Anyways, that's my breakdown of monotony for the month. Good luck to all the players! From the looks of it, some of you are going to need it...
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