August 31, 2023
- Brush: AP Shave Co Gold Flakes with Oumo 30mm Boar
- Razor: Diane Hair Shaper – Patent 33095 78145
- Blade: Fromm Hair Shaper Blade (31)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Sheep
- Post Shave: Declaration Ghosting – Unscented Aftershave Liniment
Live look at me, finishing Austere August.
I remember when I did the unscented thing last year, I was going stir crazy by like day 8. But this year, the challenge of the Weck kept me and all my senses occupied on not slicing my face up that I didn’t truly miss scents until about a week or so ago, once I really felt comfortable with shaving with a hair shaper. Then the blade started to give out on me a few days ago and I it’s been uphill since then. The good news is: after this month, I feel so much more confident with an open blade than I did before and I’m looking forward to using the hair shaper with a new, fresh blade in it.
Breaking in this boar brush was a lot easier than the last time I did this. Probably because I knew what to expect this time around. This 30mm knot broke in relatively quickly and it a nice, soft, big soap eating machine.
I weighed my tub of Stirling before my first shave on day 1 and it weighed 165 grams, and I weighed it again before today’s shave and was 95 grams. So, this month, I’ve used a whopping 70 grams of soap! That’s not even including today! Really happy to have made a big dent in this tub, and even happier to put it away for a long, long time…
For tomorrow, we feast. #unscented #Monthofweckoning #RawHoggin