u/Tetriside's SOTDs for challenge 'Mammoth Mafia 2024'

u/Tetriside submitted 20 SOTDS.

u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-01 12:17:04-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 1, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (8)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm

I have several blonde boars. I bought this brush to try out a banded knot. The only other banded boar I have is an Omega 81052, which is very floppy. I do not like it. The 830 has a lower loft. It's difficult to splay. I had to mash it, which feels like it might damage the knot. I didn't have any full hairs come out, but several tips broke off. I'm guessing that's due to the way they dye/treat the hairs. I had trouble getting a lather going. I loaded my soap, but it still ended up a bit pasty. I didn't decide on a soap until I shaved. I'm thinking I should've gone with Catie's Bubbles. Hopefully it gets better.

$RawHoggin, tagging /u/eldrormr

$MammothMafia24, tagging /u/Mammoth_Don
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-02 20:24:51-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 2, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (9)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm
Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo

The brush was easier to splay. I don't know if that's because it's damp from yesterday, or if it's breaking in that quickly. I'm going to need to start loading more soap. I think I used close to 1 g of soap and barely had any lather.

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-03 11:45:41-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 3, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (10)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm

Instead of scooping an almond sized chunk of soap, I loaded while counting to 60. I went from not having enough lather the past 2 shaves to having enough for 3 shaves. I'll try a 45 count tomorrow. But, more soap was definitely the answer.

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-04 18:26:46-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 4, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (11)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-05 17:10:34-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 5, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (12)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm

The brush is lathering nicely. It's not as soft as more premium boars, or even the 610. But, it's not really scrubby, either. The backbone is on the lower side, but has been working well for face lathering. It's getting to the point where it gels and stays open a bit. I loaded to a count of 40 this shave. That left some excess lather. I could probably load a little less, but I'd rather be able to make a decent lather with some left over than have it be thin. I have the rest of the month to experiment.

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-06 20:53:27-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 6, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (13)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm

Night shave. Getting this in at the last minute.

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-07 13:01:11-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 7, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (14)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm

The monotony is setting in.

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-08 13:13:06-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 8, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (15)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm

I loaded for ~40 seconds today. I'm working on speeding up my lathering buy incorporating water quicker. I wet the brush tips after every 10 count while loading. I wet them again before I starting lathering each side of my face. I worked that in. Then, I dipped the brush and painted water onto my face twice on each side. And repeated that a couple of times. I'm usually not able to dial in the process this much when I change up brushes and soaps.

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-09 17:37:47-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 9, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (16)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm

I repeated yesterday's process, but with a ~30 second load. It worked well.

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-10 16:08:42-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 10, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (17)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm

I hydrated the crap out of this. It was my best lather so far this month.

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-11 19:45:10-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 10, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (17)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm
Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo

I shaved several hours ago. I haven't had time to post until now.

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-12 17:46:38-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 12, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (19)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm
Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo

The brush feels like it's pretty much broken in already. I loaded for about ~25 seconds, today. It's easy to splay, and is whipping up lather nicely. I could probably dial down the soap a bit more, but it feels routine at this point.

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-13 11:53:26-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 13, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (20)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm
Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo

I cut the load time down to ~20 seconds, today. It's monotonous, but I feel like the process is quicker. If I had to shave every morning, I'd probably have to use the same/similar kit during the week like this and save the fun stuff for the weekend.

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-14 19:37:47-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 14, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (21)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm
Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo

The last couple of shaves I've tried to do ATG passes. I don't think this razor is efficient enough for it. WTG and XTG are smooth sailing. But, it drags going ATG. The fixed angle is a hindrance in this regard.

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-15 12:04:47-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 15, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (22)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-16 20:05:26-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 16, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (23)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-18 17:56:00-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 18, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (24)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm

I had a very busy day yesterday and couldn't find time to shave. So much for AA.

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-21 20:44:19-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 21, 2024

Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (25)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm

Now that I've broken Nightmare mode, I'm going to keep using this setup for the rest of the month. But, I'm not bothering to shave every day. I shaved three days growth. It was a bit of a chore. The Henson seemingly never causes irritation. But, it's not very efficient. During the first pass WTG, I had to go over spots multiple times to get a clean pass. I had to rinse frequently. The shaves aren't very close either. I typically shave every other day and feel like I still look presentable on the second day. My beard is more visible the next day after shaving with this razor.

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-24 16:25:36-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 24, 2024 Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (25)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm

Once again, I shaved three days growth and regretted waiting so long. I feel like I need to shave daily with this razor. The first pass too multiple strokes over certain spots, especially around my chin. I'd like to put this blade in a different razor to get a better idea how sharp it is at this point.

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24
u/Tetriside posted on 2024-08-29 22:59:33-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)
August 29, 2024 Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Henson Ti22 Medium
Blade: Personna 74 (26)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Embrace
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Embrace - Balm

$RawHoggin

$MammothMafia24