Austere August Day ~~14~~ 12
- Prep: Hot shower
- Brush: Chisel & Hound Government Issue with 28mm Turn-N-Shave Shoat (Boar)
- Razor: Atelier Durdan Le Maurice 1.4 (SS Premium Polish)
- Blade: Wizamet Super Iridium (Edge 1 - 12th shave)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. Varen
- Post Shave: Cold shower, Stirling Soap Co. Varen Splash
- Tags: $ShepherdsOfStirling $WolfInSheepsClothing
Day 14 minus 2: Well, after having my A.A. challenges completely dashed by some unknown illness which hit me like a freight train on Sunday night and left me bedridden for the last 2 days, I woke up feeling 70% today and dragged myself into the shower and had a shave. That first shower after being on death's doorstep hits different.
Because all of my challenges were now down the drain, the only thing I'll be doing for the rest of August is 10 shaves with Sheep Soap. Even though one of the three judges vetoed my appeal to Shepherds of Stirling, I figured since I named the challenge I will do whatever I want. So, I have created a new challenge. I will complete the 10 shaves required by Shepherds of Stirling, and I will be donating money to my local 4-H, since the judges are doing nothing more than depriving a good cause from charitable funds. I figure I'll donate at least as much as the set of Varen cost me.
I shall call this the $WolfInSheepsClothing challenge, and anyone that has gotten sick of what many people have been calling "performative self-harm" or has otherwise been DQ'd from other, stricter challenges with decidedly less-cool flair may join me. Just switch off whatever software you were using and onto one of Stirling's mutton tallow soaps, declare yourself a shepherd despite the protests of the judges, and donate to your local 4-H!
AND SHEPHERDS WE SHALL BE! (A fantastic movie line that literally no one doing $ShepherdsOfStirling has used yet this month and an oversight for which they should all be DQ'd)
Also, continuing my weigh-ins, Stirling's mutton tallow base seems way more resiliant (purely from a consumption standpoint) than GN C$+
New tub: 225.6g
Post-shave, no rinse: 224.5g
Post-shave, rinsed: 223.2g
Then you can use this way more awesome flair:
ππΊπ Wolf in Sheep's Clothing ππΊπ
Here is an album that I am going to continue uploading to throughout the month to show ~~progress of the brush~~ whatever I want.
$Discord