August 17, 2024 - AA24 Day 17
- Brush: Zenith 507N XSE 27.5mm x 57mm Unbleached Boar Bristle w/ Retro Black handle
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
- Blade: Personna PTFE Stainless Steel GEM (17)
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Rumble (23)
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Rumble AS Balm (21)
- Tags: $Discord $RawHoggin $MammothMafia24
Precision Load; Face Lather; WTG/ATG/Cleanup Passes; BBS Result; 47th Consec / 443rd Overall SOTD; MRTNG's Ultra Nightmare Mode AA rules
Prior to AA my tub of Rumble without cover weighed 174.8g. Today the Rumble soap started detaching from the tub, so I popped it out and weighed the tub sans soap. My empty tub without cover weights 79.3g, thus I started AA with 95.5g of soap. Today my soap without tub weighs 63.9g, so I've used 31.6g of Rumble during the first 17 days of AA and am averaging 1.86g of soap per shave. This reflects how heavy I was loading the soap during the first few days of AA. I was loading 2.1g+ of soap in order to build my desired amount of lather (4+ passes of lather) but am currently loading around 1.75g per shave. I'm producing an over-abundance of lather so I could probably get away with loading around 1.6g of soap but I don't want to risk it before the unbleached boar fully breaks in. I'll weight my soap again after the final shave of AA to see what my final average daily use ends up being.
Here's the Day 17 bristle break-in progress pictures taken just before the shave. Happy shaving and have a wonderful day.