SOTD by u/SaintBandicoot

Austere August Day 3

• 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 - 3rd shave)

• Lather: Gentleman's Nod Mushashi Soap

• Post Shave: Cold shower, Gentleman's Nod Musashi Splash

• Tags: $UltraNightmareMode $RawHoggin

Day 3, and another smooth, comfortable 2-pass WTG / ATG shave with BBS finish from the Le Maurice. My skin still feels great. I'm actually getting some great lathers from the GN C4 base. This stuff is better than I remember it being when I first bought it. Today's lather consistency was perfect. The brush feels slightly better than yesterday, but not as noticeable of a difference as between Day 1 and Day 2. The knot fell out while I was shaking out the brush post-shave, so I had to re-glue it in... hopefully it stays put this time.

Here is an album that I am going to continue uploading to throughout the month to show progress of the brush. I weighed the tub again pre and post-shave today and found that, pre-shave, a gram of water had evaporated since the post-shave weigh-in yesterday. Went from 168.1g to 159.6... a difference of 8.5g, down 3g from yesterday's 11.5g difference.

Austere August goals below...

I decided that Austere August was the perfect time to accomplish three things:

• Kill some soap (I have too much)

• See just how many shaves I can put on each edge of a Wizamet (I usually toss them after 10-12 shaves, but not really out of necessity)

• Further refine my technique to see if I can achieve daily BBS for a month straight (if I start getting irritation, I'll drop to WTG and XTG, and if I need to, drop to two WTG passes)

Gonna move the Discord tag to see if Discord LatherTwot picks up my post this time.

$Discord

[Austere August Day 3](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-J69vSjm/0/Ln65hTZT49t3xNzQS5s2JgjJNCPCPCv7n7QWhZgqv/X2/i-J69vSjm-X2.jpg)

* **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 - 3rd shave)

* **Lather:** Gentleman's Nod Mushashi Soap

* **Post Shave:** Cold shower, Gentleman's Nod Musashi Splash

* **Tags:** $UltraNightmareMode $RawHoggin

Day 3, and another smooth, comfortable 2-pass WTG / ATG shave with BBS finish from the Le Maurice. My skin still feels great. I'm actually getting some great lathers from the GN C4 base. This stuff is better than I remember it being when I first bought it. Today's lather consistency was perfect. The brush feels slightly better than yesterday, but not as noticeable of a difference as between Day 1 and Day 2. The knot fell out while I was shaking out the brush post-shave, so I had to re-glue it in... hopefully it stays put this time.

[Here is an album](https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-MDDTMc) that I am going to continue uploading to throughout the month to show progress of the brush. I weighed the tub again pre and post-shave today and found that, pre-shave, a gram of water had evaporated since the post-shave weigh-in yesterday. Went from 168.1g to 159.6... a difference of 8.5g, down 3g from yesterday's 11.5g difference.

Austere August goals below...

I decided that Austere August was the perfect time to accomplish three things:

* Kill some soap (I have too much)

* See just how many shaves I can put on each edge of a Wizamet (I usually toss them after 10-12 shaves, but not really out of necessity)

* Further refine my technique to see if I can achieve daily BBS for a month straight (if I start getting irritation, I'll drop to WTG and XTG, and if I need to, drop to two WTG passes)

Gonna move the Discord tag to see if Discord LatherTwot picks up my post this time.

$Discord