Post 'Monday Austere August SOTD Thread - Aug 01, 2022' of challenge 'SubstantialStag 2022'

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The number of participants is 16
  1. u/Marquis90 posted on 2022-07-31 23:11:42-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment

    July 31, 2022 - Stag never smelled so good

    Although I was tired, I prepared myself for today. I honed my blade and reworked my strop with sandpaper like Lazarus said in the wicked_edge Discord. Although the leather of the strop is a bit pale now, it's smooth like babyskin.

    To get in the right mood, I listened to Audioslave - Show me how to live In my little shower with red light. For explanation, we have two showers, a tiny one where we had to install a LED light to not stand in the dark. My girlfriend told me that the warm water does not work properly there, but who needs warm water if not for cooking? The cool thing with the LED is that I can change the light color and it has some specials, like fading light and iterating through the color palette. Why does anyone need this? I have no idea, but I can set the light color to match the songs, and that's pretty cool. For today, black light would have fitted best or just showering in the dark. Some people recommend to try that once and I did, but it's a pretty boring experience. So I set the light to red, which looks a bit brothel like.

    After the shower, I started my shave. I didn't remember that Stags soap had that good quality, but here I stood with the easiest soap to lather with a slick thick white foam. Very great. I never liked the scent of the soap as much as I liked it today. The aftershave is menthol ates, which I didn't know and caught me by a pleasant surprise. Stag is a summer scent I topped it with some Stag Balm and am ready for my dentist checkup. I love how each Stag product highlights a different ingredient in it. This month, I ll use everything I could get as an europeasant. Still waiting for my Stag bar soap though.

    #Stag&Straight #SubstantialStag

    This SOTD is part of the challenge
    1. SubstantialStag 2022

    sotd.djudgement_invitations: [<DjudgementInvitation 73>]

    This SOTD is on u/SirKravsALot's docket for SubstantialStag 2022

  2. u/scribe__ posted on 2022-08-01 01:11:34-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment

    Aug. 1, 2022 - Stag Day 1

    Let the fun begin.

    Speaking of fun, here's an album of the new brush being unboxed

    To my Newcomer Stag Brethren and Sisters: Welcome

    Tagging u/EldrormR

    #RawHoggin

    Stag Day 1

    Edit: Somehow missed that #SubstantialStag was a thing. Thanks for the heads up u/SirKravsALot

    This SOTD is part of the challenge
    1. SubstantialStag 2022
    2. RawHoggin' 2022

    sotd.djudgement_invitations: [<DjudgementInvitation 71>, <DjudgementInvitation 2513>]

    This SOTD is on u/SirKravsALot's docket for SubstantialStag 2022

    This SOTD was djudged by u/EldrormR for RawHoggin' 2022

  3. u/Engineered_Shave posted on 2022-08-01 02:17:43-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment

    August 01, 2022 – Austere August 01

    • Brush: Cayuen Workshop with 30mm Timberwolf Synthetic
    • Bowl: Timeless Shave Bowl, Blue
    • Razor: Winning Razor by Wet Shave Club
    • Blade: Gillette Winner Platinum (1)
    • Lather: Chiseled Face – Midnight Stag
    • Post Shave: Chiseled Face – Midnight Stag
    • Fragrance: Chiseled Face – Midnight Stag
    • Video: https://i.imgur.com/JvqUtNj.mp4 Disclaimer: https://i.imgur.com/YdJuWhl.jpg

    This is, men. We must survive this month of shaving and I fully intend all of you here make it out alive, and with only a few nicks or minor irritation to make us worse for the wear.

    The path we have chosen for he present is full of hazards, as all paths are; but it is the one most consistent with our character and courage as wet shavers and our commitments across this subReddit. The cost of personal grooming is always high, but A.A. users of Midnight Stag have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender or submission. Our goal is not the victory of might, but the vindication of right; not personal grooming at the expense of cartridges, but instead both wet shaving and Midnight Stag, here in this wet shaving sphere, and, we hope, around the world. God willing, that goal will be achieved.

    Thus I stand before you fellow brave men today and I will heartily look every one of you in the eyes and say thusly unto you: Are we having fun or what?

    #AustereAugust #SubstantialStag

    Bonus:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEENEFaVUzU ← The Last Human – A Glimpse Into The Far Future

    This SOTD is part of the challenge
    1. SubstantialStag 2022

    sotd.djudgement_invitations: [<DjudgementInvitation 69>]

    This SOTD is on u/SirKravsALot's docket for SubstantialStag 2022

  4. u/Teufelskraft posted on 2022-08-01 03:24:24-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment

    Austere August D1: Boars, horses and stags

    • Prep: cold water
    • Brush: Tadé NOS vintage boar, 22 mm knot
    • Razor: KAI Captain Standard CAP-J7 kamisori shavette
    • Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Protouch MG
    • Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - shaving soap
    • Post-Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave
    • additional care: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - ASB
    • Fragrance: Southern Witchcrafts - Valley of Ashes - EDP

    And so it begins, my friends. Austere August is upon us!

    Challenge tags: * HeadlessHorsemen for Horseman Captain and Commander u/Marquis90
    * #RawHoggin for u/EldrormR, plus album link for unboxing my NOS Tadé boar, measuring it up and after first shave pic * #SubstantialStag for SirKravsALot (hope he'll allow us europeasants without the Stag EdP, I want some donations to wildlife funds in my name!)

    The Tadé feels like you're wielding a door knob, it is fitted with a small knot (22 mm at best) with a normal/medium loft and already had a very sour and spicy vintage smell to it when I unboxed it. After soaking it for five minutes, only a bit of boar funk came out. This could be gross if my soap of choice wasn't the mighty Stag.

    It totally covers up any boar smell, or any other scent for that matter. The soap lathered up great and I quickly got a very shiny, slick lather on my face. The KAI shavette was very mild today, I hope I'll become more proficient with using it after this month. Already switched hands a bit more than usual, except for the moustache - I still don't trust my left hand when it comes to contours.

    Two pass face shave, DFS. Some weepers and minor irritation due to being a bit hurried.

    Sidetracked

    I'll give y'all an example for my #sidetracked challenge.
    Here's my song of choice: Motörhead - I am the Sword. This song fits both my SOTD picture with the giant Snaggletooth flag as a background, as well as the challenges I've chosen to participate in. If Stag doesn't make you think of Rock'n'Roll, there's something wrong with you! Plus, Snaggletooth is a war pig - what better fit for Raw Hoggin' it?! Finally, the Headless Horsemen wield swords. Did I feel like a badass Hessian swordsman today with my kamisori shavette? Hell yeah!

    So yeah, I wish you all good fun and great shaves during this month. Death or Glory!

    This SOTD is part of the challenge
    1. SubstantialStag 2022
    2. RawHoggin' 2022

    sotd.djudgement_invitations: [<DjudgementInvitation 72>, <DjudgementInvitation 2511>]

    This SOTD is on u/SirKravsALot's docket for SubstantialStag 2022

    This SOTD was djudged by u/djundjila for RawHoggin' 2022

  5. u/Jimtasticness posted on 2022-08-01 04:54:47-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment

    Aug. 1, 2022 - Austere August Ultra Nightmare RawHoggin Stagpocalypse

    It’s officially fucking August now, bitches and that means it’s time to bust out my second favorite scent, not only in the wet shaving world but PERIOD. Sorry fellow followers of The One True Stag, but Valley still takes number one. Anyway, since I sprayed roughly 45ml of the EdP last year, I absolutely had to up the ante this year, so I got everyfuckingthing that has the Stag and this shall I subside.

    The Silk soap base is a LOT softer than the original base and I can see how it’ll disappear a lot faster, especially during the break in process of this new Semogue brush. Keeping in mind the brush didn’t want to cooperate today, it still finally whipped into a nice and creamy lather that performed well. I’ve never had much of an issue with the MMOC and I love SE razors, so that’s not very challenging.

    Post shave was neat because I got to follow up the aftershave with the beard oil on my beard, then aftershave balm on my face, then finally the beard balm. Finishing off with 7 sprays of Stag EdP just because makes me feel like a walking fucking Stag bomb! This will surely be an interesting month and I have no doubt in my mind that I will be tasting Stag in my mask all day.

    Paging: u/EldormR u/Semaj3000

    And now for the damn hashtags:

    SubstantialStag

    GEMsOfWisdom

    RawHoggin

    This SOTD is part of the challenge
    1. GEMsOfWisdom 2022
    2. SubstantialStag 2022
    3. RawHoggin' 2022

    sotd.djudgement_invitations: [<DjudgementInvitation 17>, <DjudgementInvitation 2302>, <DjudgementInvitation 2507>]

    This SOTD was djudged by u/djundjila for GEMsOfWisdom 2022

    This SOTD is on u/SirKravsALot's docket for SubstantialStag 2022

    This SOTD was djudged by u/Semaj3000 for RawHoggin' 2022

  6. u/el_charminman posted on 2022-08-01 05:09:31-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment

    Aug. 1, 2022

    First time using the silk tallow base, better post shave than the regular base, i might be crazy but scent is also a little bit different, the woods and smoke come a little bit more in this soap base than the gasoline in the regular base and not as strong.

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    This is what i start with and this is after the first shave, harder soap base than the regular CF base but i guess that it will get softer the more i use it.

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    1 spray

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    Have a great week! #SubstantialStag

    This SOTD is part of the challenge
    1. SubstantialStag 2022

    sotd.djudgement_invitations: [<DjudgementInvitation 74>]

    This SOTD is on u/SirKravsALot's docket for SubstantialStag 2022

  7. u/SamIAmShepard posted on 2022-08-01 06:16:32-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment

    Aug. 1, 2022 - AA - Sexy Stag Flair Quest

    My setup:

    The Stag trifecta, mostly because I want that sexy flair. But, it's also a top 10 scent of mine, so a double win. As I shave in the morning I think I'll be ok with the wife, who I only see in the evenings. Scent should be well subdued by then.

    Razor: Chiseled Face Legacy Ti Herringbone. Beyond pairing the brand with the trifecta, I wanted to hone my skill with it-I either get the most amazing shaves ever with it, or simply decent ones. Figured 31 straight days with it I might dial in the amazing shaves.

    Brush: I'm not formally raw hoggin' it because I want the Stag flair and don't need another Synthetic. But I'm gonna play along for fun and camaraderie and break in this Semogue 1305 this month. I intend to use it all 31 days.

    Blades: the only thing I'm gonna change up. Want to see if I can find the perfect blade for the Legacy. Today, the Voskhod did me good. Rock solid.

    The Shave: omg I'd forgotten how much I love this scent, especially the splash, in which the gasoline is front and center. Brush not nearly as prickly as I'd anticipated. I lathered a long time to begin the break in. Prime angle on this razor is a little steeper than my other razors. Solid shave, great smells, hope I don't get sick of it.

    Been jealous of ya'lls Stag flair, looking forward to earning one myself.

    Stag Edp application

    #SubstantialStag

    This SOTD is part of the challenge
    1. SubstantialStag 2022

    sotd.djudgement_invitations: [<DjudgementInvitation 67>]

    This SOTD is on u/SirKravsALot's docket for SubstantialStag 2022

  8. u/gcgallant posted on 2022-08-01 08:36:38-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment

    August 1, 2022

    • Brush: Zenith B15 (506 U/L) 27.5mm Boar
    • Razor: GEM MMOC Gold Gen2
    • Blade: Personna Gem PTFE (1)
    • Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap
    • Post Shave: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
    • Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave
    • Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Eau de Parfum  
    • Challenges: #GEMsOfWisdom #RawHoggin #SubstantialStag

    2 passes. Face lather. Good shave. 

    First day of Austere August. Surprisingly good shave for me. The brush was more gentle than I expected both in feel and in scent. I loaded from the tub for each pass, painted water into the pasty lather, and splayed the brush to build volume. Not great volume, but I got a thin, protective, hydrated lather. This is my first time using a boar brush. It went much better than I expected.

    I've used the MMOC before, so no issues there.

    Now that I'm going full Stag, I expect a complete return of my youthful vigor (or, maybe, get me a job as a car mechanic).

    The hardest part of this shave is getting all of the media together to satisfy my different challenge requirements. :-) I hope I got it all.

    An edit to talk a bit about edges. The GEM blade edge (itself) is similar to machined edges on other blades, but appears to have a primary and secondary bevel. which I find interesting and did not expect. Here is a post that contains microscopic images of some other edges. In that post, there is a photo of a straight razor edge. In that photo, I rolled the razor up so that incident light would show variation in the edge, itself. The condition is pretty typical for a freshly stopped edge. The manufactured edges all have coatings on them to mollify edge variation.

    Oh, and apologies to u/djundjila. I'm not sure I'll be able to do much "Finding Serenity in Austerity Side Side Challenge". Writing something interesting isn't my strong suit.

    This SOTD is part of the challenge
    1. GEMsOfWisdom 2022
    2. SubstantialStag 2022
    3. RawHoggin' 2022

    sotd.djudgement_invitations: [<DjudgementInvitation 27>, <DjudgementInvitation 2300>, <DjudgementInvitation 2495>]

    This SOTD was djudged by u/EldrormR for GEMsOfWisdom 2022

    This SOTD is on u/SirKravsALot's docket for SubstantialStag 2022

    This SOTD was djudged by u/Semaj3000 for RawHoggin' 2022

  9. u/J33pGuy13 posted on 2022-08-01 09:57:33-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment

    August 1st, 2022: AA Day Numero Uno

    And so it begins, the month of Texas Stink Pig Massacre and Stag.

    My prep started months ago when I purchased my stag trifecta and the CF natural balm, along with the infamous tub of Banana soap I immediately started killing. Before that I had purchased a gen 1 MMOC to partake in it's AA challenge. Last month with the help of /u/EldrormR and /u/djundjila I was able to secure this gorgeous Rubberset 400-3 that Eld restored and DJ provided the knot for.

    I set out all my gear and then remembered I was missing something... I promised Eld that I would do an unboxing video and the idea seemed to excite him, I will save the surprise and let you all experience it as I did, with a little video recording of the occasion! Thank you Eld for putting this amazing brush together for me and for the surprise 😁

    As for the shave, I recorded a video at 5:20ish this morning of my shave, my first "public" wetshaving video! /u/mrtangerinesky encouraged me to continue doing videos after seeing my LG content so I figured AA would be a good start! Video link here Hopefully y'all enjoy!

    Luckily my unbleached Zenith didn't seem to be as bad as others, as the smell didn't knock me on my ass when I got the knot wet. A couple hairs were shed during the shave, which is to be expected, and efter all was said and done I sniffed the brush and was greeted with some strong (but not killer) pig stink. Looking forward to see if the Stag overpowers the pig over the course of the month!

    I will add brush break in pics when I get home, and my stag EdP sprays are at the end of my video here. (I need to check the atomizer when I get home!)

    #SubstantialStag /u/SirKravsALot

    #GemsOfWisdom /u/djundjila

    #RawHoggin /u/EldrormR /u/Semaj3000

    #UNCHALLENGE /u/cowzilla3

    This SOTD is part of the challenge
    1. GEMsOfWisdom 2022
    2. UnChallenge 2022
    3. SubstantialStag 2022
    4. RawHoggin' 2022

    sotd.djudgement_invitations: [<DjudgementInvitation 33>, <DjudgementInvitation 2299>, <DjudgementInvitation 3478>, <DjudgementInvitation 2491>]

    This SOTD was djudged by u/djundjila for GEMsOfWisdom 2022

    This SOTD is on u/SirKravsALot's docket for SubstantialStag 2022

    This SOTD is on u/cowzilla3's docket for UnChallenge 2022

    This SOTD was djudged by u/Semaj3000 for RawHoggin' 2022

  10. u/Impressive_Donut114 posted on 2022-08-01 10:42:07-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment

    August 1, 2022 - stAg dAy 1

    This is literally and figuratively the shave I have been waiting for.

    I bitched and moaned about the 1305 the whole month last year and it it officially got friend-zoned when I got my Zenith B33. But you gotta get friend-zoned to even have a chance at being a FWB. Thanks to #GUTL, that is exactly what I have now. With my standard guitar pick scoop of soap I got enough for 5 passes. I know because after two shaving passes, I lathered and rinsed three more times just for the heck of it.

    GEMSofWisdom u/semaj3000 u/EldrormR

    SubstantialStag

    And the OCMM. Of the four GEM razors—Featherweight, Pushbutton, G-Bar, and OCMM—it is easily the best of them. Not as smooth as the Featherweight, but a much better shaver overall. I can’t believe I haven’t used it more than I have. Too many razors.

    Block your scenes before you shoot or you end up doing extra takes. Here is take two!

    Stay Staggy, my fellow knights!

    Edit: hashtags, tags, more hashtags

    This SOTD is part of the challenge
    1. GEMsOfWisdom 2022
    2. SubstantialStag 2022

    sotd.djudgement_invitations: [<DjudgementInvitation 6>, <DjudgementInvitation 2298>]

    This SOTD was djudged by u/Semaj3000 for GEMsOfWisdom 2022

    This SOTD is on u/SirKravsALot's docket for SubstantialStag 2022

  11. u/hairykopite posted on 2022-08-01 11:33:03-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment

    Post Shave Pic

    • Brush: Zenith Boar - 505NK 27mm
    • Razor: GEM - MMOC
    • Blade: Gem PTFE (1)
    • Lather - Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag Soap
    • Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag Splash
    • Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag Edp

    Let's get the tags in first

    Someone pull me up if I miss something out please.

    MMOC Guys First u/EldrormR & u/Semaj3000 #GEMsOfWisdom #Substantialstag

    u/EldrormR again for the #RawHoggin

    My parcel got delivered to work and sume chump part opened it but I rescued it to get the unboxing video and a pre SOTD picture complete with its virginal pig bristle before I took it to task.

    Had to have a real quick shave tonight as my dearest wife wants some respite from the little terrors and apparently kids come before shaving contests.

    The Zenith really shocked me for a first use and was really quite soft, I only gave a 5 second lather and that was plenty. Already I can see this knot will eat soap so I need to be gentle.

    The MMOC was a dream like always but I'm already dreading that blade blunting and just destroying my dome.

    Quick shave with the obligatory Edp video

    Words or wisdom today, if you are desperate for a number two use another bathroom the scent of ass and stag really don't mix on a warm day.

    This SOTD is part of the challenge
    1. GEMsOfWisdom 2022
    2. SubstantialStag 2022
    3. RawHoggin' 2022

    sotd.djudgement_invitations: [<DjudgementInvitation 44>, <DjudgementInvitation 2297>, <DjudgementInvitation 2486>]

    This SOTD was djudged by u/djundjila for GEMsOfWisdom 2022

    This SOTD is on u/SirKravsALot's docket for SubstantialStag 2022

    This SOTD was djudged by u/EldrormR for RawHoggin' 2022

  12. u/Eructate posted on 2022-08-01 17:17:51-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment

    Aug. 1, 2022 - AA Day 1

    Between getting my blade to where its at now and wishing I could use the brush everyday for almost a month I have been way more excited for today than I would like to admit. I even decided to pick up an extra tub of Stag to make sure I don't run out because I have the feeling this brush is going to eat through soap like a professional.

    This isn't my first rodeo breaking in a boar brush and I have only ever just used them without all the recommended "techniques", but nothing this size before. I could tell the smell was trying to surface while I lathered, but the glory of the Stag kept it at bay and I have a feeling even the little smell I did get will be gone here in a couple days. This brush did seem a little more scratchy than others I have used and I did feel like I had a small bit of "brush burn" during my second and third pass. Nothing unbearable though and with the way this monster splays I have a feeling that won't be an issue for long. I normally bowl lather, but have been practicing with face lathering the last two weeks. Nothing prepared me for lathering with this beast, and even though I am fairly comfortable with the CF base, getting a good lather with this is going to take a couple days of practice. I ended up going back to the tub twice because I'm pretty sure this brush has a portal hidden somewhere near the glue bump. I looked and while I didn't see anything that's the only explanation as to where all the soap was going.

    After doing the MMOC challenge last year and joking back and forth with u/djundjila about going to 100 in my quest to 50, here we are. 70 shaves on this blade as of today and honestly I'm not even worried. I haven't really noticed a difference between about shave 30 and where it is now.

    #SubstantialStag #RawHoggin #GEMsOfWisdom

    u/EldrormR and u/Semaj3000

    Day 1 Setup and Brush Break-in

    Stay Spray

    This SOTD is part of the challenge
    1. GEMsOfWisdom 2022
    2. SubstantialStag 2022
    3. RawHoggin' 2022

    sotd.djudgement_invitations: [<DjudgementInvitation 15>, <DjudgementInvitation 2296>, <DjudgementInvitation 2471>]

    This SOTD was djudged by u/Semaj3000 for GEMsOfWisdom 2022

    This SOTD is on u/SirKravsALot's docket for SubstantialStag 2022

    This SOTD was djudged by u/djundjila for RawHoggin' 2022

  13. u/157F posted on 2022-08-01 17:55:04-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment

    Aug. 1, 2022

    • Prep: Hot Shower w/ Midnight Stag Soap
    • Brush: Proraso Boar Brush
    • Razor: Muhle R41
    • Blade: Feather
    • Lather: Chiseled Face Midnight Stag
    • Post Shave: Chiseled Face Midnight Stag Aftershave Fragrance: Chiseled Face Midnight Stag EDP

    RawHoggin #SubstantialStag

    u/wallygator88 u/EldrormR u/SirKravsALot

    https://imgbox.com/g/EAyJXNdRuL https://sendvid.com/ygwi2qgw

    This year was a few firsts for me so I figured I'd celebrate with my first entrance into AA. Doing so with my first use of Stag, boar brush, muhle razor/feather blade, and shaving my head.

    I'm posting this before I've finished my head but my face is done. I took the brush out and it didn't smell THAT bad until I got it wet. The stiffness of the bristles felt pretty good on my face and the lather I got out of it was wasn't too far off what I get with a normal face lather.

    Please let me know if I need to add or change anything as its my first time posting on reddit. I'm gonna wait for the blood to dry before I finish the head.

    This SOTD is part of the challenge
    1. SubstantialStag 2022
    2. RawHoggin' 2022

    sotd.djudgement_invitations: [<DjudgementInvitation 68>, <DjudgementInvitation 2470>]

    This SOTD is on u/SirKravsALot's docket for SubstantialStag 2022

    This SOTD was djudged by u/EldrormR for RawHoggin' 2022

  14. u/ChrisDaBombz posted on 2022-08-01 18:12:50-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment

    Aug. 1, 2022

    Ah shit, here we go again! We're back with another Austere August featuring the one, the only MIDNIGHT S.T.A.G. (Simply the Absolute Greatest). This time I'm tacking on a few of the side challenges, out of the 1,000 that were created this year. The greatness of Stag doesn't need my additional praise. We all know it's the best, and if you haven't tried it because you're scared, or "my wife will kick me out of the bed", etc etc, just nut up and try it. It's 100% stronger off the puck than how it lathers. I'm not exaggerating when I say the aftershave and balm smell AMAZING. Yeah, 5 sprays of EdP at the end of the month can be a bit much, but that can be said of any fragrance. This is the beginning of my 4th full month of stag and I couldn't be happier with my selection.

    This was actually my first time setting a knot. So easy, I don't know why I stressed about it for so long, or the other knots I've put off setting. The new boar loosened up a ton after soaking. While I was setting the knot, I kept debating setting it higher and higher to give it more splay since it felt so firm. I'm glad now I didn't, and may even remove the quarter after the month. We'll see how it goes, too early to tell. This Maggard boar is seriously good to go right out of the box. I'm in for a real treat if it gets even better after 31 shaves. Previously I greatly enjoyed my Omega Pro 48, which has it's fair share of pokiness and scritchy. I wasn't sure how this brush would be in use, but I felt absolutely zero pokes or scritch. The first shave was 100% comfortable. I underestimated the hunger of this new boar and had to reload between passes. This boar is HUNGRY and I'm glad I'm not soap!

    I've used the MMOC a handful of times. I enjoy OC razors a lot, so I'm looking forward to this month.

    Boar setting and "unboxing"

    Stag spray

    #RawHoggin /u/EldrormR

    #SubstantialStag /u/SirKravsALot

    #GemsOfWisdom /u/EldrormR /u/Semaj3000

    #UNCHALLENGE /u/cowzilla3

    This SOTD is part of the challenge
    1. GEMsOfWisdom 2022
    2. UnChallenge 2022
    3. SubstantialStag 2022
    4. RawHoggin' 2022

    sotd.djudgement_invitations: [<DjudgementInvitation 5>, <DjudgementInvitation 2295>, <DjudgementInvitation 2469>, <DjudgementInvitation 3477>]

    This SOTD was djudged by u/djundjila for GEMsOfWisdom 2022

    This SOTD is on u/SirKravsALot's docket for SubstantialStag 2022

    This SOTD was djudged by u/EldrormR for RawHoggin' 2022

    This SOTD is on u/cowzilla3's docket for UnChallenge 2022

  15. u/OBeardWanKenobe posted on 2022-08-01 22:34:02-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment

    Stag Hoggin' August Day 1

    • Prep: Splash o' water.

    • Brush: Zenith B33

    • Razor: Cloud Shavette

    • Blade: Cloud whatever that blade it is (6)

    • Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag

    • Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag

    • Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag

    Well, day 1 of the noble month. Zenith brush was easy on my face AF, almost nada of scritch, perhaps a bristle or two. I can only imagine how delightful this will be at the end. Chiseled Face is as easy as it gets for lathering. And this shavette is one of the 60-something mm blades I got some time ago off the 'zaar. Great shaver, and I get the closest shaves out of this. But it had been collecting dust.

    .#Stagposting

    .#SubstantialStag

    .#RawHoggin

    u/Marquis90

    u/EldrormR

    This SOTD is part of the challenge
    1. SubstantialStag 2022
    2. RawHoggin' 2022

    sotd.djudgement_invitations: [<DjudgementInvitation 70>, <DjudgementInvitation 2465>]

    This SOTD is on u/SirKravsALot's docket for SubstantialStag 2022

    This SOTD was djudged by u/djundjila for RawHoggin' 2022

  16. u/MrTangerinesky posted on 2022-08-02 03:22:24-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment

    Day 1 of Austere August! Featuring RawHoggin, Straight Razor and THE STAAAAAGGG

    • Prep: Water on Face
    • Brush: Zenith 2004/B SE
    • Razor: Filarmonica Sub Cero 14

    • Lather: Chiseled Face Midnight Stag

    • Post Shave: Osma block
    • Post Shave: Chiseled Face Midnight Stag Splash
    • Post Shave: Chiseled Face Midnight Stag Balm
    • Fragrance: Chiseled Face Midnight Stag EdP

    Don't know why the soap got dusty...

    Hey all, sorry for the super late entry... I did shave, but yesterday I had to do crazy tavels all around my country and there were some events that really did anger me... One of them being the fact, that I lost the video I made, I was shooting a video of taking off a month long beard and everything was going well, but as soon as I stopped the video, there was no video saved on the device, which really did anger me, because I was looking forward to making a video of it and sharing it with the Bulgarian group and here... Also who knows when I'll have the chanve(patience) to wait for a whole month and not shave so that I can redo that... Really sad and bummed out....

    Anyways it was amazing to get back in the game, so to say. I have 20 shaves on this blade and was a bit afraid that it might not go to 50(when the challenge ends) but after I stropped it, it was as sharp as ever. So I think there would no problem going the distance.

    Great feeling of the blade, I chose this blade because based on the feeling that I have from all my blades, I figured out that this one was the softest and most comfortable that would be able to give me smooth enough shaves and be kindto my skin on this 31 day challenge, which I've never done to be fair, the longest I've done with a straight is around 14-15 days, and different ones, so this will definitely be a challenge.

    The main thins that I think is going to be a challenge is the RawHoggin part. I have almost zero experience with boars, and I quickly found out that making a lather with Chiseled Face and a boar brush is definitely a different experience than the one I have had with my synthethics, So for the next 30 days I will have to adjust my lathering technique, also I forgot to mentions, I have maybe around 10 face lathers during my whole lifetime, soooo yeah, that kind of sucks in terms of my experience.

    I chose this Zenith brush, one because I knew Zenith boars are good, two because it was at a good price 10$, and three, because when putting the Zenith boars on my hand, testing how prickly they feel on the hand, this one was the softest and also had the weakest backbone of them all, so I thought it would perfect for face lathering. Indeed I was not disappointed, because after soaking it for 3-4 minutes it was very soft. The pig STANK was almost not noticeable if there at all. Soooo very happy to have a nice and soft brush to start with, I did not do any pre-break stuff as required. Also I opened it in the video, so I did not make a photo, aaaaaand yeah, no video and no photo of opening the boar. In general I am not in it for the prizes, so if I get disqualified, that's fine, but I will use the boar brush anyway for the whole month.

    Again sorry for the very late entry, here below I will do all of the tags, and hashtags.

    This SOTD is part of the challenge
    1. GEMsOfWisdom 2022
    2. SubstantialStag 2022
    3. RawHoggin' 2022

    sotd.djudgement_invitations: [<DjudgementInvitation 39>, <DjudgementInvitation 2294>, <DjudgementInvitation 2464>]

    This SOTD was djudged by u/djundjila for GEMsOfWisdom 2022

    This SOTD is on u/SirKravsALot's docket for SubstantialStag 2022

    This SOTD was djudged by u/djundjila for RawHoggin' 2022