Aug 15, 2022 - AA: MA-RH-MM - Almond Leather - Day 15

• Prep: Warm Water Wash
• Prep: Klar - Activated Charcoal - Face Soap
• Brush: Zenith Cobalt Blue 28mm Boar Knot (505BC SE)
• Razor: GEM Open Comb Micromatic (2nd Gen.)
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (15)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather - Soap
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather - Aftershave
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Tobacconist - Eau de Parfum

It was a better, closer shave today. Got a little too overzealous and had some irritation on the neck, but that's been par for the course this month.

This brush has really won me over. A 45 second load time is consistently yielding really impressive lather for three passes.

Almond Leather is still going strong and the full scent has returned for me after going a little nose blind to it for a while.

#GEMsOfWisdom #RawHoggin #MammothMafia

Rating: 3.5/5

Aug. 15, 2022 - Headless Mammoth Hoggin' Day 15

• Brush: Proraso Professional Boar | Break-in photos
• Razor: Feather Artist Club SR (Kamisori)
• Blade: Schick Proline (15)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Alive - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive - Balm

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Alive - Eau de Parfum

AA Tags: #RawHoggin #MammothMafia

Wow. I think I'm at a point where I can actually consider my boar soft and comfortable! No, it's not the same kind of soft as my synthetics, but it's different and I love it. I think the increase in comfort is also due to the hairs becoming a lot more pliable when they are wet. I don't like brushes that are too floppy but I'm not on team backbone either, so I think this brush will end up in the goldilocks zone for me. I'm also quite interested in how those lower lofted Zenith scrubby knots feel once they are well broken in. My current boars are all around the 56-57mm loft so I'd like to add a shorter loft for variety. The Semogue Torga C5 is still the front runner because I'd like to own a Semogue as well.

The boar also seems to be holding on to a lot more water than it did a week ago probably from the greatly increased surface area from all the split tips. Today I didn't shake the brush enough and quite a bit of water ran out when I started lathering on the tub. The lather was still amazing but I always feel bad when I see soap running down into my sink when I'm loading.

I'm really enjoying the shape of this phallic (thanks /u/frankieIVfingers) handle and I never noticed until recently that a lot of the Italian boar brushes have this general shape. I must be subconsciously attracted to this shape because the 3 boar brushes I have purchased all turned out to be the same shape without me realizing it. 😂 I find that I have perfect grip and maneuverability if I pinch the handle at the top where it tapers with my thumb and index finger and then wrap my hands around the rest of it and it's extremely comfortable for my small hands. My only complaint is that my wet lathers tend to slowly slide off onto the countertop at the end of each pass, but that happens with a lot of my other brushes as well.

My blade still doesn't seem to be showing any signs of tugging or discomfort. We'll see if things change in a week or two.

• Prep: warm shower
• Brush: Semogue 1250
• Razor: Novelty Cutlery Co straight razor
• Lather House of Mammoth - Z
• Post Shave: Equate witch hazel
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - unscented aftershave balm

Headless Horsemen

#RawHoggin #unscented #MammothMafia

Austere August 2022 day 15 https://imgur.com/a/HbunZNd

Aug. 15, 2022

• Prep: Shower
• Brush: Raiser Pinsel Simfix SF1 Synthetic
• Razor: Van Der Hagen
• Blade: Wilkinson Sword (8)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Alive - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive - Balm

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August 15 2022

• Brush: Zenith B28
• Razor: GEM MMOC (Gen 1)
• Blade: GEM PTFE (18)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo splash
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo balm
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Sonder

'Twas a good shave this morning. Mood Indigo and Sonder complement each other well..

Since I'm gonna listen to the shit outta some Tom Waits today at work, I'll hop in u/Teufelskraft's #sidetracked challenge and suggest Downtown Train, which like a lot of Tom's music combines a sense of loneliness and beauty in a way that few others can. I really love the line "They're just thorns without the rose / Be careful of them in the dark."

Tom Waits - Downtown Train

#MammothMafia

#GEMSofWisdom

Aug. 15, 2022

• Brush: Summer Break DeMaranville B15
• Razor: Blackland Titanium Blackbird
• Blade: Gillette Wilkinson Sword (13)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Aftershave

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Beloved

It's just another Mammoth Monday

 #MammothMafia

Aug. 15, 2022 - Day 15, still going strong

• Prep: Hot shower
• Brush: Omega Pro 48 Boar brush 28mm
• Razor: GEM MMOC
• Blade: GEM PTFE (15)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Aftershave

Another fine shave, all is still working just great. Brush keeps getting better with each use. Blade has not started getting worse with each use. Yet. Hygge remains delicious.

Ah, Monday... How I dislike you.

#GEMsOfWisdom

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Aug. 15, 2022 - Austere August Day 15

• Prep: House of Mammoth Almond Leather Bath Soap
• Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Mire 26mm Zenith Unbleached Boar
• Razor: GEM Micromatic Open Comb Gen 1
• Blade: GEM PTFE (15)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

🐗Raw Hoggin' Progress🤮:
•Unused
•Shave 1 through 7
•Shave 8
•Shave 9
•Shave 10
•Shave 11
•Shave 12
•Shave 13
•Shave 14
•Shave 15

Thoughts for the day:
Just one today... I'll condense the gallery later...

Mandatory Taggage:

#GemsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

A Mammoth Micromatic Raw Hoggin’ August

Brush Progress

• Brush: Zenith B26 #RawHoggin
• Razor: GEM MMOC #GEMsOfWisdom
• Blade: GEM (15)
• Lather: House if Mammoth - Hygge in Tusk
• Post Shave: Hygge Splash & Balm
• Fragrance: Hygge EDP #MammothMafia

Not much to shave since I had an afternoon shave yesterday and I’m back to a morning shave today. Generally smooth, not much hair to take down. By no means a perfect result.

Gotta keep it going, about half way there!

Day 1 Prep Video

RawHoggin Unboxing Pics

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Aug. 15, 2022 - Austere August - Z

• Brush: Declaration 28mm B14 Jefferson Artisan’s Choice
• Razor: Blackland Era lvl 3 oc
• Blade: Personna med prep (15)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Z - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Z - Splash & Balm

Living on a prayer.

#MammothMafia #Unchallange #Unscented

August 15, 2022

• Preshave: Hot water
• Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 plate
• Blade: Feather (15)
• Brush: Chisel and Hound 26mm
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Kryptonite
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Kryptonite Aftershave Balm

Small weeper today but all in all a great shave. Starting to notice the blade more now it may be time to change it.

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Aug. 15, 2022

• Prep: Shower
• Brush: Semogue 1460 Boar Brush 21mm
• Razor: Razorock GameChanger .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (15)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Alive - Soap
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather - Balm

Today's picture is a redo of Thursday's. I though that my pic on Thursday didn't turn out as well as it could have, and today is my attempt at improving it. I think it's better, but still just missing something, a little too plain.

Tags:

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

15 August 2022 - Austere August

• Prep: splash of warm water
• Brush: Zenith B33
• Razor: Blackland Blackbird Ti
• Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (15)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Soap
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

Aug 15, 2022 - Getting Sidetracked while searching for the Wisdom of a Mammoth

• Prep: Hot shower and CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Maggard Green Handle 2 Band Badger 24mm

• Razor: GEM - MMOC

• Blade: Personna GEM Stainless (15)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Balm

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Sonder EdP

Every day tags: #MammothMafia #GEMsofWisdom

This is my last day of Paternity Leave and while I was happy to get 6 weeks off with our newborn I am looking forward to getting back to work. It will be very nice to get all of us back into our normal routine which my family thrives on. I probably will regret saying that next Monday when facing a full week of work but for now I’m looking forward to it.

15 August 2022 - Austere August

• Prep: Morning shower
• Brush: Sterling boar
• Razor: Maggard V3
• Blade: Derby Extra
• Lather: House of Mammoth Fu Dao
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth Fu Dao splash

Feeling back to normal. A quick one-pass weekday-morning shave. Perfectly adequate.

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Austere August 2022 day 15- Mammoth Raw Hoggin GEMs

• Prep: Warm water

• Brush: Zenith B36 “Copper Scrubby!”

• Razor: GEM MMOC Gen 2

• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (15)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Alive

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Splash

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Balm

#MammothMafia

#RawHoggin

#GEMsOfWisdom

Before Shave 15 and After

Took a work break to get in my shave today. Noticing that the hog has started to have the bristles splaying more in one direction that others. I think it is my right handed heavy use and tendency to swirl clockwise. So I tried to mix it up in my lathering today. Not sure it will do much, but this whole month is kind of an experiment.

Built good lather and had a very trouble free shave today. Trying to see if I can pick out more scents. Off the tub is when I seem to be able to get the apple scent. Once I lather up and shave, the musky and greenery type scents dominate.

Hopefully, when I head back in a few minutes, the job I’m running will have completed without any errors. I have to get some things finished before my boss comes back from vacation later this week.

Aug. 15, 2022 - August Austere Day 15

• Prep: Shower
• Brush: Paladin Chief 26mm
• Razor: Merkur 34C
• Blade: Gillette Silver Blue

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

Nice morning shave today with Sonder. Starting to feel that desire to use my other scents, but so far holding strong. I’m sure that fact that the soap smells great and works well is the only thing keeping me on track. #MAMMOTHMAFIA #UNCHALLENGE

2022-08-15 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (15)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/g7s44OQ

15 great shaves and counting...

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

Aug. 15, 2022

• Brush: Grey Chubby - Zenith B37
• Razor: Micromatic Open Comb
• Blade: GEM - PTFE Coated Stainless Steel (15)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Z - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Z - Aftershave

Over the course of the month, I've occasionally stated that the face-lather-hate thing has been a bit that I've been doing. A bit, a joke, a gag. It's not that I don't loathe face-lathering—I do—but this has all been exaggeration. I've said as such.

#GEMsOfWisdom
#RawHoggin
#unscented
#MammothMafia

Aug. 15, 2022 - Austere August Day 15

• Prep: Hot Shower, Stirling Soap Facial Soap
• Brush: Zenith 508A SE 28mm
• Razor: GEM MMOC Gen 1
• Blade: GEM PTFE (15)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Restore - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Restore - Balm

• Post Shave: Zingari - Unscented - Aftershave

• Fragrance: Tom Ford - Grey Vetiver

Day 15, 16 more shaves remaining. Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here.

Mandatory Tagging:

#GEMsOfWisdom

#Rawhoggin

#MammothMafia

Aug. 15, 2022 - AA Day 15

• Prep: Hot Shower
• Brush: Zenith B34
• Razor: MMOC (Gen 2)
• Blade: GEM PTFE (15)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

Today's shave was almost a disaster. I did an arms workout immediately prior to shaving - it was heavy on the biceps and shoulders - and when those muscles are worked and then you try to use them for fine motor things (like shaving) it's not easy. Fortunately two and half passes later my face was smooth as can be and no bleeding. The MMOC gets better by the day and I'm a big fan at this point, though I am a bit nervous about what's going to happen now that I've gotten sloppy and then throw in a new blade.

The Zenith here and here is great. Again, big fan. I did feel my Trotter Gelousy yesterday (just in my hand) and I am very excited to use that thing come September, but otherwise I'm still feeling great with the gear I'm using. I can't decide right now if I'm going to order HoM Voices on my next budget or if I'm going to get a Georgetown Pottery Scuttle to start using. While tub loading and face lathering is going just fine, I sure miss GUTL. And, allegedly GUTL was birthed using a Georgetown Scuttle, so, yeah. Good thing (?) is we're only just not even half way through the month so I've got some time to figure out what the next purchase is.

Sonder continues to impress. Some days I prefer the soap over the splash, but today was a splash day - the cooling after effect was glorious. Maybe if I order voices I'll have to grab some Permafrost.

Sonder thought of the day: Welp, today was my daughters 3rd birthday and she wanted a "farm animal party" and loves cows, hence the SOTD pic. But, my Sonder thought isn't about her or the amazing little girl she is or any of that. My sonder thought is about my opportunity to understand sonder and blowing it anyway. I had a head cold all last week and am feeling fine. My wife and kids, however, have a worse version - they've all got wet coughs and are pretty much getting their butts kicked by it. So last night, after a long day I came downstairs from putting my two older kids to bed and started to clean up after dinner. My wife happened to be on the couch taking a break and I got frustrated and the rest of the night didn't go well. I thin k the worst part was I knew I'd made a big mistake within 3 minutes of our dispute, but, it took me much longer than that to apologize and own my stupidity. She needed a break, she's getting crushed by sickness and it's really not a big deal to clean up the table and empty the dishwasher. Yes, I had a long day, too, but, I'm not sick. And I love my wife. And I was a jerk. Live and learn, right? So - I apologized (although much later than I should have). Fortunately my wife is much more gracious and kind than I am and we had a great family day today celebrating the youngest. So what's my Sonder thought? Awareness isn't enough. I knew very quickly that my wife was right, I saw the issue from her side and from mine and I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt I was wrong. But, stupid me, I just doubled down. People - don't be me. When you know you're wrong, or when you know you should be doing something differently, just do it. I promise you'll save yourself some guilt and a headache later.

That said, have a good one, all.

#mammothmafia

#RawHoggin

#GEMsOfWisdom

Aug. 15, 2022

• Brush: Oumo Pandora 28mm
• Razor: Henson AL-13 +++
• Blade: Voskhod (1)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Soap
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Aftershave

The Voskhod definitely did not seem to do as well as the previous Astra SP. More irritation today, less close shave. Felt pretty tuggy the whole time.

#MammothMafia

Aug. 15, 2022 - Day 15: a ferry good shave

• Prep: Water splash
• Brush: Zenith B33 Copper Boar Brush
• Razor: GEM MMOC
• Blade: Persona GEM PTFE Coated (15)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - 福 (Fu Dao) - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - 福 (Fu Dao) - Aftershave

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - 福 (Fu Dao) - Balm

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - 福 (Fu Dao) - Eau de Parfum

Today’s shave is brought to you by the New London to Orient Point Ferry.

The sink was a motion sensor and there was no way to soak the brush. There was no hot water. This is all the same as the airport shave. BUT there were two large differences. First the bathroom door is locked open, so anyone walking past the door got to watch me. Second, the motion of the ocean, luckily was gentle.

The shave was actually good. I’m getting better with the light touch technique. I am pretty happy with the shave.

Brush break-in album #rawhoggin #mammothmafia #GEMSofWisdom

Aug. 15, 2022 - AA 15

• Prep: Cold Water Splash
• Brush: Semogue
• Razor: GEM MMOC Gen 2
• Blade: GEM PTFE (21)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Balm

• Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Seville - Eau de Toilette

Break in album and SOTD in title.

Halfway. That is all. #GEMsOfWisdom #RawHoggin #MammothMafia

Aug. 15, 2022 - Austere August

• Prep: Warm shower
• Brush: Zenith B10 Boar
• Razor: Feather Artist Club SR
• Blade: Feather Professional (6)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather - Aftershave

• Post Shave: alum

Shave of austerity #15

2 pass shave. I usually only take these blades to 3 shaves; they seemed previously to cause irritation beyond that. Not the case any more- today’s shave was great. I shaved 8-15 in the evening, but missed posting again. I’m really terrible at this.

Tags and challenges: #MammothMafia & HeadlessHorsemen

Aug. 15, 2022 - SOTD AA Sonder 15

• Prep: Splash of cold water
• Brush: SummerBreak 26m SHD
• Razor: Merkur Progress
• Blade: Wizamet (5)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

• Post Shave: Zingari - Rescue Potion - Serum

• Post Shave: Zingari - Unscented - Balm

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Eau de Parfum

Late post but final day in temecula #MammothMafia