Aug. 30, 2022 - Headless Mammoth Hoggin' Day 30

• Brush: Proraso Professional Boar | Break-in photos
• Razor: Feather Artist Club SR (Kamisori)
• Blade: Schick Proline (30)

• 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

I spent the day looking at Casio G-Shock watches which was a good distraction from AA but I almost forgot to put in my write up. My face has felt slightly more irritated the past few days possibly because I've been trying too much with this blade, but it's almost over so I'll just push through it. The brush felt very nice today but I'm ready to stuff a fat broosh in my face on September 1st. It's getting quite challenging to get a very close shave and it feels pointless to try to improve my technique using suboptimal equipment.

One more day!

Aug. 30, 2022

• Prep: Shower
• Brush: Raiser Pinsel Simfix SF1 Synthetic
• Razor: Van Der Hagen
• Blade: Shark Super Stainless (1)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Alive - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive - Balm

Not a great start with this blade. Very uncomfortable first shave. I think my skin feels the most irritated it has felt since I first started using a DE razor. Hopefully the second shave with ot will improve.

#MammothMafia

Aug 30, 2022 - AA: MA-RH-MM - Almond Leather - Day 30

• 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 (30)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather - Soap
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather - Aftershave
• Fragrance: Chatillon Lux - Confluence - Eau de Toilette

I'm glad there is only one more day left because this blade is feeling really rough again. It's still performing well, but I'm looking forward to using a fresh blade after tomorrow.

The boar knot just continues to improve. Enough lather for three passes with barely any load time. I'm not measuring it like I used to, but it couldn't have been more than 15 seconds. Two normal passes and a third ATG pass with mostly buffing produced a BBS shave.

This was my first use of the Confluence EdT sample, and while I would normally not be a huge fan of the individual scent notes as they are listed, this scent as a whole it's absolutely spectacular. I'm bummed that I put off trying this scent for so long.

#GEMsOfWisdom #RawHoggin #MammothMafia

Rating: 4.5/5

30 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

Single pass.

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August 30, 2022

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

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Aug. 30, 2022

• Brush: Declaration Grooming Jefferson Fae B8
• Razor: Ever Ready 1912
• Blade: GEM PTFE (4)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Aftershave

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Beloved

  #MammothMafia

Aug. 30, 2022 - trentième rasage

• Prep: Hot shower
• Brush: Omega Pro 48 Boar brush 28mm
• Razor: GEM MMOC
• Blade: GEM PTFE (30)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Aftershave

And here we are with only tomorrow's shave left to finish the month. Happy to finish tbh. First pass today was horrible, but second and third were fine. I blame my lather on the first pass. Sooooo done with this GEM after tomorrow. Might not even reach for the Clog-Pruf for a while, I don't think. Nothing more to report, really. Shave on people, and have a happy Tuesday!

#GEMsOfWisdom

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Aug. 30, 2022 - August Austere Day 30

• 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

Tuesday and 2 days from the end. Stay strong. #MAMMOTHMAFIA #UNCHALLENGE

August 30 2022

• Brush: Zenith B28
• Razor: GEM MMOC (Gen 1)
• Blade: GEM PTFE (33)
• 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

Penultimate Austere August shave. Looking forward to the reintroduction of variety and finally trying Monoi de Tahiti which I picked up earlier this month. MMOC is no longer a challenge at all, this thing can be a real sweetheart once the blade is broken in and you get to know it a bit.

For u/Teufelskraft's #sidetracked challenge I'll proffer the opening track from Japanese Breakfast's recent album Jubilee. The whole album is worth a listen to but I really like the lyrics of this song. "Lucidity came slowly, I awoke from dreams of untying a great knot" is such a vivid opening line.

Japanese Breakfast - Paprika

#MammothMafia

#GEMSofWisdom

Aug. 30, 2022

• Brush: Grey Chubby - Zenith B37
• Razor: Micromatic Open Comb
• Blade: GEM - PTFE Coated Stainless Steel (30)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Z - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Z - Aftershave

It can't be great that, at the end of these month-long events, the prevalent kind of thinking seems to be that the end can't come soon enough. Why, indeed, do we do this to ourselves? I do miss scents, my bowl, and a blade that is capable of cutting. What I won't change on Thursday, though, is the soap base; i.e. I'll still use a Mammoth Soap, so as to not change too much at once in order to make for a direct-er comparison to the past 31 days.

As for tomorrow, I'm likely to need to report for jury duty. Or rather, report to sit in the courthouse for a day, waiting to find out if I'll even make it into a potential jury, much less get selected for one. There seems to be a widespread idea that you're supposed to want to avoid jury duty, but I'm not sure if that's because people actually want to avoid it or if that's just what people think they're supposed to think. Of course, I'm not ruling out the very real cases where having to take time to serve on a jury would indeed create hardship.

I actually want to serve on a jury. If nothing else, for the experience of it. But also because in none of the past (3, I think) times that I've been called have I gotten to. Instead, in every past case, I've had a precious day's time taken away from me at a time when I had some kind of deadline that I would have been able to push back if I had been selected, but instead just lost a day.

Wait, one of those times I was actually selected for a jury. I don't recall the details of the case, but I'm pretty sure it involved assault charges, including sexual assault or rape, because there was a big point made during the selection about DNA evidence and juries' possible expectation of a requirement thereof. In any case, the trial never actually started. Once again, I don't recall the details, but for some reason the defendant had an opportunity to opt for a mistrial because of circumstances with the judge (I feel like they maybe could have gone with another judge, but the defendant wanted to keep this one for the trial). In any case, I didn't really serve on the jury, even if it says so on paper.

If I do get selected tomorrow, I already know what the case to be tried will be: surely, it will involve charges unduly conduct, crimes against humanity, contributing to the delinquency of the general populace by conspiracy to influence the widespread usage of face-lathering. Trouble is, I wouldn't be able to serve on such a jury, either, as I have been the victim of such heinous crimes for the past month, so I obviously couldn't be impartial in such a case.

#GEMsOfWisdom
#RawHoggin
#unscented
#MammothMafia

Aug. 30, 2022 - Austere August Day 30

• 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 (30)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

🐗Raw Hoggin' Progress🤮:
•Unused
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Thoughts for the day:
One shave left. I better come up with some insightful shit quick, huh? 😬

Mandatory Taggage:

#GemsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

30 August 2022 - Austere August

• Prep: splash of warm water
• Brush: Zenith B33
• Razor: Blackland Blackbird Ti
• Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (30)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Soap
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

Aug. 30, 2022

• Brush: Semogue 1460 Boar Brush 21mm
• Razor: Razorock GameChanger .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (30)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Alive - Soap
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather - Balm

Tags:

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

August 30th, 2022 - GEMs of Wisdom Raw Hoggin Mammoth Mafia

• Prep: Warm water

• Brush: Zenith B36 “Copper Scrubby!”

• Razor: GEM MMOC Gen 2

• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (30)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Alive

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Splash

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Balm

#MammothMafia

#RawHoggin

#GEMsOfWisdom

Before and After

Shaved a little earlier today. Brush was still damp from yesterday. I miss bowl lathering. Face lathering doesn’t do much for me.

MMOC has just stayed about the same roughness last 5 or so shaves. It still removes hair, but isn’t a smooth shave. Tomorrow, I will see if I can get a fine shave out of it, and try 3 passes, and possibly 4 or touch ups. I think the MMOC when the blade was at its best (probably shaves 8-15), was fantastic and I could have easily achieved a bbs shave if I wasn’t worried about making it over 30 days with the razor blade.

The House of Mammoth - Alive set has been wonderful this month. It is fresh, clean, and hints of green things growing outside. The hit the nail on the head with the description from the website:

“I made Alive as a way to work through my own process of emerging from the lockdown and pandemic disruptions, to find ways to be reborn, to reemerge celebrating the growth that often happens through death and dormancy.”

It has been many years since I had laundry that dried on a line outside. The floral and green notes combined with the laundry musk, remind me of summer vacations at my great aunt’s cabin. She had a clothesline outside amongst the aspens and pines. It was so nice to get my favorite t shirt and jeans freshly cleaned and smelling fantastic right off the line.

If I do this kind of challenge again, I’d be tempted to go with Alive again.

2022-08-30 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (30)
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/dnEsef4

2nd last shave, no problems to report.

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#RawHoggin

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Aug. 30, 2022 - Austere August Day 30

• Prep: Hot Shower, Stirling Soap Facial Soap
• Brush: Zenith 508A SE 28mm
• Razor: GEM MMOC Gen 1
• Blade: GEM PTFE (30)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Restore - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Restore - Balm

• Post Shave: Zingari - Unscented - Aftershave

• Fragrance: Tom Ford - Grey Vetiver

Day 30 in the books! One more shave to go. My posts have basically gone to hell at this point, but I don't have much left to say.... Tomorrow I will give my final thoughts.

Mandatory Tagging:

#GEMsOfWisdom

#Rawhoggin

#MammothMafia

Aug 30, 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 (30)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Balm

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Sonder EdP

Every day tags: #MammothMafia #GEMsofWisdom

Aug. 30, 2022

• Brush: AP Shave Co 28mm A3 Fan
• Razor: Henson AL-13 +++
• Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Soap
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Aftershave
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Permafrost

One left! My lathers are significantly better than they were at the beginning. Looking forward to trying to dial in some new things.

#MammothMafia

Aug. 30, 2022 - Austere August

• Prep: Warm shower
• Brush: Zenith B2 Boar
• Razor: Feather Artist Club SR
• Blade: Feather Super (1)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather - Soap

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

• Post Shave: alum

Shave of austerity #30

3 pass shave; I really appreciate the Feather Super blade. This is my second AA with shavette, and my general takeaways are coming together. I’m excited for tomorrow to post final thoughts.

Picture added today to meet requirements for AA challenge, but I effed up “daily” posts long ago as I cannot commit to posting within constraints of these challenges apparently. This AA was for me and the boar.

Tags and challenges: #MammothMafia & HeadlessHorsemen.

Aug. 30, 2022 - AA Day 30

• Prep: Hot Shower
• Brush: Zenith B34
• Razor: MMOC (Gen 2)
• Blade: GEM PTFE (30)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

And then there was one.

Solid shave tonight. I really didn't to shave, if I'm honest, but, 2 left, I'm not blowing the month long trek 2 shaves before it's over. But, tonight was the first time I was looking forward to it being over. I love these contests when they start, but, by the end, well - doing this every day can be a lot.

All that to say, the Zenith was great again Pic 1 Pic 2 - whipped up a great lather and was plenty soft. I cannot wait to dry that thing out on Thursday. It's going to be so great to rub those bristles on a towel and really dry 'em out. Gosh, so satisfying.

MMOC with the Gem was fine. My first lather was a little dry so it was a bit tuggy, but I added some water and then next pass and buff were really good. Somehow after 30 shaves I can still mess it up. I'm going back to GUTL on Thursday and I think that'll help - it's so tough tub loading to have any kind of consistency in amount of soap. That said, all month the lathers have been great.

Sonder thought of the day: There are plenty of happy people in the world, too. It's not just that everyone struggles - people are joyful and pleasant and have lots to give. Some of those other vivid lives are worth having in your own for encouragement and friendship and general positivity. People often say that "you are the net of your 5 closest friends." So - surround yourself with people you want to be like. People with positive outlooks and encouraging thoughts and a willingness to challenge you. It's for the best. You've only got 1 vivid life to live, but you can benefit from the lives of so many others.

Have a good night, all.

Edit: Forgot my tags

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#RawHoggin

#GEMsOfWisdom

Aug. 30, 2022 - AA 30

• Prep: Shower
• Brush: Semogue 1305 Pure Bristle 22mm
• Razor: GEM MMOC Gen 2
• Blade: GEM PTFE (36)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Balm

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

Break in album with SOTD in title.

Morning shave despite the evening post. Post shower have the brush decent soak time. Additionally, morning shave after shaving last night, so it was basically going through the motions with only about ~10 hours between. I’m glad tomorrow is the last day. Again, soaps and scents have been great, I’ve gotten much better with the razor (the point of AA), and the brush is pretty soft after a decent soak. I’m just a growing a little bored with the razor and still better with a DE. I’m also a wee bit tired of posting in general. Some days I just like to shave with logging the damn thing. Until tomorrow fellow AAers. #GEMsOfWidom #RawHoggin #MammothMafia

Aug. 30, 2022 - Day 30: This ship has sailed

• Prep: Hot Shower
• Brush: Zenith B33 Copper Boar Brush
• Razor: GEM MMOC GEN 2
• Blade: Persona GEM PTFE Coated (30)

• 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

Well only 2 more passes left! I guess the MMOC isn’t that bad. The blade I am using is no good tho. The brush is pretty decent, WAAYYY better than the month started. The House of Mammoth Fú Dào is really the highlight of this month.

I shaved at the house and took brush pictures there, BUT I forgot the brush drying so it’s not in the picture. At least I remembered to take the preshave brush pictures.

Brush break-in album brush break in album part 2 #rawhoggin #mammothmafia #GEMSofWisdom brush break in album part 2

A Mammoth Micromatic Raw Hoggin’ August

Brush Progress

• Brush: Zenith B26 #RawHoggin
• Razor: GEM MMOC #GEMsOfWisdom
• Blade: GEM (30)
• Lather: House if Mammoth - Hygge in Tusk
• Post Shave: Hygge Splash & Balm
• Fragrance: Hygge EDP #MammothMafia

Day 1 Prep Video

RawHoggin Unboxing Pics

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