Aug. 4, 2022 - Disco Stag honors Zenith bulk buy and the hybridization of Stag and Knights

• Prep: Icecold shower
• Brush: Böker Synthetic

• Razor: Böker Elite Carbon 2.0

• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap

• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Balm

• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag Splash

Today's SOTD honors the Zenith bulk buy with green light. Also, Dallee AI predicted that by day 5 we would transform into an inhuman creature, halve human, halve Stag.

My first cut during AA. Blood was spilled. Well no. It's just a scratch. I started to precision lather the soap as I am really low on Stag and will hopefully end the tub with the 31.

Tournament was fun. Although I went 1-3 (3 loses) I won at least one round vs each opponent and have a feeling that my learning curve is very high. There were no nasty smells, BTW.

#substantialstag #stagandstraight

Aug. 5, 2022 - Stag Day 5

• Brush: Zenith B26 Retro
• Razor: Merkur 34C
• Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (5)

• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap

• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave

• Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Eau de Parfum

• Garoad: [Nighttime Maneuvers] (https://youtu.be/CewMtQEFF7o)

Day five of this blessed occurrence, and the Stag is strong and the brush is soft. Can't beat that.

#SubstantialStag #RawHoggin

Stag Day 5

August 05, 2022 – Austere August 05

• Brush: Cayuen Workshop with 30mm Timberwolf Synthetic
• Bowl: Cayuen Workshop – Dark Nebula
• Razor: Winning Razor by Wet Shave Club
• Blade: Gillette Winner Platinum (5)
• Lather: Chiseled Face – Midnight Stag
• Post Shave: Chiseled Face – Midnight Stag
• Fragrance: Chiseled Face – Midnight Stag
• Video: https://i.imgur.com/XPgaoIU.mp4 Disclaimer: https://i.imgur.com/YdJuWhl.jpg

Day 5 with Stag! Yet another Staggy BBS shave today!!

Happy Friday!

#AustereAugust #SubstantialStag

Bonus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eW6Eagr9XA ← The 4 Things It Takes To Be An Expert

Austere August D5: Rushed Stag

• Prep: cold water
• Brush: Tadé NOS vintage boar 22 mm
• 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: Osma alum block; Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - ASB
• Fragrance: Southern Witchcrafts - Valley of Ashes - EDP

AA tags: #SubstantialStag #RawHoggin

Rushed shave today, had already put the brush in my soaking mug before remembering I had to take a SOTD photo. Here's one of the brush after it was used today. It's splitting more and finally starts to get comfortable. However, Stag mixed with pig stink is a quite interesting combo...

Due to the rushed shave, I caught some weepers and minor irritation on my neck. But, as a future Stagolyte and Headless Horseman, I consider this to be my rites of passage.

Happy Friday to you all, unfortunately no time to share a song today. See ya!

Aug. 5, 2022 - Austere August Ultra Nightmare RawHoggin Stagpocalypse

• Prep: Midnight Stag liquid soap and bar soap
• Brush: Semogue 1250
• Razor: GEM MMOC
• Blade: GEM PTFE (5)

• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap

• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave

• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Balm

• Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Eau de Parfum

No complaining today. Only the shave, which I think went pretty ok. I got in a bit of a hurry since today’s my daughter’s first day of school and I have a bit of irritation under my jawline to show for it. But a nice slather of that balm after the aftershave really did a world of good. The big difference today was the addition of the Nostalgic Stag pomade. I have zero experience with oil-based pomades so I went super light and am just gonna see how it goes today. Wrapped it all up with 12 sprays today. I posted really late so I just doubled those upvotes and called it good.

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Aug. 5, 2022

• Prep: Cold Water
• Brush: Semogue Barbear Classico Cerda 22mm
• Razor: Alumigoose
• Blade: Kai Captain Titan Pro Touch MG (5)

• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap

• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave

• Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Eau de Parfum

2.6g of soap was used today

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1 more spray

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Have a great Weekend! #SubstantialStag

August 5, 2022

• Brush: Zenith B15 (506 U/L) 27.5mm Boar
• Razor: GEM MMOC Gold Gen2
• Blade: Personna Gem PTFE (5)
• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap
• Post Shave: Thayers - Lemon - Toner
• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave
• Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Eau de Parfum  

2 passes. Face lather. Good shave.

• Challenges: #GEMsOfWisdom #RawHoggin #SubstantialStag
• Brush Top (before use)
• Fragrance Video
• Blade Edge (before use)
• Blade Orientation (black dots - odd days, red dots - even days)

I spent a lot of time comparing today's edge photo to yesterday's. There's a tiny bit of edge degradation that I think I see. Note that today's photo is the edge condition before today's shave, so it is wear from 4 days of shaving. At the center of the image, you can see a tiny indentation that I think is a microscopic chip at the edge. There seems to be a little more of this condition across the edge than on yesterday's image. But, what matters is whether I could feel any difference in today's shave. Nope. Not at all. Perhaps the edge feels slightly less sharp than on the first shave but I have no way of directly comparing. Today's shave was close and very comfortable. As a bonus image, here is what the corner of the blade looks like. This photo is at the point where the blade meets the razor's positioning "stop". In the "Orientation" photo, it is the corner at the right.

In other news, I started to notice a softening of the brush. It feels better when splayed and gave up a lot more soap for the second pass.

My comments about the MMOC and Stag are unchanging. I'm totally enjoying both.

Aug. 5, 2022 - AA Day 5

• Prep: Shower
• Brush: Semogue 1305
• Razor: GEM Open Comb Micromatic
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (5)

• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap

• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave

• Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Eau de Parfum

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I used the OCMM for Atlas Shaves, knowing it would be a competent razor for taking down multiple days’ growth. I can officially say today, for me, the OCMM became a daily use razor. Not for being able to use it daily, 36 daily shaves has already proven that. Today’s shave was only 12 hours of growth. Normally I would hesitate to use what is considered to be an aggressive razor for such light growth. No more with the OCMM. Keeping all variables from the last 4 shaves gave me yet another zero-irritation shave. Still all the aspects of a OCMM and nothing but amazing.

Spraying on day five.

August 5th

• Brush: Zenith Boar - 505NK 27mm
• Razor: GEM - MMOC
• Blade: Gem PTFE (5)
• Lather - Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag Soap
• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag Splash
• Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag Edp

#GEMsOfWisdom #RawHoggin #SubstantialStag

Edp video

Five days in and September is feeling a long way off, the wife has definitely had enough but I'm sure she will come around before the month ends.

Day 5 of Austere August! Mr. Stagman

• 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

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I paid with blood for this picture

FINALLY!!! I have time to write a normal SOTD post. I was kind of annoyed how the last few posts went.

So good news, I'm 31 now. Bad news. While making the photos from yesterday and today the razor managed to slip and hit the cutting edge on the cap of the aftershaves must've been the gravitational ring pull of the awesomeness of Stag. Thankfully it is a very micro chip and it doesn't affect the shave quality itself.

I did pay with some blood for these pictures, the palace where I want from the 1st to the 3rd had a nice big sequoia forest and I had an awesome idea of how to make a picture. Sun was right everything was well, but I either forgot or didn't know the swarm of mosquitoes that attacked me, I was almost laying on the floor trying to take a picture and they were draining me or my blood, in the end I was left with 2 good pictures, the one from today I like more.

The brush. I was informed by u/EldrormR that since my pic didn't have the brush in it I wasn't eligible for the flair or prize, with which I was ok. There was just no way how to add the brush and I knew that it would get disqualified. I am saying all of this not to complain, just to compliment how awesome he is for telling me and staying true to the rules! Nevertheless I will finish my 31 days of shaves with it and see how it is in the end.

The brush itself is getting even more grungy and splitting well, but my lather problems are still there, that does not discourage me even one bit, by the end I will have mastered it, no doubt in my mind. Today I saw the post of u/J33PGUY13 and was so happy to hear what he had done, congrats on sharing the pig love my man.

In general I am a synth man. I know I will never use badgers unless someone gifts one to me(had one pifed it). I took on this challenge to see how well I will get along with a pig. For the most part it's nice, the face feel is good, but the lather that comes out in the end... Mmmm not what I'm looking for. I will try bowl lathering when all of this is over to see how well that goes.

So far I am enjoying this challenge with my favourite scent and catching up on my straight shaves.

• #RawHoggin
• #SubstantialStag
• #sidetracked Just one more time! So why this song? Well even though the original is nice, this one carries a lot of melancholy with it, I found this song after some stuff with a girl and it makes me sad and happy at the same time. The cover by itself is, while short, very catchy and I think that the video is a gem on it's own. You should check their other songs, I was pleasantly surprised when listening to their music :))l

August 5th, 2022: Still Staggin'

• Prep: warm shower with Stag bath bar

• Brush: Vintage Rubberset 400-3 with 24mm unbleached Zenith knot

• Razor: MMOC

• Blade: GEM PTFE (5)

• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap

• Post-Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave

• Post-Shave: Chiseled Face - Natural - Balm

• Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - EdP

Not much to report today!

Stag sprays of the day!

#SubstantialStag

#GemsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin (new side challenge, tag /u/semaj3000 everyday because he likes the attention)

#UNCHALLENGE

Aug. 5, 2022 - AA Day 5 - Sexy Stag Flair Quest

• Prep: Face wash
• Brush: Semogue 1305
• Razor: Chiseled Face Legacy Ti
• Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (3)
• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap
• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave
• Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Eau de Parfum

What I'm learning during AA-how to get better shaves out of my razor-I'm improving my skill with the Legacy. That so far different blades don't matter, we'll see how that plays out. That while I like Stag, I really like variety, and using the same lather/splash/frag each day isn't teaching me much other than I like variety (don't get me wrong, I like my Stag!) But the real growth is coming from using the same razor. That the Boar does improve with time, each shave is little more luxurious. Cheers.

Stag spray Day 5

#SubstantialStag

Aug. 5, 2022 - AA Day 05

• Prep: Warm Shower
• Brush: AP400B XL Handle (AP ShaveCo) - 28mm Maggard Boar Knot
• Razor: GEM MMOC - Gen 1
• Blade: GEM PTFE (74)
• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap
• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave
• Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Eau de Parfum

No big differences from yesterday's shave. Was able to get yet another BBS nick and irritation free shave. Could not be happier with this setup.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Friday!

Stag Spray 5 #RawHoggin #GEMsofWisdom #SubstantialStag

Aug. 5, 2022

• Brush: Maggard 28mm Boar
• Razor: GEM MMOC
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (5)

• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap

• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Balm

• Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Eau de Parfum

Good shave again today. As others have said, feels like the harshness of the new GEM blade has wore off and is now very comfortable. Still not loading enough for multiple passes. I think the treated tips are just pushing soap around instead of grabbing it. Could also be part of the break in still? We'll see with time. Brush is very comfy, no broken tips this shave. I'm still thinking about taking the quarter out of the handle after AA. We'll see. Gosh, got home from work and passed out. Didn't realize how tired I was I guess.

Boar Break In Album

Stag spray

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#SubstantialStag

#GemsOfWisdom

#UNCHALLENGE

Stag Headlessly Hoggin' August Day 5

• Prep: Hot shower with Midnight Stag Soap.

• Brush: Zenith B33

• Razor: Cloud Shavette

• Blade: Cloud whatever that blade it is (10)

• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag

• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag

• Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag

Day five. Damn it's been some busy days. Today was the presentation of a book I wrote a chapter on. So fancy dinner and that, in my Stag smell, proudly. Brush has really got even softer than at the begining, it is already as soft as a Motherloade knot, but with excellent backbone, and a gorgeous copper handle. I just can't wait until I get my subreddit's exclusive brush. Went only for a 2 pass shave, as I need to shave early tomorrow for a wedding, where the Stag will of course be present. Less of a massacre, compared to the past days, but still I wouldn't call this an easy shave.

As usual, I won't waste the opportunity to diss all the non-stag-users who prefer to smell like "a wonderful summer afternoon, with acuatic undertones, just a hint of citrus and the slightest floral overtones", instead of the true only scent.

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