Austere August Day 31

Brush: Rubberset 400-3 w/ Unbleached Zenith 24mm knot set to a 56mm loft 31st use

Razor: Gem MMOC, gen 2

Blade: PTFE (31)

Lather: NO Monoi de Tahiti

Post: NO Monoi de Tahiti Splash

Last day! The sweet sweet scent of my other soaps and the wonderful, dare I say, orgasmic (u/djundjila's bot can find my quotes from last year on this) sensation of a fresh blade is within my grasp!

This brush has been an amazing adventure throughout this month. The break in was thoroughly documented and really goes to show you that if you are patient and willing to put in the work, boar knots are so good. My hope with the challenge was to really push shavers to realize that boar brushes are worth respect and not just to be seen as cheap and scratchy knots.

I'm please with all the participants who choose to take this journey with me and hope you all enjoyed what your brushes became over the month. Reading your SOTDs and seeing the gradual change in opinion from "what the hell did I sign up for" or "why did I agree to do this" to "this is becoming my favorite brush" has been refreshing and really the reinforced why I wanted to run this challenge.

Sadly, there were a few who didn't make it to the end. A special shout out to u/USS-SpongeBob with the fastest AA Challenge disqualification in history. One single pass was all it took for him to throw in the towel.

Those that do finish today still within the challenge rules have earned their place in the great Halls of Boarhalla and will be forever honored with the Raw Hoggin flair. Wear your flair with pride as the struggle was real and all consuming. Be proud of your accomplishment and enjoy your now wonderfully broken in new brush.

RawHoggin

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