SOTD by u/sahenders

Aug 8, 2022 - AA: MA-RH-MM - Almond Leather - Day 8

• 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 (8)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather - Soap
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather - Aftershave

Today's shave did not go as expected. The lather started out well, the first pass seemed good, but during applying the lather for the second pass, I could tell something was wrong. I'm not sure if I was just overconfident during the initial pass, but I could feel my skin was pretty raw upon building up the lather for the second pass. Even though the boar is softer now, it's still not soft enough to prevent additional brush burn.

My concern now is that the blade may also be dulling a lot faster than I would have liked due to poor technique. I had some tugging yesterday and today. I may try palm stropping the blade to see if that helps at all for tomorrow.

#GEMsOfWisdom #RawHoggin #MammothMafia

Brush Break-in Progress

#sidetracked
Tame Impala's It Feels Like We Only Go Backwards came to mind today based on the poor shave.

Rating: 3/5