Day 1 of Austere August! Featuring RawHoggin, Straight Razor and THE STAAAAAGGG
Don't know why the soap got dusty...
Hey all, sorry for the super late entry... I did shave, but yesterday I had to do crazy tavels all around my country and there were some events that really did anger me... One of them being the fact, that I lost the video I made, I was shooting a video of taking off a month long beard and everything was going well, but as soon as I stopped the video, there was no video saved on the device, which really did anger me, because I was looking forward to making a video of it and sharing it with the Bulgarian group and here... Also who knows when I'll have the chanve(patience) to wait for a whole month and not shave so that I can redo that... Really sad and bummed out....
Anyways it was amazing to get back in the game, so to say. I have 20 shaves on this blade and was a bit afraid that it might not go to 50(when the challenge ends) but after I stropped it, it was as sharp as ever. So I think there would no problem going the distance.
Great feeling of the blade, I chose this blade because based on the feeling that I have from all my blades, I figured out that this one was the softest and most comfortable that would be able to give me smooth enough shaves and be kindto my skin on this 31 day challenge, which I've never done to be fair, the longest I've done with a straight is around 14-15 days, and different ones, so this will definitely be a challenge.
The main thins that I think is going to be a challenge is the RawHoggin part. I have almost zero experience with boars, and I quickly found out that making a lather with Chiseled Face and a boar brush is definitely a different experience than the one I have had with my synthethics, So for the next 30 days I will have to adjust my lathering technique, also I forgot to mentions, I have maybe around 10 face lathers during my whole lifetime, soooo yeah, that kind of sucks in terms of my experience.
I chose this Zenith brush, one because I knew Zenith boars are good, two because it was at a good price 10$, and three, because when putting the Zenith boars on my hand, testing how prickly they feel on the hand, this one was the softest and also had the weakest backbone of them all, so I thought it would perfect for face lathering. Indeed I was not disappointed, because after soaking it for 3-4 minutes it was very soft. The pig STANK was almost not noticeable if there at all. Soooo very happy to have a nice and soft brush to start with, I did not do any pre-break stuff as required. Also I opened it in the video, so I did not make a photo, aaaaaand yeah, no video and no photo of opening the boar. In general I am not in it for the prizes, so if I get disqualified, that's fine, but I will use the boar brush anyway for the whole month.
Again sorry for the very late entry, here below I will do all of the tags, and hashtags.
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