Aug. 19, 2022 - Headless Mammoth Hoggin' Day 19

• Brush: Proraso Professional Boar | Break-in photos
• Razor: Feather Artist Club SR (Kamisori)
• Blade: Schick Proline (19)

• 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

Last shave before going glamping for 2 days. I scooped out some soap and squirted a bit of balm into a sample container for my shave tomorrow. It's been a while since we took a family trip so I'm looking forward to it.

I'm now experimenting with soaking times to see how much it matters. Today I soaked the brush for maybe 1 minute and honestly couldn't tell the difference. The brush still felt plenty soft and lathered just fine and I had plenty for my 3+ passes. Tomorrow at camp maybe I'll just try running the brush under the faucet for 10-15 seconds and go from there.

Aug. 19, 2022

• Prep: Shower
• Brush: Raiser Pinsel Simfix SF1 Synthetic
• Razor: Van Der Hagen
• Blade: Wilkinson Sword (12)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Alive - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive - Balm

#MammothMafia

Aug 19, 2022 - AA: MA-RH-MM - Almond Leather - Day 19

• 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 (19)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather - Soap
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather - Aftershave

Great, near-BBS shave today. The blade has smoothed out nicely, yet I still managed to nick myself. The buffing technique has been countering the ATG tugging and irritation I was experiencing. Hopefully, I can keep this going for 12 more days. I've had several new scents arrive, and I've been itching to try them.

#GEMsOfWisdom #RawHoggin #MammothMafia

Rating: 4/5

• Prep: warm shower
• Brush: Semogue 1250
• Razor: Novelty Cutlery Co straight razor
• Lather House of Mammoth - Z
• Post Shave: Equate witch hazel
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - unscented aftershave balm

Headless Horsemen

#RawHoggin #unscented #MammothMafia

Austere August 2022 day 19 https://imgur.com/a/1esC6od

August 19, 2022

• Preshave: Hot water
• Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3
• Blade: Feather (19)
• Brush: Chisel and Hound 26mm Fanchurian
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Kryptonite
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Kryptonite Aftershave Balm

I had an afternoon shave yesterday so I didn’t have much to shave this morning before work. I ended up doing a XG pass and that was it. Great shave but I decided today was the last shave on this blade and put it in the blade bank.

MammothMafia

Aug 19, 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 (19)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Balm

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Sonder EdP

Every day tags: #MammothMafia #GEMsofWisdom

Almost to the last third grind of AA! This blade has mellowed out a ton and I’m getting much smoother shaves now. I hope this isn’t a short peak with a rapid decline, last year the last 5-6 shaves were quite the struggle but it’s a whole different setup this year!

Aug. 19, 2022 - Nah nah nah nah nineteen

• Prep: Hot shower
• Brush: Omega Pro 48 Boar brush 28mm
• Razor: GEM MMOC
• Blade: GEM PTFE (19)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Aftershave

I am most impressed that only today, on my 19th blade use do I feel the slightest bit of drag. My lather was slick af today so I’m sure it really was the blade. Hygge also smelled a little different today. Not sure what I am smelling that’s different but I like it all the same. It’s a bit of a sharper note than usual but can’t put my finger on it.

And on it goes. Happy Friday.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#MammothMafia

August 19 2022

• Brush: Zenith B28
• Razor: GEM MMOC (Gen 1)
• Blade: GEM PTFE (22)
• 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 - Mood Indigo

Let's (Mood Indi)gooooooooooooo!

#MammothMafia

#GEMSofWisdom

Aug. 19, 2022 - Austere August - Z

• Brush: Declaration 28mm B14 Jefferson Artisan’s Choice
• Razor: Blackland Era lvl 3 oc
• Blade: Personna med prep (19)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Z - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Z - Splash & Balm

Happy Friday!

#MammothMafia #Unchallange #Unscented

19 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

One pass. Adequate. Ready for the weekend.

mammothmafia

Aug. 19, 2022

• Prep: Shower
• Brush: Semogue 1460 Boar Brush 21mm
• Razor: Razorock GameChanger .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (19)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Alive - Soap
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather - Balm

I think today's SOTD pic turned out pretty well, all in all. Also, my nectarines are almost ripe!

Tags:

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

Aug. 19, 2022 - Austere August Day 19

• 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 (19)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

🐗Raw Hoggin' Progress🤮:
•Unused
•Shave 1 through 7
•Shave 8
•Shave 9
•Shave 10
•Shave 11
•Shave 12
•Shave 13
•Shave 14
•Shave 15
•Shave 16
•Shave 17
•Shave 18
•Shave 19

Thoughts for the day:
Imgur acting like 💩 still... 😩

Great shave. No issues. I love this brush. I liked it a lot when it had the B&W knot, but now it's perfect. Still around 1g/day for soap. Still 2 passes plus buff. I've been doing good refraining from purchases as well, but Auryn is poised to mess that all up tomorrow. I guess we'll see.

Happy Friday!!

Mandatory Taggage:

#GemsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

Aug. 19, 2022 - August Austere Day 19

• 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

Nothing big today. Just had a simple, straightforward, smooth shave. #MAMMOTHMAFIA #UNCHALLENGE

August 19, 2022 - Seeking the GEMs of Wisdom through Raw Hoggin Mammoth

• Prep: Warm water

• Brush: Zenith B36 “Copper Scrubby!”

• Razor: GEM MMOC Gen 2

• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (19)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Alive

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Splash

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Balm

#MammothMafia

#RawHoggin

#GEMsOfWisdom

Before shave 19, lather after the first pass, and after the shave

Summer Friday hours are almost over. 😢 I finished up today a bit after 1PM. Plenty of time for an early afternoon shave.

Brush keeps getting easier to lather. I added a picture of the brush after building up for the first pass. Plenty was left in the brush for the second pass.

The GEM might be out of the smooth zone. Feedback on second pass was much worse than yesterday. I felt some irritation on my cheeks, and the aftershave splash had a bit more burn to it. I probably could have added more water on my face building the lather in the first pass. I didn’t have the best residual slickness after the first pass, but second pass was good. Maybe it was the lather and not the blade. I hope that is the case. I want to make it to the end on this blade. Starting a new blade would not be any better right away; actually it would probably be worse than today for the first few shaves.

Have a good weekend everyone!

19 August 2022 - Austere August

• Prep: splash of warm water
• Brush: Zenith B33
• Razor: Blackland Blackbird Ti
• Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (19)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Soap
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-19 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (19)
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/zwzRCnh

Another nice shave. Everything is trouble free and dialed in.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

Aug. 19, 2022 - SOTD AA Sonder 19

• Prep: Splash of cold water
• Brush: SummerBreak 26m SHD
• Razor: Merkur Progress
• Blade: Wizamet (4)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

• Post Shave: Zingari - Rescue Potion - Serum

• Post Shave: Zingari - Unscented - Balm

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Eau de Parfum

Easy afternoon shave. Have a great day and shaves all #MammothMafia

Aug. 19, 2022 - AA Day 19

• Prep: Hot Shower
• Brush: Zenith B34
• Razor: MMOC (Gen 2)
• Blade: GEM PTFE (19)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

If you've followed the saga of bows and clips left on the counter during several of my SOTD pics, well, today's is called "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em."

I broke the hiatus on shave related purchases today. It's the weekend and things probably won't be shipping until early next week at best, which is good with me. I can't change anything about my setup until September 1 anyway so honestly the longer it takes for anything new to arrive the less I suffer. Grabbed a Georgetown Pottery G20 Second at the advice of u/merikus - pics will show up in a future mail call, but I can't wait.

Shave was really good - one small nick just below my jawline somehow, but overall very solid.

The MMOC was smooth and easy. I'm confident my shaves are benefitting as far as bloodiness goes from the dull blade, but I do wonder how much it's impacting the post shave splash burn - I suspect a fair amount. A draggy blade that isn't cutting super efficiently has to cause some irritation that the splash causes to burn, right?

I overloaded Sonder today for funsies and my lather was thick and excellent - plenty for a full 3 pass shave. The Zenith here and here continues to have more and more bristles splay out when it's "dry" (as though it's ever dry). Soft and smoother latherer, though.

The scent of Sonder was great. Love it. Keep it coming. My wife says "it's fine" when I beg her for feedback, but, that's about as good as it gets with her.

Sonder thought of the day: We have a family member with an anxiety disorder called "selective mutism" (SM) and yesterday the Selective Mutism Association (SMA) shared this quote: "If we could look into each other's hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, we would treat each other more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care." I'm not into the cheesiness of looking into people's hearts, but - swap that out for "If we could look into each others lives..." and you've got me. As I continue to consider sonder each day I found this quote to be particularly helpful and I'm working hard to consider the vivid lives and experiences of people I interact with on a daily basis - even though I know I can't do it perfectly and I will probably always tend toward snap judgments and trusting my initial read on people, I'm working on it. Having SM in the family has taught me so much about trying to understand things from others' persectives. I used to think this individual was just being difficult or defiant or at best a little shy and as we've learned about SM I've come to see that that's just not the case. It's not just anxiety that causes people to behave in certain ways that are hard to understand - we've all got challenges and experiences that shape so much of who we are and how we react to things - some of those experiences are of our own choosing, some things have been done to us, and still other things just are, to the fault and credit of no one. So - consider the challenges and treat people better - that's my goal.

Have a good night!

#mammothmafia

#RawHoggin

#GEMsOfWisdom

Aug. 19, 2022 - Austere August Day 19

• Prep: Hot Shower, Stirling Soaps Activated Charcoal Facial
• Brush: Zenith 508A SE 28mm
• Razor: GEM MMOC Gen 1
• Blade: GEM PTFE (19)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Restore - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Restore - Balm

• Post Shave: Zingari - Unscented - Aftershave

• Fragrance: Tom Ford - Grey Vetiver

Day 19. Decent quick 2 pass shave this morning because I was running late. Almost coming to the last leg of the month. September 1 is going to be a glorious day.

Mandatory Tagging:

#GEMsOfWisdom

#Rawhoggin

#MammothMafia

Aug. 19, 2022

• Brush: Grey Chubby - Zenith B37
• Razor: Micromatic Open Comb
• Blade: GEM - PTFE Coated Stainless Steel (19)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Z - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Z - Aftershave

I should preface this by saying that I have no concern about whether anything is awry with my soap; I have, after all, been using it for nearly three straight weeks.

This little dark spot has been along for the ride since the beginning of this Austere August. I admit I did carve out a little divot when the soap first arrived, but the spot goes deeper than I originally thought. The divot has since smoothed out, and in the meantime I've grown fond of it.

I feel inclined to name the little guy, having been there all month, seeing me through this awful gauntlet of face-lathers. "One day", I hear him say to me, "One day soon we'll have a good, decent lather again. I promise!" I know, buddy. I know... Nigel Thadeus Dade.

#GEMsOfWisdom
#RawHoggin
#unscented
#MammothMafia

Aug. 19, 2022 - Austere August

• Prep: Warm shower
• Brush: Zenith B10 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 #19

A great 2 pass shave. First shave with Super blades- I prefer this definitely to Pro by first take.

Wife tested positive for Covid earlier, so now I have some help with my Covid ridden daughter. I am really hoping she is not going to wake up at 1am again like last night.

Tags and challenges: #MammothMafia & HeadlessHorsemen.

Aug. 19, 2022

• Brush: Chisel and Hound V16 Fanchurian
• Razor: Henson AL-13 +
• Blade: Feather (1)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Soap
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Aftershave

Happy Friday everyone!

#MammothMafia

Aug. 19, 2022 - Day 19: tomorrow is going to mirror today

• Prep: warm water wash
• Brush: Zenith B33 Copper Boar Brush
• Razor: GEM MMOC
• Blade: Persona GEM PTFE Coated (19)

• 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

Just washing my face threw water all over the floor and wall. I really worked up the lather better than the last few days. I don’t have a scale here but I’m working through this tub. It is going to be my first soap tub kill.

This boar brush is breaking in. It’s getting softer, but it still is different than the badger brushes. It just holds too much water in the base of the knot.

Brush break-in album #rawhoggin #mammothmafia #GEMSofWisdom

Aug. 19, 2022 - AA 19

• Prep: Falling asleep on the coach, getting ready for bed, realizing I still need to shave for AA
• Brush: Semogue 1305 Pure Bristle 22mm
• Razor: GEM MMOC Gen 2
• Blade: GEM PTFE (25)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Balm

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

Break in album here and SOTD in title.

Squeaking in under the wire this evening. Actually almost forgot my shave. 25 seems like a decent milestone on the blade. Not much soak time on the brush, oh well. Noticeably prickly. Very underhydrated first pass, nicked the neck. Also, I figured the sticker would be the first to go this brush, but looks like I already have paint peeling a bit, like wtf man. I know it’s a cheaper brush, but I’m surprised this is happening. Perhaps a boar expert has more insights. #GEMsOfWisdom #RawHoggin #MammothMafia

Aug. 19, 2022

• Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts 'Kyle' Maggard SHD
• Razor: Chiseled Face Ti
• Blade: Personna Super Stainless

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Aftershave

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Beloved

  #MammothMafia