Aug. 18, 2022 - Water your plants!

• 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

My SOTD is a reminder to wet my plants. Usually I do that on Thursdays, but forgot it yesterday. They will survive. They have to (just like my headless horsemen).

My tournament went pretty long yesterday and I am happy with the result. On my way home I called a friend to talk about the game and work for an hour. Because of the chat I missed a drive off and had to take another route. It's beautiful to ride the motorcycle at night on empty roads.

As I had trouble to get out of bed, I had to hurry my shave. Two and a halve pass should be enough with even less focus on my neck to give it some rest. Enjoy your Friday

#stagandstraight #substantialstag

Aug. 19, 2022 - Stag Day 19

• Brush: Zenith B26 Retro
• Razor: Merkur 34C
• Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (19)

• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap

• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave

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

• Gorillaz: Oh Green World

First day in a while I didn't have to be up crazy early. It's gonna be a good one.

#SubstantialStag #RawHoggin

Stag Spray 19

Edit: formatting.

August 19, 2022 – Austere August 19

• Brush: Cayuen Workshop with 30mm Timberwolf Synthetic
• Bowl: Cayuen Workshop – Dark Nebula
• Razor: Winning Razor by Wet Shave Club
• Blade: Gillette Winner Platinum (2)
• Lather: Chiseled Face – Midnight Stag
• Post Shave: Chiseled Face – Midnight Stag
• Fragrance: Chiseled Face – Midnight Stag
• Video: https://i.imgur.com/groNGy5.mp4

A stupendous Stag shave for a Friday. Have a great day, gentlemen!

#AustereAugust #SubstantialStag

Bonus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=407_qyOLx0U ← Working On A Container Ship | Life As A Merchant Mariner

Aug. 19, 2022

• Prep: Cold Water
• Brush: Semogue Barbear Classico Cerda 22mm
• Razor: Alumigoose
• Blade: Kai Captain Titan Pro Touch MG (19)

• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap

• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave

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

4.7g of soap was used today and i can see the bottom of the tub, so two things can happen. I'll start to pick up less soap since the mid of the tub is where the brush pick the most amount and i will need to adjust my loading time or keep up the 45 sec load and once the lather starts to get really bad like the first days then i'll move the remaining soap to the center.

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Last day of 3 spays

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Have a great Weekend! #SubstantialStag

Aug. 19, 2022 - Austere August Ultra Nightmare RawHoggin Stagpocalypse

• Prep: Midnight Stag liquid soap and bar soap
• Brush: Semogue 1250
• Razor: GEM MMOC
• Blade: GEM PTFE (19)

• 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

I wasn’t in as big of a hurry today so I was able to really enjoy the entire process from start to finish. 20 sprays today since I posted late again. I’d call it a self-imposed penance, but I enjoy this olfactive flagellation.

SubstantialStag

GEMsOfWisdom

RawHoggin

August 19, 2022

• Brush: Zenith B15 (506 U/L) 27.5mm Boar
• Razor: GEM MMOC Gold Gen2
• Blade: Personna Gem PTFE (19)
• 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) - Brush History
• Fragrance Video
• Blade Edge (before use) - Edge Histiory
• Blade Orientation (black dots - odd days, red dots - even days)

Today's blade edge image shows the slight non-linearity that I see when examining the blade. These crap images will continue for a little while, but big news(!), I'm going to upgrade my microscope during the final week of August. The new microscope is designed for reflective material, has better optics, and is a 5 megapixel unit. I have high hopes for this.

I noticed a little bit more roughness on the edge today, but had a very nice shave anyway. I'm working my way down my "good" category towards "average". I would not be surprised if my final few shaves are in my "average" category. We'll see.

The outside strands of hair on the brush are now completely floppy when wet. I'm guessing that is their final state of broken-in-ness.

Have a good weekend!

August 18th

• Brush: Zenith Boar - 505NK 27mm
• Razor: GEM - MMOC
• Blade: Gem PTFE (19)
• Lather - Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag Soap
• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag Splash
• Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag Edp

#GEMsOfWisdom #RawHoggin #SubstantialStag

Edp video

Blade is really starting to tug now, Brush is still great and not eating the soap as fast as I thought

AA D19: Friday Stag Shack

• 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: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - ASB
• Fragrance: Southern Witchcrafts - Valley of Ashes - EDP
• AA tags: #SubstantialStag #RawHoggin

It was shortly before midnight on a yet again busy Friday for me. Time for yet another Stag Shave, amirite?

Two insights so far for me:
1. Prep is massively overrated as long as you're familiar with your gear. I usually do a cold water splash on my face for the last few days, that's it. Still, good shaves. CFG base is good enough that it doesn't need any pre-shave prep at all. 2. While the boar is certainly tge hardware star, the aftershave splash might take the software crown: I like the burn combined with menthol and asthaxantin, something rarely found in aftershaves. The balm sadly has Dimethicone, but the splash? A friggin' great AS, especially since the mighty Stag scent lingers on my hands even after I put disinfectant on them. Awesome!

Tadé boar pics: side profile shot ; post use top closeup. After 19 days, it's a very nicely feeling brush that I haven't gotten tired of so far! In fact, I might add more boars to my collection now.

Sidetracked
Venom - Don't burn the Witch

You folks probably know by now that I simply love Motörhead. But there's actually another pretty influential band from GB that I adore: Venom. The founding fathers of black metal. They themselves sound a bit more like thrash metal or NWOBHM, but the newer albums definitely have some black and death metal elements. I was a bit torn between choosing Don't Burn the Witch or Witching Hour. So I'll simply include the latter as a bonus track! What's not to like about Venom? Ok, they might not be your cup of tea if you're a conservative christian... But is it really good to listen to a bald guy raving about Midnight Stag then either? Venom are simply great pioneers of extreme metal. They invented playing with downtuned guitars. They coined the term for a whole subgenre. They're fucking awesome. Ok, granted - the original members are estranged beyond repair, but Cronos still carries the torch.

Aug. 19, 2022 - AA - Sexy Stag Flair Quest

• Prep: Face wash
• Brush: Semogue 1305
• Razor: Chiseled Face Legacy Ti
• Blade: Wizamet (1)
• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap
• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave
• Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Eau de Parfum

Got Hygge in the mail and really want to shave with it. It's earmarked for September 1. Stayin' strong with Stag. Excellent shave today. The brush is coming along great and really softening up. Happy Friday, all!

3 sprays

#SubstantialStag

August 19th, 2022: Still Staggin

• Prep: warm shower with Stag bar

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

• Razor: MMOC

• Blade: GEM PTFE (19)

• 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

Did a lil live in discord for /u/walden and /u/JoboozeRum. Drank a shitload of alcohol. Shave was ok

Stag sprays of the day!

#SubstantialStag

#RawHoggin

#UNCHALLENGE

Aug. 19, 2022 - AA Day 19

• Prep: Shower
• Brush: Semogue 1305
• Razor: GEM Open Comb Micromatic
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (18)

• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap

• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave

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

SubstantialStag

GEMSofWisdom

What a week and I’m happy it’s now a Friday night, although I’ve been on the go all evening. My MIL was discharged from a three-week hospital stay this evening, so Mrs. Donut will be visiting tomorrow evening. Maybe I can have the house to myself for a few hours to mess around in the shave den.

Funny thing she said as we were out this evening getting some groceries. “There’s a stench coming from the half bath and you need to find out what it is and take care of it.” I can assure you it was not the stag aroma that emanates from the walls at this point in the month.

A fine shave, but a little more pull as the blade starts to transition out of its sweet spot.

Sprayin’

Enjoy your shaves and have a great weekend!

Aug. 19, 2022 - AA Day 19

• Prep: Warm shower
• Brush: AP400B XL Handle (AP ShaveCo) - 28mm Maggard Boar Knot
• Razor: GEM MMOC - Gen 1
• Blade: GEM PTFE (88)

• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap

• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave

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

Long annoying day with new leadership visiting today to see how we did things. Super glad I was able to get another fantastic shave to start the day. Brush, blade, and scent are still killing it!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Friday!

Stag Spray 19 #GEMSofWisdom #RawHoggin #SubstantialStag

Stag Headlessly Hoggin' August Day 19

• Prep: Hot shower with Midnight Stag Soap.

• Brush: Zenith B33

• Razor: Cloud Shavette

• Blade: Cloud whatever that blade it is (24)

• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag

• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag

• Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego balm

• Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag

First day with the baby at home. Everything seems to be good, baby apparently will let us sleep through the next meal. Shave was good. Can basically get the lather right blinded, still can't shavette shave blindfolded though.

Hail Stag!

-#Stagposting

-#SubstantialStag

-#RawHoggin

Day 18 of Austere August! Staggin on!!

• Prep: Water on Face
• Brush: Zenith 2004/B SE

• Razor: Filarmonica Double temple 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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better photo

I fell asleep 1000 times and in the end I forgot... Shave was fine, no complaints nothing out of the ordinary.

• #RawHoggin
• #SubstantialStag

Aug. 19, 2022

• Brush: Maggard 28mm Boar
• Razor: GEM MMOC
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (19)

• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap

• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Balm

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

TGIF. It's Modelo time!

Boar Break In Album

Stag Spray

#RawHoggin

#SubstantialStag

#GemsOfWisdom

#UNCHALLENGE