Aug. 8, 2022 - Headless Mammoth Hoggin' Day 8

• Brush: Proraso Professional Boar | Break-in photos
• Razor: Feather Artist Club SR (Kamisori)
• Blade: Schick Proline (8)

• 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

Soap Weight: 135.0g (1.3g used)

Today I decided to roughly count the number of swirls. I think I ended up with around 80-90 swirls on the puck and it was enough for 3.5 passes. It felt like a lighter load and it felt like there was a little bit less lather left over and the soap weight confirmed what I suspected. The brush continues to feel pretty good. Sometimes I feel a little bit more of the stiffer bristles in the brush depending on how much pressure I'm exerting and whether I'm doing back and forth strokes or swirling motions but it was never uncomfortable.

Great shave with the kamisori today attempting a technique that was described to me by u/MrTangerinesky where you lead the blade edge with your other hand/fingers to promote the lifting of facial hairs before they are cut. It definitely felt more natural when I was doing a dry run with my bare hands than in actual practice with the blade against my face, so I only tried it on small sections of my face at a time but the technique shows a lot of promise.

8 days of AA and I haven't really felt the itch to change anything up yet which is nice. Following the development of the brush as well as building my shavette technique has been distracting me from thinking about using different scents and my DE razors. The main itch I have right now is to purchase a Semogue Torga C5. 😅

Aug. 8, 2022

• Prep: Shower
• Brush: Raiser Pinsel Simfix SF1 Synthetic
• Razor: Van Der Hagen
• Blade: Wilkinson Sword (1)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Alive - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive - Balm

#MammothMafia

Aug. 8, 2022 - Mammoth Monday MMOC AA madness

• Prep: Hot shower
• Brush: Omega Pro 48 Boar brush 28mm
• Razor: GEM MMOC
• Blade: GEM PTFE (8)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Aftershave

Another easy shave this morning. Too bad I DQ'd myself from the raw hoggin' as the brush basically smells like Hygge at this point, only the occasional faint whiff of pig stink, but barely. MMOC performing just fine for now. And Hygge... Still magical. A very inviting warm comforting scent. Glad this was my choice for the month.

May this week bring success to you both in shaving conquests and life conquests. How deep.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#MammothMafia

Aug. 8, 2022

• Brush: Summer Break Confidence B9a
• Razor: Chiseled Face Ti
• Blade: Personna Super Stainless (14)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Aftershave

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

First day back to school for staff today. I'm definitely not ready. It's always crazy how fast summer just flies by. At least I smell awesome.

 #MammothMafia

• 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 8 https://imgur.com/a/ZCIUIDh

August 8 2022

• Brush: Zenith B28
• Razor: GEM MMOC (Gen 1)
• Blade: GEM PTFE (11)
• 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 - Restore

It was nice to contrast the darkness of Mood Indigo with the bright honey of Restore. Simple three passes, the blade is well into smooth but still very sharp phase. Back to the office after a week's vacation today, boo.

#MammothMafia

#GEMSofWisdom

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

Aug. 8, 2022

• Brush: Grey Chubby - Zenith B37
• Razor: Micromatic Open Comb
• Blade: GEM - PTFE Coated Stainless Steel (8)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Z - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Z - Aftershave

Oh, man, it's the 8th? You know what that means: It's International Cat Day! Here's an Artemis to brighten your morning!

I decided to include another element that I've been using this August: unscented deodorant! Sure, it's consistent with the unscented challenge, but also, I imagine most of us here generally use some kind of unscented deodorant-type product, because a lot of the scented varieties could easily overpower the scents and fragrances that we so enjoy.

I'm pretty ready for this cough thing to be done. It's progressing through apparent stages, which hopefully means it'll subside soon.

I'm also ready to be done with this face-lathering farce. I'm convinced that anyone who says they prefer this is lying. Either that or mentally deficient.

#sidetracked /u/Teufelskraft
I happened to throw on an A Perfect Circle shirt today. That is a shirt that I've had for something around 20 years, having gotten it when I was in high school. In the spirit thereof, ~~The Outsider~~ The Noose from their second album is just one of their many great songs that take me back. It took me a little while to pick that one out after listening to so many just now. Mer de Noms and Thirteenth Step both fall under the general category of albums in which every song is memorable and fantastic, not a one being off.

That Maynard James Keenan really knew how to work teen-angst, huh? I'm not hugely familiar with his entire catalog (I'm not even familiar with anything A Perfect Circle after the second album), but A Perfect Circle was kind of a reverse introduction to earlier Tool. Angsty stuff, that. Oh, I just remembered I even saw Tool in concert way back, too. Huh.

#GEMsOfWisdom
#RawHoggin
#unscented
#MammothMafia

Aug. 8, 2022 - Austere August - Z

• Brush: Declaration 28mm B14 Jefferson Artisan’s Choice
• Razor: Blackland Era lvl 3 oc
• Blade: Personna med prep (8)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Z - Soap

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

Have a great day everyone!

#MammothMafia #Unchallange #Unscented

Aug. 8, 2022 - AA Day 8 - A visitor has arrived

• Prep: Hot Shower
• Brush: Zenith B34
• Razor: MMOC (Gen 2)
• Blade: GEM PTFE (8)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

Did the ol' night shave morning shave 1-2 punch last night into this morning. Brush was still a little damp yet from last night but performed beautifully. Here's the side profile. Overall I'd call it an excellent shave once again. A 2.5 or so passer: with the grain, across/against the grain, and then buffing the rest; probably about 80% BBS and the rest is darn fine. I'll take that to start the day.

Not much to say about the brush today that hasn't already been said - she's a beaut. MMOC, too, enjoying it. Blade performed well, no tugging again, and, maybe for the first time all month - no blood! I'll take it.

Sonder is a great way to start or finish the day - the cooling post shower while making my morning cup of coffee helped wake me up this morning, although I'm still dragging a bit. We were up too late last night, I was woken in the night to help my son pee, and then up early this morning. Such is parenting, I guess. I'll sleep when I'm dead, or something like that. More likely I die from lack of sleep, but, potato potahto.

I did have a cool visitor this morning in the bathroom. At first I thought it was a crushed spider, but when I got closer it moved a little and it turns out it's a Reduvius personatus or "masked hunter" that belongs to the assassin bug family - it camouflages itself with dust and kills a bunch of other bugs. Joke was on him, this morning, because he got assassinated. I'm just hard like that I guess.

Sonder thought of the day: Everyone wants to be liked and investing just a little bit into a conversation, putting your phone in your pocket, and paying attention to your coworker or friend or neighbor or whoever can make a huge difference. People know when we're distracted and not paying attention. There's the whole movement to see yourself as the main character in your story, and, I get that. But - what if we're not the main character? What if our lives are meant to be spent serving and loving other people and making them feel valued? Looking outward instead of inward is hard. It's easy to only be interested in how every conversation ties back to myself instead of asking questions about how the other person is doing and sincerely showing interest in their life; but if I do it, it's better. I've had to practice and learn and practice and remind and practice some more and I still stink at it, but contemplating Sonder helps. People have so much to offer in their stories, and if we take time to really listen to them, we end up in way better situations with way better relationships. So - that's what I'm working on today.

Have a great day, all!

#mammothmafia

#RawHoggin

#GEMsOfWisdom

#sidetracked u/Teufelskraft

Today's side track track is the reprise to The Greatest Showman theme song. I so wish I had seen this in theaters, but it didn't happen. We were a bit late to the game watching it, but it's a movie that my wife and I both really enjoy and, even more importantly, all of my kids love it. The music throughout, as you know, is so well done: high energy, great beats, entertaining, and fun! Is it the greatest plot ever? Probably not. Is the music really as good as I think? Probably not. But do I love it anyway? Heck yes. All I have to do is play music from the Greatest Showman on our smart speaker and the kids are dancing and stomping and squealing around the living room. It's a blast. There are other songs throughout the movie that I like more, but this one is the most high energy and it's great. The opening is cool, too, but, hate me for this if you want; Zac Efron is so dang talented it's ridiculous. I have never seen a High School Musical movie, so that doesn't ruin him for me. Anyway - there you have it. As a bonus, The Other Side is also amazing on this soundtrack. Enjoy!

Aug. 8, 2022 - Austere August Day 8

• 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 (8)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

🐗Raw Hoggin' Progress🤮:
•Unused
•Shave 1
•Shave 2
•Shave 3
•Shave 4
•Shave 5
•Shave 6
•Shave 7
•Shave 8

Thoughts for the day:
Smell wasn't offensive today; I don't think I'm out of the stank woods yet, but we're getting there and that is definitely encouraging.

The knot is loving Tusk and so is my face. Both are uncannily soft as we round the corner into the second week. Similar results to last year, which led me to wonder how many potential skin benefits we leave on the table switching bases every day... Just a thought, tho. I'm still mad fickle. 😅

Gem is in it's sweet spot. 💎❤️

Mandatory Taggage:

#GemsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

A Mammoth Micromatic Raw Hoggin’ August

Brush Progress

• Brush: Zenith B26 #RawHoggin
• Razor: GEM MMOC #GEMsOfWisdom
• Blade: GEM (8)
• Lather: House if Mammoth - Hygge in Tusk
• Post Shave: Hygge Splash & Balm
• Fragrance: Hygge EDP #MammothMafia

Team, I’ve learned the language of the MMOC, the only missing piece is using this blade for the rest of the month.

Is this brush becoming softer? It can’t be. Can it?

Day 1 Prep Video

RawHoggin Unboxing Pics

MammothMafia

8 August 2022 - Austere August

• Prep: splash of warm water
• Brush: Zenith B33
• Razor: Blackland Blackbird Ti
• Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (8)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Soap
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

Aug. 7, 2022

• Prep: Shower
• Brush: Semogue 1460 Boar Brush 21mm
• Razor: Razorock GameChanger .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (8)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Alive - Soap
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather - Balm

Tags:

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

8 August 2022 - Austere August

• Prep: long, steamy shower
• Brush: Sterling boar
• Razor: Maggard V3
• Blade: Derby Extra
• Lather: House of Mammoth Fu Dao
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth Fu Dao splash

Still under the weather. The long shower was nice but exhausting. Just a quick, one-pass shave.

mammothmafia

Aug. 8, 2022 - August Austere Day 8

• 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

Simple and effective shave this morning, even if I did get the lather a bit thin. Nothing else really to report here. #MAMMOTHMAFIA #UNCHALLENGE

August 8th, 2022 - Wisdom of Hoggin Raw Mammoth GEMs

• Prep: Warm water

• Brush: Zenith B36 “Copper Scrubby!”

• Razor: GEM (is truly outrageous) MMOC Gen 2

• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (otto)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Alive

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Splash

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Balm

#MammothMafia

#RawHoggin

#GEMsOfWisdom

Hog before and After Shave 8

After 8 shaves, the GEM is now going pretty well. I didn’t have any irritation today even with a third pass atg. The brush is getting easier to splay, but damn if it isn’t a hungry and thirsty beast. I added a bit more soap to load today. When I started lathering up, I got that yogurt consistency. I added water splashing it on my face and dipping the brush in the mug. Finally ended up with a good lather. First two passes went by without issue, so added a third to my face, but not the neck. I got very close to bbs. The aftershave splash was not stingy, and applied the balm for a bit of moisturizing.

Overall, best shave so far this month. I hope they all go this well.

Aug. 8, 2022 - Austere August

• Prep: Warm shower
• Brush: Zenith B10 Boar
• Razor: Feather Artist Club SR
• Blade: Feather Professional (2)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Almond Leather - Aftershave

• Post Shave: alum, Zingariman Sego

Shave of austerity #8

2 pass shave; decent shave with a few casualties. Daily shaves are stacking up against my now wimpy face.

Tags and challenges: #MammothMafia & HeadlessHorsemen

Aug 08, 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 (8)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Balm

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Sonder EdP

Every day tags: #MammothMafia #GEMsofWisdom

I haven’t really reported a lot about my shaves so far so here it is: House of Mammoth is good. MMOC is ok.

Joking aside, I am super happy with my choice for software. Sonder is incredible as I already knew but the HoM aftershave balm is incredible! I am not a fan of alcohol splashes so I’m super happy that they offer a balm to complement their soaps.

The MMOC has surpassed my expectations on how close of a shave i can get with it, even with only two passes! It is taking some getting use to and I’m figuring out that a slightly steeper angle helps out but it’s still far from a smooth feeling while shaving. This razor demands respect and it’s getting it from me! I haven’t cut myself (yet) but have gotten some irritation from not having the right angle.

Aug. 8, 2022

• Brush: Maggard Razors 30mm Synthetic
• Razor: Henson AL-13 ++
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (2)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Soap
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Aftershave

Week 2 — No ragrets, Hygge is still amazing. The same cannot be said for Mondays however, good luck to everyone on the week ahead.

#MammothMafia

Aug. 8, 2022 - Austere August Day 8

• Prep: Hot Shower, Stirling Soap Facial Soap
• Brush: Zenith 508A SE 28mm
• Razor: GEM Micromatic OC Gen 1
• Blade: GEM PTFE (8)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Restore - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Restore - Balm

• Post Shave: Zingari - Unscented - Aftershave

• Fragrance: Tom Ford - Grey Vetiver

Day 8 of AA was a decent shave. A little rushed this morning as Mondays tend to be, but still had time to enjoy a nice two pass shave. The boar is breaking in lovely. MMOC is still going strong and smooth. Restore is still rosey.

Mandatory Tagging:

#GEMsOfWisdom

#Rawhoggin

#MammothMafia

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

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (8)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

A smooth shave today, it's all good. The brush is getting to be very nice.

https://imgur.com/a/3UAv1hc

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

Aug. 8, 2022 - Day Eight: Let us Aviate!!!

• Prep: Warm water wash
• Brush: Zenith B33 Copper Boar Brush
• Razor: GEM MicroMatic Open Comb
• Blade: Persona GEM PTFE Coated (8)

• 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

Today is a day to celebrate! I have been “stuck” at a job that I liked at the beginning but have really not been enjoying. I gave proper notice and left with well wishes and an invitation back if I need it. In a couple days I’ll start my “new” job. I have worked for them before and it will be temporary. It’s been a long road and I’m only like a third of the way there, maybe halfway.

I tried to load 2 grams of soap and it just would not accept the soap. The lather turned out great. The shave was alright. I went for a full 3 pass shave. I normally just do 2 passes, XTG and ATG. I am going to try a 2 pass WTG and XTG. As always the HoM recovery supplies were able to calm down my skin after the bit uncomfortable shave.

Here is a special album from today. I could not be sure which picture I really wanted to use so here they are!

Brush break-in album #rawhoggin #mammothmafia #GEMSofWisdom

edit: fix a link

Aug 8 2022

• Prep: Mineral oil massage

• Brush: Wenghè Pure Bristle 🐗

• Razor: Brassbird head CG brass bishop

• Blade: Voskhod

• Soap: Mammoth Z

• Balm: Mammoth Z

Took my time this morning. TGIM? It’s like I’m in kitchens again. Monday means relief. Nice, leisurely shave. Light caseload in the OR. Ate some ginger snaps at football practice. Stress released.

The shave was DFS+++. Not quite BBS, but close enough for government work. This little piggy is still exceeding expectations. I’d have never bought a boar on my own. Thanks, Reddit.

I’m getting anxious about the blade. This is the longest I’ve used one. I’m flipping comrade after each shave. I don’t know if that helps, but it isn’t hurting.

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

#Unscented

#ZFighter

Piggy Fleming

Aug. 8, 2022 - AA 8

• Prep: Cold Water Splash
• Brush: Semogue 1305 Pure Bristle 22mm
• Razor: GEM MMOC Gen 2
• Blade: GEM PTFE (14)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Balm

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

Break in album. SOTD in title.

Again overloading the soap to add a little cushion. Paint strokes pretty chill, and still swirling hard to break this fucker in. Dare I say today wasn’t scratchy? I won’t call it soft, but it seemed a noticeable breaking point if you will. This blade though, oof. Even if my angle was magically perfect and my technique flawless, I think I’d still be running into a little bit of a struggle with this blade. #GEMsOfWisdom #RawHoggin #MammothMafia

Aug. 8, 2022 - SOTN AA Sonder 8

• Prep: splash of cold water
• Brush: Summerbreak Soaps 26m SHD
• Razor: Merkur Progress
• Blade: Wizamet (3)

• 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

Have a great day and shaves all #MammothMafia