SOTD by u/djundjila

Finding Serenity in RawHogginy on the road to the GEMtury Pt. 19

• Prep: Klar Activated Charcoal facial soap
• Brush: Rubberset 400-3 with unbleached 26 mm Zenith knot set at 56 mm loft (19)
• Razor: GEM - Micromatic (open comb, first generation)
• Blade: Personna - GEM PTFE (88)
• Soaking Mug: Seaforth! - Scotch Heather - shaving mug
• Bath Soap: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime - bath soap
• Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Sea Ice Lime - Soap
• Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime - Aftershave
• Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime - Eau de Toilette

I've been working on the djudge portal these last weeks and today, I finally got it to a point where it can track and display everyone's Austere August Challenge posts and we djudges can grade them. Have a look at djudge.me if you're curious (Fair warning, the site is fugly.), or if you want to check whether all your posts have been hoovered up by u/RoboDjudge. I might also add leader boards and such things down the line, we'll see. It's been my first foray into the arcane world of writing and deploying web-apps, and it's been a lot of fun. I never thought that this shaving hobby would push me to learn to do this.

I'm at 88 shaves on this blade now, and it's still working OK. This made me think of all the "traditional wetshaving will save you money" lines and how true they could be. A kg of Vitos or Cella, and a handful of blades could last half a decade if need be.

The brush is fantastic and may be my favourite, but I'm not enjoying Sea Ice Lime that much anymore. I don't dislike it, but smelling it didn't spark joy today. Pity.

#GEMsOfWisdom #RawHoggin