SOTD by u/Environmental-Gap380

August 4th, 2022 - Taming the Beast

• Prep: Warm water and extra patience

• Brush: Zenith B36 “Copper Scrubby!”

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

• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (quattro)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Alive

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Splash

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Balm

#MammothMafia

#RawHoggin Are those split ends I see? Pre shave and Post Shave Soggy Hog

#GEMsOfWisdom

While the hog is not tamed yet, the GEM has started to settle down. I went with as light a grip as I could and still hold onto the blade. Followed the GEM instructions to hold the cap to the face, and had a smoother shave tonight. No blood for the MMOC tonight! Post shave the splash was just tingly and not stingy. 2 passes and a slight touch up on the sideburn area gave my smoothest shave this month. Not bbs, but it is a decent shave.

I used a slightly less amount of soap loading tonight, and didn’t shake out as much water. Finally got a nicely hydrated lather. Great slickness and had a bit left over after my passes. Might scoop a little less tomorrow. I am still forcing the brush to splay on my face. Just painting the brush on the face wasn’t making much lather. I was just dripping wet soap down my front. I am not a fan of face lathering. I bet the brush already could whip up a heck of a lather in the bowl without too much work. Hopefully mushing up my face with the brush will accelerate the break in period. So far what I like most is the handle I chose. I love how warm the handle gets after a 5 minute soak in the cup of hot water.

With the blade finally starting to smooth out, it is looking like there is a good chance the blade will cruise along to 31 shaves. Still will keep flipping it. Odd days get the GEM side of the blade up.