SOTD by u/Teufelskraft

Austere August D4: all stagged up plus headshave gear

• Prep: Alterra cleaning foam, 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

Day 4. Still going strong on the Stag. On today's SOTD photo, you'll also see my head shaving gear for AA: Kent Infinity Silvertex brush and MMOC. I think it'd be against the rules of Raw Hoggin' to use the same brush on my head because then it would break in faster, and I won't mind the tiny Kent smelling of Stag - to keep with the true Austerity theme, I'll only use Stag this month.

Supposedly it's the hottest day of the week today, topping out somewhere between 37° to 40°C in my region of Germany. One of my favourite colleagues has called in sick due to mental stress. I myself will see if I can force my change of departments (or wards, in this case) so it'll still happen this month. Work is a shit show atm, tons of internal conflicts and stress. Nevertheless, I soldier on - the glorious Stag giving me the strength and fortitude I need!

While the headshave was only a quick one pass WTG affair, I took two passes plus clean-up on my face with the Captain. I found that for shaving my neck, holding it at the end of the handle like a pencil for shadowing works great. This way, I don't exert too much pressure. CFG base treats me really well so far, could be one of my favourites - fast to lather, slick, good enough skincare.

For today, my song choice is Kerosene by Big Black. I read their genre could be classified as "Noise Rock" and that's kinda awesome sounding. Also a perfect fit for times when you're on your own and simply want to tear down the whole place because you're so fed up with everyone and everything. Sigh. I hope better times are coming soon for me. I still like to read all your sidetracked challenge posts, even if I can't listen to all songs in full length or comment on them. But you folks are doing great, I really enjoy this!

Edit: forgot to post a pic of the Tadé boar after today's use!