u/Degensfromupcountry's SOTDs for challenge 'RawHoggin' 2022'

2022-08-01 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga C-5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (1)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

The first shave with the Semogue Torga C-5. My reference boar brush is an Omega Professional. The Torga is smaller and has good backbone. Not to scritchy right out of the box. I counted 2 bristles lost. The soap might have taken a little longer to lather as it took a minute to get the water right with the new brush. Excellent performance from the soap and aftershave. The Issey Miyake is also excellent. Awesome performance from the MMOC as was expected.

u/EldrormR & u/Semaj3000 #GEMsOfWisdom

u/EldrormR #RawHoggin

u/JoboozeRum #MammothMafia

https://imgur.com/a/c3KvdT0

https://imgur.com/a/50WeQdG

Have a good day everyone.

2022-08-02 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

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

https://imgur.com/a/a2QSVLb

A nice shave today. As shown in the photo the Torga -C5 started to open up a bit after yesterday's shave. lt felt similar to yesterday, no stank and performing well for a new brush. It already feels pretty good and it should get nicer as it breaks it. The razor and the software is awesome, l will be happy to use them all month.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-03 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (3)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/m0EsOsm

A beauty of a shave. The brush is feeling good and the GEM blade is mellowing out a bit. My SO approves of the scents ;)

A DFS in 2 passes. I hope everyone had a great day.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-04 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (4)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/aQWGOy0

Another nice shave. 4 shaves on the Torga - C5 and it feels very good. The other hardware and software is performing as expected. l have no problem working with this stuff for the rest of the month.

Have a good evening everone.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-05 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (5)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/fuBYUEB

Another top quality shave today. The brush is starting to open up and it feels good. No scritch and no stank. The other gear is working well, l could easily have this as my only set up.

Have a good day everyone.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-06 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (6)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/tfilv9s

The brush is looking more broken in all the time. The razor is smooth, a DFS in 2 passes. Have a great day everyone.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-07 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (7)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/s7G7g15

Another great shave, everthing is working well.

#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

2022-08-09 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower

Brush: Semogue Torga - C5

Razor: GEM MMOC version 2

Blade: GEM Stainless (9)

Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/qjThNiX

Another day, another great shave. The brush is 9 uses in and it feels really good. Soap and razor work like a charm.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-10 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower

Brush: Semogue Torga - C5

Razor: GEM MMOC version 2

Blade: GEM Stainless (10)

Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/LWegzgP

The razor blade is still ok, using it everyday means there isn't a lot of stubble to remove. The brush is really nice after 10 uses, l am excited to see how it is after 30 days.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-11 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (11)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/WsVsFuD

The brush is awesome, maybe the best l have. The razor is still excellent and the Sonder is one of my favorites. A DFS in 2 passes.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-12 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (12)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/6JcTZ6z

Another good shave. The brush is starting to look broken in.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-13 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC
Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (13)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/uNuQ7J2

A beautiful sunny day, the soap was perfect. Everything still working great.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-14 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (14)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/lAxqC3R

14 terrific shaves in the books. Everything working well, I could easily use this set up as a daily driver.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-15 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (15)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/g7s44OQ

15 great shaves and counting...

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-16 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (16)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/KMpImwN

Over halfway done. The blade is still good. Brush and Sonder are also good :)

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-17 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (17)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/VcyDhk4

17 shaves in the books. The blade is fine, l think daily shaving is the key. My daily stubble is less difficult than a few days growth would be. The brush is pretty awesome.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-18 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower

Brush: Semogue Torga - C5

Razor: GEM MMOC version 2

Blade: GEM Stainless (18)

Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/r4vE3uK

Another good shave. l am interested to see if the brush breaks in more, it is pretty soft and it works very well.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-19 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (19)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/zwzRCnh

Another nice shave. Everything is trouble free and dialed in.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-20 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (20)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/Sa3Q7JM

20 shaves in the books, on the home stretch. Everything is still working great.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-21 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (21)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/gbxBpIc

A great shave on a hot day. A DFS in 2 passes.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-22 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (22)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/mRl1h2j

22 shaves in the books, everything worked really well.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-23 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower

Brush: Semogue Torga - C5

Razor: GEM MMOC version 2

Blade: GEM Stainless (23)

Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/g1R52iN

23rd shave of the month, everything was good.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-24 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC
Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (24)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/mngi2eI

24 shaves in the books, another good one.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-25 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (25)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/PMM5V20

25 shaves in the books. The brush seems to be pretty broken in.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-26 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower

Brush: Semogue Torga - C5

Razor: GEM MMOC version 2

Blade: GEM Stainless (26)

Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/3S31H6h

Another smooth shave, almost there :)

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-27 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (27)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/vSfQVuS

27th shave. The blade works fine, no problem getting 31+ shaves out of it. The brush is awesome as is the Sonder.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-28 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (28)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/Kh6nEIc

28th shave in the books, no issues. DFS in 2 passes.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-29 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (29)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/sStVFgk

29 shaves with the same gear, it's all good.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-30 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower
Brush: Semogue Torga - C5
Razor: GEM MMOC version 2
Blade: GEM Stainless (30)
Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave
Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/dnEsef4

2nd last shave, no problems to report.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia

2022-08-31 - Austere August - Raw Hoggin' Mammoth MMOC

Prep: Warm Shower

Brush: Semogue Torga - C5

Razor: GEM MMOC version 2

Blade: GEM Stainless (31)

Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Soap

Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder - Aftershave

Fragrance: Issey Miyake -L'eau d'Issey pour Homme

https://imgur.com/a/1FvYZZL - unbox, before 1st shave

https://imgur.com/a/B7T9tVA - after 31 days

31 shaves in the books. The GEM blade worked well but is starting to tug a bit after 31shaves. The brush broke in nicely and is sure to be a favorite going forward. A month of good shaves but I am looking forward to some variety.

#GEMsOfWisdom

#RawHoggin

#MammothMafia