Aug. 1, 2022 - The start of the thing
Late shave for me tonight to try to sneak in before the deadline. I forgot my new in the box boar brush for the #RawHoggin challenge at home while on vacation, but my wife mentioned that we would be flying in today, so I did a short two-pass shave this morning then another tonight with my AA set up.
Thanks to u/EldrormR for setting me up with this razor and some blades to get started. I am pretty much going into this blind about the best or proper technique to use this razor. It didn't go so poorly today but I didn't try to push it too far.
The brush on the other hand was a handful, I think it might be a bit before I am able to get some decent lathers out of this. After a 9 minute soak and a quick wetting of the face I loaded what I felt was about twice of what I would usually use for a badger shave (probably about 4x of what I use for my usual tux synthetic) but after getting started I could tell that wasn't going to be enough for this first lather attempt. I went back two more times after trying to build anything of volume. It just felt like the brush was devouring all thee suds, which I think is kind of normal for a "raw" brush. I wasn't happy with the result, a very thin lather on my face but it did the trick okay.
The brush right out of the box already feels much softer on my skin then no matter what I tried and many lathers with my starter omega boar, that is still (hopefully) on its way to Serbia, goo luck with that one u/duki92. It was tough to do anything other than painting strokes as the bristles were still pretty stiff. I know it will get better as the month goes on. I am looking forward to more shaves with this set up to dial in the perfect lather.
The shave itself was uneventful. I just tried to use my normal DE weight and angle and it didn't seem to bite me anywhere. I am feeling some heat on my cheeks as I write this up, but I understand that also might be from the new brush.
I am loving this scent of the soap, I hope I still do by the end of the month.
Tagging u/EldrormR and u/Semaj3000. #RawHoggin #GEMsOfWisdom
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