August 1, 2022
- Brush: Zenith B15 (506 U/L) 27.5mm Boar
- Razor: GEM MMOC Gold Gen2
- Blade: Personna Gem PTFE (1)
- Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Soap
- Post Shave: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
- Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Eau de Parfum
- Challenges: #GEMsOfWisdom #RawHoggin #SubstantialStag
2 passes. Face lather. Good shave.
First day of Austere August. Surprisingly good shave for me. The brush was more gentle than I expected both in feel and in scent. I loaded from the tub for each pass, painted water into the pasty lather, and splayed the brush to build volume. Not great volume, but I got a thin, protective, hydrated lather. This is my first time using a boar brush. It went much better than I expected.
I've used the MMOC before, so no issues there.
Now that I'm going full Stag, I expect a complete return of my youthful vigor (or, maybe, get me a job as a car mechanic).
The hardest part of this shave is getting all of the media together to satisfy my different challenge requirements. :-) I hope I got it all.
An edit to talk a bit about edges. The GEM blade edge (itself) is similar to machined edges on other blades, but appears to have a primary and secondary bevel. which I find interesting and did not expect. Here is a post that contains microscopic images of some other edges. In that post, there is a photo of a straight razor edge. In that photo, I rolled the razor up so that incident light would show variation in the edge, itself. The condition is pretty typical for a freshly stopped edge. The manufactured edges all have coatings on them to mollify edge variation.
Oh, and apologies to u/djundjila. I'm not sure I'll be able to do much "Finding Serenity in Austerity Side Side Challenge". Writing something interesting isn't my strong suit.
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