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

August 1, 2022

• Brush: Zenith 506U XSE
• Razor: GEM MMOC gen 2
• Blade: GEM SS PTFE (35)
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Sheep
• Post Shave: Lucky Tiger
• Post Shave: Olay Complete
• Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - unscented skin salve

Tagging u/EldrormR & u/Semaj3000

So this is what I’ll be using for the entirety of August. I have a lot more time with the Gen 1 MMOC so this month with the Gen 2 will be enlightening. I can tell already that I prefer the Gen 2. No shit. This is way more comfortable than my Gen 1. Maybe it is confirmation bias. Maybe it is just the difference between my two razors in particular. Or maybe the slight design change actually was effective at smoothing this razor out.

I was planning on participating in the rawhoggin’ challenge, but I didn’t wait. I have been rawhoggin’ this brush since it arrived. I am up to 22 uses with it and it is awesome. One of the easiest boars I have ever had to break in.

I will have to open a new bottle of Lucky Tiger. This one is just about gone. The soap tub is new with only one use before today, so running out of this won’t be an issue. The blade is the only question mark. The farthest I have ever taken a GEM blade is 50 and I am starting out with 35 after using it today. That may prove to be a bridge too far. We’ll see. I am no stranger to getting a lot of shaves out of blades.

#GEMsOfWisdom