I have tons of boars and all manner of badgers, but my horse collection is tiny, since so many of them are reportedly harsh.
But of all the research I did, the XS Zenith was by far said to be the softest horse option.
Whichever of the hairs is softer (maybe the mane), if it is increased too much, the brush is truly floppy.
Yeah, I'm sure mine was an exception.
Prep: Splash of Cool Water
Razor: Timeless - Stainless Steel .68 Open Comb
Blade: Gillette - Nacet (Marathon) (530)
Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag (White Label)
Brush: Zenith - r/wetshaving MOAR BOAR B35/508A XL (55 uses)
Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag (White Label)
Austere August Bonus Day for me since I started late.
This is consecutive shave num 30 with the Midnight Stag.
The slurry lather just feels so good with this brush. I just did a regular slurry work-up today and enjoyed the speed and feel of the lather.
(Timeless - Stainless Steel .68 - Open Comb ::: Gillette - Nacet - M ‹530 uses›)
Same as usual for AA: First pass just a bit tuggy, second was nice, and third felt very smooth and comfy. Cutting reasonably close, for such a used blade.
Razor and Blade Performance/Comfort Rating: 2 out of 5 (Okay)
(Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - White Label)
I just love all the aspects of this scent!
Scent Strength: 6/10, nicely present during shaving.
Lather... Same for a good slurry lather: super wet, but amazingly slick on the first pass; a bit more together on the second pass; and a third pass of mature lather that felt great and performed well.
Bowl: No Bowl
(Zenith - r/wetshaving MOAR BOAR B35/508A XL ‹55 uses›)
Brush and it's big patch of soft tips shone nicely as I continue with the AA setup for just two more days.
Slurry had it working gently at first, and then managing the built up lather well on the second and third passes.
During the Shave Feel:
Cheeks: Felt blade but comfortable
Neck: Felt blade but comfortable
After the Shave Closeness:
Cheeks: Close Shave
Neck: Several hairs are showing some tip length (still a pretty good shave)
Ending of Blades Ledger - entry form and the data spreadsheet
Even a blind squirrel will find an acorn every once in a while.
Austere August: Day: 30
MRTNG's Ultra Nightmare Mode
Midnight Stag Challenge
Let's do one of my standard bowl lathers.
(Timeless - Stainless Steel .68 - Open Comb ::: Gillette - Nacet - M ‹528 uses›)
Same: First pass has some tugginess to it. But no irritation that lasts longer than a little tuggy stroke. Latter passes feel fine and give a reasonably close shave. 3 quick passes.
Razor and Blade Performance/Comfort Rating: 2 out of 5 (Okay)
(Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - White Label)
I just love all the aspects of this scent!
Scent Strength: 6/10, nicely present during shaving.
Lather... Working up a lather for me in my typical bowl-lathering fashion, which I don't think I've done this month.
Lather was pretty nice for this base. Not luxurious, and not excessively slick, but did the job fairly well.
Hydration: Perfect (for me)
Bowl: Roger Quintero 3D Printed Bowl
I use the XL version of this bowl.
(Zenith - r/wetshaving MOAR BOAR B35/508A XL ‹53 uses›)
Same: Comfortable soft tips that do flex some, but that are supported by a base with strong backbone. As with all young boars, I look forward to the tips splitting with more uses and getting softer with use. I am generally using a hair dryer to gently treat the tips and age them just a bit faster than normal.
Since today was about a more typical bowl lather for me, I sure felt the brush's backbone more, since I spent more time in splay!
During the Shave Feel:
Cheeks: Felt blade but comfortable
Neck: Felt blade but comfortable
After the Shave Closeness:
Cheeks: Close Shave
Neck: Several hairs are showing some tip length (still a pretty good shave)
Ending of Blades Ledger - entry form and the data spreadsheet
The Pers 74 I tried was a totally different type of blade than any of my modern ones, after maybe 15 uses. It operated by a different set of rules.
Of course, later I would find that it had a defect: that the center holes were not drilled exactly center.
Austere August: Day: 7
MRTNG's Ultra Nightmare Mode
Midnight Stag Challenge
Slurry lather again for a three pass shave while the power was out!
(Timeless - Stainless Steel .68 - Open Comb ::: Gillette - Nacet - M ‹505 uses›)
Same: First pass has some tugginess to it. But no irritation that lasts longer than a little tuggy stroke. Latter passes feel fine and give a reasonably close shave. 5 pretty quick passes.
Razor and Blade Performance/Comfort Rating: 2 out of 5 (Okay)
(Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - White Label)
I just love all the aspects of this scent!
Scent Strength: 6/10, nicely present during shaving.
Lather... Slurry lather again, and it went very well. Wet and slick all the way through, but still with a nourishing and luxurious kind of slickness and feel.
Hydration: Perfect (for me)
Bowl: No Bowl
(Zenith - r/wetshaving MOAR BOAR B35/508A XL ‹30 uses›)
Same: Comfortable soft tips that do flex some, but that are supported by a base with strong backbone. As with all young boars, I look forward to the tips splitting with more uses and getting softer with use. I am generally using a hair dryer to gently treat the tips and age them just a bit faster than normal.
During the Shave Feel:
Cheeks: Felt blade but comfortable
Neck: Felt blade but comfortable
After the Shave Closeness:
Cheeks: Close Shave
Neck: Several hairs are showing some tip length (still a pretty good shave)
Ending of Blades Ledger - entry form and the data spreadsheet
Austere August: Day: 3
MRTNG's Ultra Nightmare Mode
Midnight Stag Challenge
Start of Austere August for me, on Day 3 here. I'll make up for it in September.
Going to keep using the Nacet, and this is shave 501 with it.
(Timeless - Stainless Steel .68 - Open Comb ::: Gillette - Nacet - M ‹501 uses›)
A little tuggy on first pass, and it just too 4 to get the job done enough for tonight. Close result.
Razor and Blade Performance/Comfort Rating: 2 out of 5 (Okay)
(Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - White Label)
I just love all the aspects of this scent!
Scent Strength: 6/10, nicely present during shaving.
Lather... Thought I'd try the slurry lather today. So I started with a very wet brush. Loaded for 10 seconds or so, and then put that on my face. It wasn't quite enough soap to get going, so I went back for a little more. This gave me that slurry, slick super wet layer on my face, which was pass 1.
Pass 2 started looking more like a mature lather, since it was starting to come together more.
I had plenty of lather for 5 passes using this face lathering method. How about that you overloaders?!
Hydration: Perfect (for me)
Bowl: No Bowl
(Zenith - r/wetshaving MOAR BOAR B35/508A XL ‹26 uses›)
Since this guy is still young, the slurry lather method still translated a lot of backbone, though the tips softened it up somewhat.
During the Shave Feel:
Cheeks: Just a little tugging
Neck: Just a little tugging
After the Shave Closeness:
Cheeks: Very Close Shave
Neck: Many hairs show whisker tips with a little length to them
Ending of Blades Ledger - entry form and the data spreadsheet
In our hobby, there are so many times when a shaver will ask the same questions as hundreds before them. In that case, it's great to have the "Daily" threads because it keeps those common things from clogging up the main feed yet again.
Yes, it does seem clunky when there aren't very many people on here especially. But as the usercount grows, grouping these things in daily threads becomes an even better idea, IMO.
I don't like how you don't have continuity when asking questions, and so sometimes in the past I have advocated for a longer duration, like Weekly Simple Questions thread, etc. I"ve often asked questions that were too involved for a Daily thread, and it resulted in not as many answers. But they were also too "small" for posting in the main root.
To mitigate that, there's the policy where if you need more input than one "daily" thread gave you, just post again the next day. That has usually made up the difference for me.
So the daily questions idea is not perfect, but it's pretty close to a good system.
Yeah, later I would learn that many "older" sandalwood shaving products just naturally had all those florals and other things in there.
I bought one at first years ago. But even then, I was underwhelmed with the performance. Kinda like TOBS.
You're not going to have too many soap buddies with War!!