Dec. 20, 2025
- Brush: Zenith MOAR BOAR
- Razor: GEM Clog Pruf
- Blade: GEM PTFE (1)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Christmas Eve - Puck
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
- Osma: Osma - Osma
- Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery - G20
As those who follow my SOTDs know, I shave a woefully small amount of times in comparison to my involvement in this hobby. It’s not really by choice—as the primary caregiver of a 10 month old any time not making sure she doesn’t hurl herself into something dangerous is spent working.
Like so many, I am cursed with coarse, wiry hair and sensitive skin. And when you shave every 7-14 days, that becomes something approximating a beard. An uncomfortable, wiry, mess of a beard.
I had been dealing with this with the OCMMOC but the problem was it kept getting clogged with this hair, and unless I rinsed it constantly (sometimes even having to take the blade out), I would get horrible, irritating shaves.
Honestly this didn’t really make me want to shave much anymore, compounding the problem.
This morning I had an epiphany—what if the Clog Pruf was more than just an oddly named razor, but truly was clog pruf? Or proof? Or whatever?
First stroke of the razor I knew I had found my new best friend. Instead of hair getting jammed up underneath the blade and impacting its cutting power, the Pruf channeled these long whiskers into its two large openings near the handle. It was fascinating to see this line of used lather and long whiskers just streaming down into the sink without even having to rinse the razor.
Really pleased I rediscovered this razor, and will have to keep it at the top of rotation for now.
