Razor: Geo W. Korn The Real with OC guard
Strop: Drygulch Leatherworks Chromexcel Horse/ Linen
Brush: Troth handle with Envy White 24mm
Soap: Route 66 Twisted Tweed
Post: Cold Water, Alum, Thayer’s Lavender
Aftershave: Lucky Tiger Aspen with Menthol Crystals
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I planned this shave for Friday, but didn’t get to it until today. I touched up this edge on my Welsh slates, and really worked at it. Did a little bit on Chromium Oxide, and a lot of laps on linen and leather. I have used this razor several times, but it has been a little tuggy. Nailed it on the touch up this time! Getting much more comfortable using these stones for finishers. I haven’t used the guard for the razor before, so didn’t know how that would go. I just wanted to be one of the cool kids, and join OC October. This counts, right? Honestly, once the edge was dialed in, and the angle sorted out, the only time I noticed the guard was when I wanted to switch hands. I did one pass S/N, one pass N/S. I couldn’t figure out how to use the razor with the guard under my right ear and on the right edge of my neck, so I took the guard off to finish that up, and to do an XTG pass. Result was BBS everywhere but the neck, and DFS on the neck. Very little feedback from the alum. I might have put too much menthol in this aftershave, it was almost painfully cold. I washed my hands carefully after applying it.
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