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SOTD December 19, 2016
Blade: Chinese Schick
Straight Razor: Genco
Rescue Razor: Schick I1 injector
Brush: Vulfix 2006c badger
Lather: Stirling Ozark Mountain
Post: Witch hazel splash, Stirling Ozark Mountain aftershave, Nivea sensitive balm
WTG, WTG (cheeks, for practice), touch-up
December late mini focus; straight shave #2.
I shaved WTG on my cheeks two times with pretty good results. I got a cut under my right jawline near the area that I scraped yesterday. It burned for a while but didn't bleed too badly. I also did a couple of strokes on my upper lip with good success and attempted some of my chin before stopping. My neck still scares me tremendously. My neck WTG pattern is left to right, and I can't envision how that's going to work that well with the straight.
Now, for observations and questions. Shaving with the straight doesn't feel comfortable at all. I know that's probably par for the course since I'm a neophyte, but it feels like I can sense each individual hair as it's being cut. When I switch to the injector to finish off it feels completely different. The injector seems so buttery and smooth and the straight seems like fingernails down a chalkboard. Is this normal???? I feel like I'm doing it all wrong. I think my angle my actually be too parallel to the face. I need to arc it out a little bit more. My pressure was better today (I think). I didn't notice it skipping or bouncing as much as yesterday.
I'll admit that my cheeks are quite smooth and the areas on my upper lip that I shaved with the Genco are smoother than the injector shaved areas.
It's scary and alluring at the same time. About halfway through my left cheek I thought "this is crazy, just put it down, shave with the injector, and send the box back to Adam". But you get drawn in more and more.
The jury is still out but I'm not going to judge it after just two shaves. Your thoughts and advice are most welcome. Have a great evening!
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