OK, Something eventful happened. Now that I am getting really consistent, relatively effortless 3 pass DFS+ shaves in the Slim, I decided that Saturday is a good day to throw caution to the wind. The weekend potentially gives me two days to put scar cream on and start to heal before I have to show up at work Monday, so I decided to taunt the shave gods with a number of questionable decisions. First, I pulled out the Dovo for its second run, having spent almost zero time researching what I'm doing or how to do it correctly. Now you would think this would enough bad decision making for one day, but those who come to this conclusion this early in the post, have obviously not been taking note of my decision making choices in previous posts. Anyway, instead taking a shower, prepping/lubricating my face, etc. as I ALWAYS do for every shave, but I just wasn't feeling it this morning. Prep. and whisker lubrication can come later, right? Emboldened by yesterday's successful schizophrenic shave, I decided to further throw caution to the wind and try a new soap and bust out the Stirling finest brush that I hadn't used in 30 days or so. Why not, right? Let's just get the spoiler over with and say for all that, this shave could (and should) have gone a lot worse than it did. Basically, a decent shave on my cheeks, a few nicks elsewhere, and the necessity for a 3 pass shave with a new, untested brand of blade in the Slim to clean up. Today's learnings:
1. I need to do a lot more research to have the basics down for my next attempt at a straight razor shave (grip, blade angle, angles of attack, tips, etc). Although I am not (overly) intimidated by the razor anymore, I clearly don't know what I am doing yet. I am also anticipating that a good amount of time and practice lie ahead before I'm satisfied with the shave. I also need to have someone look a the blade and see if it has been honed, as I'm not sure if my admittedly crappy technique, lack of stropping, previous owners' stropping or a combination thereof needs to be improved upon.
2. If you nick yourself and relather, your brush and your lather will turn pink.
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@Drygulch is apparently some sort of soothsayer. Another drop of blood appeared on my earlobe, yet I have no recollection of the blade being anywhere near that area.
4. Barrister & Mann has groups of folks who believe it is either "the best thing since sliced bread" or "dramatically overrated". Having limited exposures to the brand, all I can tell you is I am becoming a fan of their Latha line. Affordable at around $10, and the scents I've tried so far have been absolutely fantastic! (Oceana is one of my all time favorite scents, and today's Shave with a sample of Tiaga was my favorite "woodsy" scent I've tried by far). If someone wants to go all swapapalooza by offering up a trade on Latha Tiaga or Lemon, I'm probably all in.
Have a great Saturday, guys!
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