22 SEptember
Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Brush: 24mm Silvertip, Frank Shaving
Soap: Gravity, Uncle Jon's
Razor: Superior 1900 Lather Catcher
Blade: Treet (1)
Post-Shave: Cold Water rinse and Clubman After Shave Lotion, Pinaud
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I used Uncle Jon's Gravity Shaving Soap for the first time today. The scent on the soap I would describe as "Good". On the Uncle Jon's web site it lists the scents as: "
Top Notes: Crisp Alpine Air, Mandarin, Bergamot, Mid Notes: Black Pepper, Cardamom & Dry Notes: Vetiver, Suede, Vanilla, Teakwood" I loaded my brush about 30 seconds. Which is typical for me, maybe a little longer than normal but not by a lot. I faced lathered and was given a nice thick lather with a good slickness. Overall impression of the soap is "I would buy it again".
Today's razor I went back to the LC. I shaved with the LC last, back on the 19th. At that time I had a well used Treet blade in it and it left a lot of room for improvement. Today I put a new PAL blade in it and was well rewarded for it. I never felt the blade. No lie, it was like taking a hot knife to butter. I felt like I was shaving with a table knife. That was how smooth the shave was. After two passes I looked clean shaven. Though I still had plenty of soap left in the brush and was having a shave that dreams are made of so I did a XTG third pass. Finished it all off with some Clubman AS. Don't know if it was the right pairing as far as scents but it will work for today. I was left with damn near BBS. I don't know if any dolphins would cry over the smoothness of my face but I believe I would fit into a pod.
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