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SRS # 943 - Sample shave Sunday - Lemoncello
Rating: 5 / 5
Razor: Thistle 5/8”
Brush: Jayaruh 381 Badger/Boar
(Bullpen) - PAA The Green Ray 24 mm
Lather: Van Yulay Lemoncello
(Bullpen) - Santa Fe Soap Ranch Redwood Vetiver
Aftershave: Floïd Genuine Vigoroso
Additional Care:
Omega Alum
Dickenson’s Original Witch Hazel
Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm
The Van Yulay Lemoncello sample has met up with the Edmund Fitzgerald. Joe,
@Trigger, the den is gradually getting smaller.
The performance of the Thistle razor is just plain outstanding. Three passes lead to a dolphin skin like smoothness. The alum report was very slight and the balm/aftershave had left my face feeling fabulous.
The challenge with this shave was with the badger-boar brush. I have never had any issues getting sufficient lather in the past with this brush. As the brush was whipped up the last remaining almond size sample of the soap, it magically made the lather disappear. Attempts to lather on my face left a slight trace of soap, not enough to even attempt a razor pace.
Call to the bullpen.
I decided to change the brush to a synthetic along with the soap. The Santa Fe Soap Ranch soap and the PAA synthetic whipped up a nice lather.
Chalk this experience as an outlier.
Enjoy you Sunday gentlemen.
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