It's March 8th already, huh? I guess I better post up my focus for March as well as a February wrap-up. Yes, I've totally been slacking.
So February ended as a disappointment. I had high hopes for the New LC and for whatever reason it really didn't work out. I started out thinking it was giving me a comfortable shave and by the end, I just wasn't getting the quality of shave as I was hoping for. Maybe it was the blades? I don't know. What I do know is I used both Voskhod and Polsilver blades and was counting on both as "go to" blades. I'm hoping it was a matter of poor pairing. Besides that, I'm now thinking Voskhods may be inconsistent and Polsilvers may be too sharp for me, so that kind of sucks. MWF had no surprises for me -- it's great. No scent means you can pair it with any aftershave and that's great. Post shave is wonderful. I came out of the month thinking differently about synthetic brushes. While I still think they are the best all around option, I simply don't enjoy them as much as other (namely, boar) brushes. Also, I thnk I like slightly smaller synthetics. While I like 26mm - 28mm boars, I think 24mm synthetics are about the right size for me. I think I'll be looking to move my Stirling Kong shortly.
So on to March. Here's the plan:
- Gillette Red Tip
- Rapira Swedish Steel
- Whipped Dog 30mm high mountain badger
- Chiseled Face Sherlock soap and aftershave.
- Gillette Old Type and Treet blade for around the goatee if needed
Three shaves in and it's going well! The Red Tip and Swedish Steel are working out great so far. I'm on shave three with the blade and I think I'll push it to see how far I can go. It's refreshing not to be a bloody mess at the end of a shave again. The Red Tip is a lot better than the New around the goatee -- I've got a lot of confidence using it. But that being said, I screwed up the last shave so... we'll see. Obviously, the TTO head doesn't give you the unmatched view of the Old Style. I've found my first badger! The 30mm Whipped Dog is a lot of fun. However, if I need to shave every other day, I don't think it will dry out quickly enough. I'm thinking about getting a Vie Long horse hair because I want to try one, but ultimately I don't think it makes a lot of sense going back and forth between the two. I love Chiseled Face and the Sherlock scent. I was starting to think that modern soaps couldn't provide the post shave that classics did, but prolonged use of Chiseled Face is convincing me otherwise. Another conclusion I'm heading towards is that Sherlock aftershave lasts a whole lot longer than my classic aftershaves.
So that's about it so far. I'll take the time to snap a picture here at some point.
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