March Madness & Spring Cleaning!!
March 15
Razor - Bulldog Hardware Carriage Bolt
Blade -
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Soap - Arko
Brush - Semoge 620
Post - Alum
Beware the Ides of March. And anyone posting stunt shaving YouTube videos. Some of us are dumb enough to try them. However, this time around only three brave souls (that I have seen) built this most awesome of personal shaving tools. And the first two shaved without blood or incident. How? Because they are Technique Masters!
My own foray into this wasn't quite as dramatic as I thought. Not sure why but I wasn't nervous when I picked up the razor after lathering the Arko up. I lined it up and looked and thought to myself that if I'd align the blade by touching the top nut to my face and angle the blade to touch it should be close. And, it was. So, instead of riding the cap, I rode the nut. Go ahead, make your crude remarks, I can take it.
The first pass, WTG, was slow and NOISY. It was also surprisingly effective. Corners, jawline, areas like that were a bit of a challenge but it wasn't terrifying as long as I kept angle adjusted on the top nut. I lathered again, thinking I'd bail to my New LC to finish but decided to do some XTG.
XTG was very nice on the face, actually. Still noisy but less so as I worked the beard down. In my neck it was a bit dicey at first as I adjusted to keep the pressure off. Finished that pass with a passable CCS, but barely. Well, time to grab the New LC and finish.
But......what if......could ATG work? Lathered again and started on the right cheek. Set the angle upside down and worked it up. Then another stroke, then another and finally down to the neck where I completed the ATG without incident. Now, on to the left side and my hopelessly weak left hand. I managed the cheek fine, the neck with a bit of patience and finally called it. A better CCS, something I could go to work with if I had to. Nice!
Grabbed the New LC with Perma-Sharp aboard to do a finishing pass to DFS. Talk about irony. Went XTG on the right side and somehow nicked myself near my ear. With the New. Not with the bolt. Yeah, oops on that eh? That was the only problem with the entire shave.
Alum was quieter than I thought it would be, hotter than usual. But......once again Technique Trumps Tools, as proven by Fools!!! That was fun!!!!
Thanks to the other brave souls who dared to join me!
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