20 OCtober
Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Brush: JR #180, 22mm Badger
Soap: Lavender EO, Castle Forbes Shaving Cream
Razor: Valet VC2, Autostrop
Blade: Feather FAS-10 Carbon Steel(CS), Feather Seikan (7)
Strop: Amish made
Post-Shave: Cold Water rinse, OSMA Alum block and Lilac Vegetal AS (Veg), Pinaud
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Stropped the blade fifteen times before the shave. Today was the 7th shave on the blade. It is still smooth and giving nice close shaves. Continuing with trying to find a soap that goes with the Veg. today I paired it up with CF Lavender. I have posted before about the CF but for the benefit of those of you are new or didn't read it, the lather and slickness is top notch. Well worth the price. The scent for me is.... a little strong. I had a gentleman in the UK say that it was a proper British Lavender. Maybe that's why I find it just a little off putting, I'm not British. I am able to get a DFS easily from two passes and that is all I was trying for in hopes that I might be able to shave again tomorrow. Finished of the shave with a cold water rinse followed by the alum block, that gave just the slightest bit of feed back at the bottom of my neck. Topped it all of with a splash of the Veg.
Eureka! I found the soap for Veg. They pair very well together and in MHO smell pretty good together. A case of "The sum of the parts". Stropped the blade another ten times, than put it until tomorrow.
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