NOVember!!!
November 9 - Qshave Focus
Razor - Qshave Futur Clone
Blade -
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Pre-Shave - Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
Soap - Stirling Barbershop
Brush - Jayaruh #54
Post - Alum
Well, here's the challenge. The Qshave on 4.5 to end with a BBS like
@RyX did last night. Let's see if the clones can both match up for us. I went with a fresh Feather tonight to replace the three day old Wilkinson and went Stirling Barbershop the the JR54 to insure a slick and wonderful lather.
Last night when I backed off to 4 on the razor I felt like it wasn't nearly as intuitive as it had been on higher settings. The angle seemed a bit restrictive and my finish was a very nice DFS, but not a BBS. I haven't tried any of the 1/2 notches with the razor so adding that .5 to the angle didn't seem like it would be a huge difference. Surprisingly, the feel is much better. That extra 1/2 made it a much more pleasant and effective shave. Hard to believe but the feel was definitely better for me. And, after two passes and an extra pass on my neck, which we'll call two and a half passes, I was left with a very nice BBS and no blood and alum that was mostly quiet. Right under my chin on the goatee line was a bit of a stinger but that was it.
Clearly the 4.5 worked for Rick and I both and that makes the month even more fun. I'm going to go up to 5.5 tomorrow night, then back to the wide open 6 on Saturday to compare. This is an extremely aggressive razor with the size gaps it carries but it does seem to work better and even smoother as you open it up. That's a nice discovery to make!
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