March 1, 2018
*sigh* With six pages already, I'm never going to keep up. So it has been awhile since I've done one of these. I entered
@Bama Samurai 's PIF for a Shavette for the March Focus, and ended up with a Slim Focus AI all the way from
@Keithmax along with some Sharps blades (thanks again!). So that is my focus for this month, the Shavette.
Primary Razor - Slim Focus AI Shavette with Sharps blade
Secondary Razor - Schick Eversharp E3 Injector
Soap: Stirling Island Man
Brush: Maggard's 24mm Synthetic (tried and true)
Other items - Maggard's Orange scent PSO, TSD Energy After-shave Milk, Thayer's Lemon Witch Hazel, Maggard's Alum Block
On Standby - Band-aids, Gauze, and medical tape.
So first past down my right cheek went really well. Have you seen Eddie the Eagle? He tries and tries the jumps until he gets one right and then moves up to the next higher one. Well that was kinda how I felt. It was such a nice pass I was like "I got this" but i tempered myself. But still the results were cool. Left cheek so-so, reminding me I need to figure out how to hold it again. I was able to do under the lip, the neck went well, and even the upper lip though I couldn't figure out how to do right under the nose. My biggest hang up was the bulb of the chin.
Keeping it slow and smooth I kept getting stuck so instead of forcing it and cutting myself, I put the shavette down and went to my Schick E3. I did a second pass, this way and that with the shavette before finishing off with the E3. Only one nick from the shavette, so I'm happy.
I rinsed with cold water (a different story), and called it a day. Wrapped up with some TSD Energy Aftershave Milk. I skipped the alum block, as I wanted to keep the illusion of how well I did versus how I actually did. Will see what tomorrow brings and if I need to run the electric razor on a quick pass.
Big question though. Post shave, what do you do with the shavette? Do you open it up and remove the blade, rinse everything and let it sit open to dry? When I opened it I notice some soap inside, so I washed that out and patted everything try avoid the blade edge.
And so ends the first shave of March. 1 down, 29 to go.
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