March 14 SOTD: Razor: Razorock Hawk V2 Blade: Kai Titan Mild Brush: Razorock Plissoft Lather: Arko Cool Aftershave: Aqua Velva Ice Blue Additional Care: Stirling Unscented PSB
March 14th Cooper MonoBilt w Polsilver (1) WD HM Badger/ Cypress Barrister’s Reserve Cool SS & AS Alum Thayers I’m interrupting my NEW focus as my MonoBilt has made it’s way back from Razorplate. The work that Chris did on it is amazing. The fact that it is really shiny is a given, but the real workmanship that is in this is the work to repair the degradation of material that was all over the handle. You can’t tell there was any sort of pitting or loss at all. Chris sent me pics of the process, and what he did was fantastic. Loaded a fresh Polsilver and went with a 3 pass shave. Got the usual super, close shave with this stubble assassin. Rubbed on the Alum and felt a sting from it -on my neck- for the first time this month. Looks like I’ve taken the aggressiveness of this razor for granted, and will be a little more careful over the next few days. Have a great day all!
As expected, my brush shave this morning wasn't as strong as usual, as I continue to deal with the pain of my freak fall Monday night. Once again, the theme of my second pass was "This better be better", not "Great first pass, now let's finish it off with 2nd pass". But I got it done.
Same for me. Thirty six to forty eight hours gives me a better beard to reduce with less irritation. Prior to discovering wet shaving I was prone to growing a beard or shaving "as needed". While I did daily early on, my current DFS still feels good enough the next day.
Awesome! I think this confirms the Bic was a dud. Not looking fuzzy at all, Fuzzy! Now your learning to fine tune! Keep at it! Glad to hear, Dale! Fantastic, Clint! Is the Jeeves done for ? "Cool" shot all the way arround, Jim! Now that's what I call a makeover, Jason!
SOTD March 14th RazoRock SLOC Rapira Super Stainless Italian Barber Amici Yaqi B&W (30mm, Cruiser Class) First shave with the RazoRock SLOC this morning. I found this to be a very mild razor, but it got the job done. It's been a while since I've used a Rapira Super Stainless (blue, black, and pink wrapper) its a decent blade, but definitely not a top tier blade as I found it a little tuggy on the chin during the first pass. After that all was smooth sailing and I ended up with a DFS. The open top cap really does help keep a protective layer of lather on the skin during some light buffing on the final pass. Have a great day my friends!
Thank you all, I am very pleased with how it turned out. I'd wholeheartedly recommend razorplate to anyone looking for replating work.
Thank you, Clint! Its getting harder to justify high end brushes when the Yaqi lineup offers such great value with interesting looking handles and quality knots. I think my BAD has been brought under control. Though there is still one more brush I would like to add and that would be a 34mm+ Carrier class, which would round out my armada.
