Sunday April 22 - preshave glycerin experiment part 3
Generic glycerin
Supply Co. v2 SE injector on two-dot plate / Personna (8)
JR #267 birdseye maple and boar brush
Renaissance Faire horn quaich lather bowl
Vitos Eucalyptus shaving cream
Alum and Osage Rub
I adopted a proposal made by the Honorable Member from Louisiana and did a half-and-half shave today. After rinsing my face, I put glycerin on one side and left the other bare. I then bowl lathered the cream today so that each side of my face received identical pre-whipped lather, ensuring that the glycerin would not affect how the brush face lathered on each side. I then shaved in my usual pattern and for my usual two passes.
The result? No discernible difference. The lather wasn't any better on one side of my face than the other, and the razor didn't feel any slicker when shaving the parts pre-coated with glycerin as compared to the same parts on the other side. There is no detectable difference in the degree of closeness of the shave on the two sides. And the alum sparked to the same mild degree in roughly the same places on both sides of my jaw and chin.
It was a good shave -- two passes to a DFS with no irritation. And the Osage Rub provided a pleasant chilly finish... And both sides of my face enjoyed an equally good quality of shave.
Which brings me back to my original conclusion after all: preshave glycerin makes very little difference to the quality of my shave, at least when I am using a good shaving cream or soap and a good razor and blade. Maybe
@RyX will come to a different conclusion when he tries a comparison shave for himself. But for me, I think the jury is now in.
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