View attachment 194004
May 6th
Proraso PreShave
Zenith Boar
Proraso SC
Puma Special
Proraso Styptic Gel
Gentleman Jon Alum
Proraso Sandalwood AS
About 48 hours growth. The Puma was much better today after watching and trying to duplicate what I saw from a couple of gssixgun's honing videos using the same stones, 4/8/12, and then ~50 laps of stropping. No irritation with a mostly 95% area 2 pass shave. Still not as sharp as I think the Puma needs to be, but it's close. Used the Dart with a Gillette Wilkinson Sword blade to finish the small areas I wasn't comfortable with using the Puma. Had one razor bump on my chin that I lopped....a pretty good weeper. No biggie, still a successful DFS.
As always, the Zenith Boar and Proraso were nearly perfect. Those two in combination are a lather cushion dream.
Over the weekend I read a LOT in the Straight Razor forum. Many different last 2% rabbit holes to choose from on how to achieve the best SR edge (polishing after bevel setting). Me, I'm originally a math guy, so I'm going to go at honing and achieving the edge I want with a minimalist approach. Realizing I'm a SR newbie, and probably in the minority in this thinking, but to my brain, straight razor (or any) shaving boils down to technique, friction and sharpness. If I can shavette shave successfully, then I mostly (not completely) have technique and friction working. Sharpness is controlled by blade choice. So...in a straight razor world...it's mostly, a matter of matching the shavette blade geometry to a straight razor's honing process (discounting shavette blade coatings, cause that's not an at home achievable process). Yeah, I'm realizing it's an over stuffed bucket of worms spilling into a rabbit hole....
Happy Monday!
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