MAYhem 2019!!!
May 20
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Razor - Feather DX Artist Club (Pain Stick)
Blade -
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Soap - Stirling Glastonbury
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Brush - Jayaruh #54
Post - Alum
Ok, back in the saddle as far as I can tell. The sunburn is under control (mostly), I'm walking normally again as my muscles have stopped aching and I'm tired of looking at that scruff in the mirror. I'm not even sure it's my scruff. Mine was always black. The one I've been wearing has been mostly white. What the........?!?!?!?! Anyway, time to make it go away.
Definitely a pain stick shave with 5 days growth. The Feather DX is, in my opinion, the top of the line, at least in my collection. Add a fresh Feather Pro blade and it's a lethal weapon in the shave wars. I need something slick yet soothing for the continued redness on my face. Something with some dead sheep fat in it. Glastonbury from Stirling. Perfect. The make sure I have plenty of lather? A Jayaruh synthetic. The 400 clone. Nice.
It took an extra bit of effort to get the entire scruff covered and ready to go. I haven't shaved this much off of my face in a very long time. Pass number one with the DX was mostly effortless and definitely very smooth. I was quite impressed how easily it took care of my beard with that first pass. The second pass was XTG and at the end of both passes I was at a high end DFS with no real reason to continue on. The face feel was awesome with the sheep mutton involved and I called it good. Ran the alum over it all and found no heat. A couple of tiny hot spots at the goatee line but those don't count. Very, very nice return to shaving after five days off. I couldn't help but think about MAYhem and how this kind of an effort would have counted as MAYhem for me a few years ago. Pain stick with a super sharp blade? Dangerous stuff and with a heavy beard growth - twice as dangerous. Now it's a routine two pass and call it good shave. Should I say it or will you? Ah heck, let's say it together.............
TECHNIQUE TRUMPS TOOLS!! And that's the TRUTH! Have a great evening!!
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