Episode 3 in the Adventures of Max Headroom and the New Hope.
Starring:
The one of a kind, handsome, giant, and hefty Brass TAR loaded with a Feather cause it is surely not light as one.
The coolness and sweet aroma of Stirling Glacial Satsuma Soap and AS.
The iconic, if not steampunk, custom lather bowl from Symmetrical Pottery.
The tall and plainly majestic workhorse boar brush from Omega.
Having went to min-max levels and found pleasure of use and delightful results at each, it was time for the middle of the road.
Start up on about 2.5 was just not suitable for the buffing style I used all the way down and very difficult to ride the edge. I'm far too lazy and sloppy with the discipline required for a light touch shave at this setting, although it is probably not far from what I had used when I took up this hobby.
I dialed things up to 3.5 to get an edge feel, then to about 4 for a great shave. It turns out to be still riding the cap and feeling the edge at optimum, but has enough guard to minimize an error penalty.
Another thing I seemed to notice is the tool glides freely on the cap. Makes me wonder if plated pot metal has more 'sticktion' or it is part of the handling of such a heavy tool. On the heft thing, I never considered that shaving would qualify as 'working out'.
While I spend most of my time with open edge tools these days, this tool would call for me for a bigger slice of time for the DE format.
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There have been wild rumors that the
@twhite shave gear operations runs a highly security facility in the Nevada desert known as Area T51. Supposedly, there have been eyewitness accounts of tests being conducted on fast, light, stealthy shave gear with the capacity to be especially vicious to facial hair. I usually refute this type of conspiracy theory, but after finding the Rebus Tape proving the human volatility of blipverts, it is calling for some future work by this investigative reporter.
Edison Carter for Network 23 out.
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