May 17th
MAYhem
Blade: 12 inch Schrade Old Timer
Brush: MrEE Aluminum #1
PS: Proraso Red
SS: MLS Colonia Di Agrumi
AS: Alum, Proraso White, Afta, Aloe, and Ibuprofen.
I'm sure shaving with a hunting knife has been done but call me a sheep or a lamb to the slaughter, but I had to.
I generally sharpen my knives to the point where they will scrape the hair off my arm. That's what I thought razor sharp was a couple years ago. So I started there and did 30 strokes on chromium oxide and 30 strokes on a .5 micron diamond strop. It's sharp for a hunting knife, but not really shave ready. Don't worry, I made up for lack of sharpness with pressure just the way you're suppose to.
I would say 2.5 passed, but some areas could only be shaved safely in one direction, but I did go over them multiple times. I'm calling this CCS with a fare amount of irritation, but no nicks or cuts.
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I couldn't rinse in my sink easily, so I wiped the knife on a towel between strokes. The towel is covered in stubble so it was shaving. I also lost my left sideburn during my first XTG pass from ear to nose. I almost posted a picture of that towel, but it seems a little gross like posting a picture of a used tissue.
I hate to admit it, but I shaved with straight razors that were not any sharper than this knife for weeks before I got the proper tools and learned what I was doing. This time last year I would have said this was a good shave.
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