Friday's Shave
#OCtober
Otto Roth NEW LC Razor
Voskhod (1)
Wild West Brushworks 'Odin'
Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Alt-Innsbruck Aftershave
Today, I think I made the best lather yet from MWF...it only took me 50+ shaves to reach this point. Interestingly though, after the shave, I see the beginnings of a small donut in the middle of the puck. I bloomed the puck for about two hours and chose a synthetic brush to do the lathering work. I poured off the bloom water and
did not use it as a pre-shave. After squeezing the brush of all excess water, I loaded for about 40 seconds until I didn't see the annoying big bubbled foam. At that point I started face lathering. Total face lather time before the first pass was about 3 minutes, as I added water slowly by dipping my brush tips in water and working it into the lather 5 separate times until I got a yogurt-like, stable consistency. There was still some dissipation, but nothing like I usually get. For the second and third passes, I did pretty much just like the first, but with less water added. I think I had enough lather in the brush for about 5-6 passes.
So, the 3 passes with the Otto Roth razor provided a comfortable BBS finish this morning. It took a bit of work, but I have conquered the MWF.
Alt-Innsbruck completed the shave with its wonderful menthol chill and stellar scent.
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