First straight shave in many months. Wiped off the full beard with the Della Bella, Italian ground in Solingen. Damn I feel naked!
SOTD FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 2021 RAZOR: Diamond Hayashi Nichiri Tokusen 6/8 (Mug), Valet Auto Strop VC4 (Dome) BLADE: Feather FAS-10 PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil BRUSH: MrEE Knurled Aluminum Handle Hybrid Knot #007 CREAM/CROAP: A&E Shaving Butter POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with A&E Post-Shave Serum.
5/8 Double Duck Wonderedge. She's a little light weight physically but, provided a clean smooth shave on light stubble. So far all four Double Ducks have performed great. This one didn't disappoint.
Some days late. This Otto Busch is what I learned on. Somehow, I managed to dig into my chin and take a small slice out. No shaving since then until the wound heals. Otherwise, a fine shave Hot water preparation AOS Lavender PSO Savile Row 3824 Ethos Lisse Collection Lavender Shaving Soap Otto Busch Weltmeister 265 Sonderklasse 11/16 Ethos Lisse Collection Lavender Skin Food Splash Happy shaving - Karl
Good to see you @Spyder - I hope that things are well with you. 6/8 Le Grelot Lotus, soap was MdC agrumes lathered with a Keyhole 4. A splash of Floris JF (lemon and juniper) paired wonderfully.
Kikuboshi Williams Homemade brush/Simpson Chubby 2 knot I picked up a few Japanese straights a little over a year ago and this Kikuboshi is really a superb shaver. If I can figure it out I'll get a pic up later. This only took about 4 hours to figure out.
Saturday Straights' Shave Cold Water Rinse Proraso Shaving Cream Sensitive SlimGem Silvertip Badger J.A. Henckels 5/8 CWR Pinaud Lilac Vegetal AS The Proraso Shaving Cream Sensitive was applied with the SlimGem Silvertip Badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the J.A. Henckels 5/8 gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pinaud Lilac Vegetal AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
Le Grelot frameback, soap was Acca Kappa 1869 pre-reformulation lathered with a Tulip 3 two-band, and a little ABC almond balm left me BDBS. Simple and effective.
