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SOTD SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 2021
Day seven of the Tennessee sojourn was supposed to mark our departure for Pennsyltucky, but ice storms and a winter storm warning throughout VA coupled with a frightened bride put that on hold. The travel window between ice storms appears to be tomorrow. So despite my sweet bride's protestations, we leave at 6:00 AM tomorrow. My Dachshund Gromit has been having a great old time here. He's made friends with the dog next door who's apparently been showing Gromit the ins and outs of Tennessee Squirrel and Chipmunk culture. The two of them have tree'd a number of the local resident squirrels. The only canine issue we've had was a strange very large dog who initially couldn't understand why an 11 lb sausage shaped little bundle of ferocity was barking at him until he finally understood that it was an invitation to a chase game that continued for about an hour until all three had their tongues lolling out of their mouths. So after the requisite butt sniffing farewells they all returned to their respective homes. This has continued every day, and I worry has spoiled Gromit. We have only one other dog back home in our neighborhood, and he's a geriatric 12 yr old who wants nothing to do with my five year old little bundle of energy. Oh well, back to the shave!
Today's shave was quite good and featured my Feather DX AC barber's razor which I thought I'd left home, but discovered in my bride's suitcase. She'd grabbed it at the last minute, and failed to inform me. Thank goodness my 17 yr old grandson had changed the blade, as I had none with me. He is part of our Covid bubble, and had been visiting over the last weekend. He'd loaded with one of the Feather Softguard blades I'd brought for him. I worried initially that the shave wouldn't be close because of the built in blade guard, but it turned out to be excellent, and unbelievably close. For those of you out there who've been looking down your noses at the Feather Softguard blades, I can attest that they are just as sharp as regular Feather AC blades. I really like this shaving tool. I used to have the Feather SS AC folding and kamisori razors but have sold both. I bought a Kai Captain kamisori clone, and enjoyed that shave. Tim, my grandson, now has the Kamisori clone. So I think I'll be acquiring the Feather DX Kamisori for my own use. I may try a dome shave with it. Having Parkinson's makes me prone when I raise my hands above my head to increased micro tremors and inadvertent slices. I think this Softguard blade may be the solution. The dome shave this morning was superb, but how could it not be with the excellent Supply V2. What a great design. It never fails to deliver the goods. I feel clean, cool, refreshed and dolphin smooth!
RAZOR: Feather DX AC Barber's Razor (Mug), SS Supply V2 (Dome)
BLADE: Feather Softguard AC
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: JR Boar #372
CROAP: A&E Kaizen
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphrey's Lilac WH. Finished with Cremo Post Shave Cooling Balm.
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