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SOTD SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 2021
Our guests are leaving this morning to return to western NY. We had a splendid visit starting last Wednesday with trips to the Brandywine River Museum to see three generations of Wyeth family paintings, Longwood Gardens for the fountain light show and magnificent horticulture, Chanticleer for more gardens and a great picnic, capped off last night with a visit to Milky Way Farm in Chester Springs for absolutely awesome, home-made ice cream. Cathy and I dated more than 60 yrs ago. There’s nothing better than spending time with old friends!
Cathy’s husband Paul watched last night as I restored the edge on my Dubl Duck 11/16 on the Naniwa 12k and finished on the 9 Ball Slate. He was particularly interested in my stropping regimen, particularly after I showed him the before and after shots on my USB microscope. The 40 strokes on the Constroption, 10 per side, followed by the 40 strokes on the Roo-skin bench strop amazed him. He left here with a Genco 35 I put through the same paces as my Goldedge. He had his first straight shave this morning! I think he may be hooked!
My shave this morning checked all the boxes. The JR Boar easily whipped up the two kinds of MWF lathers I enjoy for my mug and dome shaves, thinner and wetter for the mug and thicker and more yogurty for the dome. The Goldedge swept away my mug whiskers in three passes like the Sioux through Custer’s 7th Cavalry. My noggin shave featured a razor I don’t pull out too often, my Fatip Piccolo loaded with a fresh Feather DE. The OC felt great on my noggin and knocked down the dome stubble with aplomb. Osage Rub was the perfect finisher on this muggy, wet, Sunday morning, leaving your happy narrator cool, clean and oh-so-velveteen!
RAZOR: Dubl Duck 11/16 Goldedge (Mug), Fatip Piccolo (Dome)
BLADE: Feather DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: JR Boar #374
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Osage Rub.
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