Fabulous

Thank you Joe .

Thank you Joe. I am looking forward to a repeat performance tomorrow.

Your Birthday Boy.

Jeff.

Joe.

Thanks Paul. Somehow 67 feels fine. Lol!

Tonight, I decide to lightly rehone my C-Mon razor that I used this morning to prepare it for tomorrow's shave. I used the 3, 1 and 0.3 microns which is equivalent to 8K, 15K and 50+K respectively. I started with 40 strokes on one side and then 40 ont the other side and halving each round of strokes until I finish at 1 on both sides. Did the same with the 1 micron. With the 0.3, I started at 10 strokes per side until I got to one stroke per side. I usually do 80 strokes per side, but the razor did shave fine this morning, but I know that it can do better.
My way of checking the edge is to use my phone flashlight. If I see lights bouncing off the edge, then I know it needs to be lapped and strategies accordingly based on my observations and experiences.
Anyway, I did the flashlight test and everything looked great. No lights bouncing on the edge. Went to my pasted strop for 20 laps. Hit the linen and leather for 20 and 40 laps, respectively. Did the arm hair test. The C-Mon produced pinging sounds while clipping hair. It is definitely going to be a fun shave with this razor tomorrow.

thank you Joe.was a fine shave.

thank you Joe.

awesome thursday affairs gents..

Aaaaahh, I guess I'll find out in....2 years (chuk yuk yuk)

up for tomorrow..

Another Zingari, I see.

yes sir,my nicely scented one..

I gather most of 'em are.

most likely yes.my only other one is unscented for work.no real need for unscented these days though as most of my soaps don't leave a scent once rinsed away.i do have to be more careful with aftershaves work wise.

The shave with the Hawk went better today. I was going to try it with a ProGuard blade but, after one pass, I did not like the result so, I put the Professional blade back in. This is the blade for this razor. I got a nice close shave with the Professional blade by riding the cap. You must ride the cap with the open comb Hawk! It was actually very pleasant! I will continue with the Hawk to get this razor tamed.

Washed face and added HOT water to my lather bowl/brush and put a little HOT water on top of the soap to bloom it for loading the brush. HOT washcloth to the face.

Pre-shave - Proraso White
Shave soap - Ogallala Bay Rum with Vanilla
Brush - Simpson's X2 badger
Razor - the Hawk v3 with open comb
blade - Feather Professional (one pass with the ProGuard blade before switching blades) so, the photo lies!

I had a good 2-pass shave with a little cleanup on my neck. I did manage to re-open the 2 cuts on my neck but did not open the one under my nose. The Hawk with the open comb MUST ride the cap! Very efficient when you do it right! I did get a bit of burn from the alum bar due to trying to get close with the ProGuard blade....too many passes with that blade. The Professional blade was actually nice when I rode the cap. ProGuard was mean! I was trying to shave with it like I would a DE razor and you can't with the Open Comb. I think I am on the right path to tame this beast!

Alum bar stopped the leaks and feedback was less than yesterday. I would have had almost none if I had started out with the Professional blade. Dab of Proraso balm and a splash of Bay Rum AS. I will try again tomorrow. Same setup.

Hope all have a fine shave and great day

Nice session Hogie! It's always best to immediately get back on the horse. Enjoy your day.