Great Titanic/3017 shave this morning. I like how someone described the bottom hole getting larger-what better way to describe that the end of the tunnel is near. That's what I'm seeing, too. I'll see where I am at the next Throwback Thursday with the small Simpsons puck. Today's result was about the same as yesterdays. Only troubled area was I didn't get much off North Cactus. I may have to return to a "South to North" direction with my razor up there too complete the job. All other areas came out great. 2 passes. Goose eggs on the cuts, Knicks, polka-dots persuasion. The Clubman A.S. was a fine finish. So glad I discovered Monsieur Pinaud's masterpiece back when I was beginning to shave. Another As Outstanding As It Gets.
I'm finding that the closer you are to the end, the shaves somehow get better(I'm probably the last one to discover this, though).
You too, Charlie....just to clarify, I meant when you get closer to the end of the puck, not the shave itself. Someone sent me a sampler of Midnight Stag. I might do a "hand-lather" of it(reach into it with my finger and rub it on each cheek and let the brush do the work). I will indeed be at Acton Piggly today-let's see who notices the Clubman(but more importantly COMPLIMENTS me for it. I never get verbal comments.)
I'm going to use a shaving brush and administer the MS to my face and neck-can't say it will be 37 times, though.
Saturday, February 11 Day Ten T+S Kyoto~~CH2 Synthetic~~Gillette NEW OC/Gillette Silver Blue~~Vintage Dior Fahrenheit EdT Like @Paul Turner just mentioned, the lather actually does improve with usage. Is it the user, or is it Deus Ex Machina My lather was outstanding and subsequently, my shave was too. Stank du jour was an 80's powerhouse.
Yup. Common on GSBs…PermaSharps are often worse. They don’t seem to bother me the way they do you, Maestro.
February 11, 2023 Tatara Muramasa Feather Tatara/Semogue Boar Mithchell’s Wool Fat Barbarrey Coast Havana Aftershave This morning was only my 3rd shave of the month. I will never finish this MWF at this rate so I really need to up my game and shave more often. After the long run with the Feather AS-D2 I decided to break out a the Tatara adjustable and matching brush. Loaded with a fresh Feather blade it the razor did a great job in mowing down the stubble. A splash of Havana aftershave left me smelling fantastic. I can't ask better than that for Saturday.
My friend, it was YOU, who taught me, what would evolve into, "Fast 'n Loose lathering procedure"™, HOW to Lather like it owes you money and is...something, something late, yada. BTW, great shave. Next to vintage Williams and Arko, which are SMALL pucks, MWF and Tabac are the pinnacle of the 3017. Yes, I have 3017'd a puck or two of The Fat. The more I used it, the more spectacular the lather.
I finished my last puck of MWF fairly quickly. However, shaving daily helped move it along. Tell me more about this “Fast ‘n Loose lathering procedure” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
For Day #4 of my Titanic/3017 contributiom, not as good as before, but could have been worse. 2. Same general arsenal, but I had the Razorkc Plissoft "400" brush out. 2 passes. 2 Cuts, 1 Knick and zero polka-dots, again all along Porcupine Alley. Maybe I'll just grow a beard there so as to avoid any more cuts there. Ahhh, I dunno. No other bad spots. More Clubman goodness at the end. Pretty Outstanding for this Super Bowl shave.
Well, fellas, I couldn't do it. 4 days of the same soap became too much for me. I found that I was missing my other stuff. Shux. When it comes to our hobby, I'm a man of VARIETY. The next time I use Simpsons, I'll do 2 or 3 shaves which should Fitzgerald it. If not, I may just flip it anyway. Tough challenge for me.
