Saturday Aug 17 (evening) - Anything Goes August
Prep: Hot shower with Aleppo olive oil soap w/ 20% bay laurel oil
Razor: Supply 2.0 matte black stainless steel injector w/ SE "nickproof" comb plate / Japanese-made Supply Black Label (2)
Soap: Stirling Iced Pineapple
Brush: Simpson's Chubby 2 Synthetic Bristle
Lather Bowl: None
Post: rinse, alum, rinse, Stirling Iced Pineapple splash
Last shave: Monday morning - 5.5 days
The setup (identical to last three shaves):
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The result: almost identical to last three shaves, which I described as Absolutely Awesome...
I did two passes, one WTG and the second more or less XTG. The second pass was XTG on my face, but more diagonal on my neck since that gets into the hollows better.
The Supply Black Label injector blade, on its second use (first was during my blade comparisons back in May), felt much sharper than the old blade last shave (vintage Schick on 11th use) -- but also felt much rougher although still usable. The overall result was still a DFS after two passes with no errors and silent alum. However, the blade was definitely not as smooth.
I will have to see how it feels next shave. If it still feels rough, it is going straight into the blade bank; I see no reason to try to put up with that.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. It is rather smoky here from the major wildfires burning in the north of the province -- and also in Alberta and BC to the west of us.
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