Thursday October 17 (noon) - Odds and Ends October
Prep: Hot shower with Aleppo olive oil soap w/ 20% bay laurel oil (traditional anti-acne)
Razor: Parker Adjustable (SE) injector on setting 5 / Supply white label (made by Personna)(6)
Soap: J M Fraser's Shaving Cream
Brush: Simpson's Chubby 2 Synthetic Bristle
Lather Bowl: None
Post: rinse, alum, rinse
Last shave: Monday evening - 2.5 days
The setup:
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Today is my birthday so I did a special shave for it: That's right --- I shaved only TWO DAYS after my last shave!
Otherwise it looked exactly like my recent shaves.
I kept the Parker Adjustable injector at its maximum setting of 5 and did two easy passes WTG and XTG. No irritation noted. Alum was a bit warm overall but no real stinging anywhere and no blood.
I then forgot to use the splash sample -- oh well.
Overall, a very good shave.
However, when it comes to injector razors, I think that on the whole I still prefer my Supply 2.0 or a Schick "E", "G", or "L" to the Parker Adjustable. I am going to bin the blade, retire the razor back to its box and move on now.
And now off to collect my brother at the airport. He has a conference to attend here tomorrow, so he came in a day early so we could spend some time on my birthday. We last met in person a year or so before the pandemic which will make this a very nice birthday indeed.
Hope everyone has had a good week so far and you are all staying safe and healthy.
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