SOTD: 09/04/2025
Razor: Rex Supply Co. Konsul
Blade: Wizamet Super Iridium, 1st use
Brush: Heritage Collection Shaving Ever Ready Man Badger
Bowl: CaYuen Workshop Abalone Bowl
Preshave: Ethos Grooming Essentials First Lather Oil
Soap: Hendrix Classics & Co. The Fixer Cream
Aftershave: Hendrix Classics & Co. The Fixer Aftershave
Additional Care: Osma Alum
Additional Care: Thayers Facial Toner: Rose Petal
Today was a very interesting day! After a doctors visit I came home, with not great news, and got a shave in. And the relaxation was needed. I went with the Konsul again and then turned to HC&C for some awesome scents and skin feel!
So I have a spinal fusion and had gotten a herniation on the disc above, which can happen in the years after a fusion it’s been over a decade, and when attempting to get mom up after her fall a few weeks back I really did a number on it. I have not been able to lift my toes or tip of my foot in two weeks. Today the orthopedic informed me that this is serious and I will need emergency surgery next week to relive the nerve or it may get cut off and die. Thankfully it’s not painful as the nerve is pretty roughed up. So I go for an MRI tonight at 10 pm. And then surgery next week. All while dealing with mom in rehab with her broken hip and arm.
To say I needed some relaxation was putting it mildly. The Konsul is such a beautiful razor. Especially in the Prospector finish. I want to love it. I want to want it. Yet, two shaves in and I’m not getting it yet. I hear amazing things from people but have not gotten that myself. I know it’s only two shaves and I can try other blades and such but I wanted to be bowled over and am not. I’ll give it a few more tries before thinking if I have to move on from it.
And what can you say about Hendrix Classics & Co? Some of the best scents and post shave feel one can get! Thick, rich, thirsty lather. That bursts open and fills the room with an amazing scent. The Fixer is a soft, slightly sweet, warm and with a powdery fruity finish if that’s even possible! Oh man I smell good! And HC&C splash is one of those that feels like a coating of skin glaze almost to me. I love the feeling of applying it and post shave is amazing! Pete has done it again!
So as I go back to life to make my way through a little rough patch I am energized anew and ready to face what I must! And I smell damn good doing so!
Have great shaves everyone!
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