OCtober Focus Day 1: Homemade PS Oil Stirling Synthetic Brush Palmolive Classic SC Gillette New LC Stirling Unscented PSB Clubman VI Bay Rum After a month of using primarily an Injector, I swapped back to a DE today. It was definitely a bit different, and it was my first ever shave with this razor. All in all, a good shave, but I got a little irritation on my neck. I found the size of the head to throw me off the most since it is much larger than the Injector head. If I can get my angles down again, this razor definitely shaves close.
I must compliment you on your aftershave its a excellent choice (its my favorite aftershave) and the shaver is beautiful with age
let's say you're in a cell, talking on the phoneto your wife or someone you love(family, etc)l...and you say "I love you" and immediately after that, your cellmate swipes your phone so you say in a loud voice "YOU IDIOT!". To whoever you were talking to on the phone, it would sound like you just called the person an idiot after saying "I love you" to said person. Hope that clears it up!!
It is the European version which still has palm extract. I love it, although it gets lost in my soap/cream drawer.
The Omega-s is synthetic right? No need to soak a synthetic brush. I just wet the brush, shake it until it's just barely damp then load the soap until it's thick and pasty between the bristles. Then dip my bowl under water, drain it off and start swirling the brush in the little bit of residual water left in the bowl. Once it has absorbed that water I start adding water by dribbling it from my fingertips or by just barely dipping the tips of the brush in water. Make sure to work in each addition of water thoroughly before adding more. Big bubbles are a sign of too much water at one time. If you see them keep working and swirling the brush until the lather smooths out. At some point you are going to hit the sweet spot and the lather will suddenly seem to appear from nowhere. Hope this helps, and as others have suggested it's a good idea to just practice when you have a few minutes. Soap is cheap.
Yea its a synthetic brush.I just soak it to warm it up (we could hang meat in our house with no worry's of spoilage)...funny thing I was practicing last night and like you said an explosion of lather from seemingly no where. But this morning not so much.
That's why, try some Proraso or Arko. Or our very own TSD Shop soaps. It'll get better! But more product (soap)
I have some Stirling soap I received and most of the time get a great lather but I try to use it on the weekends (only have a little bit of it) and then the oagllala through the week for work shaves.and yes soap is cheap but shipping is not.I don't have any shave shops near me.
Thank you all for the well wishes on my 1 year on TSD. I look forward to many more years participating here with you guys.
I'm going to dig out my Old Type head, and my Gillette New SC sometime soon and give them a spin. You guys are truly inspiring me to get onboard with an Open Comb.
