2008.04.07 Shave of the Day

*Shave of the Day*

Category	Mfg	Item Name	Rating 1-5	Blog Link
Hair Tonic:	Lucky Tiger	3 Roses Hair Tonic	4
	Shave
Razor:	Feather	Artist Club DX Japanese Style Non-Folding Razor ACD-N	5	[Link]
Razor Blades:	Feather	Super Professional Blades for Feather ACD-N	5	[Link]
Razor:	Merkur	500 Progress Adjustable Double Edged Safety Razor Chrome	4
Razor Blades:	Persona	Israeli Super + Double Edged Razor Blades	4
Brush:	Omega	6212 Elegant Silvertip Badger Natural Handle Shave Brush	3	[Link]
Bowl:	Mitsuwa	6" Beige shallow hand thrown Japanese bowl with side rest	5	[Link]
Shave Cream/Soap:	The Gentlemen's Quarter	Cinnamon Hazelnut Coffee Glycerin Shave Soap	4	[Link]
	Post Shave
Aftershave Balm:	Nivea	Extra Soothing Sensitive Skin Balm	3+	[Link]
Aftershave:	Thayer's	Witch Hazel Aftershave	5	[Link]
	Other
Shaving Other:	Face Prep	45-60 seconds hot water on neck at end of shower plus rehydrate before shave.
Shaving Other:	Lather Prep	Lather building directly on face.
Shaving Other:	Technique	(Feather WTG)/(DE 45XTG/ATG Cleanup)

Result: 3.0/5.0 It must be Monday. I opened a weeper on the scrape from yesterday and I nicked my right cheek. Sheesh. I really must have been asleep this morning. Bleeding stopped before end of shave. The Omega brush takes a lot of soap or cream to load up so and the TGQ are pretty hard soaps so I have to work a little extra to get a full brush of lather. Tomorrow is another day.

Posted to: The Shave Den