Cat | Manufacturer | Item Name | Blog Link |
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Moisturizer: | Epicurean Shea Butter Co | Shea Butter Vanilla & Sandalwood Body Moisturizer | |
Aftershave Balm: | Thayer's | Witch Hazel Moisturizing Lotion | |
Hair Tonic: | Lucky Tiger | Special Formula Hair Tonic | |
Razor: | Feather | Artist Club DX Japanese Style Non-Folding Razor ACD-N | [Link] |
Razor: | Feather | Professional Blades for Feather ACD-N | |
Razor: | Merkur | 34G Classic HD Double Edged Safety Razor Gold | |
Razor Blades: | 7am | Platinum Double Edged Razor Blades v2 | |
Brush: | Omega | 6212 Elegant Silvertip Badger Natural Handle Shave Brush | |
Bowl: | Mitsuwa | 6" Beige shallow hand thrown Japanese bowl with side rest | |
Shave Cream/Soap: | Crabtree & Evelyn | Sandalwood Shave Cream | |
Shave Cream/Soap: | Tryphon | Medici Glycerin Shave Soap | |
Technique: | (Feather WTG/ATG)/(DE XTG/Cleanup) | ||
Aftershave: | Em's Place | Minty Menthol Aftershave and Body Splash | |
Aftershave: | Proraso | Pre Post Shave Cream | |
Aftershave Talc: | Pinaud Clubman | Aftershave Talc |
Result: ... from yesterday's shave. It wasn't the ACD-N blade. Sharp as ever. I don't know what the problem was but the only thing different was the cream. Prep and everything else was the same for the shave. Today I got a 4.7/5.0 BBS shave with razors that had blades another day older. No technique changes. I used the Thayer's Moisturizer as an aftershave balm base. The Epicurean Shea Butter was used on my shins. I mixed the Em's Minty Aftershave with some Proraso Pre Post to give me an extra post shave kick. Needless to say, the blades were back to mowing whiskers with ease. The Omega brush was fine as a glycerin soap brush but I wouldn't use it for hard soaps. It's a hungry beast and likes to get fed. The Tryphon Medici soap has a very pleasant citrus smell to it.
Posted to: The Shave Den
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