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An Unexpected Journey: A Newbie's Walk In Wet Shaving
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I must say, the mammoth painting works really well with some soaps in the shower but others need the cold water rinse to lock that scent in. One could always save the lather left in the brush and mammoth paint at the sink and properly rinse with cold water.
Wow, didn't know there was a book written about shaving the mammoth!
I did see there is such a soap as Mammoth Soaps sold by West Coast Shaving. I gotta get my hands on some of it to see if it paints well!! Anyone try Mammoth Soap products? I think there are a lot of closet mammoth painters out there who've tried the process but are too shy to be counted in the tribe
One of these days I'll get an official head count and organize the tribe.
Mammoth Soaps is having another release on WCS on December 2nd at 11AM EST. I've been wanting to try their soap for well over a year, with absolutely no luck. Too many vultures out there.
Looks like I'll never be trying Mammoth soaps then. Must be pretty decent if they cost that much and sell out that fast. How nice it would be to mammoth paint with mammoth soap!
Icy roads this morning at my place. We are set to get a foot + of snow tonight and tomorrow. I got the snow blower out yesterday and did some servicing on it so she's ready to go. The trip down to town for gas this morning was just starting to get interesting on the way home so I'm glad I can stay put today.
On the personal side of things, my Dad gave me his old garage door opener a few weeks ago. I installed it that same weekend but things were all messed up with it so I ran out of time to tweak it. Yesterday I switched some wiring around and adjusted the open and close and she works fine. Sure is nice not to get out and open the garage door or have someone have to shut it. Sometimes it's the little blessings like that that blow me away.
On the personal side of things, my Dad gave me his old garage door opener a few weeks ago. I installed it that same weekend but things were all messed up with it so I ran out of time to tweak it. Yesterday I switched some wiring around and adjusted the open and close and she works fine. Sure is nice not to get out and open the garage door or have someone have to shut it. Sometimes it's the little blessings like that that blow me away.
With the weight of the black smithed brackets, it actually take 3 1/2 minutes
I was just happy to get the thing to open and close right. There's a lot of adjusting to those things. I was also happy all the safety features worked because I used my old beam sensors and the things worked / didn't need adjusting!
With the weight of the black smithed brackets, it actually take 3 1/2 minutes
Actually, my door is solid wood so it's already pretty heavy. Then you add in my 1 inch thick sheet steel armor so it's blast proof and it's already too heavy..............just kidding, but it is an old solid wood garage door. Someday we want one of those carriage doors that is actually a garage door that lifts up like a regular one. If that happens, I'll be adding some blacksmithing items to it and a decorative old fashioned lock if I have the clearance. Can't you just see some dumb crook trying to cut the lock to get in?
I thought today I'd share some thoughts on what is working for me with the shower shaves. It's been almost 2 solid weeks of shower shaves and I couldn't be happier. I'm getting away with no ATG passes and still am DFS+ in most areas with a few being in the BBS range. Now mind you I'm still doing 3 passes including WTG, XTG east to west, with a final XTG west to east. If I want to catch the dolphin I can go a 4th pass - all with way less issues than cold shaving outside the shower. So here's some observations I'll share:
1) Thick Lathers. What would be too dry outside shaving at your sink is perfect for shower shaves. Too thin of a lather and the heat / steam of the shower can make it disappear or thin out way too much. If need be, go back for more soap.
2) Face Lather. When I attempted shower shaves before it was with a bowl of lather. This lather is too thin to work well. Face lathering allows you to have more control over the lather's feel on your face
3) Stiffer Brush: I find I like the stiffer brushes. They soften up in the heat of the shower. What's perfect for me at the sink seems too floppy in the shower. I have a boar brush I'll have to try!
4) Keep a Clean Razor: Even the best knurling isn't enough if the razor is really wet and soapy. It's tough to explain, but my razor seems more slippery in the shower than out. I think my hand is much wetter obviously, but you want to rinse that razor often to avoid the potential of slicing yourself in a place that would be hard to explain to an ER doctor.
5) Tallow Soaps: I find they work the best. They give the thickest and richest lather. I've tried the others and found the slickness just not as great. One of my favorites so far is the Wild West Billy The Kid tallow soap (even though he murdered a blacksmith once!)
6) Mammoth Painting: Well gents, it isn't as effective to mammoth paint in the hot shower. Preferring tallow soaps, I think the hot water melts away too much of the good stuff to make it worth painting. The shower shave could make mammoth painting go extinct. Alas, the work around is just saving the soapy brush to mammoth paint at the sink with a cold water rinse. On a side note, my wife smells my shaving soap all the way at the other end of the house when I shower shave so this is a bonus I think.
Post shave can be what you want it to be. I usually leave my face wet then go for the WH as soon as possible. I follow up with an AS balm and feel like a million dollars.
If you haven't tried the shower shave in a while or ever, why not? It could just be another skill in the toolbag to pull out when you need a quick and effective shave.
1) Thick Lathers. What would be too dry outside shaving at your sink is perfect for shower shaves. Too thin of a lather and the heat / steam of the shower can make it disappear or thin out way too much. If need be, go back for more soap.
2) Face Lather. When I attempted shower shaves before it was with a bowl of lather. This lather is too thin to work well. Face lathering allows you to have more control over the lather's feel on your face
3) Stiffer Brush: I find I like the stiffer brushes. They soften up in the heat of the shower. What's perfect for me at the sink seems too floppy in the shower. I have a boar brush I'll have to try!
4) Keep a Clean Razor: Even the best knurling isn't enough if the razor is really wet and soapy. It's tough to explain, but my razor seems more slippery in the shower than out. I think my hand is much wetter obviously, but you want to rinse that razor often to avoid the potential of slicing yourself in a place that would be hard to explain to an ER doctor.
5) Tallow Soaps: I find they work the best. They give the thickest and richest lather. I've tried the others and found the slickness just not as great. One of my favorites so far is the Wild West Billy The Kid tallow soap (even though he murdered a blacksmith once!)
6) Mammoth Painting: Well gents, it isn't as effective to mammoth paint in the hot shower. Preferring tallow soaps, I think the hot water melts away too much of the good stuff to make it worth painting. The shower shave could make mammoth painting go extinct. Alas, the work around is just saving the soapy brush to mammoth paint at the sink with a cold water rinse. On a side note, my wife smells my shaving soap all the way at the other end of the house when I shower shave so this is a bonus I think.
Post shave can be what you want it to be. I usually leave my face wet then go for the WH as soon as possible. I follow up with an AS balm and feel like a million dollars.
If you haven't tried the shower shave in a while or ever, why not? It could just be another skill in the toolbag to pull out when you need a quick and effective shave.
And this is exactly why I don't shave in the shower!
Have you ever tried mammoth painting?
You can't be in the mammoth painting tribe until you do.Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Have you ever tried mammoth painting?
Dare I ask, What is mammoth painting?!
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You're about to get woke as soon as somebody not me explains it.
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
Only done it once myself...............................I'll let Mike explain it..............................
