Bourbon Country Shave Journal - Dave in KY

[Smattayu]

I still haven't used my 2nd anniversary brush to shave. Been hand lathering it every couple of days to hopefully soften it a bit before I allow it to touch my delicate skin.

 

[Dave in KY]

I still haven't used my 2nd anniversary brush to shave. Been hand lathering it every couple of days to hopefully soften it a bit before I allow it to touch my delicate skin.

I was going to try and beat it into submission and while lathering for the 1st pass decided it was to uncomfortable and not enjoyable, why am I doing this. Set aside to reknot......

 

[GearNoir]

Uh oh...another player benched!

 

[NurseDave]

It’s okay. Sorrentino is off injured reserve and should be good to go for anniversary #3

 

[Dave in KY]

I'll be glad if Eric does them next year and continually. Better if we can get the handle and do our own knots. I attempted to cut hairs off and drill down to weaken it and chip it out as I did my Rubberset. Epoxy appeared all the way up the hairs to the top of the handle.

So I ran a screw into it to pull knot out after the boil treatment


Negative success

 

[GearNoir]

Oh man...that stinks...

 

[Dave in KY]

Oh man...that stinks...

They poured these full of epoxy is why the knot was so stiff. Oh well. Is what it is.

 

[Dave in KY]

Saw @ShaveMD drop his price to a ridiculous level so If I was the 1st in touch I'll have a 2nd attempt with a dremel instead

 

[MilkCrate]

I had thought about steaming that knot out and resetting it. I guess that answers that question.

 

[dangerousdon]

That sucks Dave...but at least you have another one on the way!

 

[Dave in KY]

I had thought about steaming that knot out and resetting it. I guess that answers that question.

That's why I posted. I Wanted to keep others from making the same mistake. Dremel will be the way to go, unless you're like Eric and have the correct Forstner bit

 

[NurseDave]

Gunna need a bulk buy of blue knots.

 

[Dave in KY]

Gunna need a bulk buy of blue knots.

After all this work and expense, I'm not sure of what Knot I'll put in it.........

 

[Dave in KY]

"Z" is for Zingari Man The Blacksmith

Sunday April 26, 2020
2020 Shave # 124 ( 538 Consecutive Shave Days )
Razor: Gillette Fatboy
Blade: Wizamet (?)
Brush: @Graydog Twinsie Quilt
Soap: Zingari Man The Blacksmith
Aftershave 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
Aftershave 2: Clubman Whiskey Woods
Fragrance: BVLGARI Man in Black Essence

Video Posted

 

[bentheduck]

Dat brush tho! Have a great day, Dave!

 

[Dave in KY]

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Dat brush tho! Have a great day, Dave!

Thanks Ben, you too

 

[Smattayu]

Great set up, and I love the pic.

Dremel will be the way to go, unless you're like Eric and have the correct Forstner bit

Even with the correct Forstner bit I end up doing some Dremel work, though the bit makes things a lot easier. Did they put that much epoxy in there, or was the knot just glued into a really deep glue plug? Same result either way, but it would be nice to know if the issue was with the knot itself or how it was set.

 

[GearNoir]

Good video this morning Dave! Amazing sounding scent combo!

 

[Dave in KY]

Good video this morning Dave! Amazing sounding scent combo!

Thanks Chris

 

[MilkCrate]

Nice, very nice!