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Doug's Journal of Shaving Happiness v2.0

Journal Entry #473
2020 Shaves (DE: 46, SE: 4, Straight: 3, Cart: 0, Skipped: 1)

02/24/2020
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Stirling unscented pre-shave oil
Razor: Gillette Single Ring OLD Type
Blade: Treet Black Carbon (22)
Bowl: Fine Lather Bowl
Brush: Sorrentino Custom Tuxedo
Soap/Cream: LEA Classic (19)
AS 1: 365 Everyday Rose Petal Face Toner + Lucky TIger AS & Face Tonic
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB & Lucky Tiger Disappearing Cream
AS 3: LEA Classic (19)
Fragrance: RazoRock Irish Countryside


Overview
Starting to need some work...

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Shave Quality
Got myself to BBS- today, but it took some buffing to get there. The blade is still cutting, but it is getting less efficient. I may have to put it back on the DE hone before the end of the month. The lather was great and the irritation is low. It was a very good shave.

Gear
The Treet Black is going downhill, but it can probably be salvaged. I think it may be possible to get 100+ shaves out of a carbon steel blade if one is able to maintain and refresh the blade.

Other Thoughts
11+ hour spent on Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild yesterday. It was a good day of video gaming.


Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
 
I don't have any of those. I have several stones that are shaped to hone both sides of a DE at the same time.

If you want to use glass to hone a DE, just use the inside curve of a drinking glass.
 
Graybeard57 said:
You can hone a DE on a glass? Never knew that.
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Yup. If you are familiar with honing straight razors at all, you know that one of the first steps to resetting the bevel is to "glass the edge" to give a good starting point. A glass hone works on the same principal, just in reverse. Rather than use the glass to blunt the edge the inside of the curve is used to repair/refresh the edge. There should be YouTube videos out there to show how to glass hone a DE blade. Please note that this technique was meant to be used with carbon steel blades, not stainless ones. Stainless tends to hold its edge much better, so while it may work on stainless, it works better with carbon.
 
Journal Entry #474
2020 Shaves (DE: 47, SE: 4, Straight: 3, Cart: 0, Skipped: 1)

02/25/2020
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Stirling unscented pre-shave oil
Razor: Gillette Single Ring OLD Type
Blade: Treet Black Carbon (23)
Bowl: Fine Lather Bowl
Brush: RazoRock 400 Noir Plissoft
Soap/Cream: LEA Classic (20)
AS 1: 365 Everyday Rose Petal Face Toner + Lucky TIger AS & Face Tonic
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB & Lucky Tiger Disappearing Cream
AS 3: LEA Classic (20)
Fragrance: Polo Black clone


Overview
The blade needed a refresh...

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Shave Quality
BBS- again today, but it took a ton of work to get there. And the blade was tugging. My face feels fine now, but there was a bit of irritation afterwards. As usual, the lather was top notch.

Gear
The blade needed a refresh today, so after the shave I gave it one. This time I used a straight sided drinking glass and a bit of isopropyl alcohol. Make sure the blade gets wet in the alcohol then press it into the curve of the inside of the glass and rub it back and forth a handful of times. Flip and then do it again. We will see how well it shaves tomorrow.

Other Thoughts
October 9 Judas Priest will be in Denver at the Mission Ballroom with Sabaton. Tickets went on sale this morning. I am going with my metalhead friend Sam. He an I are going to have a blast. 🤘


Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
 
The glass honing thing sounds pretty neat.

Pretty rad on scoring Priest tickets! I saw them twice a few years back....actually more than a few years now!
 
Journal Entry #475
2020 Shaves (DE: 48, SE: 4, Straight: 3, Cart: 0, Skipped: 1)

02/26/2020
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Stirling unscented pre-shave oil
Razor: Gillette Single Ring OLD Type
Blade: Treet Black Carbon (24)
Bowl: Fine Lather Bowl
Brush: RazoRock 400 Noir Plissoft
Soap/Cream: LEA Classic (21)
AS 1: 365 Everyday Rose Petal Face Toner + Lucky TIger AS & Face Tonic
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB & Lucky Tiger Disappearing Cream
AS 3: LEA Classic (21)
Fragrance: Cool Water


Overview
Glass honing worked.

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Shave Quality
The blade was almost as good as new today. It really mowed down the whiskers. There is a bit of residual irritation, but that may be from too much buffing. The LEA lather was stellar as usual.

Gear
Glass honing a carbon steel blade will refresh the edge. Good stuff.

Other Thoughts
Now I see that tickets for They Might Be Giants will be going on sale tomorrow. I am going to have to take the wife to that. It is the Flood 30th Anniversary show.


Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
 
dkeester said:
Journal Entry #475
2020 Shaves (DE: 48, SE: 4, Straight: 3, Cart: 0, Skipped: 1)

02/26/2020
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Stirling unscented pre-shave oil
Razor: Gillette Single Ring OLD Type
Blade: Treet Black Carbon (24)
Bowl: Fine Lather Bowl
Brush: RazoRock 400 Noir Plissoft
Soap/Cream: LEA Classic (21)
AS 1: 365 Everyday Rose Petal Face Toner + Lucky TIger AS & Face Tonic
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB & Lucky Tiger Disappearing Cream
AS 3: LEA Classic (21)
Fragrance: Cool Water


Overview
Glass honing worked.

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Shave Quality
The blade was almost as good as new today. It really mowed down the whiskers. There is a bit of residual irritation, but that may be from too much buffing. The LEA lather was stellar as usual.

Gear
Glass honing a carbon steel blade will refresh the edge. Good stuff.

Other Thoughts
Now I see that tickets for They Might Be Giants will be going on sale tomorrow. I am going to have to take the wife to that. It is the Flood 30th Anniversary show.


Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
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Way to bring the blade back (y)
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Journal Entry #476
2020 Shaves (DE: 49, SE: 4, Straight: 3, Cart: 0, Skipped: 1)

02/27/2020
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Stirling unscented pre-shave oil
Razor: Gillette Single Ring OLD Type
Blade: Treet Black Carbon (25)
Bowl: Fine Lather Bowl
Brush: RazoRock 400 Noir Plissoft
Soap/Cream: LEA Classic (22)
AS 1: 365 Everyday Rose Petal Face Toner + Lucky TIger AS & Face Tonic
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB & Lucky Tiger Disappearing Cream
AS 3: LEA Classic (22)
Fragrance: none


Overview
Another great shave.

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Shave Quality
It was an easy BBS today. The blade is still going strong after the glass honing. The lather was great. All good in the hood.

Gear
No complaints.

Other Thoughts
Tickets for They Might Be Giants acquired! Oct. 12 is our anniversary and we will see TMBG on the 15th. Very nice.


Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
 
Journal Entry #477
2020 Shaves (DE: 50, SE: 4, Straight: 3, Cart: 0, Skipped: 1)

02/28/2020
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Stirling unscented pre-shave oil
Razor: Gillette Single Ring OLD Type
Blade: Treet Black Carbon (26)
Bowl: Fine Lather Bowl
Brush: RazoRock 400 Noir Plissoft
Soap/Cream: LEA Classic (23)
AS 1: 365 Everyday Rose Petal Face Toner + Lucky TIger AS & Face Tonic
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB & Lucky Tiger Disappearing Cream
AS 3: LEA Classic (23)
Fragrance: none


Overview
Still workin' it.

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Shave Quality
If you take care of the blade it will keep performing for you. The Treet Black gave me a great shave today with some fabulous LEA Classic lather. I am BBS with a bit of irritation from the blade buffing, but it is not too bad. All in all it was a great shave.

Gear
All good.

Other Thoughts
Sleep is good. I definitely need more than six hours a night.


Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
 
dkeester said:
Journal Entry #477
2020 Shaves (DE: 50, SE: 4, Straight: 3, Cart: 0, Skipped: 1)

02/28/2020
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Stirling unscented pre-shave oil
Razor: Gillette Single Ring OLD Type
Blade: Treet Black Carbon (26)
Bowl: Fine Lather Bowl
Brush: RazoRock 400 Noir Plissoft
Soap/Cream: LEA Classic (23)
AS 1: 365 Everyday Rose Petal Face Toner + Lucky TIger AS & Face Tonic
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB & Lucky Tiger Disappearing Cream
AS 3: LEA Classic (23)
Fragrance: none


Overview
Still workin' it.

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Shave Quality
If you take care of the blade it will keep performing for you. The Treet Black gave me a great shave today with some fabulous LEA Classic lather. I am BBS with a bit of irritation from the blade buffing, but it is not too bad. All in all it was a great shave.

Gear
All good.

Other Thoughts
Sleep is good. I definitely need more than six hours a night.


Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
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Sounds like some great gear. The razorock 400 is one of my favorites to use.
 
Journal Entry #478
2020 Shaves (DE: 51, SE: 4, Straight: 3, Cart: 0, Skipped: 1)

02/29/2020
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Stirling unscented pre-shave oil
Razor: Gillette Single Ring OLD Type
Blade: Treet Black Carbon (28)
Bowl: Fine Lather Bowl
Brush: RazoRock Big Bruce
Soap/Cream: LEA Classic (24)
AS 1: 365 Everyday Rose Petal Face Toner + Lucky TIger AS & Face Tonic
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB & Lucky Tiger Disappearing Cream
AS 3: LEA Classic (24)
Fragrance: none


Overview
Leap Day shave

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Shave Quality
A last great shave with the Treet Black. It was a good month of shaves. Today's was a nice BBS- with great lather. No complaints here.

Gear
Looking forward to something a little new razor and blade wise tomorrow.

Other Thoughts
Finished season 12 of Big Bang Theory tonight. The finale really got to me. It was very special.


Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
 
Journal Entry #479
2020 Shaves (DE: 51, SE: 5, Straight: 3, Cart: 0, Skipped: 1)

03/01/2020
Pre: Hot shower/splash of cool water/Stirling unscented pre-shave oil
Razor: RazoRock Hawk
Blade: Feather Pro (4)
Bowl: Fine Lather Bowl
Brush: RazoRock Big Bruce
Soap/Cream: LEA Classic (25)
AS 1: 365 Everyday Rose Petal Face Toner + Lucky TIger AS & Face Tonic
AS 2: Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 ASB & Lucky Tiger Disappearing Cream
AS 3: LEA Classic (25)
Fragrance: none


Overview
March is off to a good start.

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Shave Quality
Except for a scrape on my neck, it was an excellent shave. The lather was stellar. The blade was sharp. I am BBS. Great stuff.

Gear
The Hawk is a little too light for my tastes. It is a great razor, but it is easy to press too hard with it.

Other Thoughts
Re-watching Altered Carbon season 1 today before we watch season 2. I am looking forward to the new season.


Thank you for reading and commenting on my journal. I hope you have a great day and stellar shaves, Cadre.
 
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