GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
Shave #77:
Well, except for a few more samples sent by Dave, my new soap adventures are soon coming to a close!
Today is a specialty day though, and I have to look sharp, so I went back to a soap I’ve already used. It’s still “new” to me, I’ve only used it once, but it was an easy choice on performance, scent, and post shave feel.
Today I chose Grooming Department: Absinthe & Leather. Keeping with the Aventus theme that’s popped up today, I used a hearty dash of CC Venture to finish the shave off.
I did a 2 pass today, with a lot of careful cleanup. The Feather was wonderfully smooth for the XTG. I’m still experimenting with towel stropping and very careful palm stropping (just a handful of passes each). I’m not really sure what the palm stropping is supposed to look like with the Feather’s particular angle. I’m trying not to ruin the edge at the same time lol.
The prewar Fat Handled Tech took the ATG and clean up. Smooth as ever. It helped me push the shave quite a bit, but I did pay for it a little anyway with some raw/tender spots. Enough that I had to bring out the alum.
Lather soak, cold rinse, alum, cold rinse, CC Venture and a little moisturizer, and I’m golden. 100% BBS. I hope it’s a lasting one for my meeting this evening.
So why is today a special day? I guess special may not be the right word, perhaps just an important one. I’ve been “under care” of my presbytery for about 2 and 1/2 years. This means, basically, that I’m going through the approved ordination process for the Presbyterian Church. The chairs for the Candidate Committee (and other committees for that matter) change every few years to keep things fresh. Last year this was the case (a new Chair for the Candidate Committee) and they’ve implemented a new action where the committee personally checks in with each candidate, face to face, annually. Previously it was just a written communication.
Well, there will be a Presbytery meeting this weekend nearby (Tahoe), so my turn came up to be seen. Thusly, my afternoon and evening will be spent driving a couple of hours to the meeting, having said meeting, then making the trip back. I even got the day off of work to accommodate. Luckily, the missus decided to make a day trip out of it, so we’ll all go up and make a day of it after the kids get out of school. Hopefully it will be a pleasant trip, lol.
Well, except for a few more samples sent by Dave, my new soap adventures are soon coming to a close!
Today is a specialty day though, and I have to look sharp, so I went back to a soap I’ve already used. It’s still “new” to me, I’ve only used it once, but it was an easy choice on performance, scent, and post shave feel.
Today I chose Grooming Department: Absinthe & Leather. Keeping with the Aventus theme that’s popped up today, I used a hearty dash of CC Venture to finish the shave off.
I did a 2 pass today, with a lot of careful cleanup. The Feather was wonderfully smooth for the XTG. I’m still experimenting with towel stropping and very careful palm stropping (just a handful of passes each). I’m not really sure what the palm stropping is supposed to look like with the Feather’s particular angle. I’m trying not to ruin the edge at the same time lol.
The prewar Fat Handled Tech took the ATG and clean up. Smooth as ever. It helped me push the shave quite a bit, but I did pay for it a little anyway with some raw/tender spots. Enough that I had to bring out the alum.
Lather soak, cold rinse, alum, cold rinse, CC Venture and a little moisturizer, and I’m golden. 100% BBS. I hope it’s a lasting one for my meeting this evening.
So why is today a special day? I guess special may not be the right word, perhaps just an important one. I’ve been “under care” of my presbytery for about 2 and 1/2 years. This means, basically, that I’m going through the approved ordination process for the Presbyterian Church. The chairs for the Candidate Committee (and other committees for that matter) change every few years to keep things fresh. Last year this was the case (a new Chair for the Candidate Committee) and they’ve implemented a new action where the committee personally checks in with each candidate, face to face, annually. Previously it was just a written communication.
Well, there will be a Presbytery meeting this weekend nearby (Tahoe), so my turn came up to be seen. Thusly, my afternoon and evening will be spent driving a couple of hours to the meeting, having said meeting, then making the trip back. I even got the day off of work to accommodate. Luckily, the missus decided to make a day trip out of it, so we’ll all go up and make a day of it after the kids get out of school. Hopefully it will be a pleasant trip, lol.
