Thanks to all of you for your comments and checking out the video. First of all to
@BarberDave, I noticed that as well on the replay and this is a downfall of a live recording. I checked my backend of the video and maybe I am missing something. How do I republish, is that mean I download it and then reupload that file? I wasn't seeing anything but would be happy to give it a try.
@Dave in KY Thanks for joining in on my video, it was great to see someone familiar from the forums. I appreciate your interaction and live comments. Normally I don't get that really unless David is on.
@GearNoir Thanks for comments as well. In regards to high end, in the past, I had bought a wide range of products and found that sometimes more expensive gear is "nicer" but doesn't always equate to being "most suitable". I prefer to use what works best and sometimes for what I use, that means using something that may not be the cheapest available, but normally it isn't the most expensive either. You mentioned my lather, as yes, it was and is actually thick. But compared to the other SV soaps, this is quite a bit different. I wasn't having the best protection during these last two shaves and maybe I over hydrated it. Honestly, it was a challenging shave trying to give the best angle for everyone to see but I was moving all over the place so I could see too. Haha
Don't be surprised if my next shave and the lather look even thicker but I do always shoot for making it a tad runny.
@Spider Thanks for hopping on the video as well. Much appreciated to see someone I know from here at the Cadre.
@NurseDave I tend to prefer efficiency and so I will have to say you are probably right. I rarely get a nick free shave but actually lately, I get them more often but I expect to get nicks. I don't have perfect skin and my acne still acts up. The thing I've found is two passes is about what my skin can handle so the last few years I have tried to find the best balance of very efficient beard removal and limit the skin getting torn up on the following pass.
@Majorrich I enjoyed the Kai. I doubt it will be my number one blade in the Carbon but we will see how close the other blades work. Red Pack Personna are another blade I am guessing will perform like a Kai, maybe not on the same sharpness level though. Here is the brush I was mentioning, it only got used in a shave by me 2 or 3 times. I was always afraid of messing up and possibly dropping it. It would be a sin due to it's iconic status and rarity.