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Nurse Dave's Journal

MilkCrate said:
Great shave! So RAD killa?
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Very likely. I don't think I had a lot of RAD in the first place. More of just try one TTO, one 3-piece, one slant, etc. But then liking the RX so much I wanted to find something nice and heavy like that to use for a DE. So now I have (or will have) three of those. I think I'll be good and just continue on with my SAD. And my now evolving BAD thanks to Eric.
 
2018 shave #255 (DE:88 SE:83 Str:81 Cart:3)
Rockwell 6S, plate #5 w/ Feather (3)
Soap Club Warrior of Howling Fjord
Custom synth
Alum
Witch Hazel
Tommy Bahama St Kitts

Took the 6S up a notch with plate 5. Again, more details in the video. But again, this shave rocked. Totally awesome BBS that I will say rilvals the RX. There was some blade feel, but no irritation and the smoothness was still there. Months ago I had pretty much decided that I would mostly shave with SEs or straights. This changes everything, but I hope to keep the variety I have. Just more reasons to use a DE now.

Drove over the Golden Gate to a little town just north of there for an art show. Small, but juried show with many very good artists. Spent too much on a couple of pieces. One for us and one for my mom for Christmas, then stopped in at their fancy grocery store for a bottle of wine and cheese for tonight. Then some scent sampling and lunch at a mall before coming back home for yard work. Nice day without kids. Now binging the new Jack Ryan series.
 
I did some research...supposedly WoHF is not a clone, but it’s inspired by Creed Silver Mountain Water.
 
NurseDave said:
Very likely. I don't think I had a lot of RAD in the first place. More of just try one TTO, one 3-piece, one slant, etc. But then liking the RX so much I wanted to find something nice and heavy like that to use for a DE. So now I have (or will have) three of those. I think I'll be good and just continue on with my SAD. And my now evolving BAD thanks to Eric.
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You need, and I do mean NEED a Bespoke Damascus Shavette!
 
NurseDave said:
2018 shave #255 (DE:88 SE:83 Str:81 Cart:3)
Rockwell 6S, plate #5 w/ Feather (3)
Soap Club Warrior of Howling Fjord
Custom synth
Alum
Witch Hazel
Tommy Bahama St Kitts

Took the 6S up a notch with plate 5. Again, more details in the video. But again, this shave rocked. Totally awesome BBS that I will say rilvals the RX. There was some blade feel, but no irritation and the smoothness was still there. Months ago I had pretty much decided that I would mostly shave with SEs or straights. This changes everything, but I hope to keep the variety I have. Just more reasons to use a DE now.

Drove over the Golden Gate to a little town just north of there for an art show. Small, but juried show with many very good artists. Spent too much on a couple of pieces. One for us and one for my mom for Christmas, then stopped in at their fancy grocery store for a bottle of wine and cheese for tonight. Then some scent sampling and lunch at a mall before coming back home for yard work. Nice day without kids. Now binging the new Jack Ryan series.
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Great shave and afternoon!
 
Yesterday's shave:

2018 shave #256 (DE:89 SE:83 Str:81 Cart:3)
Rockwell 6S, plate #6 w/ Feather (1)
Soap Club The Novelist
RazoRock synth
Alum
Witch Hazel
V's Barbershop Tonic

I'm getting lazy with putting in a journal entry when I do a video. Yesterday I tried out plate numero 6 for the 6S. I think I could handle this plate, but probably not every day. And I would need to think about the pressure, where as plates 4&5 were pretty much autopilot to get a great result. I did have a little soreness on the neck with this one and there's the beauty of this. I can just flip the plate over and tone it down. Or drop down to three because I need to give my neck a break. Good stuff. The Novelist is not what I think of when I think of a writer. To me, this was an Aventus clone. Which is fine, but then don't call it the novelist. Make a soap with leather book covers, maybe candle wax and printing ink and call it the novelist.
 
It sounds like the Rockwell is working for you Dave. I am attracted to the flexibility of that system.
 
2018 shave #257 (DE:90 SE:83 Str:81 Cart:3)
Timeless w/ Feather (2)
Stirling Piacenza
Sorrentino Oregon State
Alum
Witch Hazel
Missoni

I thought I'd go to my new gold standard for a mild shave. But I didn't know how many shaves the ole Wilkinson Sword had on it that was in there. So, I moved the Feather over and did not get the mild shave I was planning on. I had some neck irritation and some alum sting. I'm curious if the Feather was that much more aggressive in this one than the Sword, or I had more leftover rawness on my neck than I thought I did. I think it's the blade though. This will be interesting if it ends up being the only razor I don't use a Feather in.
 
2018 shave #258 (DE:91 SE:83 Str:81 Cart:3)
Timeless w/ Wilkinson Sword (1)
TOBS Eaton College
Omega boar
Alum
Witch Hazel
Nivea 2 in 1
TOBS Eaton College EdC

Long ago I acquired a boar brush which wasn't my favorite. I quickly gave it to the girls because I heard women like a boar brush for their legs. Well, as soon as one of them asked to borrow one of my synth brushes, the boar was never used again. This morning, I figured I would revisit it and rescued said brush from the back corner of their counter. It wasn't at scratchy as I remember. Not really scratchy at all, but no backbone to speak of. It worked fine. I got a good lather and it splayed easily to spread it around. Just no skin massaging to be had.

Back to the Sword for the Timeless and I think I'll just make that the exclusive blade for that one. Nice mild shave with easy BBS. No reason to mess around with that.
 
NurseDave said:
....Back to the Sword for the Timeless and I think I'll just make that the exclusive blade for that one. Nice mild shave with easy BBS. No reason to mess around with that.
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It's interesting how certain razors "like" certain blades.
 
MilkCrate said:
The synth I had the wife claimed it before I could even try it.
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Synths are inexpensive and a really good value. You should buy her a Stirling one for Christmas. 10$ you can have a brush to give her that looks and feels like a 100$ brush and she may never know!
 
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