Injector - Eversharp (6)
Stirling Synthetic 24mm
Wilkinson Sword Soap
LT VC / Pinaud Lilac Vegetal (THE VEG!)
Well, today had 2 new to me items, the Wilkinson Sword soap and THE VEG! Since the soap got used first, I will review it first. I received this via a PIF and I have had some reservations about using it based on the varied reviews. I got this open and gave it a big sniff. It smelled very familiar, and very soapy. It took me a while, but I think I know what it smells like, Irish Spring bath soap. It is definitely one of the major soap producers, but I am about 90% sure that is the right one. It has just been so long since I smelled it. Not a scent that I mind at all. Since this is my first time I used it, I bloomed it in some warm water for a few minutes, dumped the excess water into my bowl, then proceeded to load for 40 seconds. With a well shaken brush, I built the lather. I only had to add a few more drops and got a great lather. As I was brushing it on, I felt like it had a good amount of cushion. Then I went to work with the 'JECTAH. It had enough slickness for a good shave too. I didn't try any water only touchups, so I cannot comment on the extent of the residual slickness, but while doing the cold water rinse, it did feel a little slick. This shave was done with the one that is the most forgiving of my current razors in use, but I have no qualms about moving up to the GEM with this soap. It may even be good enough for the straight. We shall see. After 3 passes, I am BBS+ and very happy.
Now onto THE VEG! Sorry, I cannot seem to be able to write it without caps and an exclamation point. The lore surrounding this mysterious green liquid alone seems to be fitting of that formatting. I let my son smell this last night, and he thought that it was a great scent and that it matched the soap well. And since today is his birthday, I decided to go with it. Reacting to my skin it definitely smells differently than it did in the bottle. I can sense some of the notes that may lead some people to believe that it smells like cat urine. But there are many other notes in there as well, and the urine ones are WAY in the back. I am thinking that if I decant this into the glass like Spider recommends, it will get rid of all of those off putting notes. That being said, no one has gone running away from me today at work, as a matter of fact a couple people have been a little more invasive of personal space today. So, I can say that you can count me among the Chosen.
A quick question for those of you with injectors. What do you do to get all the water out of them when you go to store them? I noticed that the blade has a slight amount of rust forming where it contacts the frame of the razor (no where near the edge). With there so much more life left in the blade, the thrifty (cheap) part of me does not want to throw away a blade prematurely, but I do not want to be shaving with a rusty blade either. All my other razors, I just take them apart and dry them. This one I can't do that with.
A la Mancha, today is the little dude's 6th birthday. The LOTH is planning everything. The only things that I know we are doing is the cake that she made (a jello cake) and what we bought him. Other than that, I will be as surprised as anyone else. It should be interesting how everything goes down though. Arabella has softball practice tonight, which usually goes to about 7:00, so most Tuesdays are usually shot. And she can't skip this one, she has her first game on Saturday and she has to pick up her uniform tonight.
Thanks for reading my long rambling today.
