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Shave Count (DE: 395 SE: 9 SR: 479)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Black Diamond SR
Blade: none
Brush: Semogue Boar
Soap: WSP Gaelic Tweed
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: WSP Gaelic Tweed
Frag: none
The Shave-
Late morning shave today ... what ... what?! That’s right friends and neighbors, a late morning shave. This is a rare occasion, but when my Friday off is on a holiday I get to move it to the next business day. Today I grabbed the Gaelic Tweed and it was definitely the right call. The Semogue also got the nod. It’s a nice brush and should fit well in a pill bottle to be my travel brush (more on that in a minute). It did do a very nice job of whipping up the lather today. Man, I really dig this scent.
10 laps on cotton and 40 laps on leather and it was go time. I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. Outstanding shave and I am BBS for the win! Three effortlessly passes that were accompanied with a great scent. That was some goodness right there. Had more than enough lather for my post shave while I cleaned my shave gear.
Wrapped everything up with a quick rinse and pat dry. Followed that up with a glug of the AS and everything was right as rain! I may have a limited audience, but a glug was in order. That’s the ticket right there. Life is good!
Home Front-
Rained overnight so no car washing today, my shade spot is muddy. Maybe in the next few days. So I have my soap sets divided into keepers and use but don’t replace. (I do want to pick up samples of WSP Mahogany and Old Kentucky. They sound interesting.) Got rid of the soap/AS that I won’t use.
And I think it’s time to thin the brushes a bit. The Semogue will be a travel brush and several will be pulled out of the lineup. Those may be trades or PIFs or something ... who knows. Then I may move into the razors for a bit of a reduction. I am eyeing a couple of DEs that may have to go. We shall see.