Shave Count (DE: 406 SE: 9 SR: 490)
Pre Shave-
Strop: none
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Gillette Tech
Blade: Wizamet
Brush: DSCosmetic Badger
Soap: SV Opuntia
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Avon Tai Winds
Frag: none
The Shave-
TGITHMY! That’s right friends and neighbors it is that time again. To celebrate, I got up at my normal time and had an early morning shave. Yay Me! Another change up on the kit because I wanted to try the SV Opuntia soap I had recently picked up. I cannot even begin to describe the scent on this, but it smells nice. To my nose, there seems to be a bit of a bitterness just under the surface, (kinda like a bitter citrus) but it’s not bad. So let’s give it a spin. The overall performance and scent when lathered is just ... meh. JK! The scent lost that bitterness when lather and it really did whip up a nice lather. I really can’t describe the lathered scent, but once again it is nice. I had tons of lather to work with also. When I want to go big or bit and messy, the DSC Badger gets the nod.
I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. Had a very nice lather going on and the the Tech made quick work of the stubble. I don’t know why I got rid of previous Techs ... I was foolish I guess. Anyway, it was a great shave, nice, smooth and relaxing. Did I mention that I am BBS for the win? Oh Yeah! The soap had very nice slickness and residual slickness too ... no complaints there. As I mentioned I had enough lather for a post shave while I cleaned my shave gear. Wrapped everything up with a quick rinse and pat dry. Followed that up with a splash of the AS and everything was right as rain! The Tai Winds really doesn’t complement the SV at all ... nope not at all. It just covers it right up. I should have the matching AS on it’s way soon, so no worries. Life is good!