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Ramblings of a MilkCrate
- Thread starter MilkCrate
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Wow! Great couple of shaves with the Barber's Blade. Sounds like it went MUCH better than what I did last week!
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Woohoo, another late morning shave!
Pre Shave-
Warm water splash to shave.
Shave-
Personna Shavette (3)
Vulfix badger
Proraso Wood & Spice soap (sample)
Post Shave-
Warm water splash
Proraso Wood & Spice ASB (sample)
Ok, shave #3 on the shavette. Kept it in the Proraso family and used the last bit of Wood & Spice that I had.
So here we go! Loaded up the Proraso and kept throwing water at it. It dialed in pretty quick and had a good consistency. It took awhile again, but I managed the first pass WTG on my face and neck. I skipped the XTG and went ATG on my face and neck. This is where I found my first gotcha. I felt it and stopped; gave it a minute to wait for blood. None came so I carried on. Wrapped up that pass and wanted to try WTG again. Lathered up again and that’s when that gotcha stung like a paper cut. Got through that pass just a bit quicker. I guess I’m using a light enough touch, but my angle and technique needs lots of work.
Wrapped up the shave with a splash of water and a quick towel dry. A splash of Proraso Wood & Spice ASB and everything was right as rain. The shave settled down quickly for an nice post shave feel, except for the stubble.
Today was a better day as far as hair reduction goes. I had less stubble when everything was said and done. Life is good!
Pre Shave-
Warm water splash to shave.
Shave-
Personna Shavette (3)
Vulfix badger
Proraso Wood & Spice soap (sample)
Post Shave-
Warm water splash
Proraso Wood & Spice ASB (sample)
Ok, shave #3 on the shavette. Kept it in the Proraso family and used the last bit of Wood & Spice that I had.
So here we go! Loaded up the Proraso and kept throwing water at it. It dialed in pretty quick and had a good consistency. It took awhile again, but I managed the first pass WTG on my face and neck. I skipped the XTG and went ATG on my face and neck. This is where I found my first gotcha. I felt it and stopped; gave it a minute to wait for blood. None came so I carried on. Wrapped up that pass and wanted to try WTG again. Lathered up again and that’s when that gotcha stung like a paper cut. Got through that pass just a bit quicker. I guess I’m using a light enough touch, but my angle and technique needs lots of work.
Wrapped up the shave with a splash of water and a quick towel dry. A splash of Proraso Wood & Spice ASB and everything was right as rain. The shave settled down quickly for an nice post shave feel, except for the stubble.
Today was a better day as far as hair reduction goes. I had less stubble when everything was said and done. Life is good!
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Thanks! My confidence is building, now I just need to get my technique down.
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
You and me both brother...umm...well minus the confidence part with me!
I have no doubt you’ll get it down in short order. Your technique looks cleaner than mine. That razor needs more photo ops too.
I went ahead and bought one of those $4 Gold Dollar razors on the bay. Now I need to get lapping film and I can practice honing. After I get the shavette down, the straight should be easier.
I think you need to do some grinding on those before you can hone them. If I remember right, you need to remove part of the shoulder for it to lay correctly in order to hone.
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
I need to put that pass back in. I know I could use it.
I never shave XTG my passes are WTG - modified ATG - ATG
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
You know I went with a late morning shave again.
Pre Shave-
Warm water splash to shave.
Shave-
Personna Shavette (4)
Vulfix badger
Tet-A-Tet cream
Post Shave-
Warm water splash
Avon Oland AS
Shave #4 and I may have rounded a corner. Threw some of this new to me cream in my bowl and got after it. This is my first use of this cream, that I received from a PIF. Ran the brush a bit wet, which is my new normal. This cream just exploded and built a great lather really quick. I should have snapped a pic of this lather.
Feeling more comfortable with this razor, I sped up the first pass WTG on my face and neck. Found my first gotcha on the left side of my neck. This was another paper cut with no blood. I brought my XTG pass back in (thanks Dave) and on the right side of my neck, I found my next gotcha. This one drew blood, but didn’t seem deep, so I kept shaving. I then went ATG on my face and neck. I find I do better right handed on the left side of my neck, so I may just stick to right handed all the time. By the third pass and rinse, that weeper had stopped bleeding.
Wrapped up the shave with a splash of water and a quick towel dry. A splash of Avon Oland and everything was right as rain. Well, except for the sting from that weeper. The shave settled down quickly for a very nice post shave feel.
Today was a great shave! I need to improve on the jawline and around the adam’s apple. But today I managed a DFS for the win! I hope I can do this again tomorrow. Life is good!
Sounds like impovement to me! Nice to see Avon grttget some love!
Sounds like you’re getting used to the shavette. I love my Wecks which are very similar. The blades definitely calm down after a few shaves, so you’re getting right to the good stuff!
Glad you’re liking the cream. I loved it too, I was just never reaching for creams and stopped using it.
Glad you’re liking the cream. I loved it too, I was just never reaching for creams and stopped using it.
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Thanks Don! The misses likes the Oland.
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Yeah, the blade does feel a bit tamer. I am a soap and face lather guy, but that cream is great. Thanks again!
MilkCrate
"I am a Milk Crate with Dreams"
Thanks Doug, I was stoked with today’s shave!
The game plan is to keep and use the shavette. Get a GD #66 to play with and practice honing. Then get one vintage SR. I already have a plan to modify my shelf to hold the three.