Shave Count (DE: 471 SE: 9 SR: 674)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller Plain Vanilla
Scuttle: PAA Brush Warmer
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Torrey SR
Blade: none
Brush: Simpson Berkley
Soap: SV Stella Alpina
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: SV Stella Alpina
The Deets-
So ... yesterday the shave was simply a DFS-. I think that edge needs a bit of a touch up, so I'll bang it on the SB Ark and see what comes of it.
Today was another DFS shave, but I'll take it. I seem to remember that I got the same shave last time I used this razor, but left it in rotation to see if I just had an "off shave" ... nope. So back to the stones for this one as well. I have been using the brush warmer the last couple of days and that warm lather is nice. I think I could make an everyday thing of that.
For this shave, I kept my typical 30 second load time and it whipped up a nice lather. 10 laps on cotton and then 50 on leather and it was go time. I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. Smeared on a nice warm post shave lather while I cleaned the gear up. Wrapped everything up with a quick rinse and pat dry. A splash of the aftershave and everything was right as rain! I'm digging this SV set also. I will keep it for the work week, but I need to find a razor. That and hone a few.
Home Front-
So the meat cleaver that I had acquired with the folding handle, was sent back to the maker. He received it on Friday and seemed truly excited to have it back.
And then Eric had to show us his Max Sprecher razor ... oh man that thing is beautiful. Wife walked by and asked about it. I had been on Max's site and ballparked the cost and I thought she was going to choke on her soda. She said that was crazy money for a razor and wouldn't spend anything near that. I explained that they are completely hand made and customizable when ordered. I then showed her the site. She browsed the site, uh and ah-ing for about 20 minutes and then she said "I would spend that for a razor". Hook set ... but then I balked at the price. I'm an idiot. But I know that in the future, I could talk my way into one of his razors. Maybe one of these days.
