OpusX
TSC’s Master of Warp Cores, Alchemy, Ale, & Cider
Not for today's shave at least.
The question is, did today's shave kill the soap? I guess you'll need to wait for tomorrows SOTD to find out.
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The 2nd Annual Williams Mug Soap 3017 Challenge!
- Thread starter Spider
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The question is, did today's shave kill the soap? I guess you'll need to wait for tomorrows SOTD to find out.
OpusX
TSC’s Master of Warp Cores, Alchemy, Ale, & Cider
Believe it or not we made it to 100 shaves on this puck, with soap to spare.
How did we get here? A few tricks;
1) Dont overload. If you squeeze out your brush and think "wow I could do 4 more passes", be lighter next time
2) Shave those squeezins. Yep you heard that, put that lather back in the bowl. It worked for Grandpa. Heck he probably just put the whole soapy brush down as is when done.
3) Use a DE you really know. I tend to use more lather when I SR shave, so a mild DE was easier to conserve lather.
I certainly had several shaves where I "wasted" lather, so more is easily possible, but 100 is a fine number for me. I will just get to finishing this off for now. Perhaps I can do better next year if @Spider keeps on theme with a longevity challenge.
---Soap left after todays brush load---
How did we get here? A few tricks;
1) Dont overload. If you squeeze out your brush and think "wow I could do 4 more passes", be lighter next time
2) Shave those squeezins. Yep you heard that, put that lather back in the bowl. It worked for Grandpa. Heck he probably just put the whole soapy brush down as is when done.
3) Use a DE you really know. I tend to use more lather when I SR shave, so a mild DE was easier to conserve lather.
I certainly had several shaves where I "wasted" lather, so more is easily possible, but 100 is a fine number for me. I will just get to finishing this off for now. Perhaps I can do better next year if @Spider keeps on theme with a longevity challenge.
---Soap left after todays brush load---
OpusX
TSC’s Master of Warp Cores, Alchemy, Ale, & Cider
Would you believe me if I said it just kind of happened...
We'll all be gunning for that count for the next Williams 3017. This has given me some ideas.
FIF....the people that don't use the same soap every day....for over 40 years.
This has to be done now???
OpusX
TSC’s Master of Warp Cores, Alchemy, Ale, & Cider
Yep number 105 was the final shave. It is done.
I've been doing this now since you mentioned it (but its not as easy in a shave mug...lots of pushing the lather down the sides)...and I hardly even have to load on the puck. Just run the brush around the sides a few times to load. I'm used to nearly 2 months of shaves out of a puck...it may be more than 4 months now (granted...I usually shave 4-5 times out of 7 days). That being said, 100+ shaves out of a puck may become the norm now for me. Seems like my 20 pucks may make it to the end of time after all.