Williams Mug Shave Soap Williams Wednesday shave.

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Wednesday November 17, 2021
Razor: Star Bar Lather Catcher
Blade: Gem
Brush: Trotter Handcraft Spalted
Soap: Vintage Williams
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: Williams Aqua Velva
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,106

Williams Wednesday!

Cold Water Shave w/ Hot Water Lather
Pre: Hot Shower
Razor: Ever-Ready 1914 (Steampunkified)
Blade: Treet Carbon (2nd Use)
Brush: Yaqi Green Obsidian Two Band Badger
Lather: Williams Mug Shave Soap, Face Lathered
Post: Osma Alum Block, T.N. Dickinson’s Witch Hazel, Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue, Nivea Sensitive Balm

A successful two pass shave; not the best, but also not a disaster. I still need a lot of work on face lathering Williams. Not sure if I did not load enough product, or what. Lather was dissipating quickly. I might need to just practice this on the side. I had finally got the hang of it when I was bowl lathering. Another thing to add to the list to work on.

Day 2 of the Treet carbon blade, but considering the poor lather I can't really use this shave to judge fairly. The positive take away is that I didn't hack up my face despite the challenges so my technique must be improving. On to Day 3! 

It's been a really long time since I lathered Williams and I was bowl lathering exclusively then. However the disapating lather sounds simular to the issue I was having with boar brushes. With help I figured out I was using way to much water which is pretty much the same as not enough soap. I've had huge improvement in face lathering with a boar brush recently starting by loading a fair amount of soap nearly dry then adding in water as I lather. I've also been face lathering almost exclusively lately. Hope this helps.
PS. Great picture. I love the look of that razor.