SOTD - November 2021

[Old Sarge]

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!

Kudos on the approach you take and focusing on improvement Bryan ! Not that it matters much but is it modern Williams or vintage ?

Thanks Dave, I appreciate the support! It is modern Williams. 

I'm thinking part of the face lathering learning curve is figuring out how much product to load, which can be different depending on the soap. When bowl lathering, too little product is not a problem because you usually can keep adding water and agitate to build enough lather or too much product just leads to having more lather than you need and it just goes down the drain. I'm finding that adjusting to those two scenarios to be more challenging on my face than in a bowl. Another consideration is the type of brush. With Williams I've got a little less margin for error than with my other soaps.

Bottom line is that all of this shaving stuff comes down to experience and technique and with each day I'm hoping to get more of the former and better with the latter!