SOTD - November 2021

[Old Sarge]

Triceratops Thursday in November!

Cold Water Shave w/ Hot Water Lather
Pre: Aloe Vera Glycerin Soap Face Wash, Noxzema Cream as Pre Shave
Razor: Triceratops 3D Printed
Blade: Treet Carbon (3rd & FINAL Use)
Brush: Omega Pro 49 Boar
Lather: Tcheon Fung Sing - Red, Face Lathered
Post: Osma Alum Block, T.N. Dickinson’s Witch Hazel, Jeris Osage Rub, Nivea Sensitive Cooling Balm

Welcome to my Christmas themed shave in honor of our subdivision putting up Christmas lights prior to Veteran's Day...bah humbug! Next year I'm expecting Christmas lights for the Fourth of July!  Well, enough editorial, and now back to the shave. 

A successful two pass shave, if you consider success to mean no loss of blood and completing the second pass brushing my whiskers with a not so sharp piece of metal! After yesterday, I wasn't sure what to expect. The first pass went great! For some reason this Triceratops 3D printed razor and I see eye to eye. And, the Treet carbon blade was working well enough that I thought to myself that I might get a number of more shaves out of this blade. Was I ever wrong. It all went awry on the second pass and the blade gave up the fight. In a moment of stubborn madness, I was determined to finish the shave with this blade, which I did. It was irritating in more ways than one. To summarize my experience with the Treet carbon blade, I don't expect to get more than one or possibly two shaves out of it...at least considering my tough whiskers!

On a positive note, lathering the TFS-Red was a success and I had more than enough lather in the brush for a third pass. A couple of weeks back I picked up some #18 rubber O-rings from Lowes, they have an inside diameter of 15/16th of an inch. On my image you can see one on the handle where I store it in between shaving. Prior to lathering I roll it down to the base of the knot to try and improve the backbone. This was the first time I used in on this brush and there was a slight improvement. I may try a second one. I've used it on a couple of shaves with my Semogue SOC boar with more noticeable improvement.

Tomorrow, to celebrate completion of my Treet blade test, I'm going back to a new PTFE blade and my trusty Gem Jr. w/ baton handle!