SOTD - December 2021

[GAW9576]

Festival of Feather Weights! (Day 4 of 7)
DE-less-cemBoar (™Wchnu)

Cold Water Shave w/ Hot Water Lather
Pre - Aloe Vera Glycerin Soap Face Wash, Noxzema Cream as Pre Shave
Razor - Gem Gen. I Feather Weight
Blade - Gem SS PTFE (7th Use)
Brush - Semogue SOC Boar in Taj Resin
Lather - Mike’s Natural Soap (Orange, Cedarwood and Black Pepper), Face Lathered
Post - Generic Reformed Alum Block, T.N. Dickinson’s Witch Hazel, Clubman Pinaud Lime Sec EDC, Nivea Sensitive Balm

Admin Note: I'm going to change the way I've been spelling Featherweight to Feather Weight. I did some looking around on the intertubes and believe it to be correct based on images of original shippers.

Today was a much better experience, with no explanation as to why or how. Before starting the first pass, I just said to myself that yesterday was a good shave with the Heavy Flat Top so just imagine that's what I'm using. As Fuzzy always says, Pressure and Angle. I continued to focus on those two elements and bang...a good shave with minimal irritation and couple of weepers, but whose counting. While is was a successful shave, it didn't feel smooth. When I finished I could feel not quite razor burn, but a sensation of a bit of harshness. The post shave routine took care of that for the most part.

While I only have four boar brushes, two of which are new, I'm enjoying Day 2 of DE-less-cemBoar (™Wchnu). I'm very careful not to load too much product, as I've had problems with this when face lathering before. All went very well for the first pass, but on the second pass I needed to go back to the tub for a few swirls as there just wasn't enough lather left even after squeezing it out. Overall, I'm glad I've switched to face lathering and look forward to more improvement!

BTW...Mike's Soaps rock and the Lime Sec is a good match for the Orange, Cedarwood and Black Pepper!

That scent sounds sublime.