Pre: Proraso white pre-shave cream
Brush: TF Customs Woodrot
Soap: Squadron, Sweetheart
Razor: IKON SBS Head, SS Handle
Blade: Gillette Minora (6)
After: Stirling, Sharp Dressed Man (tiny sample bottle)
At 136 grams, this razor is like a sharp hammer. Fantastic shave.
The plate is reversible, and has open comb one side, and closed comb the other. 4 variations in the one unit.
I used the "4 dots down" orientation as recommended by @Bucephalus and others on the internets, and stayed only with the open comb for all 3 passes.
Very close shave, and still feeling so 12 hours later, but most importantly, no irritation afterwards. Not even a dry sore throat (skinside, not inside).
The used Minora may have played a part in that too, but whatever, I liked it.
Moving onto the other 3 possible configurations one by one to see what they feel like individually. Will keep the same blade for all test shaves to try and maintain some consistency.
A month ago I mentioned my Sweetheart soap was changing by way of one of the components crystalizing, for want of a better word. This experience was soon echoed by @bernie01 too with his tub of same soap.
With only a couple tablespoons left in the tub, I had nothing to lose by a little experiment to try to dissolve/reintegrate this product back to normal consistency.
I put the soap tub into a bowl of hot water (topping up the hot water regularly to maintain temp) and thoroughly stirring the now creamy (mashed potato like) soap thoroughly to melt back into solution these little soft white crystals that had formed. Well it worked. Thats all I did, and now it feels right again. For how long I don't know, but I think this tub will see more regular rotation (can't just focus on one soap though) to see it finished.
A little time invested and a good result with a consistent creamy and smooth soap again. Still smells nice too. Would have dumped it otherwise.
Brush: TF Customs Woodrot
Soap: Squadron, Sweetheart
Razor: IKON SBS Head, SS Handle
Blade: Gillette Minora (6)
After: Stirling, Sharp Dressed Man (tiny sample bottle)
At 136 grams, this razor is like a sharp hammer. Fantastic shave.
The plate is reversible, and has open comb one side, and closed comb the other. 4 variations in the one unit.
I used the "4 dots down" orientation as recommended by @Bucephalus and others on the internets, and stayed only with the open comb for all 3 passes.
Very close shave, and still feeling so 12 hours later, but most importantly, no irritation afterwards. Not even a dry sore throat (skinside, not inside).
The used Minora may have played a part in that too, but whatever, I liked it.
Moving onto the other 3 possible configurations one by one to see what they feel like individually. Will keep the same blade for all test shaves to try and maintain some consistency.
A month ago I mentioned my Sweetheart soap was changing by way of one of the components crystalizing, for want of a better word. This experience was soon echoed by @bernie01 too with his tub of same soap.
With only a couple tablespoons left in the tub, I had nothing to lose by a little experiment to try to dissolve/reintegrate this product back to normal consistency.
I put the soap tub into a bowl of hot water (topping up the hot water regularly to maintain temp) and thoroughly stirring the now creamy (mashed potato like) soap thoroughly to melt back into solution these little soft white crystals that had formed. Well it worked. Thats all I did, and now it feels right again. For how long I don't know, but I think this tub will see more regular rotation (can't just focus on one soap though) to see it finished.
A little time invested and a good result with a consistent creamy and smooth soap again. Still smells nice too. Would have dumped it otherwise.
