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Shave 10

Went back to black Dovo 5/8. Good shave, close to SAS WTG. Finished with Feather DE for a DFS.

Shaves 8 and 9

Shaved with new Dovo 5/8 from a different supplier. White scales. Was a little disappointed. Was billed as shave ready. Only way to check was to shave. Full face WTG, some nicks,...

Day 7

Shaved again with Dovo 5/8. Routine non-shower day preshave. Full face shave WTG. Cheeks XTG and neck modified XTG/ATG. Was a SAS; finished with Feather Popular DE. A few more nicks, styptic...

@eddy Gotcha.

Day 6
Soaked lather pot and brush (mistakenly grabbed Boar). Showered, used Neutrogena Face scrub, shampooed, used hair conditioner. Good lather, shaved WTG with SRD Dovo then...

Got two Dovos and a new strop in the mail this afternoon. Will set the microscope up tomorrow and see differences betweend SRD Dovo, Dovo from another source which was supposed to be shave ready, and...

@eddy Cleaned strop (lighter fluid) and applied CrO2.

@Wade Hope it doesn't take 6 months to get a SAS with a SR. It's not my first bite of the apple, I have a Dovo (honed by SRD) in shipping,...

Tks for info. Don't want to get into p!@#ing contest as I am not a metallurgist or chemist. Iirc, my experience with knife sharpening (I know not the same as razors) tells me that Flexcut gold is...

Day 2
Used Neutrogena shave cream as pre-shave because it doesn't lather up very well and I don't like throwing things away. One WTG pass with the SR on right cheek. Still pulled a bit but better...

Started SR journey this AM. Used:
Shampoo, finished with Razor Defense Face scrub, forgot conditioner
Shaving bowl with VDH soap and Neutrogena shave gel with Badger brush soaking in hot water...

Thanks for the welcome. Ordered a Dovo SR from Lynn to use and as a benchmark. When it arrives,will put it under the USB microscope and get some edge pics so I can compare mine. Hopefully will let me...

I am new to SRP; not new to wet shaving. Used my first in the 50s, first SR in late 60's. Served 30+ years active Navy. Because of attempts to control SRs, ended up in cartridge and electric razors....