Shaving with a razor I honed myself.
Yesterday and today I shaved with razors I honed myself, which is another first on the road of straight shaving. Best, smoothest, most drag free shave yet. Getting there slowly. :)
Hot shower
Trumpers Lime Skin Food as pre-shave
Trumpers Lime Shave Cream
Moss Scuttle (large)
Kent BK4
Wapi, honed by me
Tony Miller Heirloom Latigo 3" Strop
30x linen, 50x Leather
WTG
XTG
NO styptic
WWR
Alum
CWR
Trumpers Lime Skin Food
Nivea Q10 face cream
Issy Miyake cologne.
1AM Sunday Night 5-minute shave
WARNING! This describes an experimental shave which may offend your sensibilities, but in the interest of science and time, I undertook this experiment.
shower
wife's Edge aloe shave gel
Fromm Brothers Eagle spike point
1x WTG
WWR -> no bleeding = go to bed
elapsed time for shave < 5 minutes
I'm definitely going to shave properly tonight, nowhere near BBS, but passable for work today.
Edge gel feels really, *really* dry while shaving with the straight... almost like shaving dry skin
If I shaved 1 pass WTG, I could shave everyday... I much prefer shaving every other day and doing it properly
I don't know who said it, but this shave reminds me of the quote "Smart people learn from their mistakes. Really smart people learn from other people's mistakes."