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Week of October 3 SOTD - Wednesday
Last Shave in Vegas :o
| Pre-Shave: Hot shower |
| Razor: 6/8" J.R. Torrey, Spike Point |
| Brush: 22mm Vulfix Super Badger |
| Superlather: CarrieM's "Bamboo Teak" Shave Creme + Mama Bear's Trade Winds Shave Soap |
| Moisturizer: Calvin Klein One |
| Result: Today is the last shave in Vegas...I went to see Max for 1 hour about the edge of this blade as it was inconsistent at both toe and heel (middle was OK)...so, Max showed me what was wrong, what to look for and how to go about getting it sharp. He took time out of his busy schedule, accommodated me and spent a good 1/2 hr working the "kink" out. Time spent with this man probably spared me ~2 months of beating my head against the wall trying to figure this stuff out. Thank you Max :bow. The shave was great...both toe and heel were 95% closer to the maximum limit of sharpness and smoothness than what I had...I will incorporate what I learned with Max and work on the rest of the 5%. Honing certainly is a lot of fun (and addictive). For the lather, I used CarrieM's "Bamboo Teak" creme mixed with Mama Bear's soap. Fabulous Superlather with this combo!! Great, satisfying shave...the difference with all mu other shaves is that this came with a priceless lesson from the maestro himself. |
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BTW: The show "Mystère" was absolutely fabulous...You can never go wrong with Cirque du Soleil. Also, I tried to convince the hotel to let me use of of their black jack tables to setup for today's SOTD shot, but after being transferred and passed around to 5-6 different managers for a decision, I gave up on the idea. It would have been a nice shot though. I am sure that if we were high rollers and dropped $50K in the casino, they would have accommodated us very easily. But, c'est la vie.
Have an awesome Wednesday gentlemen :).
