Washed face with Cetaphil, left the cetaphil on
Hot shower
Art of Shaving Lavender pre shave oil
Art of Shaving Lavender soap
Dovo SS silvertip brush
Dovo Bergischer Lowe 5/8 worked back
15 laps on the 0.5 side of Tony's 1/0.5 pre-pasted paddle
50 laps on Tony's Heirloom hanging wide strop
Issey Miyake Pour Homme alcohol free after shave emulsion
http://www.beautysteals.com/c/bp/iss...-emulsion.html

2 passes, with and against, but stropped in between passes, as that seems to work really well for me on my against-the-grain pass lately.

Not one single nick today! That's why I was moved to make my first SOTD post!

Regarding the Issey Miyake:
My wife loves this, even though it's not pedigreed shaving stuff, I use it for her. Also, I'm beginning to find that the AoS Lavender after shave balm I've been using stings a tad because of the Vitamin C. My skin is very sensitive, but the IM is very soothing to me. Anyone have opinions on whether this designer stuff is bad for my face?

Regarding lather:
Got my stiffest lather ever today from this soap by letting the brush stay full while circling on the soap and whipping it up on my face for 2 full minutes. I was using these instructions to see how they measured up: http://www.classicshaving.com/articl...0351/18187.htm