-[22 June 2011]-

Pre: 5 mile run/Hot Shower
Shave: Merkur HD w/ Astra SP and Imperial 11/16
SS/SC:VDH + glycerin (I was originally going to do uber lather but forgot to add the SC!
Post:Proraso Splash / Molton Brown Lemon Shave Wax

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Result: Today was a mixed bag, for sure. Taking the advice of Birnando, I attempted to revive my (what I thought to be) dull razor into a shave ready masterpiece of three days beforehand. I stropped about 40-60 laps on fabric (an old pair of jeans) and on leather (my original strop). The events that followed were quite interesting. The blade itself seemed to shave better than the day before by a significant margin, but still not up to par with how it was shaving the first day I got the razor. However, I think this might be able to be attributed to not enough stropping on the fabric/leather to revive the edge, as I don't think significant damage was done.

However, that being said, my overall better experience today was damaged from my face showing clear irritation where the blade had been on my face. I think this can be explained by overcompensation (i.e I used a steeper blade angle than I probably should have because I thought the edge was dull). Hopefully tomorrow will be even better (and i'll actually have the uberlather this time!). All in all the day's shave wasn't bad. My stropping felt MUCH better! VDH with glycerin isn't that bad.... perhaps an uberlather would have been phenomenal. We'll see......