Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Razor: 17/16 Wade & Butcher For Barbers Use
Strop: Cangooner Enterprises #3
Brush: Cangooner Enterprises #1
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Scuttle: Robert Baker 002 in Lava Slate
Shave: 3 passes, WTG/XTG/ATG
Astringent: Thayer's
A/S: Captain's Choice Bay Rum
Today was a special day at Cangooner Enterprises: the first prototype from our Brushworks was successfully tested. The handle was hand carved from a piece of soapstone (although I used a press and forstner bit to bore out a hole for the knot), and the badger knot came from Lee Valley. It's a little small for my liking (20mm) but I was too impatient to wait for a larger knot to arrive in the mail. All of which naturally means I'll just have to make another for a larger knot. :)
So today's shave was particularly satisfying as I was able to lather with a brush I made, strop on a strop I made, and shave with a *great* razor whose scales I made. Now, if I could just somehow set up a forge in my apartment without burning the place down and/or being evicted, I could take care of that last piece of the equation. One day... one day...
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