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I wanted a drama free, experiment free* shave today. I got my 5k meter row in. Had my shower.
I did try two new products today. I got the Sterling unscented soap with Beeswax... along with their $5 bar of pre-shave soap. I guess I did experiment with something after all. The two products seem to go well together, though with one shave, I'll reserve judgment until I've used them a few times. First impressions were favorable though.
For the gear end of things, I used one of my two Cocobolo SV 2.0 brushes. It lathered the Sterling effortlessly and gave its usual pleasant, light face scrub. Now that they are all (3) broken-in, I really need to use my Zenith M23 Manchurian with the 506 copper handle again to see how it matches up with brushes almost twice its price.
I went back to a sure thing for the shave itself: the Blutt BR-1 1.20. This razor is such a pleasure to use. Due to the conversations I've been having about my difficulties using the Overlander, I alternated the razor angles a bit to see if I could improve on what I thought was the sweet spot. It turns out, the Blutt is fairly flexible in that regard, at least, for me. *(So much for my experiment free shave....that was the initial plan, but I deviated from it anyway)*. I used a Wizamet Super Iridium blade (2). It seemed to work well all the way through the shave so I'll start with it again next time I use the Blutt. I find the Blutt easy to use around my nose... with, across and against the grain..... all smooth for me. So far, for my face, the Blutt and X1 remain tied. AC SE vs DE blades... you'd think I'd see a difference but both are equally smooth, equally efficient and equally fun to use. I think the Elite might just join them as my three interchangeable razors but I need more time with it to know for sure.
I've started calling the Blutt BR-1 my "Blutt Edge".... just for fun.
The only negative today.... while I was cleaning up and putting things away... I didn't have another dizzy spell, thankfully, but my back started hurting like the Dickens..... I got to the foam roll under my own power and stretched out... did some light weight training exercises and felt much more relaxed. The PT I'm getting on my shoulder seems to showing signs of slow improvement, so that's good.
I did try two new products today. I got the Sterling unscented soap with Beeswax... along with their $5 bar of pre-shave soap. I guess I did experiment with something after all. The two products seem to go well together, though with one shave, I'll reserve judgment until I've used them a few times. First impressions were favorable though.
For the gear end of things, I used one of my two Cocobolo SV 2.0 brushes. It lathered the Sterling effortlessly and gave its usual pleasant, light face scrub. Now that they are all (3) broken-in, I really need to use my Zenith M23 Manchurian with the 506 copper handle again to see how it matches up with brushes almost twice its price.
I went back to a sure thing for the shave itself: the Blutt BR-1 1.20. This razor is such a pleasure to use. Due to the conversations I've been having about my difficulties using the Overlander, I alternated the razor angles a bit to see if I could improve on what I thought was the sweet spot. It turns out, the Blutt is fairly flexible in that regard, at least, for me. *(So much for my experiment free shave....that was the initial plan, but I deviated from it anyway)*. I used a Wizamet Super Iridium blade (2). It seemed to work well all the way through the shave so I'll start with it again next time I use the Blutt. I find the Blutt easy to use around my nose... with, across and against the grain..... all smooth for me. So far, for my face, the Blutt and X1 remain tied. AC SE vs DE blades... you'd think I'd see a difference but both are equally smooth, equally efficient and equally fun to use. I think the Elite might just join them as my three interchangeable razors but I need more time with it to know for sure.
I've started calling the Blutt BR-1 my "Blutt Edge".... just for fun.
The only negative today.... while I was cleaning up and putting things away... I didn't have another dizzy spell, thankfully, but my back started hurting like the Dickens..... I got to the foam roll under my own power and stretched out... did some light weight training exercises and felt much more relaxed. The PT I'm getting on my shoulder seems to showing signs of slow improvement, so that's good.