Damn Comfortable Shave

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Perfume applied between Rolfing and work.

Happy shaves,

Jim

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Tuesday continued a trend.

I've so far failed to capture very well the top of the titanium R41 with its outline etching of the skyline of London's landmarks.

This was the 25th shave with the flipped Polsilver SI blade.

In my opinion the stainless steel R41 is a bit smoother than the titanium R41, but both deliver close and smooth and adventure free shaves. Not a drop of blood. Not a hint of irritation.

Nice shave.

Happy shaves to you,

Jim

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Wednesday. Good one.

Shave #26 on this flipped blade.

Hard to beat the 1.35.

(The Sailor does however beat it.)

Happy shaves,

Jim

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Thursday. Very good shave.

Shave #27 on this flipped Polsilver blade seemed like shave #2.

My settings on the Sailor today were <1 (about 7/8), 5, and the Zero Dot.

The entire kit was the bee's knees.

It's hard to find anything to complain about. Actually, impossible.

[In terms of today's shave I mean. Still, life is good.]

Happy shaves,

Jim

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Friday's shave was pretty good.

Flipped Polsilver SI on shave #28.

Timeless Slim in titanium.

The Slim was enjoyable today and worked well. I was pressed for time though.

Happy shaves,

Jim

 

[Virtus3]

How does the Slim compare to the Wolfman?

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

How does the Slim compare to the Wolfman?

Not sure I can answer that. I've not used the Timeless Slim enough and especially not enough recently.

Happy shaves,

Jim

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Saturday. Another good one.

Shave #29 on the flipped Polsilver SI. I'm considering whether to discard it. Not so smooth today, but could that be the Rex Konsul razor and not the blade?

Settings on the adjustable were 1.5, 6.5 (fully open), and 0.5 (fully closed). It's a good razor, but it lacks the low end gloriously smooth with hardly any, if any, blade feel of my big three adjustables.

Happy shaves,

Jim

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Sunday I used a shortened titanium RazoRock HALO handle. You'll recall the handle is sold in the 100 mm length. Two of mine were shortened by my friend, Doug @Rosseforp, to suit me.

The lengths are 78 mm and 82 mm.

This is the 78 mm handle on the Timeless Slim head.

Here's today's shaving kit with the handle in the Timeless titanium inkwell. It's a pretty good fit, too. The diameter of the handle is 13 mm according to the vendor.

It was shave #30 on the flipped Polsilver SI blade.

Today's brush, the Omega Premium Boar with the jade handle and medallion has got to be one of my smartest brush purchases. What a great brush!

Mega credit to these products and my preshave routine.

Once again I enjoyed using the Slim. Once again it worked very well.

Prior to going to the pool, I'm taking my wife and one of our friends for a late lunch at a new place in town called the Rockin' Crab. We've been once before. My wife simply loved the crab she ordered. It's worth trying again.

Happy shaves,

Jim

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Monday. This kit would be very hard to beat.

Shave #31 on the flipped Polsilver SI blade.

Settings were <1 (~7/8), and 5, and the Zero Dot (fully closed).

Happy shaves,

Jim

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Tuesday. Good shave for sure. Bee's knees gear!

Shave #32 on the flipped Polsilver SI blade. Going strong!

Sailor settings were <1 (~7/8), 5, and the Zero Dot (fully closed). These settings work great for me.

I see pretty much zero reason to get away from the final work, ATG on my upper lip in particular, on the Zero Dot. The other settings could be changed, but I think the yield in fooling around with them to achieve better results would be low. I might mess with 'em occasionally. The Sailor is smooth on a great many settings, but only on the Zero Dot is it pretty much without blade feel ATG on my upper lip.

The SV brush is spectacular in all respects.

Why use any other soap?

I've been doing much better at remembering to apply the nightly shea butter preshave. It helps I think.

All is well in my shave den and on my face and neck.

Happy shaves,

Jim

 

[Rosseforp]

I've been doing much better at remembering to apply the nightly shea butter preshave. It helps I think.

For the win!

~doug~

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

For the win!

~doug~

Thanks.

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Wednesday. Interesting razor. Yes, this is an iKon Tech, generally regarded as perhaps the most aggressive of razors. (Neglecting razor mistakes which made it to market.)

Shave #32 on the flipped blade.

I was pretty darn careful. No blood. It's kinda sorta okay other than ATG above my nose.

Smooth? You're kidding, right?

Happy shaves,

Jim

 

[Cal]

It's kinda sorta okay other than ATG above my nose.

Love it!

Does Big Nurse give you extra "medicine" when she sees you shaving, standing on your head?

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Love it!

Does Big Nurse give you extra "medicine" when she sees you shaving, standing on your head?

How did you know?

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

It's come to my attention that many of our members don't shave their eyebrows.

Happy shaves,

Jim

 

[FarmerTan]

It's come to my attention that many of our members don't shave their eyebrows.

Happy shaves,

Jim

I shave between mine... Does that count?

In second grade the teacher used me as a visual aid for how "Cromagnon Man" looked.

True story doggone!

 

[thombrogan]

You, know, Dave…. Only wicked old people from the Magnon Valley of France are Cro Magnon. The rest of us are sparkling cavemen.

 

[thombrogan]

It's come to my attention that many of our members don't shave their eyebrows.

I’ll other people’s faces before I’d that. Bros before brows!