27 days ago I started this thing with a 5.00 boar brush and some powdered soap from the drug store.
Today...I got the BBS! Even compared it to a real baby butt.
The gear:
Passes and pattern: 4 official passes. WAXX style. Under cheek bones seem to respond to a stroke from ear down and “nose” up. I count a pass as a re-lather and majority shave. There was a touch up session as some areas act like a rosette or something. No notable irritation or serious bleeding...nicked a mole but I won’t count that. The razor is held at a slant ranging from 15-45deg in relation to the stroke in order to introduce the blade to the follicle gradually in a slicing action and spread the blade contact front to limit tugging.
Razor: British made Valet Auto Strop VB2 in Rhodium
Blade: Feather FAS-10 Carbon Steel on second shave with approximately 30 strop passes (I have some stainless, but I don’t think they are working better and don’t seem to strop back straight again.)
Soap: Long Rifle Rendevous
Bowl: YAQI hand thrown ceramic ribbed in rustic and blue
Brush: Q shave Badger
Preshave: 1/2 eye dropper personal oil blend rubbed in 3 minutes prior
Post shave: 1 TBSP personal aftershave splash “cool”. I’m working on a locally sourced “herbal citrus” version, but my citrus is out of season.
Conditions: Post shower, roughly 15-17c inside. Water temp roughly 47c cooled to room temp while in use. Brush, bowl, and razor set in 47c water during prep.
Comments: Wife graded this one at a 94.5, Mu highest yet. I think she’s being a little unreasonable around the goatee. Lower central neck is ever so slightly rough, but I deliberately went easy there...still recovering from my first slant experience.
Questions: Does anyone ever use their razor in a reverse pass to re-spread a little lather for a rework? Anyone use the lather from UNDER the comb on your finger for touch up passes rather than grabbing the brush? Is this taboo? Anyone ever get a small bleeder from BRUSHING after a good pass?
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Today...I got the BBS! Even compared it to a real baby butt.
The gear:
Passes and pattern: 4 official passes. WAXX style. Under cheek bones seem to respond to a stroke from ear down and “nose” up. I count a pass as a re-lather and majority shave. There was a touch up session as some areas act like a rosette or something. No notable irritation or serious bleeding...nicked a mole but I won’t count that. The razor is held at a slant ranging from 15-45deg in relation to the stroke in order to introduce the blade to the follicle gradually in a slicing action and spread the blade contact front to limit tugging.
Razor: British made Valet Auto Strop VB2 in Rhodium
Blade: Feather FAS-10 Carbon Steel on second shave with approximately 30 strop passes (I have some stainless, but I don’t think they are working better and don’t seem to strop back straight again.)
Soap: Long Rifle Rendevous
Bowl: YAQI hand thrown ceramic ribbed in rustic and blue
Brush: Q shave Badger
Preshave: 1/2 eye dropper personal oil blend rubbed in 3 minutes prior
Post shave: 1 TBSP personal aftershave splash “cool”. I’m working on a locally sourced “herbal citrus” version, but my citrus is out of season.
Conditions: Post shower, roughly 15-17c inside. Water temp roughly 47c cooled to room temp while in use. Brush, bowl, and razor set in 47c water during prep.
Comments: Wife graded this one at a 94.5, Mu highest yet. I think she’s being a little unreasonable around the goatee. Lower central neck is ever so slightly rough, but I deliberately went easy there...still recovering from my first slant experience.
Questions: Does anyone ever use their razor in a reverse pass to re-spread a little lather for a rework? Anyone use the lather from UNDER the comb on your finger for touch up passes rather than grabbing the brush? Is this taboo? Anyone ever get a small bleeder from BRUSHING after a good pass?
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