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Shave Count (DE: 452 SE: 9 SR: 598)
Pre Shave-
Strop: Tony Miller pass around
Splash and go
Shave-
Razor: Henckels SR
Blade: none
Brush: Stirling Boar
Soap: Stirling One
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
AS: Stirling One
The Process-
Nice late morning shave today and I dig these shaves. Today I am breaking out a soap/AS set that is unobtainium. That’s a real shame because it’s a great scent. I went with a 20 second load time and a wet brush. This whipped up a really nice lather.
I went with 20 laps on linen and 40 on leather with this pass around strop. That’s right, I’m not stropless today ... huh. I used my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. I found I had my brush too wet and I really had my lather thinned out by the third pass. No worries, the soap didn’t break and it was slick as ever. The scent held through the entire shave and I am BBS for the win! Had a tiny bit left for a thin post shave lather as well.
I wrapped everything up with a quick rinse and pat dry. Followed that up with a splash of the AS and everything was right as rain! Man ... I dig this scent. I may try going back to my pre-Rona days and use a soap/AS for a work week of shaves, with weekends open to whatever. We’ll see how that goes. The pass around strop will be sent to the next participant on Monday. I’ll miss that strop, but glad I was able to try it. Life is good!