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Hopefully these might be helpful someday and I'm not just boring everyone.
What I Liked: Based on a suggestion above I went with no preshave. Went fabulously. Im not a real fan of menthol and the preshave I have is Proraso green and it has menthol. So this shave was more enjoyable not having to use that. I dont mind it in aftershave, but dont care for it during the shave. Petrichor was simply stunning. How he got the smell of the ground after a rain into a soap is beyond me. But its amazing. It is not overpowering at all. Very subtle. A nice chance of pace from strong more perfumey scents. Will be a bit of a special occasion soap, maybe on rainy days or something. Excelsior base is an amazing soap base. Voskhod blade performed well for its second shave. Its on par with GSB which is my current fav. I dont think it will displace it as I have a 100 pack of GSB and only 5 of these. TDR fanchurian is far and away my favorite knot and his handles are fantastic. First shave with an OC razor, the GC 68. Was very pleasant. Now my interest is piqued in other OC razors.
What I Didn't Like: Really nothing. This was kind of one of those shaves that everything went right.
What I Learned: Everything in wet shaving is pretty good stuff. Its very incremental gains when you upgrade or change something. But that allows for a wide variety of preferences and styles. Which is nice. Its not a handle with a cartridge and whatever shaving cream that happens to come with it. So I learned that its fun to experiment and that everyone comes to a different conclusion. I was a bit frustrated at first when no one would give me a straight answer that X is the best choice. Well now I see why.
Thanks to those of you who have helped me a long the way. I hope I can do the same for the next generation.