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Straight Shave #18
Keen Kutter K11/Tech - Polisilver (7)
Stirling Boar
K Shave Worx Beechwood Forest
Fine Platinum
First of all, this is a great scent and probably one of the strongest soap scents that I have come across. That being said, it doesn't match anything in my AS stable. So, I just threw on another great scent. However, the performance for me was not as good as the scent. I may also need to dial it in a bit too. But that is also good news. It means that I shouldn't be afraid of using other soaps besides my top 2 and still get a good straight shave. I can add variety back into my shaves.
The shave was very good. I feel very confident with the blade in my right hand, but I am still a little apprehensive with my left. I think I may have figured out why it feels better in my right than my left today though. When I am holding the razor with my right, the top of the tang is in the crook of my knuckle, on my left, it is off by about a 1/4", that is allowing it to not be quite as secure. That may also make it easier to use my Torrey too. I am going to have to work on locating that just right to see if it makes a difference. It also doesn't feel quite right on my second pass when I get close to my mouth on my cheek. That spot I have to believe is just going to take practice. I nicked the bottom of my nose with the very tip of the razor again, but other than that, no blood sighted. I haven't used the DE on my face for 4 days now. And while not quite as smooth, I am doing one less pass. Once I am able to be comfortable with the full 3 passes, I have no doubt that I will be even smoother than I am with the DE. All in due time though.
A la Mancha, this weekend was a busy one. Saturday, we got up and took the kids roller skating. This is the first time I had used the old style 2x2 skates since elementary school and I have to say, they behave completely different than ice skates or inline skates. It took me a few minutes before I was able to move well on them. By the end though, my daughter was calling me a show off. The kids had a great time though. It was my son's first time on roller skates and he doesn't do anything slow, so he was trying to go fast and kept having is feet fly out from under him. However, when he wasn't falling, he was actually skating faster than my wife. My son is the dangerous combination of being very athletic, but not having good balance. I can't tell you how many times he has been going full speed and clipped one of the corners in the house which caused him to go down. One time he was going so fast, after he hit the wall, it flipped him and he almost landed on his head. I swear, he landed 5 feet from where he hit. On Sunday, the sun finally came out after about a week of cloudy, rainy weather, so we took advantage of it and went for a walk. My son wanted to watch the Olympics, so we told him he could when we got home. Unfortunately, we got home in the last 10 minutes of the day's coverage. So, there is always today for him since he is off for school.
Keen Kutter K11/Tech - Polisilver (7)
Stirling Boar
K Shave Worx Beechwood Forest
Fine Platinum
First of all, this is a great scent and probably one of the strongest soap scents that I have come across. That being said, it doesn't match anything in my AS stable. So, I just threw on another great scent. However, the performance for me was not as good as the scent. I may also need to dial it in a bit too. But that is also good news. It means that I shouldn't be afraid of using other soaps besides my top 2 and still get a good straight shave. I can add variety back into my shaves.
The shave was very good. I feel very confident with the blade in my right hand, but I am still a little apprehensive with my left. I think I may have figured out why it feels better in my right than my left today though. When I am holding the razor with my right, the top of the tang is in the crook of my knuckle, on my left, it is off by about a 1/4", that is allowing it to not be quite as secure. That may also make it easier to use my Torrey too. I am going to have to work on locating that just right to see if it makes a difference. It also doesn't feel quite right on my second pass when I get close to my mouth on my cheek. That spot I have to believe is just going to take practice. I nicked the bottom of my nose with the very tip of the razor again, but other than that, no blood sighted. I haven't used the DE on my face for 4 days now. And while not quite as smooth, I am doing one less pass. Once I am able to be comfortable with the full 3 passes, I have no doubt that I will be even smoother than I am with the DE. All in due time though.
A la Mancha, this weekend was a busy one. Saturday, we got up and took the kids roller skating. This is the first time I had used the old style 2x2 skates since elementary school and I have to say, they behave completely different than ice skates or inline skates. It took me a few minutes before I was able to move well on them. By the end though, my daughter was calling me a show off. The kids had a great time though. It was my son's first time on roller skates and he doesn't do anything slow, so he was trying to go fast and kept having is feet fly out from under him. However, when he wasn't falling, he was actually skating faster than my wife. My son is the dangerous combination of being very athletic, but not having good balance. I can't tell you how many times he has been going full speed and clipped one of the corners in the house which caused him to go down. One time he was going so fast, after he hit the wall, it flipped him and he almost landed on his head. I swear, he landed 5 feet from where he hit. On Sunday, the sun finally came out after about a week of cloudy, rainy weather, so we took advantage of it and went for a walk. My son wanted to watch the Olympics, so we told him he could when we got home. Unfortunately, we got home in the last 10 minutes of the day's coverage. So, there is always today for him since he is off for school.