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Thanks for the tip. I’m afraid menthol must remain a post-shave treat because it dulls my tactile senses.
Thanks for the tip. I’m afraid menthol must remain a post-shave treat because it dulls my tactile senses.
@Dovo1695 ,
If I understood your mentions here and in your croap-measuring thread correctly, the higher the number on the Dovometer tm, the harder the soap? And a harder soap is more likely to contain less water and unsaponified lipids due to its higher density, thus delivering more shaves’ worth of lather per volume? And from the original thread, where are you getting these rigid Fatip Grande razors? The blade exposure on my family’s Fatip Grande makes it a flappy bird, even if less flappy than an R41.
If it looks like a "T", it passes.
Maybe it's time to uprade your grande?
Yup, the dovometer measures the mm compression of a pen spring. The scale is linear, so a dovometer of 18mm (Mogno) is roughly double the hardness of 10mm (Arko). Mogno wears like carbide; I'm 60 shaves in and I've barely dented it.
Oh myMogno wears like carbide
sounds a lot like statistical process controlstatistical quality control out to 4 sigma
"Just more paperwork to slow us down" cried the workers.If it looks like a "T", it passes
You recycle lather? That's a thing? BOSC rules!Last night’s shave
RazoRock BBS
Bic Chrome Platinum (3)
30mm Maggards Synthetic Brush
Damp washcloth aka “shave binky”
Pre-shave: hot shower
Lather: Southern Witchcrafts Incorporeal
Post-shave face wash with shave binky
Post-shave alum block
Pressed the rest of the sample into my classy, gray cereal bowl. It was easily transferred from its wee, glass container with the aid of a toothpick. With all its unsaponified fats and its clay, it’s likely immune to the effects of milling.
Swirled the damp brush into the cereal bowl and gently swirled until I assumed the brush was loaded a few seconds later. Face lathered and added lots and lots of water. The lather noticeably different from Arko lather at every stage of its development — even when it was finally hydrated and thinned out enough to be trusted.
Started out steep-angled ATG with buffing strokes. Did cleanup with the same. Got a weeper under the right jawline. Alum stung, but less than when I normally do dumb things like buffing.
Squeezed lots of lather out of the brush back into the gray bowl for use next time.
Happy shaves, everyone!
That's a thing?
Wanted to add a line on creating this rich but slick lather, in case anyone finds my research helpful. Found the following method most reliable.
I've been applying a lot of soap to the brush with minimal water, to reduce the tendency of the lather to explode. 'Painting' this very dense stuff onto the scalp, then moistening brush tips with a bit of water and gently re-painting over this layer. This makes a lovely, super-slick lather.
I'd thought I was done with soaps having moved to using pharmaceutical moisturising creams instead, but find this method almost or equally as comfortable, and superior for longer stubble.