Proraso Blue pre-shave, Muhle synthetic Silvertip brush, Col. Conk Lime soap, Rockwell 6S (R4), Astra SP (1) and Pinaud Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum aftershave to top things off.
Pre- cold water, Nivea face wash, Proraso pre
Simpson chubby 2 super
DG La Petit Prairie soap
Timeless bronze
Gillette platinum
Post- alum block, Thayers, DG AS then Nivea post balm
Happy Monday everyone!
Brush: Omega 599 Super Badger 22/48 Soap: TFS Tabacum Crepito Razor: Henson AL13-M head on Phoenix Aluminum Bomb Tip handle Blade: Personna Platinum Chrome (3) ASL: Clubman
Just a DFS.
There's nothing wrong with a DFS… except when you're used to BBS shaves. I just wondered how the Henson would be on two days growth. Well, three shaves in with the Henson, and it took a lot of buffing just to get to DFS. I usually put these sort of challenges down to operator shortfalls, but I'm thinking the razor design probably isn't so good for more than one day old whiskers (when said whiskers are coarse, dense, and fast growing).
I want to prove myself wrong though. I now intend sticking to daily shaves to get more familiar with the razor first... if that goes well, then I'll branch out to two (and hopefully more) days growth shaves.
It's an experiment after all, so I'm OK with strange (to me) results for a while.