Hope you had a good weekend? I'm still recovering from mine. Thank you for all the birthday messages I really appreciate it.
This shave report is from Saturday afternoon but I had to go straight out and didn't have time to post anything on SOTD. Since my return on Sunday I've been feeling a bit ‘'tired'' shall we say.
A big thank you to
@patw for sending me a sample of The Gentleman's Groom Room ‘Mountain Yew'. I'm afraid I wasn't a fan of the soap. The scent before it's lathered was nice enough but once lathered I really didn't like the smell at all. I can't place the smell but it seemed to smell like stew? It's the first time I've used a glycerine based soap and it lathered up OK but I didn't find it very protective or that slick. To save this soap going to waste I will sent it to the first person who sends me a PM. I've spoken with Pat and he's happy with this.
EDIT: The soap is now off to
@Bizzyberry
I must admit to having a terrible shave on Saturday. There were a few factors which might have caused this. I've been using the General SE over a week or so and before that the Hone 15, so it had been a while since I'd used the S2.
Going back to the S2 I couldn't believe how rough it was compared to the General. I was tempted to abort the shave and swap back to the General but I stuck with it (the little Solider that I am). I had to go over a few places a number of times which I don't normally have to do when using the S2. Not sure whether it was the blade (used once but two weeks old), going back to a heavier DE razor or maybe the soap was lacking on the protection front? Either way it was an uncomfortable shave with a few weepers. Luckily I had a few light ales to forget all about it.
To end on a more positive note. The SV brush was an absolute joy to use. Have I ever mentioned who much I love this brush?
Have a good day chaps and thanks again to Pat for the sample.
Cheers
Rob
