- Joined
- Monday October 22, 2012
- Location
- West Devon
Good afternoon, Gents.
So while my Missus goes out with her Mum for the afternoon I decided to pamper myself with a long, hot bath and a nice shave. The pamper idea was followed by curiosity as I opened a new bar of Imperial leather to take to the bathroom and I wondered if it would make a decent shave soap. While the bath was running and after a good bit of prep, I put the bar in mt left hand and gave the brush a good whirl around on the soap. I must say it lathered very well indeed. So, I applied the later from the brush to my face and got stuck in.
Razor: Bluebeard's Revenge Scimitar
Blade Voskhod Teflon
Soap: White Imperial leather
OK, so the soap went on thick and the first pass was a bit hit-and-miss; some patches were almost BBS, others it looked like the razor had just skipped over the four-days'-worth of growth.
Second pass, soap was a bit drier and this time all the hair was gone. Time for a XTG third pass. Pretty good!
Not the best shave I've ever had to be honest but perfectly acceptable and I wouldn't feel embarrassed going to a job interview with it though if I was on a first date I might want to give it another pass, just to be sure ;-)
So there you are. The first time I've shaved with a hand soap. I don't know if I'll do it again but if I really hit on hard times it's probably better than Fairy Liquid!
So while my Missus goes out with her Mum for the afternoon I decided to pamper myself with a long, hot bath and a nice shave. The pamper idea was followed by curiosity as I opened a new bar of Imperial leather to take to the bathroom and I wondered if it would make a decent shave soap. While the bath was running and after a good bit of prep, I put the bar in mt left hand and gave the brush a good whirl around on the soap. I must say it lathered very well indeed. So, I applied the later from the brush to my face and got stuck in.
Razor: Bluebeard's Revenge Scimitar
Blade Voskhod Teflon
Soap: White Imperial leather
OK, so the soap went on thick and the first pass was a bit hit-and-miss; some patches were almost BBS, others it looked like the razor had just skipped over the four-days'-worth of growth.
Second pass, soap was a bit drier and this time all the hair was gone. Time for a XTG third pass. Pretty good!
Not the best shave I've ever had to be honest but perfectly acceptable and I wouldn't feel embarrassed going to a job interview with it though if I was on a first date I might want to give it another pass, just to be sure ;-)
So there you are. The first time I've shaved with a hand soap. I don't know if I'll do it again but if I really hit on hard times it's probably better than Fairy Liquid!