- Joined
- Tuesday January 3, 2017
- Location
- Broughty Ferry
SOTD 13 September 2018 - for those old enough to remember, Space 1999 Day
Pre-shave: Warm shower, Musgo Real Classic Glycerin Oil Soap, cold water splash followed by Proraso (White) Pre Shave Cream.
Soap: Cella Crema da Barba AllOlio Di Mandorla.
Brush: Simpsons The Duke 2 Pure Badger.
Bowl: Aesop.
Razor: Karve Plate E.
Blade: Wilkinson Sword Classic (Day 1).
Post: Floid Vigoroso.
First shave with the Karve E plate - I was not sure what to expect, so I decided to load up with a Wilkinson Classic blade as I find that quite mild and forgiving, a major part of that decision being I have run out of Gillette Silver Blues - if I had some, I would have loaded up with that so to make a meaningful comparison.
A 2 pass shave WTG face and neck, followed by a XTG face abd ATG neck - BBS finish.
One minor problem, I don't know what happened, I cut myself with the corner of the blade, that overhangs from the razor head. No biggie, alumn block sorted it out, however I was more annoyed that I got a little careless and let it happen in the first place.
The E plate is just as smooth as the C plate - it did not feel more efficient during the shave. However, afterwards the shave did feel a little closer. Hard to tell the difference between C and E, for me, given that I used significantly different blades with both plates.
Again a big shout out for Cella and Floid Vigoroso - a lovely combination.
All the best,
Chris
Pre-shave: Warm shower, Musgo Real Classic Glycerin Oil Soap, cold water splash followed by Proraso (White) Pre Shave Cream.
Soap: Cella Crema da Barba AllOlio Di Mandorla.
Brush: Simpsons The Duke 2 Pure Badger.
Bowl: Aesop.
Razor: Karve Plate E.
Blade: Wilkinson Sword Classic (Day 1).
Post: Floid Vigoroso.
First shave with the Karve E plate - I was not sure what to expect, so I decided to load up with a Wilkinson Classic blade as I find that quite mild and forgiving, a major part of that decision being I have run out of Gillette Silver Blues - if I had some, I would have loaded up with that so to make a meaningful comparison.
A 2 pass shave WTG face and neck, followed by a XTG face abd ATG neck - BBS finish.
One minor problem, I don't know what happened, I cut myself with the corner of the blade, that overhangs from the razor head. No biggie, alumn block sorted it out, however I was more annoyed that I got a little careless and let it happen in the first place.
The E plate is just as smooth as the C plate - it did not feel more efficient during the shave. However, afterwards the shave did feel a little closer. Hard to tell the difference between C and E, for me, given that I used significantly different blades with both plates.
Again a big shout out for Cella and Floid Vigoroso - a lovely combination.
All the best,
Chris