Prep: Hot shower
Pre: Proraso preshave - sensitive
Soap: NSS Cedarwood and Vetyver
Brush: Semogue 830
Bowl: Woodhead Pedestal
Razor: EJ89L + Bulldog handle
Blade: Rapira SS (1) + shim
After: WH, Aqua Velva Musk AS, Clinique post-shave healer ASB
It must be close to a year since I last used the EJ89L razor. I had been finding it too mild, even with a shim or two.
This time a managed a gnat's crotchet away from a BBS with just a little extra buffing under the chin.
The only difference from last time I used the razor is time, so I guess I must have improved my technique since then. In fact it took me 6 months to learn DE shaving. It's a long process (for me) but well worth it.