17/4/19
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Pre: 1912 Scottish Heather
Brush: Vintage Culmak Plus (1950?)
Soap: 1912 Scottish Heather
Blade: NOS PAL Premium Edge
Razor: Schick E3
Post shave: cold water splash, Alum block, homemade Witch Hazel Tea tree/lime/patchouli/ Eucalyptus astringent,
Balm: D&G Intenso
Aftershave: D.R. Harris & Co Bay Rum
1st outing with my E3. I think I needed convincing as it is tiny in my mit.
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A nice lather mixed up, face prepped with the 1912 Scottish Heather. I think the 1912's are my favourite soap at present. So nice.
Anyway I digress, the shave went well, although I thought the blade was tugging, very audible but it was cutting. I needed 3 passes WTG/ATG then XTG, the lather did its job well and the vintage brush stood up, a nice face painter.
I thought I was going to have a singing face when I applied the Alum block, surprisingly very little indication at all.
A splash of cold water, a touch of my witch hazel concoction, the last bit of my Intenso balm
and a splash of D.R.H Bay Rum.
All in all an enjoyable shave although I had to work at it a bit.
I believe the vintage blade could be the problem. I have some new Schick on order- with more 1912 soaps.
Have a great day all.