20/03/21
Pre: Cold water face wash
Brush: Silver Birch Brushes - Blue Resin 26mm Silvertip
Soap: Signature Soap Valentia
Razor: Osborne, Garrett & Co Ltd 1899 - 1923. The Kropp 6/8th #2 / Gold Dollar 66
Edge by: Andrew @Shavers Delights / Tony'schin
Post shave: Cold water Rinse, TC's infused Witch Hazel
Balm: Barts Balm Amber and Moroccan Jasmine Balm & Lotion
Aftershave: Signature Soap Valentia
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Well, a very strange morning, up very early so I got the Naniwa Hones out to put a new edge on a Gold Dollar, made a coffee and set about doing the razor. It was a struggle to remove the original edge without removing too much of the blade but i eventually got an acceptable bevel set then took it through 3K, 5K, 8k finishing on the 12K, as i was cleaning up Mrs TC was rising and shouted down "check the boiler, no hot water!" Yip, the boilers on the blink. had to wait until 9ish to contact the engineer, fantastic, he came within 10 mins. Not an easy fix, parts to order - Monday.
So a forced cold water shave today!
A wonderful face lather with the fantastic Signature soaps Valentia and the SBB wall of badger.
I gave the new razor a trial few strokes to check it, it works very well for me, finishing most of the 2 pass shave routine with my #2 Kropp, and very nice it was too, both edges feeling quite similar, happy with that.
A very nice post shave leaving me with a comfortable DFS++ finish, feeling a bit more fresh, although i am not looking forward to my cold shower Brrrrr!
Stay safe and enjoy your day All