9/6/21
Pre - Unscented Soap Bar
Shaving Soap - Arko Puck
Brush - Zenith Euro X
Razor - Souplex Bakelite DE
Blade - Feather (1)
Post - Lea 0%
AS - Brut Oceans
A while back, my friend and Cornish tourist enthusiast Paul aka
@Blademonkey sent me a selection of blades including some Feathers, which I've used a few times before today but I've never really taken them as I found them a little rough and unforgiving, and as it'd been a while since I last used one I thought I'd take a new one out for today's shave.
First things first, this particular batch of Feathers for whatever reason the wax on the blade has run and turned into a sticky orange mess, which from my last outing using one was so sticky, it stuck both sides of the razor together and was a little tricky to take apart at the end of the shave, so I wiped off the wax using some nail polish remover (why do I have nail polish remover? to take off excess wax from Feather blades of course!) and I was amazed how much dark orange wax residue was on the paper at the end.
Another superb slick glossy lather with the Arko puck and Zenith Euro X, which really is a great brush, the unbleached Zenith boars are very enjoyable brushes to use for face lathering.
I paired the blade with one of my mildest razor heads, and the first stroke reminded me why I'm a little apprehensive of Feather blades, it felt very sharp and not massively smooth, but on the second stroke it was delightfully smooth, and that's how the reminder of the shave for the entire 2.5 passes went. My face felt delightfully smooth and comfortable at the end of the shave, not much if any post shave alcohol burn too.
A truly delightful shave today, I'm not really one to give my shavings a rating but if I did it would be one of the higher scores.
Have a good day gents.