Seventh shave with the Timeless Ti, second time with the .68OC plate.
Pre: Hot shower
Razor: Timeless Ti .68OC Matte with Crown handle
Blade: Perma-Sharp (1)
Soap: Stirling Sharp Dressed Man
Brush: AP Shave 26mm SilkSmoke bulb
Bowl: Timeless
Post-Shave: Stirling SDM AS followed by Stirling unscented balm
Well, this was shaping up to be an amazing shave. A Perma-Sharp and the .68OC are an excellent combination. First pass WTG on the face was incredible, but then operator error intervened and resulted in some problems. After the face pass, I moved onto the neck and was shocked by how rough and uncomfortable it suddenly was. Turns out that I was so busy marveling over the perfection of the pass on the face that in my distraction, I went straight into a first-pass ATG pass on my neck, which is never going to work out well given the chaos of my neck whiskers. Oops and ouch. I haven't done something like that in a long time and actually had to dig deep into my cabinet to find a styptic pencil. Lesson re-learned.
Pre: Hot shower
Razor: Timeless Ti .68OC Matte with Crown handle
Blade: Perma-Sharp (1)
Soap: Stirling Sharp Dressed Man
Brush: AP Shave 26mm SilkSmoke bulb
Bowl: Timeless
Post-Shave: Stirling SDM AS followed by Stirling unscented balm
Well, this was shaping up to be an amazing shave. A Perma-Sharp and the .68OC are an excellent combination. First pass WTG on the face was incredible, but then operator error intervened and resulted in some problems. After the face pass, I moved onto the neck and was shocked by how rough and uncomfortable it suddenly was. Turns out that I was so busy marveling over the perfection of the pass on the face that in my distraction, I went straight into a first-pass ATG pass on my neck, which is never going to work out well given the chaos of my neck whiskers. Oops and ouch. I haven't done something like that in a long time and actually had to dig deep into my cabinet to find a styptic pencil. Lesson re-learned.