Brandon P K
03-25-2012, 01:29 PM
Yep, practice makes (better)!
Just a quick report to say that my best shave so far happened today, and it didn't take as long as it used to, either.
Routine:
Hot shower
Soak Simpson Berkeley best badger
Dribble a little water over Tabac in bowl
Load up brush, 20-30 sec
Splash face with hot water
Face lather, avoiding pushing into "the breach"
Using Merkur HD with week-old Astra SP...
WTG, XTG, ATG, and a final "Comfort" pass WTG
(2nd pass paint lather, 3rd push into breach, last squeeze goodness out of the knot by hand)
Follow up with warm rinse, cold rinse, then Pinaud Clubman
Good stuff! Fun to finally get past the "still figuring this out" phase - though much improvement is ahead, I'm sure!
Just a quick report to say that my best shave so far happened today, and it didn't take as long as it used to, either.
Routine:
Hot shower
Soak Simpson Berkeley best badger
Dribble a little water over Tabac in bowl
Load up brush, 20-30 sec
Splash face with hot water
Face lather, avoiding pushing into "the breach"
Using Merkur HD with week-old Astra SP...
WTG, XTG, ATG, and a final "Comfort" pass WTG
(2nd pass paint lather, 3rd push into breach, last squeeze goodness out of the knot by hand)
Follow up with warm rinse, cold rinse, then Pinaud Clubman
Good stuff! Fun to finally get past the "still figuring this out" phase - though much improvement is ahead, I'm sure!