04-05-2020, 06:04 AM
Razor: Wade & Butcher 6/8 in ivory
Strop: Tony Miller & Mastro Livi
Brush: Custom silvertip
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Soap: Wholly Kaw
Balm: Castle Forbes lavender
Finale: Spanish Leather by Geo F Trumper
Coffee: Ethiopian Harrar
Music: Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
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Strop: Tony Miller & Mastro Livi
Brush: Custom silvertip
Pre-shave: Castle Forbes
Soap: Wholly Kaw
Balm: Castle Forbes lavender
Finale: Spanish Leather by Geo F Trumper
Coffee: Ethiopian Harrar
Music: Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
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04-05-2020, 06:25 AM
Vintage Tungsteel Razor Blade, Twinplex stropper, Darwin Deluxe razor. After stropping the Tungsteel roughly 200 times, I loaded the blade. Initially, the blade pulled but soon settled into a semi smooth shave. It wasn't Feather smooth but relatively so. I'll try again tomorrow. I don't know if Tungsteel is a tungsten blade like the Personna 74. Hopefully, it is.
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04-05-2020, 08:25 AM
SOTD 20200405 Honey
by IschiaPP @ Forio
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Vielong Edición Especial 2019 Foro Afeitado Sintético 24x54x110mm
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Catie's Bubbles “Honey Noir” French+ Soap
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TNNSER3D V3 Tannhäuser 2.3 Clear Resin
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GEM by Personna SE Stainless Steel PTFE Coated #8
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Catie's Bubbles "Honey Noir" Toner
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#Shave #WetShaving #WetShavers
#ShaveOfTheDay #ShaveLikeaMan
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by IschiaPP @ Forio
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Vielong Edición Especial 2019 Foro Afeitado Sintético 24x54x110mm
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Catie's Bubbles “Honey Noir” French+ Soap
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TNNSER3D V3 Tannhäuser 2.3 Clear Resin
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GEM by Personna SE Stainless Steel PTFE Coated #8
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Catie's Bubbles "Honey Noir" Toner
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#Shave #WetShaving #WetShavers
#ShaveOfTheDay #ShaveLikeaMan
![[Image: 25sQJ4n.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/25sQJ4n.jpg)
04-05-2020, 08:44 AM
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SOTD 04/05/2020
Learned a new shaving lesson today about my Rex Ambassador, at least for me! It’s definitely blade dependent, YMMV. I’ve been shaving very successfully with the Rex since it’s repair at Razor Emporium. My usual settings are 5 and then 3 with a Voskhod blade, not with a Nacet blade. It appears that I need to adjust the settings that worked so well with the coated Voskhod blade. Nacets are really sharp, second after Feather, according to tests conducted at Refined Shave. A setting of 5 which worked so beautifully for me with the Voskhod was just too much blade exposure with the Nacet. After nicking myself three times within the first two strokes, I stopped, applied styptic, and swapped out the blade. I put the Nacet into my Feather SS, and loaded the Rex with a fresh Voskhod. It was like night and day. After the swap, I had the razor I remembered so fondly.
The Viking Silvertip Badger brush did an excellent job generating a nice thick pre-mentholated MWF paste which I then face and head lathered into that nice yogurty coating that works so well for me. After the initial blade faux pas, I proceeded to complete the first WTG pass, albeit gingerly on my injured right cheek. The rest of the pass was business as usual. After relathering, the second ATG pass was completed leaving me with a more than acceptable DFS++. Witch hazel followed by Fine Snake Bite AS Splash and Pre de Provence Bergamot and Thyme AS Balm completed a great shave leaving me feeling cool, smooth and clean.
RAZOR: Rex Ambassador
BLADE: Voskhod
PREP: Cold water rinse
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and Fine Snake Bite AS Splash. Finished with Pre de Provence Bergamot and Thyme Aftershave Balm
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