The Daily Shave

Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors. Pre-Shave: Geo F Trumper Skin Food Soap / Cream: Southern Witchcraft Incorporeal Razor: Razorock Hawk V3A Blade: Feather Pro Super Post Shave: Barrister & Mann Muir Wood balm Result: 8.5 10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG 9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest 8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest 7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest 6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere 5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there. 4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.

Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors. Pre-Shave: RE Block Soap / Cream: REX 1955 Razor: Merkur 42C Blade: Derby Extra Post Shave: Barrister & Mann Spice Splash Result: 7.5 10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG 9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest 8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest 7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest 6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere 5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there. 4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.

Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors. Pre-Shave: GFT Spanish Leather Skin Food Soap / Cream: Noble Otter Tahiti Razor: Vintage Gillette Super Speed Blade: Wilkinson Sword Post Shave: Barrister & Mann Muir balm Result: 7.5 close, 8 comfort, but I did have a couple weepers where I had some pre-existing bumps. 10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG 9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest 8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest 7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest 6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere 5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there. 4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.

Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors. Pre-Shave: GFT Skin Food Spanish Leather Soap / Cream: Noble Otter Tahiti Razor: Razorock Hawk V3A Blade: Feather Pro Post Shave: GFT Skin Food Spanish Leather Result: DFS and very comfy. An excellent low effort every day shave. 10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG 9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest 8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest 7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest 6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere 5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there. 4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.

Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors. Pre-Shave: GFT Skin Food Spanish Leather Soap / Cream: Razorock Don Marco Razor: Razorock Hawk V3 A Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Post Shave: GFT Skin Food Spanish Leather Result:8.5 (two pass shave, XTG/ATG 10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG 9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest 8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest 7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest 6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere 5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there. 4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in. Cantina Blues - Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors. Pre-Shave: Forgot Soap / Cream: Razorock Don Marco Razor: Razorock Hawk V3 A Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Post Shave: Geo F Trumper Skin Food - Spanish Leather Result: 8 for closeness and 8 for comfort. Forgetting the pre-shave product really does matter for comfort and while I thought I did better on the closeness, the lack of cleanup cost me some. I didn't feel like going to the extra effort though, and it's still a very nice shave. 10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG 9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest 8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest 7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest 6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere 5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there. 4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.

Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors. Pre-Shave: Geo F Trumper Skin Food Soap / Cream: Razorock Don Marco cream Razor: Razorock Hawk V3 Aggressive Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild Post Shave: GFT Spanish Leather Skin Food Result: 9 for closeness, 9 for comfort. Great shave. The spots it felt like I missed mostly faded away once my face relaxed. 10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG 9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest 8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest 7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest 6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere 5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there. 4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.

Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors. Pre-Shave: GFT Skin Food Spanish Leather Soap / Cream: Southern Witchcraft Incorporeal Razor: Razorock Hawk V3 - Aggressive plate Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild (Pink) Post Shave: More Spanish Leather Skin Food Result: 9 on comfort, 8.5 again on closeness. I need to figure out the areas that are not getting perfectly shaved due to the wider blade format. I have some ideas. 10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG 9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest 8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest 7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest 6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere 5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there. 4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.

First shave with the Razorock Hawk V3 with the aggressive plate and a Kai Captain Titan Mild blade. I've never used an artist club razor and this is the best made modern razor I've used. It's hard to compare it to my vintage Super Speed, they're so completely different. It was an excellent shave and while I need to refine my technique, I'm very pleased with the Hawk. Pre-Shave: GFT Spanish Leather Skin Food Soap / Cream: Southern Witchcraft Incorporeal Razor: Razorock Hawk V3 Aggressive Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild (Pink) Post Shave: Barrister & Mann Muir Wood balm Result: 9 closeness and 8.5 comfort overall. My technique needs work but overall it was very nice. 10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG 9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest 8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest 7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest 6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere 5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there. 4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.

According to YT a huge chunk of my audience is in Ireland so I thought I'd bias the music this time. Sorry, this was the best I could find on the YT audio library. Wet Shaving (almost) every day can be a great ritual to help you relax. The experience is quite different from using canned shave products and cartridge razors. Pre-Shave: Spanish Leather Skin Food Soap / Cream: Southern Witchcraft Incorporeal Razor: Vintage 40's style undated Super Speed Blade: Personna Lab Blue (2) Post Shave: More Spanish Leather Skin Food Result: 8.5 for closeness and comfort. Considering how fast I went and how much buffing I did, not bad at all. 10 = BBS: 100% smooth everywhere, even ATG 9 = BBS-: smooth ATG 2/3 of area, XTG on the rest 8 = DFS+: smooth ATG 1/2 of area, XTG on the rest 7 = DFS: smooth ATG 1/3 of area, XTG on the rest 6 = DFS- : smooth XTG everywhere 5 = CCS : smooth XTG almost everywhere, neck not quite there. 4 and lower - I might need a transfusion or another shave. Or maybe I forgot to put the blade in.