Third shave with the AS-D2
A fresh Gillette Silver Blue (with four thumping great dobs of glue (not wax but bl**dy GLUE! which I had to clean off before use to save gumming this lovely razor up). Grrrr!
Le Pere Lucian soap and the floppy but highly effective new Vulfix 2235 (which I think lathers better than anything else I have.)
Usual OTT & OCD preparation with soaps, oils, creams and the like.... and of course a hot soak.
And this'll start to sound like a broken record now. Another really easy, relaxed, close, comfortable and nick free shave. It feels like you could abuse this thing left, right ¢re and it refuses to bite you. A trusty old dog that the (hypothetical) kids roll round the floor with, pulling it's tail and generally annoying it and it keeps coming back for more, licking any face that comes within range of it's dribbling, lolling, warm tongue.
There are eight other razors here ranging from the two extremes of the R41 to the R89 and including two slants, an adjustable, a 'Standard Razor', a much loved Weber plus the worthy Gillette Sensor cartridge (that makes nine, not eight). If I'd got the AS-D2 at the outset I need not have bought any of the others...but would have missed the shaving education and experience they've provided. However I, personally, could happily use the AS-D2 as an only razor.
It's Sunday evening - I'll aim to get this off to Nishy 'First Class Signed For' on Tuesday and hopefully he might get it on Wednesday.
An additional vote of thanks to Nico is offered here which will be followed by full and final expressions of gratitude at the conclusion of my tenure.
Great stuff!