Morning gents,
A thoroughly disappointing shave last night. It all started off great, Brad Sears Original Gonzo 24mm Silvertip whipping up a lovely lather with the Fitjar Fjellheim shaving soap. This soap is a first for me and when I smelt it from the container, I really didn't think I'd enjoy it. Upon lathering though it actually started to grow on me. A really fresh scent, I'll hold on to it for now, just because it's different and it did whip up a nice lather.
The shave itself though was pants and the blade was to blame in this instance for sure. A Kai Captain Titan Mild (with the blue edge) used ¾ maybe 5 times to date. I used the General on a Titanium handle. The handle is lovely, feel great in the hand. I'm yet to get a really good shave out of the General, but this was definitely the fault of the blade. Only 2 days growth and it was tugging on the first pass, left a horribly patchy finish. I thought it might be the General, given I haven't had that great shave from it yet, so I swapped the blade into the King Cobra for the second pass. Nope, definitely the blade, the second pass was a little better because I'd somehow hacked through the worst of the beard on the first pass, but still not enjoyable. The Mrs was in the bathroom at the same time as me, unusually and I felt the need to comment to her on how crap the shave was! She just laughed
. I somehow finished with a relatively respectable end result, not good by any means, but just passable. How I didn't end up with loads of irritation and very red, I have no idea. Anyway the blade went in the bin and I look forward to another shave tomorrow probably to try and recover this crap one!
