SOTD 13 April 2019
Pre-shave: Warm shower, Wright's Cold Tar Soap, cold water splash, Proraso Pre Shave Sensitive.
Cream: Kiehl's Flite Lite.
Brush: Shavemac ' The Flat Top' Slivertip.
Bowl: Giles Shaving Co - Spotty Pedstal Wet Shaving Bowl.
Razor: Karve OC - B Plate.
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1).
Post: Cold water, Floïd Vigoroso, followed by Isle of Skye Soap Co - Cedarwood and Sage shave balm and and Czech & Speake Vetiver Vert Cologne.
First run out of the Karve OC - I ordered the B and D plates; I love this razor - its like an upgraded Fatip Piccolo in terms of build quality and performance. The OC B plate was very smooth and efficient.
I used Proraso shave cream as a precaution as I did not know what to expect from the razor in terms of aggressiveness - a 3 pass shave (2 passes would have been OK) with no issues to report (2 weepers that vanished after a cold water splash).
The Floïd Vigoroso was devine as ever. On holiday last week I picked up some shave balm from the Isle of Skye Soap Co. A very good balm, - a beeswax base; a little goes a long way.
I think that Chris at Karve has come up with a winner with the OC - a robust razor that performs well.
Wishing everyone a great weekend.
All the best,
Chris