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Tuesday 2 June
Started today on my adjustable razors. In many respects I wonder why I bother with non adjustables when being able to increase or decrease aggressiveness for different passes does make, for me anyway, a better shaving experience. It’s “needs” and “wants” of course fellas
So, today the Rex, #4 wtg and #2 atg and pick ups. I tried Truefitt & Hill Apsley for the second time today. Applying one of my best synthetic brushes I worked a very rich and full lather, carefull not to overdue the water. Unfortunately, yet again the lather disappeared from my face quickly requiring me to keep adding more lather to my drying fizzog. Probably the worst shaving soap by a long way that I have ever used. It comes in nice packaging though and smells good. That said, eventually bbs finish was achieved but my face still feels sore 3 hours later.
If any TSR member has used this soap successfully please pm me with advice as to what I might be doing wrong with it.
Thanks and enjoy the day fellas!
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Has it changed your mind regarding the Blackbird Chris?30/06/2024
Razor: Blackbird Ti
Blade: Brazilian Wilkinson Sword (2)
Brush: Highlander CB1 Silvertip
Soap: MSC Citrus Melody
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Interestingly I find the Standard plate more comfortable than the Lite.
Thanks for your feedback Paul, I see I will have to sharpen up my technique with this type of soap.Apsley is a different formulation to the regular T&H soaps which most certainly perform well. Alas, it has shea butter so I am never going to try it. That said, the formulation is shared with current Floris and that's known-good, so ... technique? My only pointer is to emphasise what you're already doing and that's to ensure you're using a dried brush (wet first, then squeeze out really well) and load for a longer time than you think necessary. It's a hard soap and you're not going make a dent by loading for a good while.
Face lather or bowl lather? I'm a face latherer and what I do then with a loaded brush is to wipe around my washed face to pick up all the residual water. I then lather to a quite dry lather. No further water added yet. Tiny dot, froth up under my chin and mix together with the drier lather. Result is a thick lather that I'm sure many folks would say is "too dry" and I say that when I see what folks on YouTube call lather when they're painting on foam. I don't like that sort of lather a do like thick and overpaintable.
I suppose the question is, how do you get on with other triple-milled soaps? It'll be same technique. But yes, not enough loading and too much water will produce an airy lather that might appear to just soak in.
Out of interest, which formulation is the soap?
Potassium Palmate, Potassium Palm Kernelate, Potassium Stearate, Palm Kernel Acid, Parfum (Fragrance), Sodium Chloride, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Pentasodium Pentetate, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Panthenol, Limonene, Hydroxycitronellal, Citronellol, Hexyl Cinnellol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool, Butyphenyl Methylpropional, Citral, Geraniol
... or the new one that they wouldn't tell me the formulation of but said it would follow the main crop in a matter of weeks. New formulations will have Potassium Laurate and Sodium Laurate in the list somewhere and/or Tetrasodium Iminodisuccinate in place of Tetrasodium Etidronate.
I've had a few more shaves with it now, P. The standard plate is definitely more comfortable. The titanium seems to be a more comfortable package all-round (from memory). It's still not the most comfortable razor I've tried but I've enjoyed using it. I still think it's the best looking DE razor on the market. Only time will tell now if I add one to the den.Has it changed your mind regarding the Blackbird Chris?
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