What a morning: printer failure, trips to staples, searching HP’s amazingly unhelpful Website for support info, etc. Frustrating, but thank heavens I was doing it on the good mood of a great shave.
I picked my Monarch brush, and my new Wholly Kaw Fougère Bouquet shaving soap made a really good lather. I started with a dampish brush, loaded for a few seconds, added a driblet of water, and loaded more—and the lather was thick and creamy: photogenic lather (and very effective—not just a pretty face).
WolfmanRazors.com makes also the BBS-1 razor for Los Angeles Shaving Soap Company, but his own line is a little different.
That’s the BBS-1 on the left and the Wolfman WR1-SB on the right. Note the interesting knurling patterns: not the standard diamond chequering.
The first shave with the BBS-1 was slightly harsh, with the WR1-SB totally comfortable—but I had used different blades. Today I loaded the BBS-1 with the same blade as the WR1-SB, a Voskhod, and compared the two.
Total comfort from the BBS-1: a different blade can make a big difference, so keep that in mind when you get a new razor. Both razors were in the very comfortable, very efficient category, and I got a BBS result.
Both razors are quite good, and you quickly learn each, unconsciously making appropriate angle adjustments as needed. But definitely always do renewed blade exploration with a new razor. If you don’t, you may not realize how good the new razor is.
I also got the sample of Wholly Kaw’s Fougère Bouquet aftershave. I sprayed some in the palm of my hand and applied. Wonderful fragrance—the soap’s fragrance was good but a little on the light side, I thought. But the aftershave was good, if somewhat heavy on the menthol for me. I am not one who enjoys seeing just how much menthol I can stand. Menthol, for me, is definitely in the “less is more” category. The aftershaves I like that have menthol have just enough so that you’re not sure it does have menthol. It’s cooling, but just slightly. So I’m a menthol wimp.
Still, I love the fragrance, and I imagine menthol fans will like the hit of cold.
Great shave, and just as well—it kept my mood level during the printer struggle.
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