SOTD: 2024-05-31 Lathergames Eve shave
- Razor: Gillette Aristocrat Adjustable
- Blade: Dorco Prime Platinum, 3rd use
- Brush: Semogue 2020 Best Badger
- Bowl: Captain's Choice Standard Copper Bowl
- Soap: Bartigan & Stark Campione
- Aftershave: Bartigan & Stark Campione splash
Woke up at 5:30am and couldn't fall back to sleep. Was/am so exhausted that I thought about just putting the blade into the Overlander for an autopilot shave (though blade handling while tired is risky) but decided against it. Cranked the Aristocrat Adjustable up to 6 this morning and immediately knew that it was a where it needed to be! I finally seemed to be getting some blade feel or something that told me what was happening. First two passes on 6, then started the third pass on 6 for my cheeks and turned it down to 4 for the slightly XTG pass on my neck (the one that usually gives me the irritation). A BBS shave this morning; and I was starting to doubt the razor.
It was a remarkable difference between settings 5 and 6. I remember reading that on some adjustables the blade exposure stays the same throughout the settings while on others it changes along with the blade gap; I'm guessing the Slim/Aristocrat Adjustable falls into the latter category.
The tub of Campione has a nice amber window to see the counter below it; bigger than a toonie (Canadian $2 coin) and eyeballing it it looks larger than the soap is on either side of the donut. Thankfully I've got a couple of spares for when this one finally bites the bullet.
- Shared from My Shave Den for iOS