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This journal will be on hiatus for awhile as I grow out my beard. I'm not sure how long that will last as it looks crappy and feels the same, but while I'm working on my follicles it doesn't seem...

Shave #252.4 - Toying With My Face

Just a quick shave of the cheeks and neck. Just playing around with the shape of my stubble.

QCS Shave Soap + Palmolive Shave Cream
TOBS Badger Brush
Edwin...

Shave #252.3 - Perhaps

I'm toying with the idea of trying a beard for a couple months. I've had mustaches and goatees before, but never a beard. I have bald patches in my beard that have always...

Shave #252.2 - Another Typhoon

We've been ravaged by typhoons this year. Apparently there's another one in the neighborhood, screwing with our weather. So, I decided on a rainy day shave followed...

Shave 252.1 - Sunday Night Special

I'm watching the World Chess Championship, game 3, thus far it's as dull as ditch water. So, I broke for a shave.

QCS Vostok Shave Soap + Palmolive Shave...

Shave 251.2 - ...

QCS Vostok Shave Soap + Palmolive Shave Cream
Semogue 2012
Edwin Jagger DE89L + Voskhod (3)
PAA CaD

DFS

Shave #251.1 - Post-Apocalypse Shave

Running out to meet a friend for beers and political discourse, so I wanted to feel comfortable and look acceptable.

QCS Vostok Shave Soap + Palmolive Shave...

A Two-Fer

Shave #250.7 - No Screens Sunday

I shaved last Sunday. My friend had challenged me to go the entire day without looking at a screen; no computer, iPad, TV, or cellphone. It was a bit...

Welcome guys. Yeah, for me anyway, ambidextrous shaving didn't take too long to become second nature. Personally I think it is worth the effort. Now when I DE shave, using just my right hand, it...

Shave 220.5 - Happy Thanksgiving

QCS Vostok Shave Soap
TOBS Badger Brush
Edwin Jagger DE89L + Feather (1)
PAA CaD

BBS.

Shave #220.4 - A Quick 3-Passer...

...with light prep...

QCS Vostok Shave Soap
TOBS Badger Brush
Edwin Jagger DE89L + Feather (5)
Krampert's Finest Frostbite

...DFS with a touch of...

Shave #220.3 - Still Wrong

I pulled out the ERN to see if I fixed its problems - nope. I improved them, but not enough, so I only did my right cheek and then had to finish the shave with my DE.
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Shave #220.2 - Shoulda, Coulda,...Didn't

I should've done at least a pass with my ERN to see if I successfully straightened out my honing misfire, but it's late, so I didn't bother.

QCS Vostok...

Shave #220.1 - A Slight Miss

Palmolive Shave Cream
Semogue 2012
Edwin Jagger DE89L + Feather (2)
Thayers Witch Hazel
Captain's Choice Bay Rum

My normal 3.5-passer and I'm DFS+, noticeably...

Shave #220 - Poorly Honed

Today I refreshed 4 of my blades on my Norton. I wasn't expecting any problems, because up until now my honing adventures have met with success, but...

QCS Vostok...

Shave #219.2

Just a very quick 2-pass DE shave...

QCS Vostok Shave Soap
Semogue 2012
Edwin Jagger DE89L + Feather (1)
Thayers Witch Hazel
PAA CaD

Shave #219.1 - Dodgin' and Weavin'

My wife is packing for another business trip, Canada this time, so I was dodging her while shaving. She's a bit of a whirling Dervish.


Proraso Green...

Shave #219 - Nice

QCS Vostok Shave Soap + Palmolive Shave Cream
Semogue 2012
Geo Wostenholm & Son IXL 5/8" (10)
Thayers Witchhazel
Kramperts Finest Frostbite

I'm around about BBS after 2.5...

Shave #218.1 - Damn, Son! That's Some Close Shavin'

The wife threw me out of my shave nook/her make up area mid shave prep. So, I ended up standing in the bathroom with a wet towel held to my face...

Shave #218 - A Bit Meh

So, I cracked out the straight razor gear. It's been a while, so I was excited to have an old school shave, and the shave was...


QCS Vostok Shave Soap + C&E West Indian...

Shave #217.5 - Back to Normal

My wife is back from Europe and my cycling bud is back in Canada. Things are returning to normal. But, I still have a couple pics to share. Truthfully, it was so hot...

Thank you Cincinnatus, I'll post a couple more from the cycling trip later.

Shave #217.4 - Tired, But Home

I just got home from traveling around Taiwan with my buddy, so I just wanted enough...

For dinnermint:

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East coast of Taiwan, near Hualien.


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Taroko Gorge

Shave #217.2 - About to Begin

Thank you, dubhglas. Any encouragement is warmly received.

I'm leaving tomorrow to begin biking around Taiwan (tracing the outline of Taiwan), so I wanted to grab...

Shave #217.1 - Dry Lather

QCS Vostok Shave Soap
Semogue 2012
Edwin Jagger DE89L + Feather (2)
Thayers Witchhazel
Clubman Classic

3.5 Passes and I'm about DFS++. The lather was kind of dry...