July 13, 2023
- Brush: Wild West Brushworks Deep Pearl 26mm Sweet Spot Badger
- Razor: Koraat 6/8" Full Hollow (Straight Shave 270) #RAINBOW
- Lather: Declaration Grooming - Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli - Soap
- Post Shave: WestMan Shaving - Alma - Aftershave Balm
- Post Shave: Thayers - Rose - Toner
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
This is as close as I can get to a Patchouli-forward scent. Doesn't really matter, though. Y/R/P is just phenomenal. What a great shave today. Using my most photogenic razor, a terrific soap, and a brush with just the right ratio of softness to backbone. There's just no need to say more.
Song: Dave Brubeck - Take Five
I don't listen to music while shaving so my song selection only relates to shaving tangentially. Just before my journey into wetshaving, I would "take five" minutes to shave. Shaving was a mindless exercise that I did not enjoy. The exact opposite is true now. I take about 20 minutes for a straight shave, including cleanup, and I enjoy the experience daily.
I have another association with this song, though. In the mid '60s Dave Brubeck and his quartet came to my upper school in Washington D.C. Dave Brubeck gave a presentation on odd time signatures and then they played a short set.
I was one of two stagehands who worked every event put on stage at the school so there were two of us who did lighting and sound for this event. As a result, I met Dave Brubeck. Now, this was more of a 'Hi, how're ya doin'" meeting, but I remember the event very well.
I barely had my hands around 3-chord rock/pop songs in those days so, to me, most jazz sounded like the "free jazz" of Ornette Coleman. But Take Five had swing and on that day I got it. It totally changed my appreciation for jazz.
Theme: Light sources -- #photocontest