{"id":3927,"date":"2013-11-03T14:29:42","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T22:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=3927"},"modified":"2013-11-03T14:29:42","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T22:29:42","slug":"shave-of-the-day-mitchells-hoyts-timor-and-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/shave-of-the-day-mitchells-hoyts-timor-and-kent\/","title":{"rendered":"Shave of the Day – Mitchell’s, Hoyt’s, Timor and Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning I decided to break out a straight razor for the shave. The shave was great and I will go into more detail below. However, as I was preparing this post I looked at my last shaving post. Everything was the same, except for the brush. There must be something I like about the products. Now for shave details:<\/p>\n

It has been a 11 months from my last shave and I had some extra time to shave with the strait razor today. I reached in the cabinet, while my sweetheart was trying to sleep, and did a little banging around. I picked up a few different shaving soaps and chose the one that was making the most noise due to the ceramic container. Additionally, I like Mitchell\u2019s Wool Fat Shaving Soap. As for the razor, it was the Timor. I knew that it needed a little work and I had time so I chose to take care of a small problem on the edge. As for the aftershave, I really enjoy Hoyt\u2019s so I quickly grabbed it. <\/p>\n

The brush was the puzzling part as I picked up a couple of different brushes and could not decide. The Simpson Super Badger Chubby 1 is my usual choice for puck style soaps. I popped open the Kent container, a regal red cylinder with a padded top, and stroked the badger bristles. They felt stouter than the super badger brush I felt and had more flex than the Chubby 1. I thought that it would work well with the Mitchell\u2019s. It was to be the Kent BP-4 for today\u2019s shave.<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s shave started with grabbing a couple of stones that were given to me by an old barber. The edge had a almost microscopic ding in it. I really could not see it, however I could feel it. I carefully ran the blade on the stone that was slightly coarser a couple of times. I then ran the blade across my thumbnail to check it I could feel the aberration in the blade. It was ever so slight now, so I gave the blade a couple of more runs across the coarser stone. Upon checking the blade, it was good for the finer stone. A few strokes on the finer stone and the work with the stones was one.<\/p>\n

The next step was the green side of the Timor hand held adjustable two sided strop. The green color is due to a treatment of chromium oxide paste. Then it was off to the Dubl Duck No. 50 strop. Several passes and everything was set for a great shave. I just needed some softened whiskers.<\/p>\n

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With softened whiskers, I started the process of creating a good lather with the Mitchell\u2019s and the Kent brush. The Kent brush worked well with the puck soap and felt great on my face. With a nice later I started the shaving process. I worked the razor down with the grain of my whiskers to begin clearing my face of the roughness. <\/p>\n

Once that was complete I applied another lathering of the Mitchell\u2019s Wool Fat Shaving Soap. This time I went up against the grain. Being several months I had a little trepidation with using my left hand on the right side of my face. However, it worked out well. For the chin I did a little cross grain cleanup. That went quick and easy. The Mitchell\u2019s shaving soap has a nice light fragrance. I cooled my face off with some cold water and then applied a hearty helping of Hoyt\u2019s. <\/p>\n

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