Today's Shave...

~ Today's Shave, October 11th, 2010 ~

Cream/Soap: Tom's of Maine, Natural Mint
Brush: iKon Silvertip Badger
Razor: iKon Prototype, Long handle
Blade: Feather
Balm: Kiehl's

My week long obsession with the iKon razors continues.

The Prototype is just awesome.  Yesterday's shave was dead perfect and lasted near ten hours!  This morning was equally enjoyable.  The Feather needs to be respected, but it can achieve BBS in a stroke less than all other blades.  The long handle creates exception balance and it's longer lever action reduces the amount of pressure I apply.. a welcome thing with the Feather blade...

Image is from the Nikon D300, 70-200VR with an extension tube to allow for closer focus.  Sad to report the D3 suffered sudden death syndrome while photographing birds of prey over the weekend.. It sits in the queue at Nikon Melville awaiting a new shutter mechanism.  The D3 has less than 30k actuations on it.. and is generally babied.. odd that it would bite the dust.