Thirty-first and Last Day of Getting a Grip on TabOKtoberfest on TabacTuesdayToberfest

• Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving exclusive MOAR BOAR (31 mm × 57 mm bleached boar)
• Razor: Henkotsu Kamisori
• Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
• Post Shave: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original
• Fragrance: Mäurer & Wirtz – Tabac Original

I’m joining u/whosgotthepudding - who is taking his new Henkotsu kamisori for its first spin today - in a themed TabacTuesdayToberfest shave with MoarBoar.

Traditional kamisoris are a funny thing, since they are so clearly not designed to shave one’s own face (being right or left-handed), so there really no right or traditional way to shave with them, unless you’re shaving someone else. One-handed shaves where you use only the omote side (as a barber would shaving you) look incredibly awkward (and initially feel incredibly awkward, too), but after a few uses, a method develops and the shaves become good. There are even things that are easier to achieve than with traditional Western folding straight razors: for instance, maintaining the angle while shaving the hollow parts under the jawline with a kamisori can be achieved by rolling the long handle in your grip, while a straight razor requires to adjust the angle of the wrist.

TabOktoberfest is over, the month during which I bask in the Glorious Old Man Stank® and concentrate on open blade razors instead of thinking about software choices and combinations. This year, I’ve used 13 different open blade razors: eleven Western straights, one traditional kamisori, and one Dovo Shitvette spanning most sizes and grinds available, learned using a traditional kamisori, greatly improved my honing game, learned to rescale straight razors, made one razor acquisition, and visited a real brick and mortar shaving store. Overall, a great month!

I’ll set up the traditional Stanksgiving PIF a later today or tomorrow, time got away from me.

Stank ++;