April 2018 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Very nice setup, Neal!

I've stopped in at AOS a time or two but none of their scents really grabbed me. Too bad for the "just ok" performance.

Nice report Patrick!

A beauty of a shave there, Fuzzy!

Very nice photo, Clint! Have a good trip with Asha!

Great shot Ken!

Some day when life slows down I'll give straight shaving a shot. Until then I'll just live vicariously through the crew!

 

Thanks!!!

 

SOTD April 20, 2018

Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap
Blade: Schick
Razor: Schick J1 injector
Brush: Omega Hi synthetic
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post: Witch hazel, Fine American Blend aftershave

Fat Friday setup with excellent results. The Fat is a tremendous soap and Fine American Blend is an all time favorite. Great way to end the work week.

I'm still down in Montgomery, Alabama until tomorrow. Have a couple of meetings and clinics today and will watch the All-State bands rehearse some. My wife and boy are here so we'll go out to eat and do some other activities. Pretty relaxed day!

@clint64 - have a great trip with Asha! Send some photos of the campus. Have a great day, everyone!

 

SOTD Adjustable April 20th


Stirling Mentholated Pre-shave Soap
Gillette Fatboy
Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless
Stirling Boar
Jeeves of Hudson Street 'Bay Rum'
Baxter of California Shave Tonic and ASB

After a couple of shaves with midgrade blades I decided I was going to pull out a top tier. Originally I was going to use a Rapira Platinum Lux but I didn't have any in my bathroom stash. Then I looked for a Nacet, same story. So I ended up with the 7OC SS. Washed my face with the Stirling Mentholated PSS and super gooped the Jeeves Bay rum and away we go. #6 on the FB gives just the right amount of blade feel and efficiency while still being oh so smooth. Three passes later I caught the baby and I finished up with the Baxter of California duo for my daily face freeze. Have a great weekend everyone!

TGIF!!

 

Nice shave Perry! Hope you have a great day!

 

It just turned Saturday here, but TGIF!!

 

Have a great weekend then, Keith!

 

Careful. Comments like that are how a loaner set of straight and strop get sent to you.

 

He's serious. I've seen him do it.

Sent from my SM-S327VL using Tapatalk

 

LOL, believe it or not I have three straights and a couple of strops. Of course my straights aren't shave ready. But the real hurdle for me learning to shave with a straight is being able to set aside the time to do it.

 

Thank you, Andrew!

 

Terrific shave and with Logan’s appearance it’s definitely Friday! Awesome!

 

You get 2 likes-your shave and Logan .

 

Thank you, Perry and Paul!

 

Great picture, Perry!

 

Excellent shave, Andrew! And, a terrific shot of Logan!

 

Thank you, Jim!

 

Same here. I've heard of the Wilkinson Sticky but @MR41 's is the first I remember seeing in a photo.

If AoS draws folks at the mall and leads them to thinking about Wet Shaving, then I'm a fan. Their cream give good lather but I gotten spoiled by in your face scents by other producers. Maybe the other choice are stronger scented?

Hope you had a less traumatic encounter with the Clone. I've "tamed" several aggressive DE's through those techniques that get mentioned here. Lopped the top off a mole, too. It's a Shave Journey, not a destination.

 

East coast of Canada. Worse i think

 

Freestyle Friday
Loaded up the 1912 travel set with a Gem blade that looked lonely. Swished around a good lather of Colgate with the Omega boar and went to town. Shaved in all directions till I felt smooth and splashed some witch hazel and Aqua Velva on for good measure . Its Friday yaaaaah .