April 2017 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Beautiful picture, Doug!

 

Jim.

 

3/19/17 SOTD
Razor: 1937 Rolls Imperial/ medical tape
Strop: Drygulch Horsehide/ Linen
Brush: 28mm Unersoft II aluminum handle
Soap: The Shave Den Purple Rain
Post: Cold Water, Alum, Thayer's Rose Petal
Aftershave: The Shave Den Purple Rain 2X Iced

Hmm. SWMBO is running errands, the little one is napping, and the four year old is watching movies. It's a rainy day, and I'm bored. Time for science.

I have been thinking about how to make the razor blade taped to your finger, aka dumbest idea on the 30DC (so far) work. It seems there are two separate engineering problems to address. 1. How to keep the blade rigid enough. 2. How to attach it. I decided to run a test on number 2 and used a wedge blade from my Rolls razor to eliminate 1. I used quality cloth medical tape, as it seemed like it would be strongest.

Observations. Lathering your face with a razor blade tapped to your index finger is unnerving. You really can't see what you are doing with this set up. Something I didn't think of is cleaning the blade. Tape stretches as it gets wet. Once the blade starts moving, your quality of shave goes down. The Rolls blade is stiff enough, that when properly honed, you should never need much pressure to start the pass. If a bit of wet tape sticks to your face, and you power through it, you will probably have the pressure and angle wrong.

I did 3/4 of a WTG pass, and grabbed the handl for two more passes. Alum was hot. Like an attic in Phoenix in August can't breathe hot. Enjoyed the scent of Purple Rain for the shave, but need to think some more on how to make this work.

I have a video of a few passes of the Shave, but can't figure out how to use photobucket.

 

No words, my friend. I'm thinking of you and your family.

 

Adam is here...​

The rest of us are here.

 

Are you using a DE or SE to clean up?
I can get SAS, but not quite CCS with an open blade. As much as I enjoy the process of a shavette or straight shave, I still feel the need to make those clean up passes with a safety razor.

 

I bow to your shenanigans. The bar has been raised. Mayhem has nothing on you, sir.

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Beautiful picture, Doug!

 

Everyone sets their own bar. Some go for crazy, some go for intimidating, some go for spooky. We will all get there.

 

Timing is everything. All you younger newly married guys, pay close attention.

One must first identify the enemy.

This nugget may come in handy later. For the uninitiated, "your quality of shave goes down" can be translated to "you can lose consciousness due to extreme blood loss."

Nah...it's never a good idea to overthink things here in 30 Day Land.

Be extremely careful here. Videos are admissable in court cases to determine competency.

 

No clean up. What I get is what I get and it really isn't a bad shave, just not as close as the 2 pass DE shave.

If I have something important at work, I will just use a DE for the day.

 

You officially have the biggest cajones of the 30 day crew. Keep them away from the Osage rub

 

Thanks very much Adam.

 

Sorry to hear about your troubles. We had some family friends who had a baby boy born with a severe heart defect last summer. He lived for a few months enduring 4 surgeries and never left Texas Children's Hospital. The family is still coping with their loss, but they are able to look back at the times they had. I will be praying for your friends and you as well.

 

Adam, I don't know that I can express how impressed I am with your shaving skills (or foolishness, you pick). I can't believe the finger shave was attempted.

 

I know next month is mayhem where you try something potentially stupid, but I think I am going to stay the course with the shavette for one more month.

It won't be a daily thing until I can get consistently decent shaves and my comfort level improves but I will try to use it more than I have this month where I was relegated to weekends. The rest of my time will most likely be spent with a tech.

 

Beautiful Picture Doug.

 

To be fair, I think we all started with Shavettes for Mayhem a few years ago.

 

My hat is off to you. I couldn't even imagine thinking much less trying this.

 

Me too, but remember it didn't happen without pictures. Also, I'm sure this goes without saying, but I don't know that I'd discuss this again with Mrs. DryGulch until after the stupid human trick is complete, whether successfully or not. This seems obvious, and patronizing, but it's kind of a fair warning from your friend, like "We haven't checked how deep the water is under the bridge, but I think it's deep enough to jump. Go! "