February 2018 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Discussion in 'Shave School' started by NCoxSTL, Jan 31, 2018.

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What type is your favorite razor?

  1. Vintage DE

    23 vote(s)
    51.1%
  2. Modern DE

    16 vote(s)
    35.6%
  3. Vintage SE

    8 vote(s)
    17.8%
  4. Modern SE

    4 vote(s)
    8.9%
  5. Straight

    8 vote(s)
    17.8%
  6. Pain Stick

    3 vote(s)
    6.7%
  7. I'd say carts - but I don't want to admit it

    1 vote(s)
    2.2%
  8. Razor schmazer - pass the cookies!

    8 vote(s)
    17.8%
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  1. sdguero

    sdguero Well-Known Member

    Perry @PLAla your son’s shave of the day set up is the best one for February. You can be proud!

    I haven’t shaved since Saturday so my appearance here has been hit and miss. I’m planning to shave tomorrow using the CJB pain stick Keith @Keithmax sent me. I’ve been pondering and meditating about it the last few days.

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    Anticipation, anxiety, fear, and excitement have all been quelled through the power of meditation. I have reached the level of peaceful calm I seek. I will succeed!

    I will see you all in March!
     
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  2. Screwtape

    Screwtape A Shaving Butterfly

    Wednesday February 28 - Feb Faves closing

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    Supply Co. V.2 Single Edge injector on two-dot plate / Personna (5+ ?)
    Supply Co. silvertip synthetic brush
    The Dry Dock shaving bowl
    TSD Bay Rum lanolin soap
    Alum and Jeeves Bay Rum splash

    For the last shave of February, I stayed with the TSD soap but used the excellent Jeeves splash to match the Bay Rum. The Supply Co. synthetic brush did its usual job of whipping up a great lather in The Dry Dock after I loaded heavily in the tub. Two passes with the Supply Co. SE brought me to a fine DFS. I think I had used this blade a bit too long though: the first pass was very tuggy as though each individual whisker was resisting being cut; second pass felt fine. The solution was easy of course -- I binned the blade after the shave...

    For February, I used a variety of favourite razors. I also acquired a splendid wooden lathering bowl from Jason @jtspartan, and nicknamed it The Dry Dock after it proved able to handle my huge Kent BK12 badger brush, also known as The Soap Aircraft Carrier. With a bowl able to handle the brush, I also used the Kent BK12 for a week or more worth of shaves this month. I spent most of the month using three of my four TSD soaps and two matching TSD Milk Aftershaves. All performed excellently while having very pleasant uncomplicated scents. A plus for these soaps is that they come in wide diameter tubs with enough free room above the soap that even my Kent BK12 could load in the tubs without mess.

    All in all, it was a month of great shaves with equipment that performed well. As always though, I think the best part of the experience was sharing it with this group. I look forward to March.

    Well, maybe I look forward to March... In a weak moment I agreed to join the Beginner Shavette Group here and do shavette for a month and I am already starting to wonder if I need to update the Next of Kin contact on my medical card and maybe update my Will...
     
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  3. PLAla

    PLAla Bit Shy of a Full Puck

    Thanks, Dan!
     
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  4. PLAla

    PLAla Bit Shy of a Full Puck

    Great shave and report, John!
     
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  5. LevelupShaves

    LevelupShaves Well-Known Member

    Decided on a classic Colgate soap and Clubman shave today. Felt great nice month of shaves looking forward to not cutting my face with the Luxor next month. Speaking of next month where's the March focus thread?[​IMG]

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  6. SharptoothC

    SharptoothC I bite..........

    Glad you had safe travels!

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  7. SharptoothC

    SharptoothC I bite..........

    That's hilarious!

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  8. SharptoothC

    SharptoothC I bite..........

    You need to find a way to shave with that for Mayhem.

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  9. SharptoothC

    SharptoothC I bite..........

    Finished off the month with my GEM Damaskeene, Omega 10049 Boar, Stirling Red Eye aftershave, and the super secret new soap base I am being a guinea pig for. I've used it five consecutive days, which may be a record for me with any soap. It's a fantastic base and I look forward to being able to share it.

    Gonna start March off right tomorrow with the Feather pain stick.

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  10. NCoxSTL

    NCoxSTL AAACK!

    Favorite February

    February 28 - A week with Tabac meets a week with the Fat - FatBac - Day 3

    Razor - Gem MMOC
    Blade - [​IMG] ASR Carbon - CVS (4)
    Soap - FatBac
    Brush - Stirling Pro Style Synthetic
    Post - Alum

    No picture tonight due to some technical issues. Let's just say it was another great shave and a near-BBS finish. I'm going one more day to get my 30 in with the OCMM. March thread opens momentarily. A day off from work tomorrow. I can use it.
     
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  11. NCoxSTL

    NCoxSTL AAACK!

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  12. RyX

    RyX DoH!

    No shave to finish out February. I did get in more that 14 shaves in the 28 days, so I got that going for me. Mixed it up between vintage and modern, DE & SE, strolled through my soaps and AS, and I think I used each brush at least once.

    I've got a Luxor type 1/2 DE blade shavette and a Weck that uses longer blades that may make an appearance next month. No promises. Flibbertigibbet!
     
  13. jason koonce

    jason koonce Well-Known Member

    So here it is March 1st already and I did my first shave with the Luxor pro for March madness this morning it was not a close shave at all I have a lot of learning to do. I ended up having to go back over it with a DE. Before work lol.
     
  14. clint64

    clint64 Blind Squirrel

    Great photo and wrap up John.
     
  15. Drygulch

    Drygulch Snowballs

    Thanks everyone for the awesome posts in February. I haven't been able to participate as much as I would like, but I had a good month following along. See you on the March thread!
     
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  16. Screwtape

    Screwtape A Shaving Butterfly

    Thanks, Clint. You and the other posters made this a great month for me.
     
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