January 2018 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Discussion in 'Shave School' started by NCoxSTL, Dec 31, 2017.

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Any New Year's Resolutions for your shaves?

  1. Go Dark Side and learn straights this year.

    6 vote(s)
    15.8%
  2. Purchase your dream razor and live happily ever after.

    4 vote(s)
    10.5%
  3. Use up some of the excess soaps/creams I've been stockpiling.

    14 vote(s)
    36.8%
  4. Limit purchases of shaving gear to less than 25% of my gross income.

    10 vote(s)
    26.3%
  5. No Buy 2018!

    5 vote(s)
    13.2%
  6. Cookies. Just going to eat cookies.

    13 vote(s)
    34.2%
  7. I solemnly resolve that I am up to no good.

    19 vote(s)
    50.0%
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  1. wchnu

    wchnu Duck Season!

    Awesome!!! BULLY!!!!

    That right there is funny.
     
  2. sdguero

    sdguero Well-Known Member

    Thanks, Jim! :eatdrink047:
     
  3. sdguero

    sdguero Well-Known Member

    Ouch, Jason! Nice photo, though!
     
  4. PLAla

    PLAla Bit Shy of a Full Puck

    Hahahaha!! :happy102:
     
  5. clint64

    clint64 Blind Squirrel

    That had to hurt. You are a braver man than I am. :happy088:
     
  6. Keithmax

    Keithmax Breeds Pet Rocks

    Sunday shave:

    Out of focus. A big Riga Razor with a wickedly sharp edge. I think I was to aggressive due to smooth and sharp edge, a tickle from the alum left me just short of epic.

    Irritation A Closeness A+ Smoothness A+ Sharpness A+

    Razor: Riga Razor 7/8
    Stop: Mastro Livi
    Brush: Gem Star Custom elk antler silver tip
    Pre: Nivea
    Soap: QCS
    AS: Alt Insbruck enhanced AS, Edwin Jagger ASB
    Scent: Creed Green Irish Tweed

    ID - 1.jpg
     
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  7. wchnu

    wchnu Duck Season!

    :transport024:
     
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  8. LevelupShaves

    LevelupShaves Well-Known Member

    I’ve been away all day so I’m a bit late today but I wanted to give a quick PSA with only CFFLs and LEDs as a choice go with LEDs they are considerably safer and mostly plastic so still recyclable. CFFLs are poisonous if broken so not a great choice at all.


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  9. jtspartan

    jtspartan appropriately stimulated, via Netflix

    Thanks guys. I wouldn’t say it hurt as much as the fact that it just wouldn’t stop bleeding...It is marginally sharper than a Sayuri ;)
     
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  10. LevelupShaves

    LevelupShaves Well-Known Member

    Great shave today using B&M Lavender Lime and Cedar both soap and AS. I love this scent and so does the wifey. Stuck with the Schick injector for another day and used the Bruce for the lather.
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  11. John Ruschmeyer

    John Ruschmeyer Well-Known Member

    Good point! I'm just a bit disillusioned after watching a couple of YouTube videos where they dissected cheap LED bulbs that had failed. The issues seemed to be poor design coupled with poor quality components (e.g., series wired LEDs where one failed and the rest went out like old school Christmas lights).
     
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  12. NCoxSTL

    NCoxSTL AAACK!

    January 2018

    Shavettes and Jeeves January!

    January 13 -Friday Fatboy on a Saturday

    Razor - 1959 (E4) Gillette 195 Fatboy
    Blades - sharp-star.jpg (2)
    Soap - Stirling Iced Coffee
    Brush - Stirling Synthetic
    Post - Alum

    Boy this new schedule has me messed up. This feels like Thursdayto me, not Saturday, and last night, which was Friday, felt like any other day but Friday. So, since I missed Fatboy Friday I'm making it up today. Fatboy with a Sharp Star and I couldn't resist pairing the Pro Style Stirling brush with the Iced Coffee soap.

    The soap is a bit thirsty compared to some of its brethren, but with a slow addition of water it produced an incredible load in the brush that turned into a thick and slick lather on my face. I love the smell of this soap and the color of the lather is a bit like a latte. Really cool stuff. And works great!

    Fatboy on 6, which is ironic since I prefer that over setting me, and two passes and touch ups brought the baby right into the room. Alum was quiet, the scent is lingering, and all is right with the world.

    Ok, so I have to remember that tomorrow is Sunday and see if I can reset my internal clock!

    January 13 2018.jpg
     
  13. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    Gentleman definitely has both.
     
  14. Bama Samurai

    Bama Samurai with Laser-like Focus

    K-cups

    Discuss.
     
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  15. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    I have actually worked in MO a fair amount in the winter time, and it is a scary place to drive when it snows. It’s a combination of a horrible road system, and people who drive on snow just often enough to have shed the fear, but not often enough to really be any good at it.
     
  16. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    The first guy already dropped, so you can cave anytime now without shame.
     
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  17. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    A couple of years ago, wife bought every last 60W incandescent bulb that Home Depot had in the store. I have an entire bedroom full of them, I swear.
     
  18. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    In MN, we are beginning to realize the folly in LED traffic lights. They don’t keep the ice and snow melted away from them, and we are having accidents and big congestion because of it. Now MNDot is putting together a panel/investigation/money pit etc... to figure out how to heat the lights. I swear it is enough to make blood shoot from your eyeballs.
     
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  19. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    I know it is mainly because of all the travel I do, but my SRX is rapidly becoming one of my most used razors. It only trails the Feather since I started keeping track five months ago.
     
  20. jtspartan

    jtspartan appropriately stimulated, via Netflix

    Who caved? I must have missed it.
     
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