March 2018 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Great photo Adam. I find I have to change out brushes and soaps at least weekly to stay interested.


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Thanks Jason!
I don't have much experience with different blades. I have used Derby, Voskhod, Personna Lab Blues and The Astras. The Astras being my favorite so far. They are very smooth in my other razors but pull more in the S1. My sampler pack has most of the usual suspects except for Kais. I was going to ask you guys for suggestions on the next blade to try. Not sure if Feather would be the best choice or if I should sneak up on those.

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I think I’m interested, and I know it’s a first world problem, but dealing with half blades (storage and disposal) on the road is a hassle sometimes, compared to my other traveling options. One that takes a full blade is a thought.

 

Neal, it's taking all the strength I can must not to post any funny salesman-wearing-kilt photos. I hope the thread moves past this topic quickly, or else I might buckle under pressure.

 

Newbies, please pay attention...here are the first two steps to enlarge your collection of shave gear:

1. Google a new shaving item that you've seen in someone's SOTD photo. Check.
2 Go back to the user and ask more questions about it. Check.
...

 

Shave gear accumulation step 3. Check.

 

Don’t have to worry about me, I’m on a NB.

 

Shave gear accumulation step 4. Check. Note: this is the point of no return!

 

Not sure what you're talking about. Absolutely no worries here.

Here is the user review on the Vanta from the Maggards website:

"The Best, got one from a vender in Italy and the tax and shipping was almost as much as the shavette What makes this one so good the ends of the blade are protected so no protruding blade ends and this model will take a half DE blade or a full DE blade Have other more expensive shavettes but this is my #1 Good price here made this a no brainier."

And oh my goodness, you can load a whole DE blade and it looks so easy. Start vid at 3:00. Please don't look at the other shavettes in the video. You're on a NB, and it would be too tempting. I can look at them, though, as I'm on a Buy 2018.

 

My first lather bowl was a Jays Clays that I got from Amazon. Beautiful bowl but I felt it was too small. I decided on a large Captains Choice. Love it. I have no urge for another lather bowl. That may change because I'm seeing some beauties being posted.

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My NB ends at midnight, so I can look.

 

Adam, I'm glad to see you hanging in there with the Leopard shavette. Good idea to mute the tips on the blades. My experience is similar to yours. If I perform a multi-pass shave with my shavette, I don't need to shave a for at least two days. So that I can shave each day, I'm just doing a simple, one-pass WTG shave with a few touch ups around my mouth and chin area. This has eliminated most of the potential for irritation and lets me play with my shaving toys every day. I also had trouble at first with letting the blade tips irritate my neck area. I really had to back off on the pressure and watch the blade angle closely to keep this from happening.

I hope everything is going well on your home construction project.

 

@Norcalnewb -Does the whole blade being fully recessed like that make it hard to use? The dead space on the ends looks maybe cumbersome?

 

Absolutely no harm in looking as many times as you want.

Shave gear accumulation step 5.

Letting nature take its course from here on out...

 

Well it might bring too much sexy to the thread too. So it's nice you resisted.

 

Sunday March 18 - sampling onwards

Gillette Fatboy on 5 / Gillette 7 O'clock (Russian) (1)
JR #267 boar brush
The Dry Dock shave bowl
B+M Latha Sandalwood soap
Alum and TSD Milk Aftershave Sandalwood


A good dollop of soap in The Dry Dock was easily whipped into copious lather by the new boar brush. Absolutely no trouble with this brush loading or dispensing lather. Compared to the creams I just used, the Latha Sandalwood has a light scent, although that may be because the sample is getting old. Performance is okay but nothing that would make me rush out to buy a tub. (Fortunately because the entire Latha line is now discontinued.)

The 7 O'clock blade is both sharp and very smooth when compared even to the better Lord Super Chrome blades. (The Super Stainless weren't even in the same league.)

Two passes to an almost perfectly smooth face. One small weeper on my goatee area where I nicked a pimple needed a touch of the styptic pencil to disappear. Other than that, a great shave.

 

Lots of good blades. If you like Astras, you’d probably enjoy many of the Russian Gillettes. Many have been listed recently on the thread.

 

Thanks Jason. I have the Silver Blues and Platinum. Decisions decisions. Probably Feather.

Maybe...

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March 18, 2018

Razor: Pre-War Gillette Tech
Blade: Nacet Stainless (3)
Brush: VdH Boar
Soap: Williams
Post: Alum, Listerine, WH

Another crazy last few days, so this is the first shave since Wednesday. I was feeling in a pre-War Tech mood, so I risked moving the Nacet from the post-War Tech. No problems with that, though, and I ended up with a comfortable BBS. The VdH Boar continues to hang onto its bristles now that I know to soak it before use.

A great shave for a quiet Sunday.