March 2018 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

I know! I’m tempted to watch it now.

 

LOL! Me too!

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Me too.

 

Edwin Jagger
Gillette Silver Blue(4)
Semogue 1305
Proraso Red Preshave
Haslinger Calendula
Speick AS Splash
Proraso Blue AS Balm

BBS shave in 3 passes, with a pinch of touch up on the chin. Did not apply alum to the lower neck and it seemed to not look as red. Going forward I think I'm going to forgo alum on the lower neck and see how it affects my neck redness. Lather still not as slick, or stable as with the Tabac. Dried out on face during shave. I loaded the heck out of the soap. Lather didn't appear to have bubbles. I wonder if I'm adding to much water? Can an over watered lather dry out on your face? The razor and blade combo worked great, and the alum sung a little on the chin and jawline around the chin. Likely caused by buffing with no residual slickness present. Getting great shaves, even with a subpar lather which is encouraging. I figured out how to lather the Tabac, now I just need to figure out how to lather other soaps, or just use Tabac exclusively. Have a nice evening and morning Gents.


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Two shave reports

Monday, a little rushed for time so I went with my DOC Evolution and continued to try finish of this Castle Forbes. A little more irritation than normal, I think it is a left over from Sunday's shave. No time, no pic.
Irritation A- Closeness A

Razor: DOC Evolution (Gillette 7’Oclock Blue)
Brush: Shavemac silver tip
Soap: Castle Forbes
AS: Lucky Tiger AS, Speick ASB
Scent: Amouage Memoir Man

Tuesday was a much better shave. A mixed a big bowl of wet, slick Castle Forbes and as soon as I felt the blade on my face it was game on. It was very very smooth and still sharp, no user errors and finished with an epic shave.

Irritation A+ Closeness A+ Smoothness A+ Sharpness A+

Razor: Mastro Livi Gifretto
Strop: Mastro Livi
Brush: Shavemac silver tip
Pre: Proraso
Soap: Castle Forbes
AS: Enhanced Alt Insbruck, L’ Occitane ASB
Scent: Knize Ten

 

We are remodeling our office and it is more than a little behind schedule, we now call it the ‘Gaudi project’.

Me too

 

Beautiful razor, Keith!

 

Lather that dries out and is not slick is usually an indication of not enough water. I face lather, so I add water and work the lather until a nice shine is evident on the lather. Shiny lather is slick lather.

 

Great photos and shave reports Gentlemen.

 

March 20 SOTD:

Razor: Vanta
Blade: Sputnik
Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Aurora
Lather: Stirling San Antonio
Aftershave: Wholly Kaw Chypre Rose Concerto
Additional Care:
Stirling Unscented PSB

After some discussion with @PickledNorthern, I loaded a full Sputnik blade into the Vanta this morning. I got a one pass CCS, maybe even a DFS. Really just a great shave. Some Chypre Rose Concerto topped off this top not shave. I hope everyone has a great day!

 

Thanks Clint!

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Great photo Jim. Loading a full blade does eliminate the need to store the unused half.

 

March 20, 2018
Colonial Razors Brass General
Feather Super Pro
WDC-6 with El Druida Manchurian
Jeeves Bay Rum
Krampert’s Bay Rum Aftershave

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A lot of rough weather rolled through the southeast last night. I hope everyone is safe and not impacted by the weather. Another great shave this morning. Feeling very confident, I decided to go a two pass shave starting with ATG followed by XTG. I used this same approach with the Mongoose and Feather Super Pro blade with good success. The results this morning were excellent. With minimal touch ups on my neck, I easily caught the baby. I did end up with 2 small weepers near my chin preventing would would have been an epic shave. A splash of Krampert's Finest and I am off to visit a client this morning. I hope everyone has a great Tuesday.

 

SOTD March 20, 2018

Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap
Blade: Vintage Personna Ultra Chrome
Razor: Personna injector
Brush: Surrey restored badger
Soap: Stirling The Lounge
Post: Witch hazel, RazoRock Zi'Peppino aftershave

Easy and comfortable shave with the Tobacco Tuesday theme. Stirling lathers so easily and makes some slick stuff. Really enjoyable. The scent of the Zi'Peppino splash matches pretty closely to The Lounge. It's a green tobacco scent.

Also tried a vintage Personna injector blade, courtesy of @EzraCobb. It was smooth and easy to use. All around very enjoyable shave.

Have a great day!

 

Thank you, Clint! The Derby blades I have been using are half blades that came with the Classic Samurai, so it hasn't been a problem just yet, but this saves me from having to get more half blades in the future.

 

Excellent pictures and terrific shaves, gentlemen!

 

Great shave and photo Perry.


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Thank you Jim.


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Thanks, Clint.

Jim, you could just present a picture of your brush & handle each day and skip the rest. That handle steals the attention every time.

Thanks, Jim.