May 2016 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix and Discussion

Calling @Rufus T. your choosing talents are required. Need to choose my shave for tomorrow.

1-15 for the blade
1-15 for the razor
1-6 for the soap
1-7 for the brush

Don't make me send Ivan over to remind you.

 

Mwah ha ha ha!

 

ok, ok....

I choose that you use, um... A Blade!

 

MAYhem 2016
May 9

Razor - Gem 1912 SE
Blade - (1)
Brush - Vie-Long 12705 The Horse
Soap - Marvy
Post - Cold Rinse, Alum, Nivea

It's the @Keithmax Wildcard MAYhem shave. I know, I know, you were all cheering for the Tiger to appear but, alas (for you), the shaving gods chose the Gem 1912. However, they also, along with Keith, chose Marvy. Yeah, so there's that. The blade is a Carbon SE blade and the brush is the Horse, which is a great brush with some soaps, not so much with others (like the Fat). It's also a bit of a shedder, though not horrible.

Head shave was first this morning and I took my time since I didn't want to break out the Marvy before it was necessary. I soaked the Marvy puck for about an hour this morning to get it back to soft and gooey. Head shave was great, shower done, can't wait any longer. Now, I want to add one thing. I really don't like the smell of Dove soap. Normally we have a Castille soap in our shower and bathroom and it is a very nice, lightly scented, vegetable based soap. Well, somebody forgot to order another batch of it (SWMBO blames me) and she bought a couple of bars of Dove to hold us over. You also know I really don't like the Marvy scent at all. Now, mix the two. Dove is hanging in the air, and when I start whipping up the Marvy, it just created a toxic cloud of fumes that really made me wish for, oh, I don't know, a drunken stupor to overcome it.

Anyway, the Horse actually did a pretty good job on the load and provided a pretty good lather as I painted it on. If you can call a Marvy lather, lather. It's more like a goopy slick mess that sticks to my face. It is, however slick and that's the main point. First pass with the 1912 and it is a fun razor to use. The feedback from this thing is incredible. Loud and nasty sounding. It's a fairly rough blade but not so rough you can't enjoy it. And, it produced a pretty good result. The angle to hold the razor at is a bit awkward but once I adapted my grip it went well. Second pass XTG again produced amazing feedback and great reduction. Went ATG and then decided, hey, it's MAYhem, let's Gillette Slide this puppy. Or, perhaps, Gem Slide is more appropriate. Did my entire neck on the slide and when I finished I had BBS baby. That razor really gets the job done.

Now, what about irritation? It's a heavier blade than a DE, and three passes plus a G-slide.....possible I'm not too badly irritated? Possible, but no way did it happen. Alum was nice and hot all over, but it's a serious BBS. I'll take the burn.

Rinsed the brush, covered the Marvy and abandoned the toxic stench around me. Onward and forward to tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the @Rufus T. shave and I'm still waiting for him to pick numbers. So far it looks like he has chosen....."a blade". I'll get that too you when Ivan gets back.

In the meantime, @Drygulch is the Chosen Chooser for Wednesday. Why am I nervous about that?! Even with randomization I'm a bit nervous about him having access to the numbers. All right gents.....choose between 1-15 for the blade, same for the razor, 1-6 for the soap, and 1-7 for the brush!

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:ahem::ahem::ahem::ahem::ahem::ahem:

.....Ivan's coming.....:ahem::ahem::ahem:...................oh no Ivan is here! Better choose quick!

 

ohhhhhhhhh, now i get it....

2
6
6
2

 

Does that spell out:

T
I
G
E
R
?

 

Annnnnndddddddd.......the @Rufus T. shave is in. You know, I like this guy. I really, really do. And he knows how to treat a buddy. Would you believe he, along with the shaving gods, chose this razor/blade combo:

Aristrocrat with a Ladas!!!!!

How good is that? Awesome pair, great shave coming because he also chose the Vie-Long 12601, the Pony, that I really like as well.


What a guy! And the soap? Why.........MARVY?!?!!?!?!

So much for that good times feeling.

 

Nice try to influence the universe.

 

Rats, I tried.

 

Well at least you got 3 out of 4 going for you!

 

what rarified company I keep.
bring on the Cartel!

 

Let me see if I can come up with the worst a better combo. You know me, I'm not rolling the dice over here asking for a train wreck of a shave for myself. (Its probably a good thing you are randomizing the numbers, otherwise it would have been Razor: 1, Blade: 6, Soap: 5, and Brush 7 on your original list.)

Blade: 13
Razor: 3
Soap: 3
Brush: 7

Happy shaves, my friend.

 

Razor: Schick G1
Blade: Schick injector
Brush: Jayaruh JR #45 Walnut Honey Comb Handle
Soap: TSD Frozen Margarita
A/S: Floid Vigoroso
A very generous PIF from @mrchick of a Schick G1 Injector, I believe. Loaded a blade and got a DFS on the first try. How cool is that. Thank you.

 

Glad you are enjoying it. Nice pic!

 

Careful Douglas, this is how it starts!

 

@NCoxSTL The horse brushes might gently whip the Marvy into a better lather. It has a delicate surface tension and too much action building the lather makes it fail. the paint strokes and softer hair on the horse and the pony might be what it needs. I'll try a gen 1 synthetic on it next since that is my softest but scratchiest brush. Maybe the Plissoft as well to see if softer tipped brushes help it any.

 

I know, the enabler @mrchick has also made me purchase a Schick on eBay. I'm going to need a bigger cabinet.

 

Made you? How exactly did I do that?