May 2016 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix and Discussion

Razor: Schick G1
Blade: Schick injector (3)
Brush: WDC-8 Brass Handle TGN- Finest
Soap: Route 66 Cavendish
A/S: Fine L'Orange
Excellent shave this early evening. Wood splitting today, and filling the garage with the wood, not finished, but a good start.
This is one of my favorite shave brushes. The Route 66 Cavendish is another amazing soap from Kathleen.

 

Thanks Doug.

The Black Pearl is another very subtle-scented soap from R66. Its's not like the more noticeable scent strength of others, like Bourbon Jungle...though I like the scent on it as well.

I prefer subtle, nuanced scents. They don't knock you over, but they are long lasting and I enjoy the whiff of it I get from time to time later in the day. Though I don't have a great nose for such complex layers of subtlety, this soap is similar that way to some R66 soap samples I've tried like Sea&Citrus, Perfect Gent, Sweeny Todd and even Barbershop Hop. TBP has an earthy base with very gentle floral scents up front. I'm glad I got a full puck of it!

I see that MrC got his hands quickly onto the new scent - Perfect Storm.
Whaddya think Mr C?

 

Excellent picture of good shave products.

 

Thanks for your review @Rufus T. I'll put The Black Pearl to use tomorrow. I like both types of soaps. Sometimes I like Bourbon Jungle and Lumberjack that have a strong scent, and other times, like you I prefer a less noticeable scent. It's good that Route 66 have both.

 

Good picture yesterday @Drygulch. How's the new position going? Are you getting settled in alright?

 

I tried two new scents this week. Yesterday was Twisted Tweed and today was Perfect Storm.
Both are very nice scents with the PS a more subtle scent than the TT. Now I'm a stronger scent kind of guy and rank the TT up with the Sweeney Todd because I can smell them when I'm shaving. Perfect Storm is more subtle like Retro Spice and not as noticeable to me when shaving, yet smells great if I stick my nose in the lather
All of these soaps are great performers and my favorite scents will have a permanent place in my den.

 

Thank you for your thoughts @mrchick.

 

Thank you for the soaps

 

Mystery May!!
Weishi Day 3 - SOTD 11 May 2016





Again, DFS on two!

Weishi 9306
(Mystery blade (3))
L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
Route 66 - Lumberjack
Alum
TSD ISZ AS
Aqua Velva Musk AS

Have a terrific Thursday!
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Excellent picture. Good looking razor.

 

Thank you, Doug! It's performing very well with the "ride the cap" technique focus!

 

Is it a symmetric or asymmetric grind?

 

Asymmetric

 

More MAYhem

Another round for the Feather DX. To give myself the best chance to minimise the blood letting I went with my best software setup, boiled my water filled the scuttle and made some hot lather out of some Queen Charlotte Soaps cream.

Less blood than last time, I think I halved the amount of weepers and halved the severity of the weepers. It feels like the DX is more aggressive than the CJB. I am off to Hokkaido Japan tomorrow so when I return I will need to do a comparison. Despite the blood 4 passes left me a very close BBS and minimal feedback from the alum. The blade felt smoother this time, maybe it is because it is the second shave or the software.

Irritation A- Closeness A Smoothness A- Sharpness A+

No pic Thursday

 

Wishing you safe travels to Japan. Beautiful country.

 

Save journey.

 

Safe journey over to Japan, and back!
:wave:

 

Well I got my shower and shave on a little early tonight. I guess I messed up some because a got about 2 weepers and a little irritation. Same soap, brush and blade (Voskhod) as last time, but this time I went back to the Nivea instead of the old spice