May 2016 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix and Discussion

Maybe you got the North Korean one.

 

I'm back.....

Mystery May!!
Weishi Day 4, 5 - 13, 14May 2016





Mystery blade Weishi was a five day unqualified success. Ride the cap, Y'all! Been super busy around the house and land today, tired and happy. I am filling a fine tobacco pipe with some tobacco I paid way too much for, then I am gonna read 100+ from the 30DC and relax for the first time since 06:00. Other than that...all is quiet in Colorado.


Weishi 9306
(Mystery blade (4,5)
L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
Route 66 - Lumberjack
Alum
TSD ISZ AS
Aqua Velva Musk AS

Have a Super Sunday!
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My second most frequent place to post on TSD.

 

Not in. My favorite Russian blades are hard to find. I only know one guy that sells them.

 

05/15/2016
Wolfman OC with Triad Ti
Feather (1)
Rubberset 400 with Omega 49 Knot
TSD Yin Yang
Witch Hazel
Fine Platinum
Whipped Shea Butter

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A very good shave this morning. The big beast of a boar whipped up the TSD Yin Yang quickly into a nice slick lather. The Wolfman OC loaded with a fresh Feather took the whiskers away quickly ending in a near BBS. Finished with a splash of Fine Platinum. I hope everyone has a blessed Sunday.

 

Razor: Gillette Aristocrat
Blade: Dorco St 301 (1)
Brush: Tres Amigos, Desert Ironwood w/Envy White
Soap: TSD Iced Old Spice Type
A/S: TSD Iced Old Spice Type
Bowl: Pottersong
Very enjoyable shave today. Have an outstanding Sunday.

 

At the midpoint of the month, I'm really thinking I need to apologize to you and Mark for ever mentioning, let alone sending both of you, the Marvy soap.

I can definitely commiserate with you on the razor, though. I have the OC version of that razor (a Cadet TTO) and found it very aggressive and harsh. (Makes me think Russians have it easy compared to Indians.)

 

May Focus Day 14:

Stirling Synthetic Brush
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Henry Sears and Son Queen
Stirling Unscented PSB
TOBS Sandalwood AS

Second shave with this razor this month, and it was as good as the first. I ended with a DFS on one pass plus clean up. I am off to start my Sunday at church. I hope everyone has a great day!

 

Great picture, Doug. How long did you have to wait to get that bird to perch up there like that?

 

Probably 45-60 minutes. It's cold here today so they where just feeding and heading back to the woods. On a warm day they will sit up there for some time and keep other Hummingbirds from feeding. Funny to watch actually. My wife got a good laugh out of this, this morning. I think she is thinking about having me committed. Thanks for your kind words.

 

Nice Picture and a great setup for a Sunday morning shave!

 

Why would she have you committed? Looks like perfectly normal behavior to me

 

Straight Mayhem
I think I will have to quit calling this mayhem as I'm several days without blood. I am now experiencing very nice shaves with my straights. It's even becoming relaxing. I think I might not make it back from the Dark Side.
This razor is an extremely nice shaver. Two pass DFS. One WTG and one XTG.
Mike's Natural Soap
Doug Korn Brush
Hien 650 Razor
Alum
St John's Bay Rum
Happy Sunday!

 

May 15, 2016- Soap/Lather Focus

Razor: Pre-War Tech
Blade: Gillette Platinum Plus (1)
Brush: BdH Boar
Soap: Cella

I've got to stop overthinking this so much...

I decided today to take a break and pull out the Cella, just to remind myself what I'm trying to accomplish. Got a nice brush load, built up what I thought was a good lather, and started the shave. About halfway through the pass, I noticed that I was actually scraping soap off my face. Damn. Turns out I under hydrated the Cella. (This coming after days of over hydrating Williams.) More water on the brush and continued on to a DFS... and a mess cleaning soap residue out of the razor.

I found myself looking longingly a a VdH puck in the Supermarket yesterday. It seems like things were much simpler then.

 

It's hard to mess up VdH. I always have a puck here, mostly for head shaves but sometimes just because I don't want to mess with the others.

 

Now I am nervous.

 

MAYhem 2016
May 15
Razor - Gillette 1949 Super Speed
Blade - (1)
Brush - Tweezerman Floppy Shedmaster
Soap - Tabac
Post - Cold Rinse, Alum, Nivea

It's a sunny and very cool day in STL. Welcome to our Spring. 90 one day, 40 the next. But, at least the murder count continues to rise. When you're good at something stick with it!!

It's the @ob1page second shave of the month and as you can see above I got a good draw on this one. The Tweezerman brush leaves something to be desired but.....in its defense....it produced a really good lather off of the Tabac. Just loading the brush ended up producing lather that I was able to use and the face lather really worked it up nicely. Given the floppy nature of this brush (it's about the cheapest badger you can buy) I wondered if it would work with Marvy. Then, I shuddered, realizing that I was thinking about Marvy while lathering Tabac. Something is wrong. Very wrong.

The Ladas blade is from my open good tuck of blades. The duds are long gone. And, the shave was absolutely magnificent. I know, I know, not what you want to hear for MAYhem but that's the truth. Two passes. Two minor touch ups. Baby is in the house. Considering it's halfway through the month this was a great halftime shave.

Now, on to Monday which is the second @DDuckyMark shave. And, as much as I'd like to tell him that he pulled the Wildcard, setting up a potential Tiger, I assume he'll be happy with this. I'm actually putting in a request to have random.org checked for tampering.

Blade - Baili Blue (horrid)
Razor - Soyuz 1 (less razor, more crashed space vehicle)
Soap - Need I say it? Marvy. AGAIN!!!
Brush - Marvy. And that's when I asked for the tampering review.

Pretty much sums up my reaction to that draw.

Sheesh. Well, that's the worst I've seen this month. Should be an interesting morning.

Now, that brings us to @Bama Samurai for his second round pick. I shudder at where this may go. If the shaving gods have turned the tables on me, with his influence I may be looking at a concrete ground butter knife with Parkay for the lather. Sheesh! All right sir, my Tuesday fate is in your hand. 1-15 for blade and razor, 1-6 soap, 1-7 brush.

 

9,9,2,5

 

Great picture Doug!

 

Nice set up Clint. Have a good one today!