May 2016 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix and Discussion

Well... that sucks.... At least the face shave was horrible!

 

I say #1, with #2 as your rescue set up. This despite the amazing shave I got from your recommendation this morning. I'm just trying to get the maximum entertainment for my purchase. I just want to make sure you have a rescue option if things go bad.

 

Option 3 has been 86'd due to the landslide vote.. I am going with the Old Type/ Tiger setup. 4 passes on the face and 4 passes on the head.. to make it even more interesting I am going with Williams Shaving Soap and my JR#23 Silvertip (Nothing wrong with the brush but it is the only one that refuses to make Williams work) pending Doctors orders and wifi availability I will update later....

 

Full face & head shave is done. Will post a picture and update on my thoughts later. If I describe the shave this soon after finishing it I am sure I will be banned.

 

LOL @Mr. Freeze93

 

You're welcome?

 

Thanks for the sending them my way. I just wish the gift didn't result in this much pain...

 

I told you........like a BOSS!!

 

MAYhem 23rd, 2016.

Razor: Gillette Old Type
Blade: Don't make me laugh. You call this a blade? This is shaped like a blade but that's about it.
Brush: JR #23 Silvertip
Soap: Williams
Post Shave Face & Head Care: Maggard Alum Block/ Styptic/ Styptic/ Styptic/ Alum Block/ Tears/ Thayers/ Curse Words/ 911 Call/ More Thayers
Aftershave: Half a bottle of Nivea AS Balm/ The Veg


First off to whoever makes these "blades"...

And you should be imprisoned so you can not hurt the rest of the world!!!


On to todays shave.

First off let me just say that every single shave I have had so far this month has been a picnic compared to this. In terms of closeness, comforts, and overall quality of shave I cant even rate it as a number this low does not exist.



I soaked the Williams in some hot water while I took a shower. Poured about half the water out and kept the rest in (Williams is a thirsty soap so I normally keep this much or more in the bowl) and started loading the brush... and loading.... and loading.... and loading.... and loading... 80 years later I tell everyone at the funeral home to stop the wake for me and hold on as I finally have what looks to be a decent lather. Go to apply and start building a lather on my cheek. Ahh but you see Williams decided to be its usual PITA self and decided to pull a Houdini and disappear as I started working on lathering up my neck and other side of the beautiful face I once had. Reapplied the side that had disappeared and by doing that the other side decided to do the same. Now I am starting to get annoyed as I can get a great lather for 2-3 passes with Williams with any other brush but for some reason I cant dial this soap in with this one. Oh well its MAYhem... crap lather or disappearing none at all lather I am shaving!!!!

Lathered (LOL sorry I keep saying lather...) up my head and face and grabbed the razor and sure enough...no lather...just a wet snail like slime left from Williams latest magic trick. Oh well what is the worst thing that could happen.

What happened in the next 15-20 minutes was something so terrible it was something Harry Truman would order to end a war.

I started on the head and as soon as I started my 1st XTG pass I knew I was in for catastrophic trouble. You know when you put a band aid over a part of your body that has hair and then you rip it off? You know that tugging painful feeling as you rip it off? Well it had that feeling except hair was not being really cut or removed.. the pain feeling was there. I quickly realized after a few unsuccessful swipes I was going to have to a cardinal sin and apply pressure for it to knock down my 3 days growth on the scalp. Sounds like a great idea right? NOPE!!!!!

I bleed, cursed, and cried through my 4 passes and honestly if my skin wasn't on fire and bleeding I would shave again as I barely took anything off. The smoothest spot on my head right now feels how my head is if I skip a head shave for a day or 2.




On to the face shave..... again no lather just a slick slime from the Williams... Started my first pass and it was just like how the head went only worse.. this already dull worthless piece of excrement was fading fast and becoming even more unbearable to use. I should grab something else I thought as there is no way this razor blade shaped tin can is going to do anything... however I am a man of my word and said I would not grab anything else. All right Mr. Tiger you want a fight? You got one! You may do more damage but I am not leaving this sink until I have at the very least a DFS! So buckle up as things are going to get bumpy and bloody!!!!

6 passes later I can honestly say I have a DFS.... barely but it is there... like .0000000000000000001% over the line of what a DFS can be called but I achieved it. But who has won? Yes I have a near/kind of/ ok feeling my face and it is not a DFS but at the time it felt like it/ DFS but it was not without a few tragedy's. I managed to cut myself (not cleanly as that would show the blade is sharp) in a dull weird pattern. On my 4th ATG pass I managed to gash the cut even more open so that was lovely.

What happened next was a frantic reach for all soothing items/ blood stoppers in my den. I dunked my head in a bucket of ice water to offer some relief.... not a chance.

Went over the head and face with alum then quickly decided that was a bad idea and threw my head back under water.

Went back to the alum and grabbed my styptic pen to stop the bleeding and decided no matter how much it burns you need to stop the bleeding ( My new White T-Shirt I was wearing is ruined as the gash on my neck poured onto my shirt ) as I am bleeding worse then my first shave with a pain stick.

I joke a lot about screaming like a girl as I believe my humorous takes on my shaves make you all laugh and happy that you are not me and thankful your shaves are not this bad. Well no joking today. Styptic went on and I honestly screamed... like a little girl who just dropped her ice cream.

I then lead the assault of Thayers and Nivea onto my face and scalp and I don't think there is enough of either in the world to sooth this pain....

Slapped on the Veg and wept very manly tears....



@Drygulch, @NCoxSTL , @mrchick, and those of you who opted for #1 but didn't say anything...

You have all screwed up my day..



Well I am off to go cry in the corner...

 

May 23, 2016

On the last day of a two-week business / pleasure trip.
Alternating between two Schick razors:
C1 (Personna *74)
H2 (FergieFeather)

Nearly 40 years ago my folks retired to a rustic beach house on a quiet island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.



One of my favorite aspects is their outdoor shower where I also shave when visiting.



2-day growth (I'm on island time) 2-pass shave (XTG, ATG)
Razor: 1947-53 H2: The Deb Fashion Razor
Blade: FergieFeather (3) (Feather AC Pro blade cut to fit injectors)
Soap: Stirling "Island Man"
Brush: Rubberset 300N 'Plastiset' Nylon
TSD Witch Hazel
AS: Stirling "Island Man"

Another excellent travel shave!
This little gal knows her way around a guy's face. The fingertip control provided by the nubby razor allows precise control of angle and pressure allowing the sharp Feather a smooth, slicing path through any growth. With focused and precise strokes the need for touch up and buffing is minimal but very smooth where needed.

Both razor / blade combos will become part of my regular travel gear.

Cheers!
RT

 

Ever think to yourself, "It can't be that bad. Maybe I should order one and see, what's the worst that could happen?"

 

I am going to take the easy way and live vicariously through the fine folks in this thread

 

No menthol?

 

@Mr. Freeze93, I did say that the blade as an unusable piece of metal like substance. I even honed it to see if I could make it work. I was at work when you had the vote.

 

I do believe you had fair warning....after all.....I used it as well. And I've never said anything remotely nice about that blade. Or printable in most media. Now, however, I will say that I do feel better having seen you go through that. Makes the "no mercy" shave, and two days of Blendax seem worth it. And yes, anyone who would call that thing a blade is sitting on a throne of lies, weaving a web of lies while stirring a pot of lies.

Now, my final thought.....if you only look as bad as Fring did? That wasn't a bad Tiger shave!

 

And you still would have voted Tiger.

 

Well I am going with the Tiger and Old Type again tomorrow to see if I just had an off day. What's the worse that can happen. And yes the same blade... I am not swapping this one out for a new one.

 

I'm going to go out on a limb, and it's a very short limb, and say you didn't have an off day. You experienced the Tiger. Period. But hey, if you can figure it out more power to you, but I have it firmly on my "defective tools" list.

 

I guess the shave wasnt bad enough. Just got bit by this jerk. I accidently sat a little too close to him for his liking as I didn't see him. Well I am smoking a butt and I feel something slithering in my shorts (stop laughing) and then I feel a pinch so I shot up and attached to my leg was this meanie.

 

Crazy!!!