May 2016 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix and Discussion

Somebody send this man a Tiger......QUICK!!!!! Before sanity has a chance to take hold!

 

G is my favorite safety razor. Now you know why!

 

Will it work in a Fatip?

(Go big or go home!)

 

@NCoxSTL - the Force is strong in this one.

 

Yes it is. Definitely Cartel material I think.

 

Be careful what you wish for... You want to know how bad a Tiger is? Imagine the beat down one would receive from SWMBO when given the answer "Don't be silly sweetie... I know you're fat!!!" when asked "Do you think I am fat?"...well that is still less painful then shaving with a Tiger blade... at least to me... YMMV... I would not recommend either that comment or the blade... but the blade is worse...

 

The problem with answering that question as you suggest.....is that you can't even commit suicide with the Tiger blade to end the beatdown. Go ahead. Try to open a vein. Can't be done. Not with a Tiger.

 

I don't think the Tiger can cut through melted butter. It is truly an amazingly horrible useless blade. I wouldn't subject my worse enemy to shave with one as it is inhumane.

Oh I already decided.... MAYhem 2017.... Tiger in the Old Type... all 31 days..

 

Mystery May Max-out!
Fatip Grande Style
Days 1 & 2





Fatip Grande
Mystery Blade (1-2)
L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
Route 66 - Lumberjack
Alum
TSD ISZ AS

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My wife should be a licensed therapist by then. I'll have her on standby for you.

 

Alas! (Or perhaps, Hooray!), after checking the stock of non Russian steel and finding examples from across the globe, I have no Czechoslovakian blades to offer. However, a mere 35¢ from tryablade will fulfill your request, and with the current promotion will net you a couple of free Pakistani offerings as well.

 

Really? or did you mean -- G is my favorite injector razor?

 

May 26, 2016
It’s Hydro-Magic May!
I’m spending the month with my three Schick Eversharp razors that sport the Hydro-Magic shaving/cleansing head - Types I2, J3, K1

Long workday on Thursday, just finally posting now.

Hot Shower
Razor: 1955-1958 Schick Eversharp Type I2
Blade: Schick (Dutch) (3)
Soap: Route 66 Barbershop Hop
Brush: Stirling Kong
TSD Witch Hazel
AS: Myrsol Blue



2-day growth, 3-pass shave - WTG, XTG, ATG
As I close out the month-long focus, I’m content to not chase BBS and just take the best I can get with focused technique and the tools in hand without any touch-up or buffing. DFS result suits me just fine.

Cheers!
RT

 

Just make sure she has a therapist for herself after our meeting... she is going to need it...

 

I just realized there is only 4 days left in MAYhem.... I need to plan something super crazy by the end of the month..

 

Maybe you should start another club thread. I suggest "The G Spot"

 

Good one...but no thanks....

 

Really.

If someone were to come to me today to learn straights, I would reccomend the following progression.

Tech or r89type for 30 days mastering blades angle.

Schick G for 60 days mastering skin stretches, and holding angle.

Then Straights! The G, in my humble opinion, is the best of the mass produced vintage injector class. E and J are good also. The G is about as aggressive as it could possibly be, it doesn't clog, and the glide is superb. I've said it before...it's what a straight shave feels like.

 

Even without a goal of learning straights, the DEs and injector you mentioned are great first choices as an intro to this way of shaving. Coincidently, the Tech and Schick G are actually two razors I provided to my son (22 yo) when I convinced his to break in his babyface to this way of shaving.