May 2016 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix and Discussion

May Focus Day 27:

Jayaruh Brush
Musco Real Classic SC
W&B Wedge
Stirling Unscented PSB
Musco Real Classic AS

This was my first wedge of the month. It was also my first shave with this razor. It is definitely different than shaving with a hollow ground razor, as it is heavy and just plows through the whiskers. It is silent as it does its job. The etching on the blade says "if you lather well, it'll shave well" and this seems true. It was a nice two pass shave for a CCS. This Saturday is looking good, and I hope everyone has a great day.

 

What a beautiful razor you got there!

 

Thank you. It was bit of an early father's day gift. So far, I am very pleased with it.

 

Straight Mayhem
I took this shot on my daughter's back porch. What a beautiful morning
Travel kit shave
Lea shave stick
Pure badger brush
Feather AC SS
Kai captain mild blade
Proraso AS balm
Pinaud Citrus Musk AS
Have a great weekend!

 

Up and gone early but the shave was done. Talk to you all tonight! Hope it's great weather for a holiday weekend.

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Beautiful scenery and picture!

 

Great picture, Keith. I really like how the picture just frames everything up perfectly.

 

SOTD May 28, 2016
Injector/SE Focus



Prep: Warm shower
Blade: GEM Stainless PTFE
Razor: GEM MMOC
Brush: Omega 10049 boar
Lather: VDH Luxury
Post: Witch hazel splash, Aqua Velva, Nivea sensitive balm
WTG, XTG

Afternoon shave after working in the yard for several hours. Inaugural shave with the Gem Micromatic Open Comb I received yesterday. The turn to open mechanism is pretty neat on a single edge. It pushes the blade into place nicely. I may have had a little trouble with the angle due to a couple of nicks and a little irritation on my neck. The irritation should cool off and dissipate shortly. Otherwise everything was good. The razor was easy to use and enjoyable. I'll have to continue to refine the technique a little bit with this one. I'm really enjoying the injector and SE focus I've been doing this month!

After a witch hazel splash I applied Aqua Velva pretty liberally. It BURNED!! It finally cooled off with some nice menthol touches. My wife hasn't commented on it yet, which is a good thing. She'll tell me almost immediately if she doesn't like an after shave. Finished up with Nivea balm and slathered it pretty thick on my neck where it was red.

All in all a good, close shave. I'll continue working with the MMOC and try to avoid those nicks the next time. Have a great weekend!

 

I'll be on straights and pain sticks. Anybody else have a plan already or a theme?

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I see The Goose, The Fat, and The Veg a lot in my plans for June.

 

The Goose, The Fat, and The Veg.
Sounds like a bad spaghetti western.

 

And, I assume, no Marvy products anywhere.

 

Thank you. The view is breathtaking.

 

May 28, 2016- Soap/Lather Focus

Razor: Pre-War Fat Handle Tech
Blade: Gillette Platinum Plus
Brush: VdH Boar
Soap: Cella

Got back home late last night. I didn't shave the last two days of vacation, so today I had to attack 3 days growth.

I hit the Cella with a nicely hydrated brush and quickly had a nice, if a bit sloppy, lather. Unfortunately, the shave gods decided that if the lather was going to be good, then something would have to be up with the blade. (@NCoxSTL, you can probably relate to this one.) I'm not sure if it was just one too many shaves on the blade or the three-days growth, but the pass was very tuggy. I rode the cap, though, and came through it all with a decent DFS.

Tomorrow, we revisit the Williams and see if we've learned anything this month.

 

You assume correctly.

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Hotter then Kate Upton here in Massachusetts today so I decided to freeze my face off.


Alumigoose V2 Head/Stirling DE3P2 Stainless Steel Handle
Kai Captain (9)
Stirling 24mm 2 Band Finest Badger
Stirling Glacial MITA
Maggard Alum
Thayers
Fine Snakebite

 

I fell off my focus. Today's shave:

 

Bad boy! No cookies for you!!!

 

I've been shaving with whatever I could get an easy one pass SAS from. the other cook at work quit without notice so I've been working 7 days a week at 9 or 10 hours a day. Too tired to continue MAYhem.

 

The fat vegetarian goose?