July 2016 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

For the popsicle stick shave, why not just use the wide sticks so there is very little blade exposure. The stick should keep it from flexing.

 

Thank you! I was tentative at first but once I found the angle it performed wonderfully.

 

Hahaha!

 

What's the sport in that?

 

For science, I ate two of my daughter's popsicles. They didn't have the wide sticks. Tonight, I plan to eat the other 22 to see if they have wide sticks. Great idea, Mark!

 

I'm sure I'll eventually try it...Probably...maybe

 

Yeah. Take it a step in the other direction and use coffee stirrers.

 

A guy leaves for a couple months to get married and settled into a new house and comes back to this. I thought the big changes were in other aspects of my life, not the 30 day thread! Now I see Neal as the 30DC organizer/head shenaniganist and Chris promoted to a moderator. Congrats to you both! Definitely well deserved!

I joined the 30 day thread for the first time a year ago and it feels great to be getting back to it! In honor of that first month on here, I will be using my Lord L6 razor, my VDH boar brush, and my Stirling MITA while doing a blade test. I plan to repeat a few of the blades I tried back then, including @NCoxSTL's vaunted Voskhod, which is the blade I will start with tonight. I will try to overlap Neal and his massive blade roundup where I have blades, which would be with the Dorco 300 and Shark near the beginning. I agree with Chris and am looking forward to reading about the tests as GDCarrington 's blade tests were very informative and helped me get a start on which blades to look at when I was new.

I now shave almost exclusively at night right before bed because it is just the easiest time to find time. So I will be posting about my previous days shave most of the time when I actually do a report. Glad to be back and I missed the shenanigans . . . but not anyone going nuts with the menthol!!

 

Welcome back!

 

Welcome back!

 

Welcome back.I guess I'm new to the group since you left, but I also do enjoy the shenanigans!

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Welcome back! Shenanigans, you say? I will just leave this here.

 

First of all congrats on the wedding! And the new house. Glad to hear everything is well.

Using Voskhod your first shave back warms my heart like cheap vodka and the boys in the cartel salute you. Or would if they weren't already passed out.

Love your focus and welcome home!

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Yep. Survivors of this challenge move on to the chopsticks round.

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Nice to meet you @wmbjr I guess I'm new here to, well at least new since you've been gone. I've learned a lot in here in the past 2 focus months and am getting better every day thanks to the guys in here.

 

Welcome back!

 

I am feeling much better lately. Meds are working and all that jazz. I may start up a straights focus. The focus I want to do would be a comparison of full hollow, half hollow and wedge blades but I don't have a wedge. I'll troll around fitfully following Neal's blade trials until I can score a wedge from eBay or the like.

 

Like a tongue depresser stick. Then survivors will move to popsicle sticks then coffee stirrers and the final round will be just holding the blade by the tabs trying to shave.

 

I might try the first two, not so sure about #3. Last option is right out.
Where do the chop sticks fit in?

 

I'm feeling bad now because the challenge to Mr. Freeze93 was a joke, I didn't mean for anyone to take it serious.