OCtober 2016 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Ahem. Difficult act to follow.

OCtober; Attempted Diversion

Arko & B-400 Tuxedo
EverReady 1912 & Gem
B-V3.1 & Chick blade
Alum and The Veg.



I picked up a British EverReady 1912 SE, thought it try it out. Got about the same results as from an American version of the same razor. Thinking it's the Gem carbon steel blades. A little tugging on two days beard. After three full passes, I couldn't call it successful. No blood, but not good. The Bunny brought me to CCS on a fourth lather. Not a fiasco, or kerfuffle. Alum was reasonably quiet, & there's always time for The Veg.
Especially after a night shave!

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SOTD October 13, 2016

Blade: Chinese Schick
Razor: Schick L1 injector
Brush: Artisan badger
Lather: Stirling Barbershop
Post: Witch hazel splash, Stirling Barbershop aftershave, Nivea sensitive balm
WTG, touch-up

Lather, shave, splash, repeat. This setup has provided consistently good shaves so far this month. I don't see a reason why it won't continue. Nice shave all in all.

Have a great day!

 

October 13, 2016
Wolfman WR-01 OC + Ti with Triad Ti
Feather (2)
Rudy Vey Rover with TGN Finest
Fine L’Orange Noir Shave Stick
Witch Hazel
Fine L’Orange Noir

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A first rate shave this morning. I absolutely love Fine L'Orange Noir. Along with Platinum they are my two favorite aftershaves by a wide margin. So having a soap to match L'Orange Noir allows me to enjoy the scent throughout the shave. I find the soap very easy to use in shave stick form with easy lathering and solid performance. Sticking with my normal 3 pass shave and touch ups allowed me to catch the baby all over with the exception of my bottom right neck. It's not worth the hassle this morning so I will call it a near BBS. I finished the shave with a splash of Fine L'Orange Noir. I hope everyone has a great Thursday.

 

Thursday, OCtober 13, 2016

El Druida Manchurian
Mike's Natural Soap - Sweet Pumpkin Spice
Gillette New Long Comb Rhodium Rose Gold
Personna 74 #12
I Coloniali Aftershave Balm


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10/13/16

Almost the same set up as yesterday, except I changed the blade I'm using. I went from Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge to Astra Super Platinum. Great shave right off the bat, two passes with a third clean up pass no nicks and no weepers. I think we might have a winner here. Of course it could just be technique has really improved, so I'll go through a single shave with a new blade of each next week.

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Had to get a straight fix today
Route 66 Casablanca Soap
B-400 Brush by Tom
Kikuboshi Strop
Kikuboshi Razor
Alum
Thayers WH
Pitrulon Classic AS
Have fun!

 

Oct. 12
Soap - Proraso Green Tub
Brush - Omega 10098 Boar
Ceramic Suribachi Bowl
Blade - Blade - Gillette Silver Blue - Russia
Razor - 1937 Gillette Sheraton
Aftershave - Ginger's Garden Aventus splash and cologne

Not sure what happened today. I was running late and went for a quick two pass shave. I ended up with one large and one small weeper under my nose. I think in my haste, I was not concentrating on riding the cap. It's been quite some time since I had a shave go this poorly. I'm holding off for a day before shaving again and will definitely be more focused when I do.

 

I'll just leave this here.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1079663168780006

 

Mongoose B3/ Feather Super Pro (1)
Shave Revolution 24mm Synthetic
Mike's Barbershop Shaving Soap
Thayers
Fine American Blend



What a shave!!!! Popped in the super pro to see if it's reputation was well deserved or not. Either my technique is solid as a rock or I am having great luck (sorry @NCoxSTL ) as I had a perfect BBS shave. No nicks, cuts,blood, curse words, or irritation. Really starting to love this brush even though I am a strictly badger guy.

 

I have an inch wide strip of hair on my neck that runs from my Adam's apple to my ear. In order to get ATG on this I have to go from my shoulder to my chin. Over 200 SR shaves in, I still haven't figured out how to hold the razor. I normally do a N/S, S/N, and a chin to ear pass with a straight. That gives me a DFS most times, and does not give me razor bumps. I have accepted that I won't be able to get this on most shaves, and sometimes get surprised.

 

Boy you just can't count on anyone anymore. But, as I've said before....well as we have all learned......Technique Trumps Tools!

 

Astra SP is the bang-for-buck undisputed champion of DE blades.

 

Tequila Trumps Techniques

 

Razor: Gillette OC
Blade: Personna Platinum (5)
Brush: El Druida Red Heart Chakte Kok/African Blackwood 2 Band Badger.
Soap: Eufros Tierra Humeda
Aftershave: Myrsol F./Extra

Another near BBS with these products.


I have to hit the road for a few days. I'll be back Sunday. Here is my travel kit.

 

Thank you Charlie. I appreciate your kind thoughts.

 

Tequila has a way of coming back around on me. I think I'll stick to the Vodka. Hmmmmm. Vodka Validates Victory...VVV. No?

 

That is a true statement. Yet even I don't think about the Astra SP except for head shaves. Don't know why it flies under the radar.

 

Doug

You are killing me with your pictures right now. What a beautiful landscape you have going on right now.


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Astras are indeed covered by the Fight Song. They're from St. Pete. I think they are honestly one of the smoothest and sharpest out there. Think Feather but without that harshness that it can bring. I've typically used them on head shaves for three weeks in a row, so that's a lot of territory to cover and a lot of growth to cut as well compared to daily face shaves. The price on them has always been a bargain and they are one of the blades I could go "minimalist" with if I decided to. I've never run into a bad one yet.

As far as comparing to Voskhod (and grab something or sit down quick) I will say I probably prefer Voskhod over Astra by the slightest of margins and mainly because, to be honest, Astras are almost too smooth. There's usually very little if any awareness of the blade and I like having that in the Voskhod. That's for the Superior Platinum, just to be clear. I haven't tried the Super Stainless one yet.

 

Thanks very much Charlie.