January 2017 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Discussion in 'Shave School' started by NCoxSTL, Dec 31, 2016.

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How long have you been part of the 30 Day Crew?

  1. Charter Member baby! Since January 2015

    7 vote(s)
    21.2%
  2. Over a year and a half

    3 vote(s)
    9.1%
  3. About a year

    4 vote(s)
    12.1%
  4. Last 6 months or so

    3 vote(s)
    9.1%
  5. This is only my 2nd or 3rd month

    4 vote(s)
    12.1%
  6. I'm a Newbie!!

    8 vote(s)
    24.2%
  7. I'm not telling until you give me a cookie!!

    11 vote(s)
    33.3%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    Thank you. I feel like I would be solidly on track if I didn't look like I I got slapped by Freddy Krueger. It is not helping that I am trying to clean up around them, which is not allowing for any kind of normal stroke.

    I don't know why I felt it so important to use both hands equally. I know that some do, some don't. I guess for now I will just do what is comfortable.

    Even though the weight is virtually the same, there is something about the Kai that feels really solid. I like the jimping, but the Feather has the rubberized handle all the way up, and is super comfortable, so functionally it is just a preference thing I suppose.
     
  2. SharptoothC

    SharptoothC I bite..........

    Right now both of my shavettes use proprietary type blades - Weck Sextoblade and Feather SS. I am looking to buy a shavette that uses DE blades so that I can work through some of the blades I have during focus month. My question is: they seem to use half of a DE blade. I need some schooling on how you safely break one in half. @Bama Samurai, I know you use one... Suggestions?

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  3. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    I just leave them right in the wrapper and fold them over in half.
     
  4. RetLEO-07

    RetLEO-07 likes his penguin deep fried, with pink sparkles

    OMG!! :happy097: :happy102:Thank you so much. That was great!!!!
     
  5. mrchick

    mrchick Odd, Terrible Avatar

    Another very nice shave
    Route 66 Perfect Storm
    B-400 Brush by Tom
    SRD Bridle Strop
    Giesen and Forsthoff Adoration
    Lucky Tiger
    Florida Water AS
    Have a great week![​IMG]
     
  6. NCoxSTL

    NCoxSTL AAACK!

    You might have been heart broken....I was relieved and surprised. As for your membership in the Cartel two things. 1. Do you really think you can get away that easily? And, 2. It's not like we haven't had our issues with partying and recovery before.

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  7. NCoxSTL

    NCoxSTL AAACK!

    Proraso is definitely an under-appreciated product at times. Just one of those old standards that does nothing but what it is supposed to. And for a great price.
     
  8. NCoxSTL

    NCoxSTL AAACK!

    You're getting my pain stick fever in high gear here.
     
  9. NCoxSTL

    NCoxSTL AAACK!

    That description of the Voskhod doing its thing brought tears to my eyes. I called a five minute timeout from Cartel business just to let everyone on staff here (who was still sober) reflect on glorious blade of glorious motherland.
     
  10. NCoxSTL

    NCoxSTL AAACK!

    Cold and a bit rainy today, as those of you who watched the Winter Classic know. And, the Blues sent the Blackhawks back to Chicago after beating them 4-1. GO BLUES!! I watched the game while working on upgrading my blade sorting/storage. Here is the result so far.

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    This is for any loose tucks or blades I have. I have the Russian 100 pack cards on my wall to my left as well as extras in a plastic storage box under my table. This is actually a thread box and the other side is identical so I have double the storage you see here. Should keep things organized a bit better. Anyone want to venture a guess which compartment houses the Tiger and Quick Tiger?
     
  11. NCoxSTL

    NCoxSTL AAACK!

    Ok, FINALLY here's my focus for this month. Still have lots of blades to trial in the Grand Blade Trial, but it will be a fill in during the month on days I decide. I'm changing my emphasis on that a bit after several months of it last year. Some new data emerged that I've been sorting through and figuring out. So, there will be an update on that process in the near future.

    The main focus for this month will be shavettes, with a twist. I'll be using both pain sticks, the Greager and Feather SS with the Kai Captain Mild blade. And, I'll be using the Magic shavette with five different blades. Along with those shaves I'll also use the corresponding DE blade with the Fatip to see the difference in how the shavette version works compared to the DE version. Using the Fatip should provide an aggressive feel to more balance with the shavette. Should be a fun month!

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  12. wristwatchb

    wristwatchb wristwatch "danger" b

    Jim, I think we'll like it a lot, but it's hard to break old habits. Today felt like a holiday, so I'll let you know after some time has passed. I will definitely miss seeing my friends at work every day, but I have plans to catch up with them every so often. We're putting some things on the calendar so that we stay active and engaged. For example, my Bride and I are going to the gym three days a week, and I've got my first guitar lesson scheduled for tomorrow. :git: I've also got a list of stuff I want to do around the house, and I've already started knocking some of those items off the list. So far, so good. :happy088:
     
  13. wristwatchb

    wristwatchb wristwatch "danger" b

    I thought this was helpful...

     
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  14. wristwatchb

    wristwatchb wristwatch "danger" b

    Nice job! I need to do something similar since I've got a few different brands of blades now.
     
  15. Norcalnewb

    Norcalnewb Magnanimous Moos

    My parents retired last year, and it didn't take my dad more than a day or two to call and rub it in that he wasn't working. It sounds like you have some good plans to keep busy. My parents are doing the same, and my fears that they would hate retirement and want to go back to work haven't come true yet. They have enjoyed every minute of it. I hope you do the same.
     
  16. NCoxSTL

    NCoxSTL AAACK!

    I have a smaller plastic box that I was keeping the loose blades in organized (more or less, mostly less) in the plastic sleeves that Jason uses from tryablade.com. Just got too out of control, especially as I kept adding more blades. Hopefully this will keep it in much better order. Thought about taking the cards down and putting the tucks in something like this too but I like the blades hanging there more than anything else SWMBO might put up.
     
  17. wristwatchb

    wristwatchb wristwatch "danger" b

    Once I'm sure I like retirement, I'll start rubbing it in too. ;)

    I'm glad your parents are enjoying their retirement, Jim. Knowing of success stories like theirs encourages me. Thanks. :)
     
  18. cmorris357

    cmorris357 catching flies.........

    The two that caught my eye were China Crap, which is self explanatory. And loose Russian, which brings this to mind:
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  19. Keithmax

    Keithmax Breeds Pet Rocks

    Day 4 with my Thäter 2 band. Loaded up my Feather DX to get in the pain stick mood and theme for the month. AoS tallow soap and AoS sandalwood cream for a super lather. The lather was just awesome, not sure why I don't use this combo more :signs002:

    Four passes no blood, no irritation and BBS, just not the long lasting BBS so just short of epic but still most awesome shave.

    Some thoughts on the Thäter brush. This is my top brush in terms of performance, it is dense but still releases the lather and has great flow through. I get frustrated with other over stuffed brushes that have no flow through and never release the lather. This is a big brush and given I am a four pass shaver it generates all of lather, more than enough for 4 passes. The tops are soft and it does not have excessive back bone. I also get frustrated with two band brushes where people gush over the soft tips and great backbone, to me they just feel like an over priced broken in boar brush.

    No pic today :taunt002:
     
  20. NCoxSTL

    NCoxSTL AAACK!

    I checked the "loose Russian" compartment again. I like yours a lot more than mine.
     

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