January 2017 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Awesome pic!

I have to agree with your sentiment about new shavers and the Route 66. It performs with the best of them, but it is especially easy to get there.

 

Wonderful photo of an excellent travel setup Jim. I love the B&W.

 

SOTN January 25th


'48 Gillette Aristocrat, my unusual date.
Treet Silver / Bic Chrome Platinum
Dr Jon's Hydra
Satin Tip The Purest
RR Amici AS

Good morning friends, Last night I used two new to me blades. The first was the Treet Silver, a modern carbon steel blade. This blade lasted 2 strokes, it was tugging worse then a Baili blue. This blade made Gillette Rubies feel comfortable. Ditched it and though "what the heck" lets try another new one, so I loaded up the Bic Chrome Platinum. 1000 times better, this is actually a very nice sharp blade. I finished up my usual three passes in comfort and when I rinsed off I was please to feel not a hint of stubble. A splash of RR Amici and a very nice shave was had despite the speed bump that was the Treet Silver. Have a great day my friends!

 

January 26, 2017

Razor: W4 Black-Tip SuperSpeed
Blade: Astra SP (4)
Brush: Razorock Plissoft 22
Cream: KMF fragrance-free

Same setup as yesterday. Good performance from the KMF and a mild but efficient shave from the Black-Tip SS for an overall DFS.

 

NB 17 is restraining me from shipping a Fatboy off for a Steampunk finish.

 

Considering the condition of that particular FatBoy, it's maintenance and repair rather than a "purchase"?

Tapatalk Via Kyocera

 

Route 66 Frozen Margarita
Vie-Long Horsehair Brush
Wade and Butcher Razor
Lucky Tiger
Florida Water
Have fun!

 

Thanks Charlie!

 

I think there is a big thread on disassembly and reassembly of Fatboys over on B&B, but I haven't visited that forum in over a year.

 

Nice. But you still won't get me over to the Dark Side, cookies or not. Anything nicknamed "cutthroat" I'll be staying away from. No offense.

 

The other ladies shave their legs with them

 

The Monty Haul PIFed FatBoy? It was part of a lot I traded for at an antique store. I was getting the New LC, the Fatty was along for the ride. Had a stuck adjuster so I downgraded it's value to the previous owner but accepted it as part of the trade. Partial disassembled, but not fully broken down, the adjuster freed up. Not sure if it actually works, but it wasn't locked in place. That was the only #195 I haven't restored to full functionality and taken for a test shave out of the 6 or 8 that have passed through my hands. I hope I didn't send you a dud, but it was "What's behind the curtian..." Worst case it parts to repair another.


Tapatalk Via Kyocera

 

Ha, Ha

 

Thank you, Clint. It is so nice to have just a little comfort of home when on the road. If nothing else about this trip, I can say the shaves have been good. I am definitely looking forward to heading home tomorrow, though.

 

Thanks Charlie, it is a great shaver. It has parts from both the 46-47 and 48-50 Aristocrats, so I figure it was an early 48 where Gillette was trying to use leftover parts from 46-47's. And consequently the source of my CT.

 

How's retirement treating you? Or do you still fill like it is only a long vacation?

 

Razor: Gillette Super Speed Black Handle Flare Tip (P1)
Blade: Gillette Platinum (2)
Brush: WDC-7 Olivewood Handle, Silvertip
Soap: Route 66 Casablanca
Aftershave: Floid Blue
To my understand the Route 66 Casablanca is no longer available. To bad in my opinion. I really like this soap. I started off with the Olivewood Silvertip, but as there was more hairs flying than in a cat fight I switched to Tom White's Nylon 3D Printer brush with the Faux Horsehair Extra Dense Synthetic, which whipped up a great lather. I recently changed the knot in this brush and the AP Shave Co. Faux Horsehair was the only 22 mm knot that I had.
Start:

Change:

 

I like the looks off the Faux Horsehair knot. Is it similar to the Tuxedo knot?