April 2017 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Thank you, Charlie! Happy Easter!

 

Awesome, Jason! Thank you!

 

Thank you!

 

SOTD April 16, 2017

Blade: Chinese Schick
Razor: Schick G1 injector
Brush: Surrey badger
Lather: Country Club Cahaba Blues
Post: Witch hazel, Fine American Blend aftershave
WTG, touch-up

HAPPY EASTER! Today is also my birthday!

I went with some products that are favorites of mine. I love this soap and don't use it enough. The G1 was my first injector and it led my down a path of using all injectors and SEs. The badger brush is a re-knot but the handle was from my great uncle, and finally Fine American Blend is my favorite aftershave. Nice shave and looking forward to a busy day!

Have a great day!

 

Cool photo, Perry!

 

Happy Easter, Perry and Happy Birthday!

 

Happy birthday Perry, I hope you have a fun Easter and birthday with your family!

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Razor: Supply Provision Custom 3 dot head
Blade: Chick
Brush Handle: B-400 The Brush by Tom
Knot: APShaveCo Tuxedo
Soap: B&M Leviathan
Post Care: Thayers Witch Hazel
Alum
Osage Rub
Aftershave: B&M Leviathan

Wonderful Easter morning shave today. The scent of the Leviathan is one of my favorites and the performance is top shelf. Just 2 passes today for a DFS, BBS in most places but I didn't chase it. Have a great day folks!

 

He just gets cuter and cuter

 

Happy Easter and Happy Birthday Perry!

 

OK, easter knot suggestion time for dad's handles: I've got a 24MM elite razor manchurian coming for the tall handle, but the short handle only has a 21.5 MM hole, so I need a 20 MM knot for it. Looking to mix it up a bit. Go! (Oh, and more importantly, happy Easter! He is risen...)

 

With a food processor, a little rolled oats, and some whole milk you can easily turn that basket's contents into a readily digestible, holiday baby cereal treat.

Doesn't seem fair to make the kid suffer because of a few outdated ideas about proper parenting.

 

Shavemac Flattop. Turns that 20 into a 22.

 

"Setting Neal" really isn't that difficult to use. It just takes a temporarily loss of self-preservation instinct and a shrug. As for the aged skin - why my face is as smooth as the day I first started shaving! I've not aged one bit in all these years. I can't figure out why all of my old acquaintences from college look like old men though. Strange.

 

Here are the Grandma rules. Grandma can do anything she wants. Learn it now, embrace the horror of it, and just let it go. Remember, this was your mother (or your wife's which may be worse) and you will never outrank her. Ever. And when it comes to your own kids.....well....that curse she threw on you that she "hope you have one that is just like you".....she'll do anything and everything to make that a reality.

Now, on the positive side.....since he can't eat any of that stuff the duty falls on the dad to clean it up. It's a tough job.....but I think you're man enough for it.

 

I agree. The longer I do this, the less blade choice matters with regard to outcome and results.

 

Great picture, Perry! Happy birthday!

 

Gentlemen:

Happy Easter and a Great Sunday to all!

 

Ok, we have to have words about this. As one who has tried blade after blade and continues to do so to find the top blade of them all, or at least the best of each group, I can say with absolute certainty that...........oh alright. I have been considering the shaves I've done in the past year as part of the Grand Blade Trials and if there is one thing I have definitely learned, relearned and once again proven, it is that almost any blade is a usable and even quite good blade as long as it's in a good razor and the user possesses strong technique. While there are still blades I prefer to use (Voskhod, Bic CP, Ladas and a few others), I haven't had a truly bad shave with a blade unless it's either a)made in China and not by a major manufacturer or b) is past its prime in number of uses.

While blades do lose their edge and their smoothness over time, it's the skill of the shaver that determines the quality of the shave. Dull or rough blades are, after all, considered as "defective" at that point. Certain razors will also be defective simply because they are cheap and poorly built (as in the Soyuz 1). Even then, the skill of the person using the tools can overcome a lot of issues with even defective equipment as long as it isn't defective to the point of being unusable. (Think Tiger blades)

For proof of concept look no further than the popsicle stick shaves and the blade on a bolt. The blade on a bolt, where the only "tools" are a bolt and nuts not designed for shaving and a bare DE blade was a pure lesson in technique. Angle had to be set by the person using the blade without any help from a guide or safety bar on a razor. And, with a free blade that could bend, flex, chatter and all kinds of other terrifying things, the amount of pressure needed to keep it straight and cutting had to be figured out on the fly. It's a test of skill that you either pass with flying colors - or just color the sink with blood. Fortunately nobody found the blood.

I'm working on a MAYhem plan that will further test the limits of technique but applied to the software end of the setup more than the hardware this time. In addition I"ll also be trying a couple of other items along with some others just for fun and to continue to prove out technique. But when it comes to blades there are lots out there and I've found very few that are actually total failures. I'll keep working through the ones I haven't used yet, but it's become more of an exercise in "oh that worked fine" rather than "oh that is is far worse than those two but better than those three", if you catch my drift.