April 2017 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Have you been able to get a round of golf in lately?

 

Only open in case of War.

 

I played last on the 16 th Clint. Looks like we are going out tomorrow.

 

My wife says, I should have been delivered in a glass case labeled "Break In Case of Emergency"

Have fun. You deserve it with the winter you had.

 

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

Just an honest opinion.

 

That had me choking on my beer.

 

Thanks Charlie, doing aok. Semper fi.

 

Your wife is probably right. That's why we don't have an encyclopedia, my wife knows everything.

 

An honest opinion is good enough for me.

 

That's funny Charlie.

 

Beautiful picture, Doug!

 

Jim.

 

If it is before work than you claim workmen's comp, do they still call it that?

 

This will be my last focus and straight razor shave until Monday. Tomorrow I leave for Kyoto and Arayashima (sp?) Japan.

Today's razor is my unknown J West that was restored and honed by @gssixgun , it has some shaves on it and just saw the pasted strop. The edge is still silky smooth and plenty sharp. Four passes and a wonderful shave. I need to continue to improve my honing-fu, I am getting better but still not at the same level as the master.

Irritation A+ Closeness A Smoothness A+ Sharpness A

 

You know I've got it.

 

You moved way up my favorite poster list. That is very cool.

 

I already put a saw buck on the razor. Just throwing that out there.

 

Have a safe trip, Keith!

 

Got a pleasant surprise when I got home from work- My 1/8" lettering set which was supposed to be here May 2-20 was in my mailbox.

Looks like I can start playing with some lettering ideas earlier than I anticipated.

 

April 19 (Wednesday ) -

Rockwell 6s on plate #3 / Topaz Platinum ( 2 )
Alluminati Envy White brush
Supply Provision Arenella Coast shaving cream
Alum and Supply Provision Arenella Coast postshave balm

I spent a long 8 hours today at a professional development seminar, then got home just in time to prepare for the night shift. A relaxing shave with some great-smelling product was a good break between the two. During the noon break in the seminar, I stopped into a nearby global village 3rd World handcrafts store and picked up a matte-glazed clay bowl from Indonesia to use as a new lather bowl.

I had trouble the last couple days bowl lathering the Supply Provision cream in my rather slippery horn quaich and small high-polished steel bowl. I revisited the first cream tonight, and I was easily able to work up a great lather in the rougher textured Indonesian rice bowl.

With a proper lather worked onto my face, the Rockwell 6s delivered a fine BBS in two passes. No complaint from the alum. The balm then completed a great shave and left me refreshed and ready for the night...