May 2017 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Discussion in 'Shave School' started by NCoxSTL, Apr 30, 2017.

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What is your plan for MAYhem?

  1. Gonna get crazy with the group using less than fine Japanese shavettes!

    10 vote(s)
    31.3%
  2. Can you say blade on a finger? I'm in!

    3 vote(s)
    9.4%
  3. I have other ideas/plans that will definitely fall into the MAYhem category.

    6 vote(s)
    18.8%
  4. I'm sane. I'll be doing a rule or focus and loving every minute of it!

    12 vote(s)
    37.5%
  5. I'll be watching the MAYhem like watching a train wreck....is that all the blood you could manage?

    12 vote(s)
    37.5%
  6. Cookies. Where are the cookies?

    13 vote(s)
    40.6%
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  1. Boojum1

    Boojum1 Valet Parking Available Here

    Tuesday, May 16, 2017

    Paladin El Dorado
    Panna Crema Nuavia Verde
    Colonial Razors "The General"
    Feather Pro
    Folsom Capri
    Terre D'Hermes


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  2. clint64

    clint64 Blind Squirrel

    Beautiful brush and photo Mark.
     
  3. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    Here's an observation on The Local Gent Shaving Company's invitation for product reviews. I couldn't figure out how to do the # of stars when I got the e-mail from them, but just now I "snuck in the back door" by going right to their website and doing the review there, where suddenly I saw how to do the star thingy. That allowed me to proceed with the rest of my review. I hit "Submit", and letme tell you, it showed right on the site, practically before I was finished doing the review itself!!
     
  4. mrchick

    mrchick Odd, Terrible Avatar

    Not fun. My wife spent my five days in the hospital one time with a flare up. It's the worst I have ever seen her suffer. I will continue to pray for you.
     
  5. Fly2High

    Fly2High Breaking Frugal

    All the best Clint. I had a real bad case of appendicitis about 5 years ago that required midnight surgery. Woke up with 17 staples and a foot less of intestines. I feel your pain. Hoping you remain healthy for a long time to come.
     
  6. Keithmax

    Keithmax Breeds Pet Rocks

    Hope your feeling better soon.
     
  7. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    Clint, best wishes as you handle this.
     
  8. mrchick

    mrchick Odd, Terrible Avatar

    It's always fun to go back to my first straight razor and give it a spin. My recollection was that this was a horrible razor. It seems to have improved with age and gave me a wonderful shave today. I wonder if technique had anything to do with it
    Route 66 Perfect Storm Soap
    Wolf Whiskers Brush
    Faultless Razor
    Lucky Tiger
    Pinaud Lilac Vegetal After Shave
    Have a great day![​IMG]
     
  9. Fly2High

    Fly2High Breaking Frugal

    May 16 - Stirling Blu

    Merkur 34C / Rapira Swedish Stainless (day 2, pass: WTG, XTG)
    Rockwell 6C / Rockwell SS (Day 1 Pass: ATG, ATG)
    23mm AOS Pure Badger
    DIY PSO
    Stirling 'Stirling Blu' soap
    Alum/Thayers/Nivea Sensitive PSB

    Stirling Blu is Stirling's take of Polo Blue. According to Fragrantica, Polo Blue contains: 'Top notes are melon, mandarin orange and cucumber; middle notes are basil, sage and geranium; base notes are musk, woodsy notes and suede.'. I have a hard time smelling these specifically but I do smell a nice scent that to me is reminiscent of South Padre or Weekend In Malibu and I love all three. This sample puck will also go on the must buy list. I had the richest and thickest lather I have had in a long while and it was very slick to boot. Stirling Blu has a nice not too sweet and warm fruit scent. I think I could equate it to melon and orange or how vanilla warms things up. These same warm notes I sense in Weekend In Malibu and South Padre. Each of these three are different though but if you like those warm notes in the summer scents, you will like Blu as well. Sorry I am not better at describing scents.

    The Rapira was louder today and was not cutting nicely. After a XTG pass, I decided to give it up. Just not sharp enough. The Rockwell was sharper but not by a lot. It was a new blade and got the job done for a DFS.

    Up next is a Gillette Stainless.
     
  10. wchnu

    wchnu Duck Season!

    The pushbutton does not get enough love. Glad to see one in use.

    Late to the party. Hope that clears up quick, fast, and in a hurry!
     
  11. SharptoothC

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

    You got it. I hope that this takes a turn for the better and not for the worse. It's not quite a pain in the butt, but it's very close to it .

    A lightbox is in my future. I have been looking at them online. Which do you have, or did you make your own?

    Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk
     
  12. SharptoothC

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

    You are really killing it with color. You have a good sense of how to make it pop.

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  13. clint64

    clint64 Blind Squirrel

    Thank you all.



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  14. MR41

    MR41 Well-Known Member

    What kind of razor is that? DE? SE?. It looks cool, I just don't know what it is.
     
  15. Norcalnewb

    Norcalnewb Magnanimous Moos

    I am definitely praying for you, Clint. I hope this flare up isn't too bad.
     
  16. Norcalnewb

    Norcalnewb Magnanimous Moos

    Beautiful picture!
     
  17. wchnu

    wchnu Duck Season!

    The bunny is an injector razor. RyX will come along to brag on it in a bit I am sure.
     
  18. Linuxguile

    Linuxguile dating an unusual aristocrat

    Hope you feel better soon, Clint!
     
  19. Linuxguile

    Linuxguile dating an unusual aristocrat

    Keep at it Perry, finishing a soap seems like such a daunting task.
    Awesome photos, Gents!
     
  20. Linuxguile

    Linuxguile dating an unusual aristocrat

    Jason, I find it so odd that you get a tugging sensation from the Chick blades. I'm really wondering if you got a bad cartridge.
     
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