June 2017 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Great picture, Doug!

 

Thanks very much Jim.

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Okay, for those of you keeping score at home... We now have the following:

STD-301 OEM Double Edge Blades (i.e., Family Dollar, Dollar General), "high-quality" stainless steel, old school dispenser
ST-300/ST-301 Dorco Prime, Platinum coated, regular white package (ST-301) or blue cardboard (ST-300)
STL-300 Dorco Titan, Double-coated stainless steel
STP-301 Dorco Prime Platinum, Double Teflon coating

Interestingly, the Titan is not listed on the Pace Shave site, nor is it on the Dorco USA site. It's interesting that the Titan bears a 300 designation instead of a 301. Also, I wonder what the difference is between double-coated stainless steel and stainless steel with a double Teflon coating.

I'm wondering if the Titan is just the Prime Platinum packaged for a different market or if there are some real coating issues going on.

Neal, I really wish you would pick up a pack of the Family Dollar/Dollar General blades and sneak them into the trials. I'd love your opinion on what is going on with them.

 

June 13, 2017
Gem Damaskeene Open Comb
Gem PTFE
Brothers Bristles with Tuxedo
Nuàvia Rossa

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I received this Damaskeene OC yesterday from replating by Nick at Sport Shaving. I am very pleased with the results and wanted to put the razor to use right away. After seeing @Douglas Carey and @Boojum1 feature Nuàvia soaps in their SOTD, I decided to break out the Rossa. The Rossa whipped up into a wonderful slick lather. The scent just feels the room and adds so much to the shave. With a fresh PTFE coated blade loaded, I went with a traditional 3 pass shave. The Damaskeene OC is a very smooth efficient shaver and delivered the expected near BBS easily. I rubbed the remaining lather on my face with a final rinse after everything was cleaned. I have found that this allows the scent to remain for hours and serves as a very good post shave balm. I hope everyone has a great Tuesday.

 

Okay, so I've resorted to running Facebook posts written in Vietnamese through Google Translate to find out more about the Dorco Titan blade...

My gut feel is that the Titan is the Platinum Prime, but for the Vietnamese Domestic Market.

 

Beautiful picture, but the razor looks even better!

 

Jun 13 SOTD:

Stirling Synthetic Brush
Stirling Sandalwood SS
Gillette Red Tip Rocket
Voskhod (10)
Stirling Unscented PSB
Stirling Sandalwood AS

I am at the airport heading to California again. Good thing my shave was good this morning, as I am not looking forward to this trip. 10th shave with this blade and it is still going. The Stirling Sandalwood has maybe become my favorite scent, so I used it this morning to get me ready. I hope everyone has a great day.

 

13 June 2017 Blade Focus Shave
Since I have some Catie's Bubbles soaps on the way, this morning's shave was accomplished with CB's "Tonsorial Parlour". I really like the scent, slickness and overall feel of these soaps.
The Korona/GSB duo turned in another outstanding performance. 2.5 passes with no neck clean-up. I think the GSB is hitting its stride on this, the third shave of the week.
I finished up with a splash of Clubman and Tuesday was off to an excellent start.
Have a great shave, have a great day!!

 

Thank you Jim. I am really pleased with the way it turned out. There was one small ding in the top that Nick couldn't get out but that is to be expected. Bestg yet the little razor shaves even better than it looks.

 

Great picture Jim. Good luck on the trip.

 

June 13th
Schick I1 w Twinjector (1)
TGN Finest Fan
Jeeves of Hudson St. Apothecary
Thayers Unscented
Barrister's Reserve Spice

Continuing with the Injector focus. First day with the Twinjector. Got a great lather with the Jeeves and Fan and went to town with the Personna twins. 3 passes later I think I can call this a true BBS with no blood. Splashed on some of the excellent Spice and was feeling pretty good about life.
Strangely, I looked down at the razor while rinsing it with a twinge of guilt (bad grammer, didn't rinse it with guilt...) and thought to myself 'Did I have 3 passes or 6'. What a great shave, but how close is this thing to a Trac II?
Enough reflection, it was a super shave. Don't need to 'focus' on this as it was perfect on day 1. Will pull out the meat grinder, aka Injectomatic, again tomorrow.
Have a great day all!

 

Good luck on the trip, Jim. Perhaps a quick trip to a local antique store there will help salvage the travel...

 

SOTD
Lisa's Natural Wet Shave Soap
Wolf Whiskers Brush
Henckels 72 1/2 Razor
Lucky Tiger
WSP Gaelic Tweed After Shave
Have fun!

 

Tuesday June 13 - another day, another soap

Rockwell 6s on plate #3 / Topaz Platinum ( 2 )
30DC LE brush in natural maple with Cashmere
Haslinger Schafmilch
Alum

Another Haslinger product today, this time Schafmilch (sheepmilk). It performed much like the Coconut -- easy to load, easy to lather, excellent shave performance, great face feel, virtually no scent. I can see why many people love Haslinger but those who enjoy strong scents don't.

Two passes to a near BBS with no hassle or irritation.

Tomorrow I move on to Institut Karite, a French milled soap containing 25% shea butter.

Have a great Tuesday!

 

Beautiful razor, Clint!

 

Thank you Charlie.

 

The thing I've noticed with WSP products-when the aftershave runs out, there'll still be plenty of soap around.

 

Stirling can handle a whole lot of water. And the more water you give it the slicker it gets.

Awesome pic, Keith!

Im still holding out hope for some Iced Pineapple for Fathers day. If it doesn't pan out I think I'm going to have to treat myself before it disappears.

#nailedit

That's some good smelling products there!

Rick, you're making that shavette look good!

How bout a wedge blade in that lather catcher ?

Awesome photo, Clint! That Damaskeene looks amazing!

Nice Rocket, Jim!

Could you have found the perfect match on the first blade ??

I've thought that thought myself,

Nice shot, Brian!

 

Thank you, Clint! Have a great day.

 

Thank you, Jason. I have looked a little for an antique shop in the area, but I haven't had much success in finding one. If things are moving slowly, which they likely will, perhaps I'll get a little more time to look around and see what I can find. Too bad Long Beach is so far away from Old Town Shaving.