OCtober 14, 2017

Wolf Whiskers TGN Finest
La Savionniere Du Moulin
Wolfman WR1-OC with Darwin Ti
Polsilver Super Iridium
Fine Fresh Vetiver
Tom Ford Grey Vetiver

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OCtober14, 2017
Wolfman OC Ti (0.74mm)
Feather
Shavemac LE with DO1 2 Band Flat Top
Reef Point Test Depth
Witch Hazel with Menthol
Cool Water EDT


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The Shavemac Flat Top loaded the Test Depth easily and whipped up a mountain of rich slick lather. I am really impressed with the performance of the Reef Point Tallow based soaps. I have found them to be easy to load and lather with wonderful slickness. I went with a 2 pass shave, XTG followed by ATG. After touch ups along the jaw line and an additional pass on my lower right neck, I easily caught the baby. Better yet the shave was the smoothest shave I have had this month. I hope everyone has a great Saturday.

Today was an A+ shave all around, to borrow a term from @Keithmax
This is my favorite vintage gear. The brush is still a great face latherer.
Tabac Shave Stick
Culmak SM2 Brush
Wade and Butcher Celebrated Razor
Lucky Tiger
Pitrulon Classic After Shave
Have a great weekend!

Excellent photos and line ups Mark & Clint.

OCtober 14th
Gillette NEW LC w Feather (1)
TSE Beach Bum
TGN Synthetic
Thayers
TFS Mastro Miche

Thanks to a trade with a fellow 30 DC'er, I have a few new soaps and aftershaves to try. Used the Beach Bum this morning. This is my first soap by this maker. Got a good lather, and the scent is different from my usuals. A really nice shave this morning, and the Feather felt smooth in this NEW. Not sure of matching the Mastro Miche. It is an AS that doesn't seem to have a wide range of appropriate scent matches.
I am going to the lake today, and will be winterizing the RV this weekend. Our local golf courses are closing this weekend as well. Fall is definitely here.
Have a great day all!

I thought that was the "epic shave" you always pursue. But, exactly, Grail Shave is user defined. I like the Fatip/Joris geometry for the same reason as you.

Great shave this morning! It’s Saturday, so the first pass was with the straight. More whisker reduction than normal, and a couple of small weepers. I’ll take it! Finished up with the Slim loaded with a Treet carbon steel. The alum let me know I’d used the straight by providing some mild burning as feedback, but nothing worse than what I experienced when I was first learning to DE shave. Compared Viking Ragnar to Stirling Sharp Dressed Man soaps (both crafted after Creed Aventus). Honestly, without nitpicking about silly minutia, I have no complaints from either one.

Thank you Doug.

Great photo Jason. The TSE soap looks very interesting. I am looking forward to your opinion on its performance as you continue to use the soap.

Welcome back Chris.

Razor: Blackbird OC Delta Echo Razor Finish
Blade: Personna Tungsten 74 (5)
Brush: 30 Day Crew w/ LS 2 Band
Soap: Cold River Soap Works Jeff's Soap
A/S: Folsom & Co. Shambala

A very close comfortable shave today as I have had with these products for a week.

14 OCtober 2017
Taylor Of Old Bond Street, the Jermyn Street Collection
w/RazoRock "The Disruptor" 22mm Synthetic (Dark Horn version)
PAA DOC
w/a Rockwell Blade
Followed by a Splash of PAA Creosote Aftershave
All on top of my October shave towel.

Very good picture and setup with a great background theme.

Thank you. It's a Halloween themed Kitchen towel that I've re-purposed as a Shaving Towel.

14 OCtober


Pre-Shave: Hot Shower
Brush: 25mm Boar Brush, Omega 81064
Soap: 1) Badger Shaving Soap 2) Arko
Razor: Valet VC2, Autostrop
Blade: Feather FAS-10 Carbon Steel(CS), Feather Seikan (3)
Strop: Amish made
Post-Shave: Cold Water rinse, OSMA Alum block and Clubman Musk
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I had used this brush Tuesday and thought it needed some help with the break-in period. I put it in a cup of water than put the cup & brush in the refrigerator for three day. After I pulled it out of the fridge I hand lathered with it once. The brush is a bit softer and does have some split ends now that it did not before. In my opinion putting the brush in the fridge works in aiding to shorten the break in period. If you have a tough badger brush this will help. Thanks go out to @BambulanceMan for the tip.

I bought the Badger SS from a local all natural shop when I picked up some Thayers WH. It has a good scent almost like Bay Rum, very spicy like, though I don't use it all that often. Today I was reminded why. It lathered nicely but the lather did not last long on my face. I may have had the water to soap ratio wrong I don't know. I do know that it was just not working so I went to old rereliable, ARKO.

I stropped the blade 10 times before the shave, then did a two pass shave. First pass with Badger SS, then the second with Arko. Was not looking for BBS today as I have to shave tomorrow for Jims, aka @Jayaruh birthday tomorrow, 15 Oct. Happy Birthday Jim. I am even making my son use his JR #181 tomorrow. The shave was pretty good as I only did two passes. I did have a little sting on my neck from the Alum block. I finished off the shave with some Clubman Musk. I think the Musk is a ringer for Old Spice. Now I have asked my Wife what she thought of Old Spice in the past. She responded with "Do you want to smell like my father?". So today when I put on the Musk I told her that if she called me Dad today I would NOT be using the Musk again. All in all it was a darn good shave. Maybe a little closer then I was originally hoping for but darn good all the same. Stropped the blade ten more times and then was ready for the day.

Thank you, I'm very happy with it. The real mother of pearl scales look much better than in the picture.

Keep at it, that is a good start.

Epic!

Wonderful picture Doug.

Great picture and lineup. Welcome to the 30 Day Crew.

Thank you Keith.