Razor: Gillette 1930's OC Ball End Blade: Personna Tungsten 74 (8) Brush: Elite Razor Gold Laced Black Onyx w/Tuxedo Soap: B&M Latha Oceana A/S: Myrsol Aqua Balsamic All these products work together to provide an outstanding shave.
Thank you Doug! I think it was you mentioned liking B&W photos. That B-400 reflects very well, and the disassembled Fatip isn't too shabby either.
Double dose of your Polysyllabic vitamins this morning? It took me a while to work up to doing a full 30 Days of Focus. I may be ready for a Rule if I fully understand this no variation concept. Knowing anything goes happens next ought to be a will power booster.
I just had a bunch of college words suddenly surface and needed a place to go. No Variation is basically the same as a Rule. One razor, blade, soap, brush and that's what you use in order to dial in technique, or just enjoy that setup for a month. After shaves don't count as they aren't actually a part of the shave process. It does help to know that in DECember we want to see the most over the top decadence applied to our shaves. The kind that would cause a vintage Soviet Political Officer to have a stroke from too much decadence.
OCtober 2017 XVII OCtober, 2017 AD Smack. The Fatip looks cool on diffuse sunlight, huh? Shaves nice with Arko. 109th day on the stick. That bottle of FW has been M-Bombed like the Nevada Test Site. You wanna end your shaves with FW so cold that you best not get nuts with it? Here is how to get some. Let's all get our orders in line with @Queen of Blades down at TSD HQ and flood her shop with M Bomb orders before the holiday season gets cranked up. You need this stuff for No Variation November, AS is not covered in the rules proposed by @NCoxSTL , and AS with stupid amounts of menthol can keep things fun. If you already have MBomb, send a bottle to a random person on TSD or elsewhere and make a new friend in the hobby! Shave was good, finish was strong, and the evening was calm. Other than that...all is quiet in Colorado. Have a nice Wednesday!
OCtober!!! October 17 Razor - Matthew the Haunted New Deluxe SC Blade - (1) Pre-shave - Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap Soap - Stirling Electric Sheep Brush - Jayaruh #46 Post - Alum I realized this morning as I was going through some gear that I had totally forgotten about a very special OC in my collection. Matthew the haunted razor is a 1935 (ish) New Deluxe SC and one that I like very much. I have let him sleep in his box more than some others largely because he's in need of a replating and I just hadn't gotten him sent off yet. Now, I know, some of you say that the whole "haunted razor" thing was an Ebay seller's hype. But there was something about this razor that really connected with me. Call it a ghost, call it just my appreciation for cool vintage stuff. Either way, it's a very cool razor. Grabbed the Electric Sheep for a mutton tallow shave on steroids and the JR46. I'm very happy that JR54 will soon be in the den to keep 46 company. They can share stories of their time with @Jayaruh and how they were once just ordinary wood until he transformed them into beauties! Lather tonight was thick and slick, especially on top of the pre-shave soap. Yep. Still using it. Two passes and touch ups got the baby back in the house. The New SC is just a bit more aggressive than the LC but just as fun to shave with. All it does is perform. Perfectly. Love it. I'll stick with this for two more nights then take a Shenanigan break with a couple of different things. I'm looking forward to two more nights with this razor and with the Electric Sheep. I see a tub of it in my future when the sample runs out.
Cartel rules require me to add the following warning: Caution: M-Bomb has been classified as a chemical weapon of mass destruction of bad moods, wimpy shavers and boring shaves. Use with caution or abandon, depending on local conditions. It is possible that we will just drop a case of this stuff on the Fat Man who lives North of @Keithmax . That should solve the problem. We now return you to the regular thread.
