DECember 2017 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Screwtape · Dec 21, 2017

NCoxSTL said: ↑

Decadent December!!!

December 20 - 3rd Anniversary TSD Shave

Razor - Van Der Hagen TTO (Weishi)
Blade - View attachment 154461 (1)
Soap - Proraso Green
Brush - Tweezerman Badger
Post - Alum

Three years ago today, a relative newcomer to the wonderful world of traditional shaving got bored waiting for people to respond on a couple of forums he had discovered in the month he had been trying to use this old style, yet new to him, equipment. He wandered into a place called The Shave Den. What the heck. He signed up, introduced himself, and a short time later had a number of welcomes including a PM from one @Bama Samurai , some clearly semi-demented guy out in Colorado who was asking lots of good questions and offering some free blades. This same semi-demented guy would soon decide to try and start a group for people to learn their gear using something called a "Rule", and the newcomer decided...once again........what the heck. Might as well give it a shot. Three years later he's still here, still playing with gear, still fascinated with blades and their subtle differences, only now he thinks he's smart enough to talk about high end adjustable razors and other stuff that was so far over his head back in 2014 that he didn't even know they existed. Boy, the joke's on him.

In honor of my first day on the board those three years ago I'm going retro to the first razor I bought. My VDH TTO. Also the first brush, which is the Tweezerman, sometimes called "super shedder". For the soap? It was Proraso Green back then, and nothing else. The blade? Well, to be honest, my first blade was the VDH blades that came with the razor. I quickly learned, though, that there were better options and by the time I arrived was using Astra SP's as my everyday blade. In fact, my first 100 pack purchase was Astra SP. Yes, boys and girls, three years ago when I first appeared in these hallowed halls, I had never even touched a Voskhod. Dark days were those.

Let me say what a pleasure and honor it's been to be a part of The Shave Den as a whole, and the 30DC in particular over the past three years. This place has restored my faith in humanity many times, and I point to it often when faced with cynicism and all of the drama out on the web in general. To all of you who have participated, who have joked with me, born the brunt of my jokes with grace and simply been there to listen and to share your own lives, THANK YOU! Yes, this is a shaving forum, but it's much more than that. It's a great gathering of some of the finest people I've ever had the pleasure to know, even if it's in cyber space.

Oh, and the shave tonight? Well let's just say I remember why I bought the Omega Pro 48 - that Tweezerman has the backbone of a slug. And the lather with that thing? Hey, it worked and I ended up with a decent DFS. It did take me back, though, and man am I glad I finally learned to shave!

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Bama Samurai said: ↑

Bama Samurai is on a break from shaving today.

Chris is gonna write a few thoughts instead.

A post by @NCoxSTL (Neal) tonight caught my eye. If you read the intro each month, maybe you've got an idea of how we got started three years ago. I was tired of buying gear, and yet getting the same mediocre results. Plug @GDCarrington into search here. The 30 Day Rule is his work. I adapted a little, some people joined in, and we learned how to really do it. @NCoxSTL has been here from the very beginning and has actually posted and facilitated the thread far longer than my initial opening run. The thriving and vibrant pages we have here today are really an example of what an internet community "can" be like. I appreciate Neal and the guys for being a part of this thread. It's probably the best single spot on a shaving forum for a newbie to learn fast. There aren't many other forums or threads that are really like this...it's pretty cool.

So for everything Neal has ever written about me, there's only one thing he's ever written that's not true. I am, in fact, fully demented, though not so demented as Neal....just saying. Neal, thanks for all you wrote. And guys, thanks! I hope we can keep churning out technique masters and teachers if shaving joy for a long time to come.
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Bama Samurai said: ↑

@Screwtape

Grief is another word for the love that remains in our heart. Thanks for writing that.

@Drygulch

There are no short days. I'll be thinking of you.
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Neal @NCoxSTL and Chris @Bama Samurai, thanks for writing the top two posts about the start of the 30DC. I have truly never seen anything quite like it anywhere else. The shaving technique instruction is topnotch as are the built-in gear reviews. But Chris's second post shows the true heart of this place: where else can a thread on shaving include comments on job loss and death and everyone takes them in stride?

It's a great place even if the cookies are now revolting...

RyX · Dec 21, 2017

DECember; Lux Lather Focus

Klar Mandel - Almond
30 DC LE Cashmere
Suribachi & cool water
Ming Shi 2000S on 5
Ming Shi MP-036 blade
Lucky Tiger Skin Care AS

Had no idea what set up I was going to use today until I looked at my gear. The only item I was for sure about was this AS. While out and about I visited the only Barber's Supply shop in the Parrish (Louisiana doesn't have Counties). Although I have a bottle of LT Face Tonic I use it rarely preferring alcohol based splashes. Reading the label I saw this is just that! So as I gathered my thoughts and sniffed the AS prior to my evenings shave, the sweet almost old fashioned hair spray scent brought me to Klar Seifen. Small aluminum screw top tub that's a pain to load. More marzipan almond scent than a kilo of Cella. Quick dip of the synth knot in cool water and 30 seconds of swirling on a quintuple milled hard soap, into the ceramic bowl. I haven't been trying for Super Goop but I think I found it. Couple swipes under a trickling tap and glossy yogurt lather filled my bowl. I did check to see what blade I'd left in the Clone that hasn't seen much action since last month. For you guys that keep spread sheets, I'm the other end of the pendulum's swing. No idea how many uses on the blade but it wasn't rusty. Got my regular three passes, still plenty of lather that hadn't thought about going flat, so I did the Ming Shi Slide on both sides of my neck. Then chin detailing, edged around the extra growth where I'm letting the mustache go wide. My walrus style now twists up into some decent graspable appendages. Had enough lather to shave something else, but I rinsed it down the drain. Man's gotta know his limitations, right? So I'd already decanted the Lucky Tiger into a glass bottle and thought I knew how to move the label. The Pinaud Label Transfer Method© does not work on Lucky Tiger bottles. But the juice feels good. Before I sat down to write up this shave report I tried to look up the product on the web. It must be discontinued and no longer in production. Hurmph! I ought to go back and buy the other two bottles.
Good Shaves Y'all!

jtspartan · Dec 21, 2017

Bama Samurai said: ↑

That one cut like a knife....
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Straight from the Heart, my friend.

jtspartan · Dec 21, 2017

Screwtape said: ↑

Neal @NCoxSTL and Chris @Bama Samurai, thanks for writing the top two posts about the start of the 30DC. I have truly never seen anything quite like it anywhere else. The shaving technique instruction is topnotch as are the built-in gear reviews. But Chris's second post shows the true heart of this place: where else can a thread on shaving include comments on job loss and death and everyone takes them in stride?

It's a great place even if the cookies are now revolting...
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+1

jtspartan · Dec 21, 2017

NCoxSTL said: ↑

Decadent December!!!

December 20 - 3rd Anniversary TSD Shave

Razor - Van Der Hagen TTO (Weishi)
Blade - View attachment 154461 (1)
Soap - Proraso Green
Brush - Tweezerman Badger
Post - Alum

Three years ago today, a relative newcomer to the wonderful world of traditional shaving got bored waiting for people to respond on a couple of forums he had discovered in the month he had been trying to use this old style, yet new to him, equipment. He wandered into a place called The Shave Den. What the heck. He signed up, introduced himself, and a short time later had a number of welcomes including a PM from one @Bama Samurai , some clearly semi-demented guy out in Colorado who was asking lots of good questions and offering some free blades. This same semi-demented guy would soon decide to try and start a group for people to learn their gear using something called a "Rule", and the newcomer decided...once again........what the heck. Might as well give it a shot. Three years later he's still here, still playing with gear, still fascinated with blades and their subtle differences, only now he thinks he's smart enough to talk about high end adjustable razors and other stuff that was so far over his head back in 2014 that he didn't even know they existed. Boy, the joke's on him.

In honor of my first day on the board those three years ago I'm going retro to the first razor I bought. My VDH TTO. Also the first brush, which is the Tweezerman, sometimes called "super shedder". For the soap? It was Proraso Green back then, and nothing else. The blade? Well, to be honest, my first blade was the VDH blades that came with the razor. I quickly learned, though, that there were better options and by the time I arrived was using Astra SP's as my everyday blade. In fact, my first 100 pack purchase was Astra SP. Yes, boys and girls, three years ago when I first appeared in these hallowed halls, I had never even touched a Voskhod. Dark days were those.

Let me say what a pleasure and honor it's been to be a part of The Shave Den as a whole, and the 30DC in particular over the past three years. This place has restored my faith in humanity many times, and I point to it often when faced with cynicism and all of the drama out on the web in general. To all of you who have participated, who have joked with me, born the brunt of my jokes with grace and simply been there to listen and to share your own lives, THANK YOU! Yes, this is a shaving forum, but it's much more than that. It's a great gathering of some of the finest people I've ever had the pleasure to know, even if it's in cyber space.

Oh, and the shave tonight? Well let's just say I remember why I bought the Omega Pro 48 - that Tweezerman has the backbone of a slug. And the lather with that thing? Hey, it worked and I ended up with a decent DFS. It did take me back, though, and man am I glad I finally learned to shave!

View attachment 154462
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Bama Samurai said: ↑

Bama Samurai is on a break from shaving today.

Chris is gonna write a few thoughts instead.

A post by @NCoxSTL (Neal) tonight caught my eye. If you read the intro each month, maybe you've got an idea of how we got started three years ago. I was tired of buying gear, and yet getting the same mediocre results. Plug @GDCarrington into search here. The 30 Day Rule is his work. I adapted a little, some people joined in, and we learned how to really do it. @NCoxSTL has been here from the very beginning and has actually posted and facilitated the thread far longer than my initial opening run. The thriving and vibrant pages we have here today are really an example of what an internet community "can" be like. I appreciate Neal and the guys for being a part of this thread. It's probably the best single spot on a shaving forum for a newbie to learn fast. There aren't many other forums or threads that are really like this...it's pretty cool.

So for everything Neal has ever written about me, there's only one thing he's ever written that's not true. I am, in fact, fully demented, though not so demented as Neal....just saying. Neal, thanks for all you wrote. And guys, thanks! I hope we can keep churning out technique masters and teachers if shaving joy for a long time to come.
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Fantastic posts, Gentlemen. Very well said.

jtspartan · Dec 21, 2017

RyX said: ↑

DECember; Lux Lather Focus

Klar Mandel - Almond
30 DC LE Cashmere
Suribachi & cool water
Ming Shi 2000S on 5
Ming Shi MP-036 blade
Lucky Tiger Skin Care AS

View attachment 154472
Had no idea what set up I was going to use today until I looked at my gear. The only item I was for sure about was this AS. While out and about I visited the only Barber's Supply shop in the Parrish (Louisiana doesn't have Counties). Although I have a bottle of LT Face Tonic I use it rarely preferring alcohol based splashes. Reading the label I saw this is just that! So as I gathered my thoughts and sniffed the AS prior to my evenings shave, the sweet almost old fashioned hair spray scent brought me to Klar Seifen. Small aluminum screw top tub that's a pain to load. More marzipan almond scent than a kilo of Cella. Quick dip of the synth knot in cool water and 30 seconds of swirling on a quintuple milled hard soap, into the ceramic bowl. I haven't been trying for Super Goop but I think I found it. Couple swipes under a trickling tap and glossy yogurt lather filled my bowl. I did check to see what blade I'd left in the Clone that hasn't seen much action since last month. For you guys that keep spread sheets, I'm the other end of the pendulum's swing. No idea how many uses on the blade but it wasn't rusty. Got my regular three passes, still plenty of lather that hadn't thought about going flat, so I did the Ming Shi Slide on both sides of my neck. Then chin detailing, edged around the extra growth where I'm letting the mustache go wide. My walrus style now twists up into some decent graspable appendages. Had enough lather to shave something else, but I rinsed it down the drain. Man's gotta know his limitations, right? So I'd already decanted the Lucky Tiger into a glass bottle and thought I knew how to move the label. The Pinaud Label Transfer Method© does not work on Lucky Tiger bottles. But the juice feels good. Before I sat down to write up this shave report I tried to look up the product on the web. It must be discontinued and no longer in production. Hurmph! I ought to go back and buy the other two bottles.
Good Shaves Y'all!
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Cool pic and a great write-up, Rick.

mrchick · Dec 21, 2017

NCoxSTL said: ↑

Decadent December!!!

December 20 - 3rd Anniversary TSD Shave

Razor - Van Der Hagen TTO (Weishi)
Blade - View attachment 154461 (1)
Soap - Proraso Green
Brush - Tweezerman Badger
Post - Alum

Three years ago today, a relative newcomer to the wonderful world of traditional shaving got bored waiting for people to respond on a couple of forums he had discovered in the month he had been trying to use this old style, yet new to him, equipment. He wandered into a place called The Shave Den. What the heck. He signed up, introduced himself, and a short time later had a number of welcomes including a PM from one @Bama Samurai , some clearly semi-demented guy out in Colorado who was asking lots of good questions and offering some free blades. This same semi-demented guy would soon decide to try and start a group for people to learn their gear using something called a "Rule", and the newcomer decided...once again........what the heck. Might as well give it a shot. Three years later he's still here, still playing with gear, still fascinated with blades and their subtle differences, only now he thinks he's smart enough to talk about high end adjustable razors and other stuff that was so far over his head back in 2014 that he didn't even know they existed. Boy, the joke's on him.

In honor of my first day on the board those three years ago I'm going retro to the first razor I bought. My VDH TTO. Also the first brush, which is the Tweezerman, sometimes called "super shedder". For the soap? It was Proraso Green back then, and nothing else. The blade? Well, to be honest, my first blade was the VDH blades that came with the razor. I quickly learned, though, that there were better options and by the time I arrived was using Astra SP's as my everyday blade. In fact, my first 100 pack purchase was Astra SP. Yes, boys and girls, three years ago when I first appeared in these hallowed halls, I had never even touched a Voskhod. Dark days were those.

Let me say what a pleasure and honor it's been to be a part of The Shave Den as a whole, and the 30DC in particular over the past three years. This place has restored my faith in humanity many times, and I point to it often when faced with cynicism and all of the drama out on the web in general. To all of you who have participated, who have joked with me, born the brunt of my jokes with grace and simply been there to listen and to share your own lives, THANK YOU! Yes, this is a shaving forum, but it's much more than that. It's a great gathering of some of the finest people I've ever had the pleasure to know, even if it's in cyber space.

Oh, and the shave tonight? Well let's just say I remember why I bought the Omega Pro 48 - that Tweezerman has the backbone of a slug. And the lather with that thing? Hey, it worked and I ended up with a decent DFS. It did take me back, though, and man am I glad I finally learned to shave!

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Well said Neal. It’s great having you around!

mrchick · Dec 21, 2017

Bama Samurai said: ↑

Bama Samurai is on a break from shaving today.

Chris is gonna write a few thoughts instead.

A post by @NCoxSTL (Neal) tonight caught my eye. If you read the intro each month, maybe you've got an idea of how we got started three years ago. I was tired of buying gear, and yet getting the same mediocre results. Plug @GDCarrington into search here. The 30 Day Rule is his work. I adapted a little, some people joined in, and we learned how to really do it. @NCoxSTL has been here from the very beginning and has actually posted and facilitated the thread far longer than my initial opening run. The thriving and vibrant pages we have here today are really an example of what an internet community "can" be like. I appreciate Neal and the guys for being a part of this thread. It's probably the best single spot on a shaving forum for a newbie to learn fast. There aren't many other forums or threads that are really like this...it's pretty cool.

So for everything Neal has ever written about me, there's only one thing he's ever written that's not true. I am, in fact, fully demented, though not so demented as Neal....just saying. Neal, thanks for all you wrote. And guys, thanks! I hope we can keep churning out technique masters and teachers if shaving joy for a long time to come.
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Time for a group hug!

RyX · Dec 21, 2017

jtspartan said: ↑

Cool pic and a great write-up, Rick.
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Thank you Jason.
That cypress brush handle of yours looks good with a WD HM knot, too. I've got one in a B-400 ferrule. It's among my best badger knots.

Screwtape · Dec 21, 2017

A few additional limericks from the great Cookie Revolution have been ... uhm ... discovered over at the Limerick Crew. I thought they should be posted here as well:

The newbie shaver to find cookies has gone
Will he return to shave before dawn?
We'll have to see
If he's absentee
Or mowing his beard like a lawn.

The veteran shaver slept, and missed the fight
The revolution occurred overnight
while getting some shut eye
The cookies passed him by
Proving that 2+2=5 is right.

Propaganda says cookies are coming
Why then, is everyone running?
The have-nots all know
It's all just for show
Very much like gold plated plumbing

Norcalnewb · Dec 21, 2017

NCoxSTL said: ↑

Decadent December!!!

December 20 - 3rd Anniversary TSD Shave

Razor - Van Der Hagen TTO (Weishi)
Blade - View attachment 154461 (1)
Soap - Proraso Green
Brush - Tweezerman Badger
Post - Alum

Three years ago today, a relative newcomer to the wonderful world of traditional shaving got bored waiting for people to respond on a couple of forums he had discovered in the month he had been trying to use this old style, yet new to him, equipment. He wandered into a place called The Shave Den. What the heck. He signed up, introduced himself, and a short time later had a number of welcomes including a PM from one @Bama Samurai , some clearly semi-demented guy out in Colorado who was asking lots of good questions and offering some free blades. This same semi-demented guy would soon decide to try and start a group for people to learn their gear using something called a "Rule", and the newcomer decided...once again........what the heck. Might as well give it a shot. Three years later he's still here, still playing with gear, still fascinated with blades and their subtle differences, only now he thinks he's smart enough to talk about high end adjustable razors and other stuff that was so far over his head back in 2014 that he didn't even know they existed. Boy, the joke's on him.

In honor of my first day on the board those three years ago I'm going retro to the first razor I bought. My VDH TTO. Also the first brush, which is the Tweezerman, sometimes called "super shedder". For the soap? It was Proraso Green back then, and nothing else. The blade? Well, to be honest, my first blade was the VDH blades that came with the razor. I quickly learned, though, that there were better options and by the time I arrived was using Astra SP's as my everyday blade. In fact, my first 100 pack purchase was Astra SP. Yes, boys and girls, three years ago when I first appeared in these hallowed halls, I had never even touched a Voskhod. Dark days were those.

Let me say what a pleasure and honor it's been to be a part of The Shave Den as a whole, and the 30DC in particular over the past three years. This place has restored my faith in humanity many times, and I point to it often when faced with cynicism and all of the drama out on the web in general. To all of you who have participated, who have joked with me, born the brunt of my jokes with grace and simply been there to listen and to share your own lives, THANK YOU! Yes, this is a shaving forum, but it's much more than that. It's a great gathering of some of the finest people I've ever had the pleasure to know, even if it's in cyber space.

Oh, and the shave tonight? Well let's just say I remember why I bought the Omega Pro 48 - that Tweezerman has the backbone of a slug. And the lather with that thing? Hey, it worked and I ended up with a decent DFS. It did take me back, though, and man am I glad I finally learned to shave!

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Great post, Neal! Congrats on being here for three years. You contributions have definitely benefited lots of folks, myself included.

clint64 · Dec 21, 2017

NCoxSTL said: ↑

Decadent December!!!

December 20 - 3rd Anniversary TSD Shave

Razor - Van Der Hagen TTO (Weishi)
Blade - View attachment 154461 (1)
Soap - Proraso Green
Brush - Tweezerman Badger
Post - Alum

Three years ago today, a relative newcomer to the wonderful world of traditional shaving got bored waiting for people to respond on a couple of forums he had discovered in the month he had been trying to use this old style, yet new to him, equipment. He wandered into a place called The Shave Den. What the heck. He signed up, introduced himself, and a short time later had a number of welcomes including a PM from one @Bama Samurai , some clearly semi-demented guy out in Colorado who was asking lots of good questions and offering some free blades. This same semi-demented guy would soon decide to try and start a group for people to learn their gear using something called a "Rule", and the newcomer decided...once again........what the heck. Might as well give it a shot. Three years later he's still here, still playing with gear, still fascinated with blades and their subtle differences, only now he thinks he's smart enough to talk about high end adjustable razors and other stuff that was so far over his head back in 2014 that he didn't even know they existed. Boy, the joke's on him.

In honor of my first day on the board those three years ago I'm going retro to the first razor I bought. My VDH TTO. Also the first brush, which is the Tweezerman, sometimes called "super shedder". For the soap? It was Proraso Green back then, and nothing else. The blade? Well, to be honest, my first blade was the VDH blades that came with the razor. I quickly learned, though, that there were better options and by the time I arrived was using Astra SP's as my everyday blade. In fact, my first 100 pack purchase was Astra SP. Yes, boys and girls, three years ago when I first appeared in these hallowed halls, I had never even touched a Voskhod. Dark days were those.

Let me say what a pleasure and honor it's been to be a part of The Shave Den as a whole, and the 30DC in particular over the past three years. This place has restored my faith in humanity many times, and I point to it often when faced with cynicism and all of the drama out on the web in general. To all of you who have participated, who have joked with me, born the brunt of my jokes with grace and simply been there to listen and to share your own lives, THANK YOU! Yes, this is a shaving forum, but it's much more than that. It's a great gathering of some of the finest people I've ever had the pleasure to know, even if it's in cyber space.

Oh, and the shave tonight? Well let's just say I remember why I bought the Omega Pro 48 - that Tweezerman has the backbone of a slug. And the lather with that thing? Hey, it worked and I ended up with a decent DFS. It did take me back, though, and man am I glad I finally learned to shave!

View attachment 154462
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Bama Samurai said: ↑

Bama Samurai is on a break from shaving today.

Chris is gonna write a few thoughts instead.

A post by @NCoxSTL (Neal) tonight caught my eye. If you read the intro each month, maybe you've got an idea of how we got started three years ago. I was tired of buying gear, and yet getting the same mediocre results. Plug @GDCarrington into search here. The 30 Day Rule is his work. I adapted a little, some people joined in, and we learned how to really do it. @NCoxSTL has been here from the very beginning and has actually posted and facilitated the thread far longer than my initial opening run. The thriving and vibrant pages we have here today are really an example of what an internet community "can" be like. I appreciate Neal and the guys for being a part of this thread. It's probably the best single spot on a shaving forum for a newbie to learn fast. There aren't many other forums or threads that are really like this...it's pretty cool.

So for everything Neal has ever written about me, there's only one thing he's ever written that's not true. I am, in fact, fully demented, though not so demented as Neal....just saying. Neal, thanks for all you wrote. And guys, thanks! I hope we can keep churning out technique masters and teachers if shaving joy for a long time to come.
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Happy Anniversary Neal. Thank you both for making this thread and TSD such a great place.

Douglas Carey · Dec 21, 2017

Norcalnewb said: ↑

Fantastic picture, Doug!
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Thanks a lot Jim. I'm supposed to pick up the new car at 1PM today. One of my son's is coming down for a visit for a few days.

Sent from my STV100-3 using Tapatalk

Douglas Carey · Dec 21, 2017

sdguero said: ↑

Excellent presentation, Doug! Is the G3 your birth year? I don't remember if you said.
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Thanks very much. The G3 isn't my birth razor. I have an Aristocrat and some Super Speeds that are my birth razors.

Sent from my STV100-3 using Tapatalk

Douglas Carey · Dec 21, 2017

clint64 said: ↑

Great photo Doug.

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Thank you Amigo.

Sent from my STV100-3 using Tapatalk

clint64 · Dec 21, 2017

RyX said: ↑

DECember; Lux Lather Focus

Klar Mandel - Almond
30 DC LE Cashmere
Suribachi & cool water
Ming Shi 2000S on 5
Ming Shi MP-036 blade
Lucky Tiger Skin Care AS

View attachment 154472
Had no idea what set up I was going to use today until I looked at my gear. The only item I was for sure about was this AS. While out and about I visited the only Barber's Supply shop in the Parrish (Louisiana doesn't have Counties). Although I have a bottle of LT Face Tonic I use it rarely preferring alcohol based splashes. Reading the label I saw this is just that! So as I gathered my thoughts and sniffed the AS prior to my evenings shave, the sweet almost old fashioned hair spray scent brought me to Klar Seifen. Small aluminum screw top tub that's a pain to load. More marzipan almond scent than a kilo of Cella. Quick dip of the synth knot in cool water and 30 seconds of swirling on a quintuple milled hard soap, into the ceramic bowl. I haven't been trying for Super Goop but I think I found it. Couple swipes under a trickling tap and glossy yogurt lather filled my bowl. I did check to see what blade I'd left in the Clone that hasn't seen much action since last month. For you guys that keep spread sheets, I'm the other end of the pendulum's swing. No idea how many uses on the blade but it wasn't rusty. Got my regular three passes, still plenty of lather that hadn't thought about going flat, so I did the Ming Shi Slide on both sides of my neck. Then chin detailing, edged around the extra growth where I'm letting the mustache go wide. My walrus style now twists up into some decent graspable appendages. Had enough lather to shave something else, but I rinsed it down the drain. Man's gotta know his limitations, right? So I'd already decanted the Lucky Tiger into a glass bottle and thought I knew how to move the label. The Pinaud Label Transfer Method© does not work on Lucky Tiger bottles. But the juice feels good. Before I sat down to write up this shave report I tried to look up the product on the web. It must be discontinued and no longer in production. Hurmph! I ought to go back and buy the other two bottles.
Good Shaves Y'all!
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Wonderful photo and write up.

Douglas Carey · Dec 21, 2017

Boojum1 said: ↑

Nice one Doug! View attachment 154447
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Thanks very much Mark.

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clint64 · Dec 21, 2017

December 21, 2017
OneBlade Genesis
Feather FHS (2)
Rudy Vey Rover with TGN Finest
MdC Vetyver
Fine Fresh Vetiver

Another excellent shave this morning. While the Feather blade does not last as long as the modified Gem blade, it does provide a closer shave. As expected the MdC Vetyver was very easy to lather and load. Since MdC can take a lot of water, it is important to make sure to use enough water in order to get the most from the soap. Three passes and touch ups along my jaw line and lower right neck had the baby in range I buffed my neck and caught the little guy. A splash of Fine Fresh Vetiver and I am ready for the day. I hope everyone has a great Thursday.

Douglas Carey · Dec 21, 2017

clint64 said: ↑

December 21, 2017
OneBlade Genesis
Feather FHS (2)
Rudy Vey Rover with TGN Finest
MdC Vetyver
Fine Fresh Vetiver

Another excellent shave this morning. While the Feather blade does not last as long as the modified Gem blade, it does provide a closer shave. As expected the MdC Vetyver was very easy to lather and load. Since MdC can take a lot of water, it is important to make sure to use enough water in order to get the most from the soap. Three passes and touch ups along my jaw line and lower right neck had the baby in range I buffed my neck and caught the little guy. A splash of Fine Fresh Vetiver and I am ready for the day. I hope everyone has a great Thursday.
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Good photo with that great looking brush Amigo.

clint64 · Dec 21, 2017

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Good photo with that great looking brush Amigo.
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Thank you Doug.

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DECember 2017 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

What would you like to find in your stocking this Christmas?

A decadent Gillette Toggle or other rare vintage DE

A decadent mint condition SE razor from the early 20th century

A decadent vintage straight razor, restored to perfection.

A puck or two of your favorite decadent soap or cream

A luxurious and decadent High Mountain Badger brush (or your favorite type)

A plate of decadent cookies.

Anything besides a lump of coal. Because coal isn't decadent. It's just depressing.

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RyX DoH!

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DECember 2017 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

What would you like to find in your stocking this Christmas?

A decadent Gillette Toggle or other rare vintage DE

A decadent mint condition SE razor from the early 20th century

A decadent vintage straight razor, restored to perfection.

A puck or two of your favorite decadent soap or cream

A luxurious and decadent High Mountain Badger brush (or your favorite type)

A plate of decadent cookies.

Anything besides a lump of coal. Because coal isn't decadent. It's just depressing.

Screwtape A Shaving Butterfly

RyX DoH!

jtspartan appropriately stimulated, via Netflix

jtspartan appropriately stimulated, via Netflix

jtspartan appropriately stimulated, via Netflix

jtspartan appropriately stimulated, via Netflix

mrchick Odd, Terrible Avatar

mrchick Odd, Terrible Avatar

RyX DoH!

Screwtape A Shaving Butterfly

Norcalnewb Magnanimous Moos

clint64 Blind Squirrel

Douglas Carey Wildman

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Douglas Carey Wildman

clint64 Blind Squirrel

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