February 2018 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Thank you, Mark!

 

I feel for you. As near as I can tell (and the doctor's office suggested it), I've now had the flu twice in two months. Once at Thanksgiving, and once at Christmas. Still coughing in the morning. Hope you guys get better soon!

 

Geez. The gift that keeps giving, huh? That seems to be pretty common with the cough. Seems like quite a few people have a cough that doesn’t seem to go away. I lucked out.

 

Jim, we had a similar experience back after Christmas when the stomach bug went through all of us. You think you're safe and then you get it! Everyone just rotates in and out. Glad you seem past it.

 

I've got so many blades that I'm considering changing them between passes.

 

@jtface, I have a @Jayaruh handle with an Omega Pro 10098 boar knot installed. It is a fantastic brush.

 

Jim, I hope you and everyone in your family is on the mend.

Happy Birthday to your daughter!

 

SOTD 2.11.2018
Pre-shave: hot shower & Nivea Men Sensitive Face Wash
Brush: Marvy boar
Soap: VDH Scented Luxury
Razor: Ever-Ready 1912
Blade: GEM Stainless (7)
Post-shave: Assured WH, Afta Fresh AS Skin Conditioner, Adidas Dynamic Pulse AS

In an earlier post this morning I suggested to Neal @NCoxSTL he should sometime try the VDH Scented Luxury soap puck got me to thinking about the Luxury and using it today. This was the first soap puck I used when I got into wet-shaving and I've always liked it. The scent is really nice, it lathers well, its slick and feels good. Not bad for a soap you can find on the shelf at many local stores.

This was my seventh use for this blade. It used to be that I could manage about 4 shaves on one of these blades. Maybe my technique is improving? Regardless, I think I'll use it again tomorrow or until it starts tugging.

For those who may be interested the Marvy boar did not shed like it did yesterday. It was very tame today. Overall, I got a CCS today.

Happy shaves everyone!
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Very nice Dan. Great photo and nice setup!

 

Thank you, Bruce!

 

Favorite February

February 11 - A week with Williams. Day 3

Razor - Gem MMOC
Blade - ASR Carbon - CVS (3)
Soap - Williams
Brush - Omega BoS 10066 Boar
Post - Alum

Pop Quiz. How many nights can you forget to take a carbon blade out of a razor before you turn the blade into junk? Answer? Apparently it only takes one. When I reached for the OCMM tonight I realized I had just put it in the stand last night and walked off. I usually pull the blade, dry it and the razor, and leave the blade on top of the brush handle in the brush stand to let it dry. I pulled the blade and it looked like the top edge was ok. More than the usual amount of discoloration where the razor grips it but the edge looked clean. Turned it over and.....yep.....lots of corrosion starting and the edge looked a bit compromised. I grabbed my strop and gave it about 50 strokes on each edge. That seemed to clean it up. So here goes.

The Williams tonight looked fantastic in the bowl. It even looked great on the brush. Staying with my formula of a wet puck and brush and just beating it to death. The first pass as actually not too bad until the left side when it had almost all disappeared before I started on that side. Still slick so I went with it. I did the second pass still with the carbon blade and did manage to get the Williams to stick around a bit better. At that point, though, I knew I wasn't even CCS and the blade had been rough the whole time. Not killer rough but definitely not cutting like it should. I grabbed my rescue razor for this week, the Delta Echo New LC with Sharp Star and finished a third pass. The Williams held up through that pass as well as it did the second and I found the baby under there with that final pass. Alum was warm as the blade had clearly roughed me up a bit for allowing it to get roughed up.

When I squeezed the brush out I got what I always do with Williams. Bubbles. Kind of like bubble bath bubbles. Just no solid lather that I can find, but.....I can't complain about it not providing slickness. This was day 3, so 4 more to go to try and find that perfect lather. In the meantime I'll be starting a new blade tomorrow and trying to avoid leaving it in the razor again!

Hope you had a great weekend!

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Welcome, James! You've come to the right place to learn.

 

30DC (and others) Meet Up...
@NCoxSTL

 

Dates and other information about the meetup now available HERE!

 

Enjoy the time with your daughter, Jared. Best of luck to her during her endeavors.

 

I'm glad to hear you and the family are on the mend. Take care, Jim!

 

Stylin, Rick!


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LAWDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD you know why.....

Yup the bunny is still in the US time to jump across the street and sign up!!!

Welcome to the show, This chatty bunch has covered all the bases !!!

Your pegging out the BS meter... I do not think the warranty is going to cover it if you keep it up and break it.

Glad things are better and Happy Birthday to the young one.

My Neil inspired shave this afternoon. Everything worked well.
Your making it too complicated......

 

Just remember, technique trumps....

Oh never mind.


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