March 2018 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

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What's Your March Madness?

  1. Shavette Dojo with the Samurai Man

    10 vote(s)
    29.4%

  2. Rule baby!

    1 vote(s)
    2.9%

  3. Learning a new razor

    5 vote(s)
    14.7%

  4. Soap Mania

    7 vote(s)
    20.6%

  5. Brushes

    6 vote(s)
    17.6%

  6. A Focus of some kind

    12 vote(s)
    35.3%

  7. Cookie Madness!

    16 vote(s)
    47.1%
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  1. jluc

    jluc smelling pretty

    March 28
    Cold water
    WTG, XTG
    ATT S1
    Feather New Hi Stainless (3)
    SOC boar
    B&M Soap
    Thayers Witch Hazel
    B&M Reserve AS

    Good evening gentlemen. You guys are giving great detailed reports and awesome pictures to finish out the month! I feel like I'm running out of things to say and ways to arrange my gear.
    I had a good shave this evening. DFS. A light tickle from the alum on my neck. I'm feeling clean and refreshed.
    This month has been a great learning experience for me. Shallow angle and no pressure are really becoming second nature.
    Only one more shave for me this month, Friday morning, so I decided to take a group picture of my March Madness gear.
    Good evening and good shaves all![​IMG]

    Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
     
    jluc, Mar 28, 2018
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  2. sdguero

    sdguero Well-Known Member

    Thanks, Jim!
     
    sdguero, Mar 28, 2018
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  3. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    THAT is one of your bestest ever!
     
    PickledNorthern, Mar 28, 2018
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  4. COMPNOR

    COMPNOR Well-Known Member

    March 28, 2018
    Shave 12 of 30

    Almost half way there for this focus, tonight's shave was so-so. Haven't shaved since Sunday. Fresh blade. It was meant to be an easy one pass shave with some extra work on the chin. Went ok, but then I tried working the chin and just couldn't get the angle down. So I decided to use the E3 for some touching up, and that turned into a 3/4th pass shave all over. Turns out the first pass with the shavette didn't do as well as I would have liked. Oh well. Next shave will probably be Friday.
     
    COMPNOR, Mar 28, 2018
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  5. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    Love the razor, Jim.


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    PickledNorthern, Mar 28, 2018
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  6. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn



    Sounds like my job.
     
    PickledNorthern, Mar 28, 2018
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  7. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    75 more to go..... I hack on you, but your progress has been great.
     
    PickledNorthern, Mar 28, 2018
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  8. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    Great looking shave. Wondering if you are shooting for the next camera man of Drunk History, or if you are showing off your countertop.....
     
    PickledNorthern, Mar 28, 2018
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  9. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    Okay, I really hope that came off as a tease.
     
    PickledNorthern, Mar 28, 2018
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  10. FaceScraper

    FaceScraper Well-Known Member


    Thanks John. You’ll have to get some Tabac...then you too can smell like grandma’s purse! :D
     
    FaceScraper, Mar 28, 2018
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  11. FaceScraper

    FaceScraper Well-Known Member

    Nice write up John!
     
    FaceScraper, Mar 28, 2018
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  12. FaceScraper

    FaceScraper Well-Known Member

    Great photo and sweet gear, Jason!
     
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  13. RyX

    RyX DoH!

    I'll revisit the Krona again. More than likely with a Feather onboard. The flat plain of the cap is a little different that most Gillette's curve. Not sure if it sets the angle of attack or limits it to the makers suggestion. Could be a Mini-Focus of a week or ten days.
     
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  14. FaceScraper

    FaceScraper Well-Known Member

    Glad everything went well for Blanca! Good lookin’ shave as well Dan!
     
    FaceScraper, Mar 28, 2018
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  15. Screwtape

    Screwtape A Shaving Butterfly

    Maybe that's why I do not love my Krona and feel that it's a less pleasant shaver than my Gillettes. Well, that and the fact that it contains entirely too much plastic for my taste...
     
    Screwtape, Mar 28, 2018
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  16. FaceScraper

    FaceScraper Well-Known Member

    Thank you very much, Jim!
     
    FaceScraper, Mar 28, 2018
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  17. Keithmax

    Keithmax Breeds Pet Rocks

    Out of focus Thursday:

    I just could not take any more mocking from Tabac, so decided to go with Fine shaving soap today. It smelled wonderful but it is a notch below in performance compared to Tabac. The Art Razor was looking cool and had a nice edge. Ended with a little weeper and a tingle from the alum. All in all a good shave.

    Irritation A Closeness A Smoothness A Sharpness A+

    Razor: Art Razor Saga
    Strop: Dry Gulch black latigo
    Brush: Shavemac silver tip
    Pre: Nivea
    Soap: Fine
    AS: Enhanced Alt Insbruck AS, Speick ASB
    Scent: Knize Ten

    IMG_4664.jpg
     
    Keithmax, Mar 28, 2018
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  18. Screwtape

    Screwtape A Shaving Butterfly

    Group photo excellence! It looks like you have all the Barrister Reserve soaps and splashes. From your reports they have been treating you very well. I am looking forward to getting several of them myself - Spice, Fern and Lavender. At least, I will as soon as my NB'18 is over -- or as soon as Jason @jtspartan caves in to temptation and fails his so I can take a dive myself without excessive guilt... :)
     
    Screwtape, Mar 28, 2018
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  19. jluc

    jluc smelling pretty

    Thanks John! The B&M Reserves have treated me well this month. I don't have the fern. If you or Jason @jtspartan get it before I do I would like to hear your take on it. Of the four I have Spice is my favorite. Lavender is very nice as well. You can't go wrong with any of them.

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    jluc, Mar 28, 2018
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  20. sdguero

    sdguero Well-Known Member

    I don’t know what the maker suggests, but I ride the cap with the Krona just as I do with other DEs. Works very well for me.

    Thanks, Bruce! Blanca is happy to be home. She had a tough day in her world.

    Interesting... I have 2 Kronas. The one pictured in today’s shave is my favorite. It seems milder and more forgiving than the other one which has a silver TTO knob.

    Just like anything, people are diverse in their preferences.
     
    sdguero, Mar 28, 2018
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