April 2018 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Thank you, Andrew. I have about two more shaves with the San Antonio. I should finish this one and the tube of Arko this week.

 

Thank you, Jason. Florida Water is fantastic and last a while. It is amazing at how the scent changes over time, though. When I first put it on, it is very citrusy. After a while, it is much more spicey.

Two Girls Florida Water is quite a bit different, as well. Another favorite of mine, which I should bring out soon.

 

That's great to hear! Of course, a big part of her procedure's success was that she was scrupulously diligent during the postop and rehab unlike many patients.

 

Thank you, John!

 

Beautiful picture, Clint!

Fantastic picture, Mark!

 

Thank you, gentlemen! I know I have some kind of Schick Repeating Razor(s) somewhere in my old collection cartons, but I have never tried to use them. Mainly because I couldn't figure out how to get a fresh modern injector blade loaded in them. This will be a big help!

And now I know what I am going to do this year for MayHem -- fire up all the really vintage safety razor systems in my collection and try them out -- Schick Repeating Razors, Rolls Razors, Valet Autostrops with genuine carbon Valet blades to strop on them (I have about a dozen boxes of NOS blades), Wilkinson Sword and other wedge razors with the vintage wedges, etc. It may end up a little bloody but it will be a ton of long overdue fun...

 

That sounds like a great plan, John! I still have some of the Twin blades you sent out a while back. I need to load another of those in my L or M injector.

 

I have just won the bidding on this beautiful razor on ebay... Cost me a whole 99p (plus £1.80 postage).

 

Beautiful 1912 James!

 

Superb!

 

Beautiful James. Congrats


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That will be up to her. It will be interesting which path she takes.


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I agree. She really put in the time and work to get the results.


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Thank you Jim.


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Look s practically brandnew, and the bladestops are in perfect shape! Should be a superb shaver! Well done, especially at that price!

 

Nice! Stole it!

 

Tuesday April 3 - adjustable sampling begins

Gillette Black Beauty on 4 / Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless (7)
Nameless Chinese hardwood brush reknotted with Maggards 24mm plissoft knot
The Dry Dock shave bowl
B&M Glissant Seville sample
Alum and Florida Water

The plissoft knot whipped up a great lather today from the remains of the Seville sample. I realized why I couldn't really tell much about the scent of Seville -- I don't know what half the things in smell like when they are relaxing at home by themselves, which makes it difficult to pick them out in a mixture. Lemon I know, and lavender, and rosemary I have an idea about. But bergamot? Oakmoss? Patchouli? I'm lost. Anyway, the mix is quite nice, although I don't care for it enough to want to go buy a tub even after my NB'18 is over.

I go another excellent shave from this 7 O'Clock blade, switched over from the Rockwell 6S to the Schick Krona and now to the Gillette Black Beauty. However, I decided that I had pushed it far enough with 7 shaves and it's time to change out for a fresh one. I'm not hanging with the Excalibur Club at B&B anymore, trying to eke each blade out to the last sliver of steel so no need to push from good shaving down into wretched territory. (Actually, when I was trying the Excalibur route, I had no idea what a really good shave felt like anyway, so it was kind of pointless then too...).

I had some trouble getting the blade into my metal blade bank (branded with the Rockwell Razors logo), so I think I have hit another milestone of sorts and filled up my first standard-sized generic metal blade bank. Time to squish the lid on this one flat and drop it into recycling. Then I guess I will break out a pill bottle to hold blades until the next time I do a large order at a mailorder shaving company and can piggyback a blade bank onto the shipping... sometime in 2019....

 

Bergamot; Citrus because it comes from a fruit somewhere between an orange and a grapefruit.
Oakmoss; Dirt, forest floor, tree bark, leather.
Patchouli; Hippies, or a dark, musky-earthy aroma reminiscent of wet soil.

The bergamot sounds like a mid or top note that fades quickly. Many citrus oils are that way - they don't last long. The other two more base note - after the other scents fade they continue much longer.

 

Thanks, Rick. Bergamot is a citrus? I didn't have a clue...

 

My new toy arrived today, just too late to partake in today's shave: Jayaruh #276 -- white ash from a Louisville Slugger stub topped with an Omega Pro boar knot. Here it is forming a good pair with my Jayaruh #267 in birdseye maple: