April 2018 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Even with my limited experience I completely agree!

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SOTD April 4, 2018

Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap
Blade: Schick
Razor: Schick B1 injector
Brush: Surrey restored badger
Soap: Strop Shoppe Baker Street
Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Baker Street aftershave

Terrific shave. Really like the B1 injector. Not only does it look really sleek and deco, but it shaves quite well. The angle reminds me of the Bunny, and in fact the spring and the top plate reminds me of the H-type and the Bunny. Whatever the case, it's smooth and comfortable to use. Great lather and skin care from the software items. All around nice shave.

Have a great day!

 

Sounds like a great start to the day Perry! Nice photo!

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Thank you!

 

Beautiful picture, Clint!

 

Terrific B&W shot, Perry!

 

Actually, I'll be using the SR myself in a few days-still chilly here. Today is warm though-a hiccup. Thanks for defying me .

 

April 4 SOTD:

Razor: Gem MMOC
Blade: Gem Stainless
Brush: Razorock Plissoft
Lather: Arko Cool
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Ice Blue
Additional Care:
Stirling Unscented PSB

A great two pass this morning for a DFS with not irritation or weepers. @Drygulch, the Arko Cool is finished, which is another win this morning. A great start to my Wednesday. I hope everyone has a great day!

 

Very cool photo Jim ☺️

 

Thank you, Roby!

 

A check on the survey shows Nosey continuing with a strong lead. Will this be like Secretariat in the 1973 Belmont Stakes?

 

I still have 2 Louisville slugger bats here in my house . One from when I was a kid and the other from a friend . Would be awesome just knowing my brush came from something as great as a Louisville bat . Love that brush btw.

 

Canada Post...always late but always gets there .

 

Terrific post, Chris. What you are talking about is the difference between breadth and depth of experience. While breadth gives a wealth of experience, it's when we focus in on one area or aspect (and by necessity therefore narrow the use of our time to exclude others) that we achieve a true mastery. Needless to say, there are a lot of proverbs about this too.

In the purely material world, one I ran into was in the world of shooting and firearms: "Always beware the man with one gun; he knows how to use it."

If you are into shooting and firearms as a hobby, sport or necessary lifeskill, have you ever noticed the difference between people with dozens or hundreds of firearms of all types and kinds who shoot all different kinds of disciplines with them, changing guns on a regular basis, versus those who only own one or two guns and focus on one single sport? It's the second type who are usually in the upper echelons of shooters in their favoured discipline; the first ones are all over the map.

Applied to life in general, it becomes much more powerful. The Chinese, of course, have sayings about it: "Any man who could concentrate on any given problem for as much as three minutes, could rule the world." And even more succinctly, "If you can command yourself, you can command the world."

But it can be dangerous stuff. The search for meaning in narrow depth of experience rather than shallow breadth led one of the most immensely rich and enormously powerful men of his day, Prince Siddartha Gautama, to become an ascetic sage eventually known as the Buddha. In Christianity, it has led princes and paupers, rogues and heroes, to become monks. An extreme was the early Christian Stylites -- the guys who lived on pillars in the desert, dressed mainly in loincloths, having eschewed the fleshly world in favour of the pursuit of the world of the mind and soul.*

And centuries later, Rene Descartes narrowed his eventual proof of the existence of everything down to proof of his own existence in the sole certainty he had in the world: "I think, therefore I am."

So good luck in your personal quest, Chris. It can be as profound and life-changing as you choose to make it. Just be aware that it could be dangerous stuff and may eventually lead to you sitting on a pillar in a desert with only one razor, one soap, one brush and one tuck of blades to support you...

*N.B.: I believe the Stylites were also distinguished by their long unkempt beards, messy hairstyle, and general personal filth. As an aspect of that world of the senses they despised, personal grooming was not high on their list of priorities. If you do ultimately become some sort of monk, Chris, please be a well-groomed one: the Shaving Monk, perhaps.

 

Thanks, Patrick. I have done a couple test lathers with it and let the soap dry on it, to help it to bloom, break in, and also get rid of the early boar odour. So far, it looks like it will lather and brush with the best of them.

 

April 4, 2018

Colonial Razors "The General"
Feather Pro Super
Shavemac ATG LE Silvertip D01 Flat Top
Panna Crema Nuavia Nera
Fine L'Orange Noir
Terre D'Hermes

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If I could add something here ...take it or leave it ...but I have to agree on plate 3 or 4. I could use a piece of rusty tin on those settings and get a great shave . Maybe try it with a fresh blade . That' my 2 cents .

 

I like the pattern of that brush. Nice

 

Where did the bat come from? Just have to ask .

 

Thanks Patrick!