Thank you, Clint!

Oh well, it's part of the job. When it gets too irritating, I just remind myself that all I have to do is deal with each one of them over the phone for ten to twenty minutes and then I am shut of them. It's the police who have to deal with them in person for hours, lodging them until they're sober -- and quite possibly hosing out the puke afterwards... That makes a phone call quite tolerable; it's just when it hits past 150 in a weekend that it gets a bit much.

I like my lather a bit soupy!

Have fun visiting the kids, Charlie! Great job!

When are the scrapbooking backgrounds making their appearance again?

Nice looking shave, Patrick!

Great picture and a great wrap up, Clint!

Excellent picture, Perry!

Beautiful picture, Jason!

Wonderful picture, Mark!

Thank you Jim.

April 30, 2018

Razor: G3 Aristocrat Adjustable (5)
Blade: Van Der Hagen (2)
Brush: VdH Boar
Soap: Williams
Post: Alum, Listerine, WH

Another smooth, comfortable shave from the Slim and a VdH blade, BBS with no issues. Someday, I should pick up a VdH razor so that I can do a soup-to-nuts VdH shave.

And with that, I conclude another month. For the most part, I tried to stay to the theme of Adjustables, breaking out my backup Slim as well as Schick and Pal Adjustable injectors. I even got out the Arko on a road trip shave. Lastly, I got to try some new hardware including the VdH blades and the VdH Luxury boar brush.

Now, on to MAYhem...

Thanks, Jim! I have a couple more this week at that same location. Hope it doesn't get tiresome!

April 30 SOTD:

Razor: Timeless Bronze OC
Blade: Sputnik
Brush: Razorock Plissoft
Lather: Jeeves of Hudson St Bay Rum
Aftershave: Clubman
Additional Care:
Stirling Unscented PSB

Last shave of the month, and it was another good one. A little weeper from a little shake in the middle of my shave, but other than that, DFS.

I started the month working on the one razor I hadn't tamed, the MMOC (generously sent by @sdguero), and after a few weeks, I had it down. Of all the safety razors I have owned, I can definitely get the longest lasting close shaves with this razor. So clong lasting, that if I push it, I could easily skip a day. I can get shaves like that with a straight or shavette, but too often with a safety razor.

I also got the Karve Christopher Bradley razor, and found this to be a very efficient razor that is also capable of some long lasting, close shaves. Not quite so much as the MMOC, but it isn't too far away.

It's really been a fun month with these razors. I am looking forward to next month with everyone again. I hope everyone has a great day!

Great photo and recap Jim. Congrats on the two new brass razors.

This thread is hombase, and the only one I try to keep up with. Which can be hard sometimes given the pace it moves

Enjoy your day with the kiddos, Charlie!

Nice shot Patrick! Piper confirms that it is a Monday morning!

Fantastic photo and a great looking month of shaves, Clint!

Excellent photo, Perry!

A nice Top Shelf selection of gear, Montie!

Fantastic photo, Jason!

Sorry that you had a rough weekend, John. But it sounds like you had a nice shave to put it all behind you!

Beautiful photo, Mark!

Excellent shot Jim!

Thank you, Andrew!

Thank you, Clint!

Thanks, Andrew!

SOTD April 30th


Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
ATT H2 / RR Barber Pole
Derby Premium(2)
Yaqi Boar (24mm, Frigate Class)
IB Amici
Homemade Lime AS
Stirling Unscented Glacial PSB

Starting MAYhem a day early I broke out the ATT H2. Massive blade exposure and .91mm gap and some gnarly looking teeth certainly make this razor seem intimidating. The shave ,while very efficient, didn't seem overly harsh. The blade was held quite firmly and there didn't seem to be any chatter. I must have let the weight of the razor get away from me a little as I did end up with one weeper on my cheek and one on my chin but otherwise didn't experience any discomfort or irritation. I wasn't sure which brush I was going to go with when I took the photo but ended up deciding to go with the red and black Yaqi Boar (stock photo below). This knot on this brush still feels small when compared to the Stirling and on top of that it shed a good many hairs. Given its performance I may trade it off or re-knot it, but it isn't worth keeping in the den in its current state. I finished up with a spray of my homemade lime AS followed by some Stirling Glacial Unscented PSB for my daily face freeze. Have a great day my friends!

Thanks Jim!

Love that Sputnik!

Thanks Andrew. Piper is much like her master....hates Monday's.