July 2018 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion | Page 91

Primotenore · Jul 16, 2018

jluc said: ↑

Another great report and photo, Joseph! Not boring at all.
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Thank you Jim, I stand corrected.

Primotenore · Jul 16, 2018

Norcalnewb said: ↑

Terrific picture, Joseph!
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Jim.

Primotenore · Jul 16, 2018

Linuxguile said: ↑

SOTD July 16th

RazoRock Wunderbar
Gillette Platinum Plus (4)
Simpson CH2 Synthetic "The Soap Destroyer" (27mm, Destroyer Class)
Jeeves Of Hudson Street "Bay Rum"
Myrsol Agua De Limon AS

My shave this morning featured the RazoRock Wunderbar slant (for which I blatantly stole a photo on the internet for as I didn't have time to snap a SOTD pic). First impression of this razor is aggressive, lots of blade feel. I would estimate that the Wunderbar is somewhere close to the ATT H or the Fatip OC. I had a momentary lapse in concentration this morning that resulted in a nice nick on my upper lip that closed up on its own by the time I was done with the third pass. After three passes I ended up with a super close BBS shave that I expect will be one of those long lasting BBS shaves. Inspired by Clint @clint64 I decided to finish with a splash of Myrsol Limon. I use to think that this AS was heavy on the menthol, but now that I've experienced the Stirling Glacials it seems rather mild. Have a great day my friends!
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Bit of blood too my friend...as you said, could have been worse. BTW, Gorgeous photo.

Primotenore · Jul 16, 2018

Drygulch said: ↑

Three passes, a little chasing, and the baby came home.
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Nice report Adam. Glad you caught that baby...they run pretty fast for crawlers.

jluc · Jul 16, 2018

Drygulch said: ↑

Still working on finishing off this soap, and will be using it every other shave until it is gone. It started its fourth and final ring of death today. There isn't enough soap left to smoosh it all back to the center anymore. Tried a Sharp Star in the floating head. Neal is right, these are horrible blades. I can help with the collection efforts if anyone one wants to safely dispose of these horrible things. (Serious question, is the coating on these the same as the Red, White, and Blue Ripera Supersteels? There are a lot of blades I can't get a comfortable shave from, and the coating on those and these seems to actually agree with me.) Three passes, a little chasing, and the baby came home. No blood, no irritation, and the Alum was almost entirely quiet. Almost an epic shave.
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Very nice, Adam! I have a Sharp Star loaded in the Rex for tonight's shave.

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Linuxguile · Jul 16, 2018

Drygulch said: ↑

Still working on finishing off this soap, and will be using it every other shave until it is gone. It started its fourth and final ring of death today. There isn't enough soap left to smoosh it all back to the center anymore. Tried a Sharp Star in the floating head. Neal is right, these are horrible blades. I can help with the collection efforts if anyone one wants to safely dispose of these horrible things. (Serious question, is the coating on these the same as the Red, White, and Blue Ripera Supersteels? There are a lot of blades I can't get a comfortable shave from, and the coating on those and these seems to actually agree with me.) Three passes, a little chasing, and the baby came home. No blood, no irritation, and the Alum was almost entirely quiet. Almost an epic shave.
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Great shot Adam, A little sousing and a couple of big ol brushes that that soap will be done in two or three shaves!

Linuxguile · Jul 16, 2018

Primotenore said: ↑

Bit of blood too my friend...as you said, could have been worse. BTW, Gorgeous photo.
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Thanks Joseph!

PLAla · Jul 16, 2018

clint64 said: ↑

Love the photo and lineup Perry. Good luck house hunting.
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Thank you, Clint! Great photo today in your SOTD.

Primotenore said: ↑

July Focus

This must be getting pretty boring for you all, I know it is to me. Sorry fellow focusers, but I am being honest.
But I committed (probably should be committed) and I will stick with it. Ugh.
The Vie-Long is a pretty floppy silvertip brush. The former user, a gent for whom I have great admiration, worked it pretty hard.
The knot no longer blooms evenly, and while that doesn't alter its lathering ability, aesthetically, it's not my most beautiful brush.
The Beehive handle, however, is one of my favorites and I might have it re-knotted in the future.
Normally it doesn't shed either, but today it gave up one hair.
Everyone here knows how I feel about shedding brushes.
The ring of impending demise in the tub of Williams is growing ever larger. Still a lot of shaves remaining.
The Schick Krona blade made its last appearance today. While it sliced fairly smoothly, I sensed the beginnings of some tugging.
Since I have quiet a few blades, I decided to make this the last shave.
I am debating using my last Wilkinson Sword Chromium (Light Brigade) tomorrow after drooling over all of the St. Louis member stashes.
Lucky fellows, that blade is mos def #1 of all the vintage blades. I can---and have gotten 30 shaves from one.
We'll see.
Drew a little blood at the goatee line, and can only chalk it up to user error with the R41.
Indeed, I will NEVER again blame any piece of shaving gear for what is almost ALWAYS user error.
The newbs that blame a bad blade, or whatever, simply don't yet get it. They will.
The menthol in my Williams and Floïd qualify this shave as a nice "Menthol Monday" post,
however, here is where it's posted.
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Excellent report, Joseph! I quite enjoy your posts.

Linuxguile said: ↑

Nice looking shave, Glad to see that the Blood on Steel got the nod of approval from the Mrs.!

Very cool photo!

Nice shot Perry! That Iced Pineapple seems to have entered the regenerative phase! Good luck with the house hunting!

Cool photo Jim! What does the Barbon AS smell like ?

Nice setu, Brian!

Awesome photo, Clint!

Gread shave Joseph! It could certanly be worse then one hair and a little blood. Here's to tomorrow!
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Thank you, Andrew! This Iced Pineapple sample is hanging on for dear life. Probably three or four more shaves in there.

FaceScraper said: ↑

Great photo, Perry!
Good luck in the house search, and with music camp.
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Thank you, Bruce!

clint64 · Jul 16, 2018

Drygulch said: ↑

Still working on finishing off this soap, and will be using it every other shave until it is gone. It started its fourth and final ring of death today. There isn't enough soap left to smoosh it all back to the center anymore. Tried a Sharp Star in the floating head. Neal is right, these are horrible blades. I can help with the collection efforts if anyone one wants to safely dispose of these horrible things. (Serious question, is the coating on these the same as the Red, White, and Blue Ripera Supersteels? There are a lot of blades I can't get a comfortable shave from, and the coating on those and these seems to actually agree with me.) Three passes, a little chasing, and the baby came home. No blood, no irritation, and the Alum was almost entirely quiet. Almost an epic shave.
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That soap is all but done. Congrats.

clint64 · Jul 16, 2018

PLAla said: ↑

Thank you, Clint! Great photo today in your SOTD.

Excellent report, Joseph! I quite enjoy your posts.

Thank you, Andrew! This Iced Pineapple sample is hanging on for dear life. Probably three or four more shaves in there.

Thank you, Bruce!
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Thank you Perry.

jtspartan · Jul 16, 2018

July 16th
Cooper MonoBilt w Wizamet
B&M Seville
30DC LE
Thayers
Pinaud Clubman

Back home after 4 days away. Got back in the wee hours this morning. Didn’t post a travel shave pic, but used a 40s SS, Nacet, Palmolive Stick, boar and Stirling Gentleman Balm. Good shaves.
Shaved a little earlier- No real focus, just using a favourite soap, brush and razor. Did 3 full passes, which I don’t do all that often with the stubble assassin, and am completely smooth.
Will try to catch up a bit, but don’t like my chances of getting to comment on all the goings on from the thread.
Have a great day all!

clint64 · Jul 16, 2018

John Ruschmeyer said: ↑

July 16, 2018

Razor: Valet AutoStrop VC4
Blade: Feather (CS?) (1)
Brush: Semogue 620
Soap: Der Vergulde Hand
Post: Alum, Listerine, WH

I'm sure I've said before that I'm much more of a DE and Injector guy than a traditional SE one. Sometimes, however, the RAD takes control and you buy a razor that you wouldn't normally think about; this was one of those times. Recently, I bought an AutoStrop VC4, which arrived last week, and ordered some Feather blades from TryABlade, which arrived on Saturday. Today was my first shave with the VC4. For the blade, I picked the Feather in the blue wrapper which (I think) is the CS one.

I have to admit that it was a pleasant experience which I enjoyed better than many of my shaves with a Gem. Two days of growth was removed easily with no issues for a satisfying DFS. No noise from the Alum.

A couple of questions for the experts:
1) Am I correct that the Feather blades in the blue wrapper are CS and the black ones are Stainless? Or do I have it backwards?
2) I've seen posts where people have used a Feather SE in a Gem by adding the spine from a used blade. If I have a gem with the standoffs for the Singledge blade, can I use the Feather blade as is?

Final thoughts- I have to admit that there is something to the Steampunk look of an AS with its exposed gears. I feel a bit like I need to put on some goggles and fire up the dirigible.
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John below is a picture of my Feather SE SS blade in the wrapper. Mine is blue.

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Linuxguile · Jul 16, 2018

jtspartan said: ↑

July 16th
Cooper MonoBilt w Wizamet
B&M Seville
30DC LE
Thayers
Pinaud Clubman
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Back home after 4 days away. Got back in the wee hours this morning. Didn’t post a travel shave pic, but used a 40s SS, Nacet, Palmolive Stick, boar and Stirling Gentleman Balm. Good shaves.
Shaved a little earlier- No real focus, just using a favourite soap, brush and razor. Did 3 full passes, which I don’t do all that often with the stubble assassin, and am completely smooth.
Will try to catch up a bit, but don’t like my chances of getting to comment on all the goings on from the thread.
Have a great day all!
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Great homecoming shave, Jason!

jluc · Jul 16, 2018

jtspartan said: ↑

July 16th
Cooper MonoBilt w Wizamet
B&M Seville
30DC LE
Thayers
Pinaud Clubman
View attachment 170545
Back home after 4 days away. Got back in the wee hours this morning. Didn’t post a travel shave pic, but used a 40s SS, Nacet, Palmolive Stick, boar and Stirling Gentleman Balm. Good shaves.
Shaved a little earlier- No real focus, just using a favourite soap, brush and razor. Did 3 full passes, which I don’t do all that often with the stubble assassin, and am completely smooth.
Will try to catch up a bit, but don’t like my chances of getting to comment on all the goings on from the thread.
Have a great day all!
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Awesome picture, Jason. Glad to see you made it back home safely.

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Primotenore · Jul 16, 2018

PLAla said: ↑

Excellent report, Joseph! I quite enjoy your posts.
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Thank you my musical brother.

Primotenore · Jul 16, 2018

jtspartan said: ↑

July 16th
Cooper MonoBilt w Wizamet
B&M Seville
30DC LE
Thayers
Pinaud Clubman
View attachment 170545
Back home after 4 days away. Got back in the wee hours this morning. Didn’t post a travel shave pic, but used a 40s SS, Nacet, Palmolive Stick, boar and Stirling Gentleman Balm. Good shaves.
Shaved a little earlier- No real focus, just using a favourite soap, brush and razor. Did 3 full passes, which I don’t do all that often with the stubble assassin, and am completely smooth.
Will try to catch up a bit, but don’t like my chances of getting to comment on all the goings on from the thread.
Have a great day all!
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Cool razor Jason.

John Ruschmeyer · Jul 16, 2018

clint64 said: ↑

John below is a picture of my Feather SE SS blade in the wrapper. Mine is blue.

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Okay, so I had it backwards; SS (what I apparently used this morning) has the blue wrapper and CS has the black one.

Norcalnewb · Jul 16, 2018

jtspartan said: ↑

July 16th
Cooper MonoBilt w Wizamet
B&M Seville
30DC LE
Thayers
Pinaud Clubman
View attachment 170545
Back home after 4 days away. Got back in the wee hours this morning. Didn’t post a travel shave pic, but used a 40s SS, Nacet, Palmolive Stick, boar and Stirling Gentleman Balm. Good shaves.
Shaved a little earlier- No real focus, just using a favourite soap, brush and razor. Did 3 full passes, which I don’t do all that often with the stubble assassin, and am completely smooth.
Will try to catch up a bit, but don’t like my chances of getting to comment on all the goings on from the thread.
Have a great day all!
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Excellent picture, Jason!

clint64 · Jul 16, 2018

jtspartan said: ↑

July 16th
Cooper MonoBilt w Wizamet
B&M Seville
30DC LE
Thayers
Pinaud Clubman
View attachment 170545
Back home after 4 days away. Got back in the wee hours this morning. Didn’t post a travel shave pic, but used a 40s SS, Nacet, Palmolive Stick, boar and Stirling Gentleman Balm. Good shaves.
Shaved a little earlier- No real focus, just using a favourite soap, brush and razor. Did 3 full passes, which I don’t do all that often with the stubble assassin, and am completely smooth.
Will try to catch up a bit, but don’t like my chances of getting to comment on all the goings on from the thread.
Have a great day all!
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Lovely photo Jason.

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jluc · Jul 16, 2018

July 16th
Razor: Rex Ambassador (3)
Blade: Sharp Star (1)
Brush: SOC mixed
Pre shave: Stirling mentholated
Soap: Stirling Lemony Orange
Stirling Lemon Chill witch hazel
AS: Stirling Lemony Orange

Menthol Monday shave and what a menthol Monday! Started off with a cool shower using Stirling Lemon Chill bath soap to go along with all the other Stirling mentholated goodness! Two pass with touch up. Feeling good.

Have a great night, gentlemen!

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Any chance you're joining us for Cinco de Julio?

Of course. In fact, I save my popsicle sticks for just this occasion!

Of course not. I'm sane.

I'll think about it but I'm too busy eating cookies.

I'll let you know when I get to St. Louis.