August 2018 30 Day Rule/focus Pix & Discussion

August 15, 2018
Karve E Plate
Feather
Shavemac D01 3 Band
Soapy Science Citrus Lollipop
Myrsol Agua de Limón

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The little Shavemac loaded and lathered the SS Lollipop Citrus with ease. I stayed with the E plate for the shave this morning and went with a 2 pass shave. Starting ATG for the first pass the E plate is noticeably smoother than the F. Not quite as smooth as the D but much closer to the D than the F. After the second pass, I touched up along my jaw line and lower right neck. However, I did not chase the baby this morning and ended just short of a perfect shave. A splash of Thayer's Witch Hazel followed by the Myrsol Limón and I am off to find traffic. I hope everyone has a great Wednesday.

 

SOTD August 15, 2018

Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap
Blade: vintage Personna Chrome
Razor: Schick M1 injector
Brush: Surrey badger (restored)
Soap: RazoRock "What The Puck" Blue Barbershop
Post: Witch hazel, RazoRock Blue Barbershop aftershave

Nice and easy shave with this combination. This RazoRock Blue Barbershop soap is quite nice. It's harder triple milled soap, so I take my time loading and super gooped it into fantastic lather. The one drawback is the container size is fairly small. But for about $6 per tub I can overlook that. Nice shave in the end.

Enjoy your day!

 

No. Just no.
Out of principle.

 

Beautiful razor & brush, Keith!

 

Great photos, gentlemen!

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Gorgeous photo, Clint! That brush is rather swell, too!
Have a great day!

 

Great pic, Perry!

 

Awesome, Andrew! Congrats!

 

Beautiful picture, Clint!

 

Terrific picture, Perry!

 

August 15 SOTD:

Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Feather Hi-Stainless
Brush: PAA Atomic Rocket
Lather: Crown King Red Planet
Aftershave: PAA Red Planet
Additional Care:
Osage Rub

I skipped posting yesterday, as things just seem to be a bit hectic at the moment. My kids start back to school this morning, so I am going to work a bit late to take them today. I got a nice shave with this wonderful scent, and even got to shave with my son as he had woken up early being so excited for his first day of school. Today is looking like a good day so far. I hope everyone has a great day!

 

Awesome photo, Jim! I hope your day continues to be as great as it started!

 

Thanks, Jim!

Thanks, Bruce!

Thanks, Jim!

 

Great photos and setups, gentlemen!

@Norcalnewb - so glad your son is excited for his first day and woke up early! Good luck to them and you today!

 

Great picture, Jim!
You have quite the collection of PAA soaps and aftershaves.
Have a great day!

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Thank you, Perry!

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Thank you, Bruce!

 

Thank you, Perry!

 

Thank you, Jim!

 

Well, fellas........first shave in with the Dorco 6(+1). Of course I'll be trying different approaches each time, but I was pretty comfortable with the opener. Two passes-that second pass was NEEDED more than a "ah, what the heck, why waste the soap" pass. I went "North to South" on the face, "South To North" on the neck. I mention that rather obvious detail because I missed a few areas over the upper-lip. The video man yesterday made the point of don't do it ATG to avoid the ingrown hairs, but with the Gillette Sensor Deuce I would go ATG in some areas anyway, so I might try that with the Dorco in the areas I missed this morning.. I';ll be most interested to see if I can succeed with just the one pass with canned shaving cream(I normally do just one anyway,, but I'd hate to miss a few areas. With Rise, I can just apply it dry and kill off what I miss.) Anyway, this razor went right to work for me. Very good .