August 2018 30 Day Rule/focus Pix & Discussion

Your posts are ripe with content for a CT, Randy. I don't know how you've survived this long without one.

 

Nice, Charlie!

I have a spreadsheet for soap usage and tracking how many shaves are on each tub or sample of soap. I'm feeling like an expansion is needed and I need to start tracking the brushes and razors. Would be interesting to see what gets used the most and least, etc.

 

I thought that it was more like enough that you could weld them together and *build* a small cruise ship.

 

I suffer from CDO. I just had to alphabetize the abbreviation. Otherwise, it drives me CRAZY.

 

Wow, Charlie! That's a fair amount of blades!
I use the Shaving Buddy app to track my shaves.

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SS Sharp Star?

Oooooh, that would be sharp, and it would cut right through the water. Would you have to replace the steel after every three-day cruise?

 

Travel SOTD
TSD Barber Shoppe Soap
AoS Pure Badger Brush
Frederick Reynolds Razor
Pitrulon Classic After Shave
Have fun!

 

@PickledNorthern's daughters call him a Shaving Nerd. I think a few of us would compete with him for that title.

 

Great picture!
Safe travels, Brian.

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I have a problem, Jim. Seriously, I decided to create this spreadsheet before I purchased more blades. When I finished, I stopped thinking about getting more blades.

I counted all my blades in full view of my Bride. She laughed the whole time.

 

Thank you. I’m heading home today

 

I need to figure out how to do pivot tables.

 

Thank you, Bruce!

 

August 23rd
Gillette SA-109 w Polsilver (5, I think...)
Stirling Finest Fan / Maple
Soap Commander Endurance SS
Thayers
Barrister's Reserve Spice AS

Not sure what is up with the photo this morning- It makes the brush look bent...
Anyway, had a relatively quick 2 pass'er earlier this morning. Results were as they should be and it really doesn't seem to matter what this razor is set at. I've used it everywhere from 3 to wide open. Today I dialed it to 7 for kicks and it performed well again. One more day with it, I think.
Have a great day all!

 

If blades cost, say, a dollar a blade, then maybe I'd consider running them until they fall apart, so to speak. Using the P74 to its bitter end, or at least as close as I want to be to the bitter end, is a fun experiment and....in real life.....I'd probably just say 21 shaves and out since I know it isn't horrible at that point. But I do agree that pushing through uncomfortable shaves just to get a bunch of mediocre to bad result shaves as a reward seems a bit eccentric. No reason at all to do that when even the most expensive blades are maybe 40 cents - and that's if you buy them wrong.

 

The photo effect of the bent brush isn't really a photo effect. Remember - do not try to bend the brush, there is no brush.

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Gillette Slim
Rockwell Blade
JOHS Bay Rum
OneBlade Tuxedo
Old Spice AS

The OneBlade Tuxedo did a fabulous job lathering up the JOHS Bay Rum. For being somewhat of a “lazy” shave, the results are pleasing. I did minimal skin stretching, and only two passes with a little touch-up, yet I’m still fairly smooth. Not perfection, but plenty good enough.



Have a great Thursday, fellas!



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Razor: Blackland Saber L2
Blade: Personna PTFE
Brush: Elite Razor Tres Amigos Desert Ironwood Beehive w/Envy White Knot
Soap: Panna Crema Verde
A/S: Pinaud Lime

Two passes for a near BBS.

 

Great shave, Brian! Safe travels home!

 

Safe trip Brian.