September 2018 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

September 15th
Razor: Timeless Bronze SB
Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel(2)
Brush: Envy White Supreme 8 Ball
Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated
Soap: Stirling Dunshire
Stirling mentholated witch hazel
AS: Stirling Dunshire

Good morning!

Early start today. I've been up for a couple of hours now starting on dinner. A couple of brisket flats on the smoker.

This morning's shave was a mid month change of focus. Different razor and brush to finish out Stirling SEptember. Great shave! Near BBS.

Dunshire is another excellent scent although all I smell right now is hickory smoke.

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Glad you're on the recovery trail Charlie. My thoughts are with you!

 

Fantastic photo. Congrats on the new brush, it looks great. Your dinner plans sound delicious.

 

September 15, 2018
Blackland Sabre L2
Gem PTFE
SOC Mistura Taj
Figaro Sapone Special
Captain’s Choice Bay Rum

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I am up an moving far to early on a Saturday. My wife and I are going to a local fall festival and then taking my mom to an early dinner. I bloomed/soaked the sample of the soap while I showered. The Figaro was easy to load and lather. Three passes and touch ups ended in a perfect BBS shave with no nicks or weepers. Feeling indulgent and desiring a heavy dose of bay rum, I applied some Krampert's which has fantastic skin care but the scent dissipates too quickly. This was solved with a follow on splash of CC Bay Rum. I hope everyone has a great Saturday.

 

Thanks, Clint.
Brisket is my favorite. I don't make it often enough.

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Great shave and picture, Clint! Sounds like a fun day ahead.

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I have never tried to smoke brisket. I will need to give it a go on the big green egg.

 

Thank you Jim.

 

No shave this morning. It’s opening day of Quail season

 

Beautiful scenery, Brian! Good luck!

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Wonderful scenery. Good luck today.

 

Great scuttle, Jim!

 

Beautiful picture, Clint!

 

Sounds like fun, Brian!

 

I was up early this morning doing a few things before meeting some friends for a 7 a.m. Bible study.

 

Let me know when dinner is served...

 

Thank you, Joseph!

 

SEptember - Still on the SE's

De Vergulde Hand soap
"The King" Chubby badger
Suribachi & cool water
Schick J-1 & Chick blade
M&L Florida Water AS
Following in Neal's @NCoxSTL Time Warp tradition but pushing it to the black hole event horizon limit - I shaved on Thursday but am just now writing up my report. Chalk it up to "having a busy life", I have a bit of envy for you guys with regular schedules and daily shaves. In a shipment out of Hong Kong from Steve @Vlasta, A couple new items have entered my den. I saw Troy @Troy M used the same scheerzeep couple days ago and he may have a tip to getting what I consider an acceptable lather. Using the soap and a brand spankin' new brush (well, two brushes and three soaps!) violated all common sense in our "only change one variable" Focus procedure. Throwing caution to the wind I defunked the huge badger with a couple ARKO lathers. Did I mention this is a big knot? I think it upgraded my flotilla by adding my first Cruiser Class. I won't claim Carrier until I can confirm 34mm+. So with the to me undetectable (the dog was interested) critter smell washed out, I put brush to soap. DVH (translation from Dutch; The Gilded Hand) is on the softer side, a slightly airy puck like Proraso rather than common artisan soft or triple milleds. It loaded easily with no prehydration considering the knot fully filled the opening of the tub. Into the bowl for agitation where the knot swallowed up lather as it appeared. Squeezing the badger released without loss of quality. Granddaughter Jenisis wandered into range while I was working up the lather and insisted on doing the application. After she finished getting lather in my ears, mustache, and shirt collar I looked in the mirror. What appeared to be acceptable glossy & wet had thinned down to the quality I expect from inexperienced "shave soap" sold by local artisans (has everyone bought one or more of these hoping for the "next big thing" and then used it as hand soap?).
For a 400+ year history of non-reformulated product, I'm taking responsibility for the lack of clown paint style coverage and rapid dissipation. Slickness happened in the Modern Williams paradigm because I applied this J-1 Chris @Bama Samurai sent my way as my first and most used injector to great results. Squeezing the fat brush knot released all the lather that didn't show in my bowl for three plus passes and a DFS or better. A decision to be made for my next shave - do I try the soap again, or the brush? I expect they are both wonderful items but need me to develop correct techniques for their proper use.
Good Shaves Y'all!

 

Charlie , glad to hear you’re on the mend.

Thank you, but I don’t get to go quail hunting like Brian.

 

Thanks, Jim! The warm lather was a nice treat this morning.

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