October 2018 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Discussion in 'Shave School' started by NCoxSTL, Sep 30, 2018.

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Which open comb razors are you planning to use?

  1. Old school Gillette Old Style. Because I'm tough like that

    15 vote(s)
    39.5%

  2. A modern replica of the Old Style. Because I'm almost tough like that

    5 vote(s)
    13.2%

  3. Fatip. Because I'm even tougher than you know

    6 vote(s)
    15.8%

  4. MMOC. Because I'm even tougher than those DE boys who think they're tough

    11 vote(s)
    28.9%

  5. A vintage Aristocrat or something similar. Because I'm tough like that.....and classy too!s

    10 vote(s)
    26.3%

  6. Who needs to act tough with OC razors. I'll stay with straights, thank you very much.

    6 vote(s)
    15.8%

  7. Pain sticks because combs of any kind are for sissies.

    2 vote(s)
    5.3%

  8. Can I please just have some cookies and you can stop asking questions?!

    2 vote(s)
    5.3%

  9. I'm sick of cookies. Can we have donuts for a month?

    16 vote(s)
    42.1%
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  1. Norcalnewb

    Norcalnewb Magnanimous Moos

    Thank you, Jim!
     
    Norcalnewb, Oct 25, 2018
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  2. PLAla

    PLAla Bit Shy of a Full Puck

    Nice picture and shave, Jim!

    Nice shot, Brian! Hopefully the mystery soap is a good performer.
     
    PLAla, Oct 25, 2018
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  3. Linuxguile

    Linuxguile dating an unusual aristocrat

    17 shaves on a Voskie? :smiley respect:
    Beautiful razor, Brian!
     
    Linuxguile, Oct 25, 2018
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  4. jtface

    jtface Well-Known Member

    jtface, Oct 25, 2018
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  5. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    Great shot of Ed's Vanilla, and of Ed himself(Doc Pinaud).
     
    blondblue, Oct 25, 2018
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  6. Linuxguile

    Linuxguile dating an unusual aristocrat

    Yeah, those are the Prolines we were talking about. Sharpest of the injector blades. The only issue is that the magazine doesn't have a key so you can't inject them directly into the razor. You have to cross load them into a keyed magazine and then inject them into the razor. You run the small risk of cutting yourself or dulling the edge in the process.
     
    Linuxguile, Oct 25, 2018
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  7. jtface

    jtface Well-Known Member

    Ahhh that's cool! Is it difficult to load them into another magazine? Any specialist know-how needed?
     
    jtface, Oct 25, 2018
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  8. BaylorGator

    BaylorGator MISTER Fancypants

    Wow! Serious Bostonian envy here. I may thin out my DE collection at some point, but still need to add one of those as a permanent “keeper”. I have a Tuckaway that I love, but really want the full size guy too.
     
    BaylorGator, Oct 25, 2018
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  9. Linuxguile

    Linuxguile dating an unusual aristocrat

    No not really. It's helpful to have a magazing that has atleast one blade left in it. Then you just depress the blade stack down from the top and slide the new blade into the magazine, being sure to keep the back of the blade pressed flat against the inner wall of the magazine. Check out this post:
    http://jrshaving.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/reloading-injector-dispenser.html
     
    Linuxguile, Oct 25, 2018
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  10. jtface

    jtface Well-Known Member

    Brilliant! Thank you for the information!
     
    jtface, Oct 25, 2018
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  11. BaylorGator

    BaylorGator MISTER Fancypants

    Believe it or not, Jason, despite having a few injectors in the collection, I’ve never shaved with one. I kinda skipped over that part of the progression. No doubt I will go back and do a focus at some point, but kinda enjoying the dark side rabbit hole at the moment. Regardless, some wise 30DCers suggested I become reasonably proficient with a straight before employing the CJB. I’m glad I listened.
     
    BaylorGator, Oct 25, 2018
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  12. Linuxguile

    Linuxguile dating an unusual aristocrat

    Prolines will up the aggression and blade feel of any injector.
     
    Linuxguile, Oct 25, 2018
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  13. Linuxguile

    Linuxguile dating an unusual aristocrat

    For those of you that use shave buddy, do you use the picture upload feature, or do you use some other photo host like tapatalk or imgur ?
     
    Linuxguile, Oct 25, 2018
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  14. jluc

    jluc smelling pretty

    I use Tapatalk. I just use shave buddy to track my shaves and collection.

    Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
     
    jluc, Oct 25, 2018
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  15. PLAla

    PLAla Bit Shy of a Full Puck

    Yep, those Proline blades are sharp! I have some from Andrew's Shave Shop. The cross-loading into a separate magazine makes me not use them very often. I've dulled the edges of a couple while moving them over.
     
    PLAla, Oct 25, 2018
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  16. jtface

    jtface Well-Known Member

    Fair enough! You just stick to the ol' Personna blades then? There's nothing wrong with them, I'm just intrigued by the performance of other easily obtainable blades :)
     
    jtface, Oct 25, 2018
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  17. PLAla

    PLAla Bit Shy of a Full Puck

    Get some - you may love them! They are a good price and they're good blades. I mainly use the regular Schick 'Chick' blades in the yellow package. I like Personnas as well but just recently ran out of those. Also have some vintage injector blades and I've been using those with good success.
     
    PLAla, Oct 25, 2018
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  18. jtface

    jtface Well-Known Member

    Cool! I am loving that there are not many blade choices for the SE razors that I own (1912, OCMM & Schick G1)... That is to say, not many are easily obtainable in the UK. It means that I can try all that is being offered relatively quickly and settle on the one I like best for now. Already cool with the Stainless GEM PTFEs, just need to choose between Personna and Proline for injector :)
     
    jtface, Oct 25, 2018
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  19. Norcalnewb

    Norcalnewb Magnanimous Moos

    Thank you, Perry!
     
    Norcalnewb, Oct 25, 2018
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  20. Norcalnewb

    Norcalnewb Magnanimous Moos

    This one just keeps going.
     
    Norcalnewb, Oct 25, 2018
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