December 2018 30 Day Rule/Focux Pix & Discussion

Beautiful razor, Keith!

 

Nice looking shave, John!

 

Good Wednesday evening!

Razor - 1905 Gillette
Blade - Feather
Soap - Mitchell's Wool Fat
Brush - Omega Badger
Finish - Nivea
The morning shave...

After a 30 day stint with the R41, I was dying to try out my newly aquried 1905 Gillette razor. I've heard so much about the older razors, I wanted to find out for myself. Doing my now normal 3 pass face and 3 pass head shave was a good way to check this little blade holder out. I will say it may look old, but shaves like it was brand new. Doesn't have that mighty blade feel of the 41, but does hold its own when it comes to closeness. Might have to use this little tarnished shaver a few more times and let the other ones in line wait till I have some fun with this for a while.
I have cleaned it up and polished it some, but that tarnish doesn't hurt the nice shave. From the look of the wear the guy who had tbis razor used it a lot. This is one razor that I'll keep close to the front of the line.
Oh, the fat soap is a winner, not the sent of bay rum I like so much, but not bad.
All in all, I like!
To all, good evening
Enjoy
tp

 

Thanks Jim, yes I think I'm going to see how many shaves I can get out of it. Right now it's tied for most uses.

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Let me just pull out my double ring.... Congrats Terry, that is an awesome score!

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I believe that might be a contract tech, John!

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nice collection of techs.. the work horse..

 

Thanks!
I found this razor a week or so ago and all the nice enablers here helped me ID it.
It's kinda ugly looking, but man what a pretty shave it will give you!
I feel lucky to have stumbled upon it.
tp

 

Awesome razor, Terry!

 

Thanks!
The day I found it and found out what it was I had a sorta bummer day. This little thing brightened up my day considerably.
Made for a great ending to a ho hum kinda day.
tp

 

Good call. Probably a ‘46.


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So, this month I started off with creams and a boar brush. That went well, seem to be on track.
Next I went to soaps with a boar, horse and a cheap badger. Mixed results and depended on the soap.
Then thanks to Andrew (I can't say that enough) I went to soaps with boar, horse and a REAL badger brush, outstanding reaults.
Now, I am trying my hand a a real synthetic brush from Jayaruh. I have used it for creams, but today, I used it on Williams and low and behold I got an exceptionally decadent lather!!!
I'm so thankful for all y'all that helped, asked questions to see where I needed to improve.
Y'all celebrated my successes, and helped me figure out where I went wrong and what I could do to fix it.
This month has been decadent for sure, and we ain't done yet!

 

Congratulations, both on the improved shave performance and on the more decadent brushes that have helped you achieve it!

 

Thanks! I had a sneaking suspicion that when I posted about it, the real experts might be able to chime in with some interesting information!

Uhmmm... Tomorrow's Tech is a similar brass NDC with a solid ball end handle and the Gillette diamond logo frost-etched on the topcap. Any clues to that one's age or type?

 

Decadent December!!

December 19, 2018

Razor - Gillette NEW LC (Delta Echo)
Blade - (3)
Soap - Blood on Steel 30 DC LE
Brush -30 DC LE
Post - Alum

It's a Limited Edition shave tonight when it comes to brush and soap. The 30 DC LE brush paired with the 30 DC meet up soap from Jeeves, Blood on Steel. I'm keeping the AS out and ready for tomorrow night too since we're going to see the Nutcracker at the St. Louis Ballet. I surprised my wife with tickets as she's always wanted to see it performed by them. So, an early dinner tomorrow night at Stefenina's for some authentic Italian food, then off for a night of high class entertainment. And I'll be smelling wonderful, all thanks to Jeeves.

As for the shave tonight, it was three passes of glorious goodness with the NEW LC and Voskhod loving the lather. Sad to think of picking a new setup, really, but I have plans. Hope you all have a great night and a fantastic Thursday!

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Really awesome shaves and pics today guys, was a long day at work for me so no shave tonight .

 

Great shave Neal.

 

hello folks, will catch up at some point..wednesday night shave..,randomly picked up a brit fh flat bottom tech and loaded the nacet , 4th go..soaked the rr barrel 24 brush and smeared a nail full of jm frasers. shave cream into the crystal bowl..brush built a major slick lather..proraso green pre shave to start..nice chill..2 pass combo buffing to finish dfs + first almost bbs with a tech in 2 passes, usually 3 + passes.awesome slick cream , lemon ...smooth razor dialed in .brush is cooperating ..tobs #74 lime to finish ..no words to describe.. have to try yourself..

 

Sounds like a great shave. That cream is on my list...

 

if you don t mind old school lemon, its the ..., and here in the woods..