January 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Beautiful photo, Joseph. Nice shave!

 

After you get your honing stones, go on YouTube and view the many videos there are on honing a straight razor. They're all good, but the ones I liked the most were the videos by Lynn Abrams. Good luck with your honing.

 

January 20th
Razor: Blackland Sabre L2
Blade: Gem PTFE (2)
Brush: PAA Starcraft
Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated
Soap: Soap Commander Wisdom
PAA Star Jelly unscented
AS: Fine Lavender Pour Homme

Good morning!

Another excellent shave provided by the Sabre L2! Three passes to BBS results. Faint tickle from the alum on my neck. I wasn't too sure about the Sabre at first. Close irritation free shaves weren't the problem, it didn't feel as smooth as my other razors. I have found riding the cap on the Sabre is a must for smooth shaves, for me anyway. That and palm stropping the fresh blade before its first use, per @clint64 suggestion.

SC Wisdom and Fine Lavender Pour Homme are a wonderful pairing.

Have a great day my friends!


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Thank you Perry!

Thanks, I'll be sure to check them out!

Thank you Clint!

 

Beautiful picture, Jim.

 

Thanks, Joseph!

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thank you bruce..

 

Happy belated birthday Chris.

 

We've all had those moments Randy. Hopefully you'll get it righted before the CT happens.

Thanks Bruce! It's one I've like the looks of but hadn't shopped yet. They are surprisingly inexpensive. Yaqi & Chinese manufacturing are woke to the Shave Renaissance.

Danny - save this chart!

 

I'll call Fuzzy, time for an intervention i see.

Love that photo Mark

 

Well, I received my package from WCS yesterday containing two tubs of Stirling Soap, Bay Rum and Barbershop. The scents are very nice, Barbershop being more subtle than Bay Rum (a scent I'm very partial to). Barbershop has some bay rum in it, but there are other scents blended in, which makes for an aroma very reminiscent of the old-time barbershops of my youth (Yoot, if you're a Joe Pesci fan). Now, for the performance trial. I used Barbershop for no other reason than I was curious to see how the mild scent held up to use. It did, very subtle, but it held up (Wifey really likes it!). It loads the brush very well and shaves really well (BBS without really trying). My normal three passes on the neck and two on each cheek were very comfortable on two-day growth and left no irritation on the skin. My overall conclusion? Excellent soap, especially for the price ($12.95 + free shipping!) Can't beat that!

Wade & Butcher 6/8 square point blade
Stirling Barbershop
Parker Silvertip
Clubman Bay Rum AS

 

Haha. Same here Charlie

My German shepherd loves the snow too. Shes 10 now and still hyper as ever . Wears me out sometimes.

Outstanding Clint!

Haha Aaron, nothing wrong with shaving on the cheap. Somehow ive kept my SE count to 3 . A 1912 brit , a FW gifted by Fuzzy and a bullet tip from Chris@ bama samurai. Then Fuzzy got talking to me about injectors......thats a whole other story. I do keep a supply of Williams on hand though. Great shave and have a great day.

 

Fantastic lineup and photo Jim.


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Thank you, Clint.

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Thats a nice shave . Good mileage on that blade . Going on Shave 7 with a Rapira SS blade myself and its still good

I see you broke out the Shulton eh. Must have remembered the combination for the safe finally. Nice shave my friend

 

hello fello shavers, sunday again..4000 +post shave today.thought i would display a 66 ford fairlane 427 i am finishing and do a bluish shave to match..razor is off focus but o well..loaded a gsb into the brit new service razor and its ready to go,the west coast shaving ancient stone synthetic built an awesome klar sport lather in the stonefield bowl..fantastic 3 pass dfs+ ,no drama..touch of thayers and versace man eau fraiche edt to finish..awesome start to finish..have a great day everyone,gary

 

Great shave lineup. Stirling makes some very good shave soaps.


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It truly is a YMMV deal! That's what I like, the dichotomy of it all amazes me!

Yep! As long as you get a good ahave, it dont matter,well, except for carts...... just kiddng!

Like I try to say/show in every video, Technique Trumps Tools! Every single time! The 30 day crew helped me and I was a believer in it well before then.
In this hobby you can spend whatever amount you want.
Shave on!

 

Only 3? This MUST change!

 

Thank you Patrick. Mocha is a 13 year old Belgian Malinois. She has really slowed down a lot in the last year or so.



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