April 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

lovely shave and pic Douglas..

 

nice shave Clint, have a good day sir..

 

Great testimony, Jim!
At age 61, I was 200lbs and 5'7. Today, closing in on 64, I hover between 168 and 172. I joined LA Fitness 3 years ago and have been going 6 days a week. I have abhorred gyms and weight-training, etc. prior to this membership. If this couch potato could do it at this late stage of my life, then anyone can!

 

Clint, enjoy your time with your daughter. Almost forgot! Great shave and everything else, also!

 

Hello and hope you are doing fine, every one!
Been about a week since I posted any pictures but today I'll try to change that a little.




from left to right...

I used the Enders Dollar razor two times and both times with different blades I modified just for that reason.
Talk about a nice razor, this baby gives a great shave and close as any razor I have used. Gonna make some blades
for this when I get the time so I will have them around just in case I need some shave love. IF you don't feel like
shaving but have to, this is the razor I will bring out.

Next up was the Soluna OC, with a Feather or a 7 O'clock yellow the razor gave an excellent shave. I have to admit the
7 O'clock blades are not as sharp to start out with as the Feathers, but with the changing of the blades, I still got a great
shave. The Feather blades always start with an almost no feeling of cutting action. So it's like their is no blade in the razor
during the first pass, the 7 O'clock blades do not start out that way here.

Then came that just received Gillette Adjustable, I think it is an 88 and the date code is 1970. A real treat to use and the Feather
blade can show its true colors when this baby is set on 9. I got a close shave, almost to close, that rivaled any OC razor I have.
Yea Baby! If you got a wedding or a important meeting to show up looking neat and perfect, this razor wont let you down.
Although it's not an OC, it can compete with some of my best OC razors on the shelf.

Had to bring out the Conrad OC for some nice razor love seeing that on Friday it was all I could do to get cleaned up and ready to
go to work. Once I got ready for the day, I felt better than I thought I would. Getting ready using this little OC did help, seeing that
it shaves so effortlessly, but still close as can be. Not having any Enders blades ready, this was the natural choice.

New on the top 40 list...in the mailbox Friday.
This morning, sold as a Neo-Ras but I tend to believe that it is a Neo-Gam because it is the non adjustable one.
Either way this kooky looking razor seems to appear like it would slash you first try. Well, I'm here to tell you I did not have that
problem at all. I put a 7 O'clock in the thing just to see how it would handle and things went well. I got through the entire shave
with one blade, WOW! OK, I was concerned that I might give myself a nasty cut considering the angle of the blade, uh no issue there.
When you grab the handle your hand just twist to give you that proper angle. When I changed hands for the left side I did some
twirling to get the head set in my hand before the first landing. I had no issues trying to find the proper hold for the head to be correct.
The blade seemed to cut better in this razor, but slants seem to have that habit, this one did too. The head has a smaller sweet spot
than other slants I own, ridding the cap seems to be the proper way to run this tool.

NO issues or blood or nasty stuff that can happen when trying new razors, just nice close shaves that lasted long into the work day.
The Stirling worked as expected and the brush made my face feel great as always.

So hope everyone is having a great weekend and good luck, good health to all!!

It might take till June or July to read all of the post so sorry if I haven't read your post yet.

Enjoy
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As you know, I don't do videos for you fellas, but this morning's shave would not have looked good in here. Halfway through it, the slippery puck flew out of my hand, la nding in the bathtub/shower. It was a fine shave overall, with the Maggard brush just sweeping the soap across my face and neck, making sure it would dig right into the whiskers so I could get the good shave. No cuts(Hey, I'm improving!!). 2 passes. I had Skin Bracer post-shave, but having just returned from the gym, and with today being a bit on the humid side, you'd think I splashed Stoylin's Texas On Fire. DSS at least.

 

Thank you Gary.

Thank you Joe. It is nice to have Maya home.

 

Great photo and write up Terry. Very cool looking razors.

 

Great shaves and recaps, Terry!

 

Thanks Clint
Some cool, others odd, think I have enough different razors I shouldn't get board for a couple weeks, anyway.
tp

Thanks Joe
Having time is getting pretty hard to get, nowadays that the weather is better.
tp

 

Thanks gentlemen!

Thank you, Bill. You're almost right on both counts! And I'm sure @BaylorGator rocks Clubman.

Happy Resurrection Day to you all!

 

nice shaves and pic sir..have a great weekend..

 

Thank you Gary
You have a nice weekend too!
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Been seeing a lot of Karve love on here lately, so I paired it up with my underutilized Shavemac Americana today. Cheshire and Seville are now in the “sell” pile in order to make room for the straights. Along those lines, I have restocked my BST listing with LOTS of new, high quality (and much unobtainium) software and hardware HERE. Check it out!

 

Saturday noon April 20 - Rule shave #28 - opening the throttle

Delta Echo refurbished Gillette Fatboy on 9 / Rapira Swedish Supersteel (2)
Simpsons CH2 Chubby Synthetic Bristles brush
MWF/Kent in beechwood tub
Alum and Polar Ice Booster splash

Shaving a three day stubble again today and I decided to open the Gillette wide open and let her rip while using those short strokes. The result was that the razor sounded louder but had very little more blade feel on 9 than on 4 when taking short strokes with light pressure. It seems the difference is much more noticeable when taking long strokes.I

Two passes to a DFS+ with no beef from the alum. I think my jawline may be a little smoother than when I do two passes on 4, but even the difference in results isn't significant. So I can shave comfortably at 9 but really gain nothing over doing the shave at 4.

Hope everyone is having a good long Easter weekend!

 

Great shave, Doug. You need a little Black and White Night music to accompany that set up.

 

And this song is dedicated to Clubman users:

 

Awesome shave, Clint. Congrats on finishing up the MW, and have a great time with Maya.

 

Lovely photo and lineup Randy.

Great shave and Happy Easter John.