September 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Wonderful shaves guys!

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-...413928?hash=item2cf3c633e8:g:bdQAAOSwmRBdPVW0

check this out lads..

 

Thanks Patrick!

 

Clearly a case of someone losing their ever-loving mind. Sheesh. Ok, a TV Special, but they made plenty of those and it's only a Super Speed. Great shaver but yeah, they have no idea of true value there. A bottom dial Fatboy? Maybe.

 

2 Rick
If your frugal.

tp

 

Super write-up

 

14/30.

Synth again.

I am going to finish this out with the synth. In hindsight i shouldn't have chose the 404. It was a unworkable soap/brush pairing. Not that it has been a waste of time though, I have learned that the right brush/soap combo is as important as the blade/razor combo.

I haven't used a synth brush for a while. I have been using a number of boar brushes and i forgot just how good the synths are. If you want only one brush, just get a synth and be done forever.

Great shave today. I focused on the face lathering somewhat and really got a great, rich lather in no time. I tried to hydrate as much as i could so that i could bring out the slickness in the soap but its just not there imho. This holds back the shave i feel. Its an odd soap for sure. Now that i have the right brush i can focus on the soap, see what i can get out of it. I might switch to the bowl tomorrow and follow @RyX go-to when he struggles with the lather.

I might also see about stretching the blade out, see how many usable shaves i can get and what happens when the blade dulls. I have always wondered what the blade knights are doing to get 100's of shaves from one blade.

 

Thank you for your kind sentiments! It is appreciated!

 

Thanks, Danny. We'll see here in a few hours...

 

Mos def©
See above post...

 

Sorry about the wound, Neal. If you are going to strop an original blade, do you need the blade holder? I have one that I don't need.

 

Out of my price range.

 

Sounds like things are lining up for you. I use synthetics most the time and always bowl lather. Have a great day and I am glad you stuck to your non blooming ways.

 

Nice shave, Blair! Happy anniversary!

 

Agreed! However, it just might be possible that seller may have unintentionally misplaced the decimal. Even at 27.5 pounds which is approximately 33 dollars, the price is outrageous. 10 dollars should be the maximum asking price.

 

I would think the blade knights should stick to stretching their skin and not the truth.

 

Have a safe and wonderful Labor Day!

 

A few more helpful tidbits...
Blooming
Entropy
Detention
Thermodynamics
Space time continuum, String Theory, or Black Holes (photos are always appreciated)
DNA (a recent addition from )
Tallow soaps...the best...non-Tallow soaps are not allowed (see what I did there?)
Hey, did you see this watch? (include photo or a link to a Fan Boy video review)
I bet you don't have one of these... (doesn't matter what it is...just include a photo)
Stirling just introduced (include any name here at random)...
This just came off the Big Green Egg (followed by any photo)
Look what I caught on fire/broke/got/did/didn't do/thought I did/wish I did/can't remember but claim to have done it anyway/did and didn't get caught/caused/got away with/am not responsible for/you can't prove, etc.; I won this at auction; or this just got this came back from Glen... (attach a photo and applicable links to the police report or court case settlement)
Photos of trucks (especially Chevy's which are the best ), tractors, Vettes, motorcycles, slide rules, and kiddos
Miscellaneous fabrications and half-truths accompanied by a good story (true or otherwise)

What did I miss?

 

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@Terry's the only guy I know that keeps a scrap metal dumpster for used blade storage outside his shave den window.