October 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

lovely new sc Bill..one of gillettes best..

 

awesome..

 

thank you Patrick..

 

368grams

OCtober FAT Tuesday?

Mitchell's Wool Fat SS
Certifyd Tuxedo brush
Suribachi & cool water
Fatip Piccolo, Voskhod
Lime Patchouli S.B. AS
The FAT is defying weight loss by taking on water as I use soap. Loaded heavier today and had plenty of high quality suds for a three pass plus. Fresh Russian Steel in the Italian blade holder. These Fatip are disparaged for quality control and blade alignment issues. While it's plating isn't the best, I've never had problems with off center blades. Nice smooth error free reduction credited three ways; Good lather, Experience with the razor, & Riding the cap. Between Neal @NCoxSTL & Chris @Bama Samurai enabling when I asked, I'm pleased to own a Fatip! After grand daughter Jenisis had chosen the brush, I set her to picking a post shave product. She made a small pile of 4 or 5 in her preliminary sniffing. One of the Chosen was The Veg!. Ultimately she picked the small bottle seen above. It's mostly Everclear 190 proof alcohol, with lime and patchouli essential oils, and shea butter that never would dissolve. Got some on my lip and it does taste alright.
Good Shaves Y'all!

 

1930-38 ish..reissue ones 1934 up..approx..

 

lovely shave Rick..

 

I'm sure he's involved in a lot of family meetings at this time....I join you in hoping he's handling things all right.

 

Thank you Gary!

 

Ummmm.....how far did you have the bottle tipped when you "got some on your lip"? Curiosity, y ou know.

 

Awesome reports guys!

 

I worked almost solid from 6 AM (got up at 5) until 10:30 PM. Up at 5 AM again tomorrow. I think tomorrow will be a short work day. My gold electrolyte arrived. So excited.

 

WOOF!
Razor: 7 o'clock FBOC
Blades: 7 o'clock's (#2)
Brush: Omega 10019 Boar
Soap: MWF



Fat-tober day #2.​

I think i will weigh the 'fat at the end of each blade. per-shave soap usage isn't huge so i don't see the point. Talking of blades, this is day #2 on the vintage 7 o'clock. I had my glasses on this morning and was able to see that the blade shows no sign of rust and that it has a date code. I believe that the date codes are the same as Gillette's making this blade 1931 vintage? (!) I am happy to be corrected if this is wrong. The blade and the razor is mild. It bark is very much worse than its bite. It may look like a snarling mutt but in use, it is a gentle puppy In my picture for the day, i thought i would show the razor blade and razor markings instead of the SOTD combo-pics.
I used the Omega today. I don't like this anywhere near as much as the Vulvix. Odd, because the Vulfix knot looks much more shabby in comparison, but the Omega is a stiff knot. Splay is low and backbone is strong. The handle is dreadful. i was looking to see if i could switch it out for my BS brush which suffers the opposite problem (rubbish knot, nice handle) but the knots are not quite the same size. i think this is a brush i need to get some miles on.
Soap again was magnificent. Much lather and joy with minimal effort. A great, thick, slickerty lather. The shave? mild. the blade is a different shave than i am used too. I doesn't feel as intensely sharp like modern blades, nor does it feel blunt. I don't think this is micro corrosion either as the blade was spotless out of the wax wrapper. I remember reading those claims of "400 shaves from a pack of blades" from the earlier razor adverts and perhaps that is possible if you don't mind the not having the laser sharp edges of modern blades. I think these blades are Carbon Steel? If so, perhaps the hand stropping common in the era before coatings was enough to maintain a usable edge? I dunno, bit it is an interesting razor/blade and a nice shave to boot. -DFS today, but very comfortable and no irritation or redness with my sensitive girly skin .
I will go again with the blade tomorrow (i felt no significant change since the 1st shave to be honest) and see if we can get 3 shaves out of it
Happy shaves all​

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Good morning everyone

Once again another two pass shave, and just like the last one, i got slight redness around a mole, but otherwise the shave was fine.
Have a nice day!

 

We're still havin' ribs and ice cream, right?

 

Fat for the fatip. Looks great!

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Great report and shave Rick! Love the AS help ( not sure I’m even close to being ready for grandkids though), good times!

That’s a lot of uptime. Occasionally necessary, hard to sustain. Can’t wait to see the new razor in use, congrats!

Awesome shave & report Jon!

 

Very nice B&W image! Awesome hardware and software.