October 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Nice shave reports and photos!

 

Thanks Paul!, No not a Nugget shirt, its just a generic basketball shirt.

 

Thanks Daniel!

 

Thank you, Doug!

 

Thank you, Jim!

 

Thank you, Patrick!

 

Wonderful picture, Jim!

 

Thank you, Blair!

 

Thanks, Jim!

 

Excellent picture, Perry!

Thank you!

 

Thank you, Daniel!

 

Thank you, Clint!

Outstanding picture! Enjoy your Friday.

 

That's a fun razor, yeah? I'm enjoying mine. It operates like a mild one for how few nicks and blood, but gives great blade feel at the same time. The open combs on the cap do well leaving behind some lather for overlapping strokes. The J M Fraser is from Canada? I think I've seen Gary @brit using and enjoying it. Come to think of it, isn't Booster a Canadian product? I'd like to try the Iced Lime one day.

 

It's like he's under the radar, or hiding in the trees... An Elusive Canadian? I thought they were just unnaturally polite.
(Help me out here Charlie @wristwatchb!)

 

It is. Absolutely right about the blade feel. I have the scalloped base too. That will get some use soon

Yes all Canadian. Cream is great and not too expensive. Nice scent. I bought sample sizes of all the Booster products years ago. The Lime is nice. Mosswood is as well. I think they rolled out some new scents recently as well.



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Going to be careful how I word this. Saw a little notice in my local newspaper. Some guy is passing through town this evening. Got a couple of passes to go see what he has to say. Judging from the news there's plenty of current events to discuss. I might have picked the wrong morning to get Hoppe's 9 and GSR on my hands. Maybe they won't have any dogs at the hall. How long can those security folks hold me, anyways. Bringing one of the grand daughters because she was interested. Probably buy her a ball cap if they have them for sale, rather than making Minnesota bonfires. <Did I do OK?>

 

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Thank you, Jim!

 

Very nice all around, Joseph!

 

Friday OCtober 11

Continuing my shaves through Europe, today I'm using one of my aesthetically favorite razors, the LeCoq Caged Head. I've read that LeCoq may have made multiple versions of this razor; an aggressive version and a milder version. True or not, I've only got one and mine has a lot of exposed blade and is pretty aggressive. With the right shave angle, this shaves really well. Wrong angle, well, its like pealing a peach. Along with my normal picture of all my shave HW and SW, I'll include a profile picture of the caged head with the blade in so you can see the blade exposure. Hopefully this picture turns out ok.

Bowl/Scuttle - PantaRei Starry Night (Sicily, Italy)
Soap - MWF (it's Friday after all)
Brush - PantaRei Starry Night Wood Ed, Silver Tip Badger (Sicily, Italy)
Blade - Feather HI SS (8)
Razor - LeCoq Caged Head (France)
Post Shave - OSMA Pierre alum, Baum.BE A/S balm

Shave rating 4 of 5

My hand is still bothering me so shaving is still a bit of an issue; I'm not shaving every day. I get my stitches out next Friday, maybe that will help - I can't get it wet, movement is still compromised, and there is still some pain. I can't stretch my skin in my neck area so I am having some problems shaving properly there. I do get to remove my bandages and wrapping tonight and replace with new bandages/wrapping.

I did a 1 pass shave today, WTG and was DFS. I used a very light touch on the razor and there was a lot of blade feel and the shave was very efficient, and my DFS was nearly BBS. Eighth shave with this blade and maybe it's done or near done. The MWF lathered up well but I'm not sure I like this scuttle for bigger brushes. It's a shallow scuttle and I really had to work to keep the lather in the scuttle which seems counterproductive. This scuttle is better with smaller brushes like the Duke 1 or smaller. I had no weepers but the alum was very vocal particularly at my jaw line and in my neck area. Felt the Baum.BE was the best choice to satisfy my skin.

Overall, a pretty good shave. Have a few more French razors that will be the razors for my next few shaves this weekend and next week.

Happy OCtober and great shaves everyone.



- Ken