October 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

No nicks, no weepers, no irritation. Way to go Daniel. Bravo.

 

Thank you, Blair!
I would describe Gothique as a dark, bitter Fougére. This one would be an acquired taste but I love it!

 

Thanks, Clint! Maybe it was the coffee.

 

ctober 17, 2019
Tatara Masamune OC
Gillette 7 O’clock Yellow
Paladin Vesuvius
WSP Barbershop
Myrsol Antesol
Guerlain Habit Rouge

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A change of hardware and software today. I will be using the Tatara Masamune OC for the next few days. I used it as delivered today. Tomorrow, I will switch out the top plate increasing the blade exposure. Up in rotation is my Paladin Vesuvius beehive. I love this brush both for the way it feels while face lathering and the way it looks. The Paladin whipped up the WSP Barbershop with ease. I do wish WSP used bigger containers. These small ones are pain to load and messy. Three passes and touch ups just missed the baby. One operator error resulted in a nick. A splash of Antesol and a spritz of Habit Rouge and I am off to fight Interstate 285. I hope everyone has a great Thursday.

 

Excellent, Daniel! Consecutive shaves with no blood! Great progress!

 

Beautiful, Clint!

 

Thank you, Jim!

 

Nice one!

 

Very pretty handle, Jason and a mos def© generous PIF.

 

Great way to start the day, Joe.

 

Fine shave this morning with Clubman. I wish the shaving cream wouldn't ooze out like a worm or snake so much. Perhaps it's an indication of the way shaving creams in the 19th century operated. Yet it gets the job done. In the future, I might rotate use of the Clubman can and Grandpa's Barbershop soap(from Central Texas Soaps) with the Special Reserve(Clubman)and the Original, and do a few combinations among them("switchbacks" in mountain/lake trail "lingo). I thought I might have had a nick down around the Adam's Apple, but nothing came of it. The combination of softness&strength of this shaving cream comes quite close to what you get from a soap shave(IMO).

 

Beautiful picture, Clint!

 

Gillette Tech
Gillette Silver Blue
Arko Stick
Semogue BC Texugo

I was awake enough to not toss the brush in the basin after the first pass this morning. Two comfortable passes for a nice shave. Enjoy your day.

 

Is it me, or do i remember the character on your coffee mug from some really far out mid 70's (?) Kids tv cartoon? I think it had a very northern European name as well, mog? fugel? i dunno lol the details are fuzzy.....

 

That was the 1970's, the "Far Out" decade.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomins

 

Of course, the moomins, who could forget. Mad stuff.

 

I watched the 90's tv series. BTW those moomin mugs are everywhere in finland. Avoid buying used ones, they can go for insane amounts of money.

 

Nice shaves, gentlemen!

 

October 17 SOTD:

Razor: Oneblade Core
Blade: Feather FHS-10
Brush: PAA Starcraft
Lather: Oleo New City
Aftershave: Oleo New City

We had a busy day yesterday, so I never got around to posting my shave, and I am behind by quite a bit again.

Today's shave was pretty special. I shaved in a new (to us) house, so I used a new razor. We closed on our house yesterday, which is why we were so busy, and we spent the night there last night. The kids basically slept on the floor, and my wife and I slept on a mattress that we ended up getting for the extra bedroom this house has. No chairs or furniture yet, as that comes Monday. It did feel nice to know we're aren't moving again anytime soon. I used the Oleo New City, which was as great as always. The razor definitely requires a little pressure as @clint64 has mentioned, and there is a little blade rattle as @jluc noted, but I ended with a two pass DFS that was very comfortable. So far the new razor is a winner. I hope everyone has a great day!