November 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Great shave, Ken!

 

Well, how did your wife react to Logan's dusting? That's a good whiff of the stuff. (I'm teasing, I know she isn't fond of it). As for Declan, he's a smart eater...going slow like that. Oh, I thought he began eating it in the barbershop.

 

Nice job with the blade! Beautiful Razor Ken!

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Luckily, the scent of the pomade they put in his hair overpowered the Clubman talc. So she didn't notice it

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Nov 6
Good afternoon, guys!
Traditional Straight Shave #114
30 Consecutive Same Straight Rule(4)
Wostenholm 5/8 Square Point
Stirling Boar
Stirling Sandalwood SS and AS
Modessa WitchHazel not pictured
Nivea ASB not pictured
This is the fourth shave of using the same razor and lineup. I wetted the brush and picked up the soap from the tub. A nice wet lather ensued. I did my normal passes and very little touch up for a comfortable smooth shave just shy of BBS. I hit my previous nick, but it quickly stopped bleeding. It was also an irritation free shave. Hit my mug with Modessa WitchHazel. Applied the matching aftershave and the Nivea ASB, respectively. Have a great evening, guys!

 

Veddy nice, Ken!

 

Fantastic shave Joe! You'll never get tired of shaves like that

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Thanks Andrew! I am doing this challenge to see if my stropping is fine and how well I honed this razor with lapping films. I am quite confident that my stropping is fine, but this challenge will let me know. When you have 13 straights, you only use every razor 2x per month, which is 24x a year. Usually, razors can go 50 to 60 shaves in between honings. So, I started this challenge with 2 previous shaves on this razor. With four shaves completed on this challenge, the total is now 6. This is a win-win because it will determine how I am doing with stropping and how I did with my initial honing. It really is a milestone moment in my journey.

 

Great shave, Joe!

 

Big round dance

 

Wide or high?

 

Thanks, Daniel!

 

And one which I will be following along closely. I dabbled a little with honing on lapping films and one day when I have more time I'll get back into learning to hone.

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Both?

 

Congrats on the honing job Ken. The razor looks fantastic.

 

Great shave Joe.

 

So far with my 2 Dovo's and this Wostenholm, they have stayed sharped with my lapping films. I have 5 shaves on my Dovo Special and only 3 on my Dovo Best. Quite frankly, it is pretty exciting for me.

 

Thanks, Clint!

 

Classic shave, Ken! Very nice.

 

Excellent setup, Joe!