November 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Pun intended, correct?

 

Nice shave, Bill. I can get 4-5 great shaves with the Super Professionals. My guess is I would get even more, if I stopped after 2 passes.
P.S. no head shaves.

 

Nov 22
Good morning, guys!
Straight Razor Shave #125
30 Same Straight/Lineup Challenge #15
Wostenholm 5/8 full hollow sq pt
Stirling Boar Brush
Stirling Sandalwood SS and AS
Nivea ASB
Well, I am at the halfway point with this challenge. The razor attacked my 38 hour stubble with ease. Did get a couple of minor weeps on mustache area and one on neck, but styptic pen took care of it. I have been doing 2 passes without cleanup instead of 2.5 passes with cleanup and getting an IBSS++. I attribute it to tweaking my technique. Since my honing, this straight razor has 17 shaves on it. It really is doing a nice job. Finished with the usual aftershave and balm. Oh, I changed the pic. I used the red towel as background in keeping with the Christmas season. Have a nice day!

 

Happy Belated 10th anniversary to you and Alice! I hope you had a special day!

 

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SOTD November 22, 2019

Prep: Cold water and PAA Cube pre-shave soap
Blade: vintage Schick Krona stainless
Razor: Gillette Fatboy
Brush: Omega 10049 boar
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post: Witch hazel, Fine American Blend aftershave

Got way behind on the thread since yesterday afternoon. Fine shave this morning with the Fat Friday setup. Not much else to report.

Enjoy your day!

 

Fat Friday!
Excellent B&W shot, Perry!

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ER Streamline
Gem Stainless PTFE 1
Semogue BC Texugo
Stirling Electric Sheep
Dr. Sana Bay Rum

A nice shave interrupted by a whiny chihuahua that decided to get out of bed early today. I made through about a pass and a half before chasing him downstairs and opening the back door. Came back up rinsed off, gave a splash of Dr Sana and called it good. Enjoy your day.

Here's a picture of the jerk in question.

 

Very nice, Dale!

 

Very nice one Joe!

 

Great Fat Friday shave Perry. Enjoy the time off coming up!

 

We're a little lucky in our household...our two critters sleep in most of the time. But....when whiney, it's outside ASAP so we only have to clean up outside (later). Nice setup and short shave though Dale!

 

Great 3 Pass face BBS. The Barbasol Floating Head shaved smoothly, but not as efficiently as I would like. My R41 and Colonial Silversmith are both much more efficient allowing a 2 pass BBS. The Cryogen AS had me holding the side of the sink after applying it as clouds of incredibly strong menthol kept my eyes watering for 10-15 minutes afterwards! Wow!! I’ve got to get the matching soap puck!

SOTD 11/22/19

RAZOR: Barbasol Floating Head
BLADE: Suneko SS
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by face scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Cube Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Omega Pro84 Boar
SOAP: Tabac
POSTSHAVE: Cold water face wash with Tabac soap brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished (or should I say gassed) with Chiseled Face Cryogen AS Splash

 

Thank you Gary.

 

Very nice Jim.

 

Thank you, Jim!

Thank you, Blair! I certainly will.

 

Nice shave and photo, Jeff!

 

Nice read Neal. Your efforts on the various blades, appreciated! Have a great Friday!

Nice finish with the Supply Single Edge Bill. Sometimes you just gotta switch (if the other razor is ready to go) or go through a blade change if the current setup fails. I'm not one to muscle through it, irritation or other resulting issues are avoided like the plague. For my skin and growth (and technique), it's about five or six 3 pass shaves with the Feather AC blades. Sometimes the first couple uses of a Feather blade in my Artist DX, it only requires a WTG then XTG to get to DFS+ for me.

Now....question for you and all the Supply Co Single Edge v2 owners....do y'all load the B20 style blades manually (taking the head apart), or using the injector?

 

Great looking shave Bill. Using the Feather Super Pro blades in 3 piece razors, I have gotten 15 comfortable shaves with ease. Really I got bored with the razor before the blade gave up.