November 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

November 25th
Razor: VDH TTO
Blade: VDH Ice Tempered (1)
Brush: SOC boar
Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated
Soap: Stirling Satsuma Glacial
Stirling mentholated witch hazel
Stirling mentholated balm
AS: Stirling Satsuma w/menthol

No Repeat November/Menthol Monday

Good morning!

Great shave to start the day! Three passes for near BBS! Light tickle from the alum.

First use of the VDH razor and blades. The blade felt kinda harsh but the combo provided an excellent result.

Have a great day!

 

Excellent shave with the Weekend Rodeo from Central Texas Soaps. I got a nice amount of lather onto the Stoylin brush. The aftershave goes on a bit hard, but softens down in due time.2 passes and all is well.

 

Monday​

November 25, 2019​

Blackland Dart Triad Ti
Wizmet Super Iridium
Grizzly Bay Omega 10098
Krampert's Frostbite Soap and Aftershave
Pino Silvestri










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awesome Mark..

 

NOVember 2019

November 24

Razor -Soviet "Soyuz 1"
Blade -
Soap - Jeeves of Hudson Street Bay Rum
Brush - Jayaruh #54
Post - Alum

Testing, testing.......ok seems like everything is working again. This is my shave from Sunday evening. Time to go back to a Russian razor, but more typical than the adjustables. In other words - not a great razor. Unique, though, in its design and the way it creates a wonky edge on any blade you put in it. Doesn't quite align right, gives one side a bit of a wavy edge, you know, fun stuff like that. This is the infamous "Soyuz 1", which is my name for it in honor of the flaming disaster that was the real Soyuz 1. And, if I'm going to use a questionable Russian razor, then I don't want a great blade either, do I. The Crown Super Stainless should do nicely.

Crown blades are part of the Lord blade family now made in Egypt. I would put them in a second tier under the Lord branded blades and I'm not really a fan of any of them. Crowns tend to be a bit rough although usable if you have good technique. Well, I have good technique but I have a razor that presents a bit of an extra challenge, and the shave proved that out. I should say that the lather from the Jeeves and JR54 was perfect so no blame there. The shave itself wasn't a bloody mess, just a draggy and harsh affair. With the way this razor holds the blade you get lots of blade feel and with one corner sticking out a bit on one side and the wavy blade on the other it's definitely a balancing act to keep it under control. I didn't even need the alum to know that I was plenty irritated, but the alum did its job and burned the knowledge into my head. The finish wasn't perfect but it was more than adequate, so there's that. DFS and some Nivea balm cooled everything off. All in all, hey I've had worse. Much, much worse.

Hope your week is off to a fantastic start! Get those turkeys thawing!!

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good morning gents.monday shave,french market new rfb with the french tech handle,platinum,simpson special and crabtree and evelyn made an appearance ,resulting in a fantastic slick west indian lime lather ,with a 2+ pass near bbs finish..c an e lime cologne caps it off, have a fine monday everyone..

 

got the new brush roundabout loaded..got some things done while the den was getting maintenance....

 

Except for when HERE isn't here?

With the 30DC being the most active thread on the site, I'm seeing a post at 1:39 PM US Central time yesterday. Then the site went down. Sparky gave a very brief, but informative post HERE.

 

very true,good morning Rick, did it crash?

 

i see there is still 14 robots on board....

 

I now understand why @jmudrick likes this razor. It’s a deceptive-looking razor. It looks like a 1912 Gem, but uses DE blades. When I first examined the blade exposure, I was prepared for an aggressive, technical shave. However, the shave was highly efficient and surprisingly smooth. The razor sang as it cut. When I checked after the first pass, my whiskers were mowed down to the DFS level. I could have quit at that point, but decided to go w/ an ATG for my second pass. The result was a two pass BBS w/ no irritation picked up by the alum block. This razor is going into the regular rotation along with the Cooper. Two consecutive days of an effortless BBS.

SOTD 11/25/19

RAZOR: Jones Shake Sharp
BLADE: Suneko DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a face scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Cube Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Omega Pro48
CREAM: Kapo Cooling
POSTSHAVE: Cold water rinse followed by Chiseled Face Cryogen AS Splash

 

Nice, Paul!

Beautiful, Mark!

Good job, Neil!

Looking good, Gary!

Cool!

 

Terrific shave and picture, Jeff!

 

fantastic shave and pic Jeff..

 

thank you Jim,good morning..i guess we are the survivors..i thought the world had ended..

 

Same here!

 

Thank you, Jim.

 

Nov 25th
No Repeat
Menthol Monday

Razor: Gillette 109 Adjustable (V2)
Blade: Feather Hi-Stainless
Brush: Razorock Plisoft Barber 24
PS & AS: Proraso Green
SS: Palmolive w/ Menthol

Well, so much for catching up on posts yesterday. Anyway, it was a good menthol shave this morning. I did use a feather in my 109 Adjustable which was a first for me. Ended up with a few weepers but nothing too bad. Just some pink in the lather. No repeat has taught me a few things. December will see much less variation and a focus on irritation free shaves with razors I know.

Yes I purchased Palmolive w/ Menthol just so I could do no repeat soaps and Menthol Monday. The Palmolive works well enough and may be one of my travel creams, when I start traveling again. The 109 Adjustable is another birth year razor I found cheap. To be honest, it's not going to replace my slim in my rotation. I may just use it on my birthday.



Thanksgivings update: The weekend was strangely quiet. No last minute rushed system updates or outages. I hope that's a good sign. Perhaps Thanksgiving will be an enjoyable this year.

 

cool shave and pic Evan..

 

after the shave den apocalypse,here they come.. ,one by one....good morning gents..