December 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

brit · Dec 21, 2019

wristwatchb said: ↑

Thank you, Blair! Ice cream is definitely a big part of the game plan.

There's a renowned watchmaker in SFO, and I'm hoping he'll let me sit in a corner for a couple of hours to watch him at work. That would be a super cool experience. We also plan to hit a few of the cool coffee shops, Chinatown (for shopping and food), and the wineries in Sonoma Valley. We're fortunate to use some of my sister's time share "points" to stay right in the middle of the city. It's a work trip for her...but not for my Bride and me.
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i hope you both have a fantastic time and i wish you both a happy christmas..

brit · Dec 21, 2019

Terry said: ↑

Hope your Friday went great, and Saturday is a fantastic day too!
Got home last night, fell in bed, got up, got ready, just in time for basketball practice.
Have a few minutes to post a couple shaves.
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Yesterday's attempt at master shavery went well. I keep the file in the picture to show it's part of the tools used to make this blade compatible with the razor. Seeing this is a learning place, I find that appropriate. Using it to round off the blade egdes. The 2 pass head and face shave is more than I expected. The blade seems to rattle like it's not tight enough, but works good.
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Normally a picture after the debauchery, but today no time for that. A new blade (always), edges properly filed to eliminate the two points that can scratch the skin in this razor. A two pass head and face shave, easy and smooth. The blade seems to rattle like it's loose. This razor is designed for a wedge type blade, further inspection and comparisons are needed. Still a very nice shave.
Life is good.
All
Enjoy!
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fantastic shave Terry..

jluc · Dec 21, 2019

I ordered an Aluminum Karve on Black Friday. It didn't ship until yesterday. From Canada to my front door overnight!

brit · Dec 21, 2019

Trigger said: ↑

Dec 21
Ist 30DC Anniversary Shave
Shavette Shave #118
Dovo Shavette
Polsilver Iridium 1/2 DE Blade (3)
Rockwell Synthetic Brush
Stirling Bay Rum SS and AS
Nivea ASB not pictured
I chose this setup because it is the same when I first started straight shaving with the exception of the Bay Rum SS and AS and the Nivea. I had originally used Rockwell Barbershop SS, but I figured the Bay Rum is another type of barbershop scent. I made sure I got a great face lather to prepare my 50 hr stubble. My Dovo shavette has never failed me yet and on 2 passes got a great IBSS++ without any blood nor irritation. Trust me, I made sure that I wasn't going to have any incidents on this anniversary shave. Ended with the great smelling aftershave and then the Nivea.
Reflecting this past year:
I came to join this magnificent bunch of guys on Dec 21, 2018. At the time, I only had 2 months experience being a wetshaver with close to 50 straight shaves (traditional straight and shavette shaves). Although I had a good technique, my technique is so much better today. I learned about the different soaps and razors that make shaving fun. I learned to hone with lapping films, and use crox on the fabric side of my strop as an inexpensive way to maintain razors. I appreciated the advice as well as the good natured jibes given to me by each and every one of you. I have been shaving 45+ years and I never thought it was fun until I came on this forum one year ago today. Thank you guys for a great year! Have a great day! View attachment 213105 View attachment 213105
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congrats Joe.happy first year anniversary..cool shave and pic..

blondblue · Dec 21, 2019

wristwatchb said: ↑

Thank you, Paul! Sounds like you've been to SFO. This will only be our second visit.
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I was at the Stinking Rose while wandering around with my relatives. We were in SF for a cousin's wedding.

Douglas Carey · Dec 21, 2019

brit said: ↑

fine shave and pic Doug..
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Gary.

jgreenepa · Dec 21, 2019

SOTD 12/21/19

Good straightforward shave on this 21st day of Decadent December with my brass Gem Model 1912. Decent face and dome DFS with a good shaving cream, Palmolive.

RAZOR: Gem 1912
BLADE: Pella PTFE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Cube Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Jayaruh Custom Synthetic
CREAM: Palmolive Green
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with L’Occitane Glycerin soap followed by Thayers Lavender WH

wristwatchb · Dec 21, 2019

brit said: ↑

i hope you both have a fantastic time and i wish you both a happy christmas..
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Thanks Gary. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

We're hoping for 60 to 70 deg F and sunny daytime weather. That'll be warm enough to enjoy being outside. We're expecting cold and somewhat breezy weather at night. We've stayed in this building a few times, but this will be a different condo. It's not fancy, but it looks nice and comfortable. It's a fairly quiet area and not too touristy. We have one of the area's best seafood places about a mile's walk from us. We can walk another mile or so to a state park and an aquatic preserve.

Gulf of Mexico views from the balcony:

We keep expecting a hotel to be built here...so far, so good.

Sunrise...probably my favorite time, but we'll need our jackets and a pot of hot coffee to sit outside in January.

Sunset...

The rear of the building faces Pensacola bay. The condo we've stayed in for many years in this same building has a bay view. There's always some activity to see on the bay. At night, you can even hear music playing from some of the local establishments. It's rare, but we've gotten flyovers from the Blue Angels. You can throw a net off this pier and catch fish for dinner...or take that one mile walk and enjoy someone's else's cooking and maybe a cold beverage.

wristwatchb · Dec 21, 2019

Hembree said: ↑

The Black Pearl has arrived!

I had been watching this SBF-11FB Pearl razor on E-bay for a while. I did not have a OC TTO and this razor just caught my attention. I finally pulled the trigger when the priced dropped to $10.50 including shipping. Hey, how can you go wrong at that price? These razors were stated to have small coating problems on the doors but I can only see two small spots about the size of a pin prick on the doors that are barely noticable. It is suppose to be solid brass and I can tell you that she is heavy. We will see later on how she shaves.

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Nice pickup, Danny. I don't think you go wrong for ten bucks!

jluc · Dec 21, 2019

jgreenepa said: ↑

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SOTD 12/21/19

Good straightforward shave on this 21st day of Decadent December with my brass Gem Model 1912. Decent face and dome DFS with a good shaving cream, Palmolive.

RAZOR: Gem 1912
BLADE: Pella PTFE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Cube Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Jayaruh Custom Synthetic
CREAM: Palmolive Green
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with L’Occitane Glycerin soap followed by Thayers Lavender WH
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Looking good, Jeff!

wristwatchb said: ↑

Thanks Gary. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

We're hoping for 60 to 70 deg F and sunny daytime weather. That'll be warm enough to enjoy being outside. We're expecting cold and somewhat breezy weather at night. We've stayed in this building a few times, but this will be a different condo. It's not fancy, but it looks nice and comfortable. It's a fairly quiet area and not too touristy. We have one of the area's best seafood places about a mile's walk from us. We can walk another mile or so to a state park and an aquatic preserve.

Gulf of Mexico views from the balcony:
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We keep expecting a hotel to be built here...so far, so good.
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Sunrise...probably my favorite time, but we'll need our jackets and a pot of hot coffee to sit outside in January.
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Sunset...
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The rear of the building faces Pensacola bay. The condo we've stayed in for many years in this same building has a bay view. There's always some activity to see on the bay. At night, you can even hear music playing from some of the local establishments. It's rare, but we've gotten flyovers from the Blue Angels. You can throw a net off this pier and catch fish for dinner...or take that one mile walk and enjoy someone's else's cooking and maybe a cold beverage.
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Wow, Charlie! Beautiful!

clint64 · Dec 21, 2019

MrEE said: ↑

The year's not over yet but I'm off work until January 2nd so I've been thinking about the year's accomplishments.

In 2018 I took over a highly visible very troubled project at work. In 2018 we had 24 critical service outages, major capacity issues, and more than 50 hours of downtime due to maintenance, costing the company millions. I was the 4th manager on the project in less than 2 years, with one manager quitting after 3 months. 80+ hour work weeks were the norm and my team members were all looking for new jobs. Thinking of it like a railroad, we had 24 derailed trains, cargo rotting in the yard because we couldn't move it and hours when nothing was moving because crews were working on the tracks.

I won't bore you with the details, but in 2019 our project had 4 limited scope outages and now handles 8x the traffic. Plus, we did this work without any downtime. Back to the railroad analogy, in 2019 we had only 4 issues of damaged goods while moving 8 times the cargo and doing all our maintenance while the trains were running. Not a bad year.

The success did come at a price and stress levels were high. Shaving and restoring razors was my stress reliever and apparently I needed a lot of it. In 2019 I purchased 85+ razors. Most of them were purchased for $5 to $10 for practice plating, but there are few more expensive ones in there. I've given away about 20 and introduced 17 people to the hobby, at least 5 of whom have completely switched to DE shaving. Also not a bad year.

Oh, and I lost 40 lbs in 2019.

I wanted to thank you guys for your part in these successes. You've been patient with me when I had nowhere else to share my thoughts. It really helped.

Merry Christmas everyone!
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Congrats on a successful year Evan. Enjoy your time off.

clint64 · Dec 21, 2019

jluc said: ↑

I ordered an Aluminum Karve on Black Friday. It didn't ship until yesterday. From Canada to my front door overnight!
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That looks beautiful Jim. Congrats. I can't believe how quick it shipped.

brit · Dec 21, 2019

jluc said: ↑

I ordered an Aluminum Karve on Black Friday. It didn't ship until yesterday. From Canada to my front door overnight!
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very cool Jim..

clint64 · Dec 21, 2019

jgreenepa said: ↑

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SOTD 12/21/19

Good straightforward shave on this 21st day of Decadent December with my brass Gem Model 1912. Decent face and dome DFS with a good shaving cream, Palmolive.

RAZOR: Gem 1912
BLADE: Pella PTFE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Cube Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Jayaruh Custom Synthetic
CREAM: Palmolive Green
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with L’Occitane Glycerin soap followed by Thayers Lavender WH
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Wonderful shave and photo Jeff. I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

MrEE · Dec 21, 2019

wristwatchb said: ↑

December 21

I've been marching along on my December focus using my Single Ring, whatever brush strikes my fancy, and rotating through my Stirling BOS, Jabonman Eufros Wet Earth (nice way to describe mud that smells like damp leaves and grass), and Mike's Hungarian Lavender. I even threw in a few travel shaves with my Trac II and a Tabac shave stick. Verdict so far is (a) that both razors shave equally well...yes, my Trac II is on par with a DE, and (b) all the soaps are top-shelf, but Tabac reigns supreme by providing the slick, yogurt-consistency lather that I prefer. I'm gaining more skill and a new respect for my synthetic brushes.

I'd like to say that I avoided the end-of-year buying frenzy, but I have still managed to stock 500 Voskhods, a dozen or more bars of Stirling bath soap, a couple of bottles of Stirling body lotion, and four bottles of Thayers Lavender Witch Hazel. I've purchased some other odds and ends, but they were used to build shave kits for good friends.

I've been preoccupied with life the past few months, but I hope to get back to more routine SOTD posts. My Bride continues to do exceedingly well on her treatments. The cancer markers in her blood are down by about two thirds. The docs tell us she is making terrific progress. We'll continue on our current path of treatment until these "markers" plateau or become non-detectable. Then we go to the Mayo Clinic for the stem cell transplant. It will be a mostly outpatient procedure, and our home-away-from-home will be in a transplant house with other families taking similar journeys. We have our ups and downs, for sure. But family and friends have gathered all around us, and we are incredibly blessed. We see God at work at every turn.

We have house sitters/watchers, so we plan to spend January in a condo overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. We have treatments lined up at the local hospital. Depending on my Bride's continued progress, we are taking another short trip with my sister to San Francisco in late Feb/early March. We are staying a few blocks from the vintage watch district in SFO, so that will be a fun trip. I'm hitting the watch shops one day while the girls do their shopping thing. And that puts us back at the Mayo Clinic sometime around March for a few weeks. We hear the weather can still be rugged in Minnesota during March, so I'm having a new "deep cycle" battery installed in my car on Monday morning. I gave up on trying to pack my shaving supplies in my travel bag for the two extended trips, so I decided to fill a plastic tub with a full array of goodies.

I hope you all are well. I am thankful for my 30 Day FAMILY, and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!
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My thoughts and prayers are with you, Charlie! I'm glad you are finding some joy during these trying times. You strike me as the rock others draw their strength from. Keep up the good work! I'm sure more than a few miracles will find you.

jluc · Dec 21, 2019

clint64 said: ↑

That looks beautiful Jim. Congrats. I can't believe how quick it shipped.
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Thanks, Clint. I was a little put out by how long it took to ship. When I ordered it it said 'In Stock' but apparently not. They made up for it with the upgraded shipping.

clint64 · Dec 21, 2019

wristwatchb said: ↑

Thanks Gary. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

We're hoping for 60 to 70 deg F and sunny daytime weather. That'll be warm enough to enjoy being outside. We're expecting cold and somewhat breezy weather at night. We've stayed in this building a few times, but this will be a different condo. It's not fancy, but it looks nice and comfortable. It's a fairly quiet area and not too touristy. We have one of the area's best seafood places about a mile's walk from us. We can walk another mile or so to a state park and an aquatic preserve.

Gulf of Mexico views from the balcony:
View attachment 213132

We keep expecting a hotel to be built here...so far, so good.
View attachment 213133

Sunrise...probably my favorite time, but we'll need our jackets and a pot of hot coffee to sit outside in January.
View attachment 213134

Sunset...
View attachment 213135

The rear of the building faces Pensacola bay. The condo we've stayed in for many years in this same building has a bay view. There's always some activity to see on the bay. At night, you can even hear music playing from some of the local establishments. It's rare, but we've gotten flyovers from the Blue Angels. You can throw a net off this pier and catch fish for dinner...or take that one mile walk and enjoy someone's else's cooking and maybe a cold beverage.
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Wow that is beautiful Charlie. I hope you guys have a wonderful time.

jluc · Dec 21, 2019

brit said: ↑

very cool Jim..
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Thanks, Gary!

brit · Dec 21, 2019

wristwatchb said: ↑

December 21

I've been marching along on my December focus using my Single Ring, whatever brush strikes my fancy, and rotating through my Stirling BOS, Jabonman Eufros Wet Earth (nice way to describe mud that smells like damp leaves and grass), and Mike's Hungarian Lavender. I even threw in a few travel shaves with my Trac II and a Tabac shave stick. Verdict so far is (a) that both razors shave equally well...yes, my Trac II is on par with a DE, and (b) all the soaps are top-shelf, but Tabac reigns supreme by providing the slick, yogurt-consistency lather that I prefer. I'm gaining more skill and a new respect for my synthetic brushes.

I'd like to say that I avoided the end-of-year buying frenzy, but I have still managed to stock 500 Voskhods, a dozen or more bars of Stirling bath soap, a couple of bottles of Stirling body lotion, and four bottles of Thayers Lavender Witch Hazel. I've purchased some other odds and ends, but they were used to build shave kits for good friends.

I've been preoccupied with life the past few months, but I hope to get back to more routine SOTD posts. My Bride continues to do exceedingly well on her treatments. The cancer markers in her blood are down by about two thirds. The docs tell us she is making terrific progress. We'll continue on our current path of treatment until these "markers" plateau or become non-detectable. Then we go to the Mayo Clinic for the stem cell transplant. It will be a mostly outpatient procedure, and our home-away-from-home will be in a transplant house with other families taking similar journeys. We have our ups and downs, for sure. But family and friends have gathered all around us, and we are incredibly blessed. We see God at work at every turn.

We have house sitters/watchers, so we plan to spend January in a condo overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. We have treatments lined up at the local hospital. Depending on my Bride's continued progress, we are taking another short trip with my sister to San Francisco in late Feb/early March. We are staying a few blocks from the vintage watch district in SFO, so that will be a fun trip. I'm hitting the watch shops one day while the girls do their shopping thing. And that puts us back at the Mayo Clinic sometime around March for a few weeks. We hear the weather can still be rugged in Minnesota during March, so I'm having a new "deep cycle" battery installed in my car on Monday morning. I gave up on trying to pack my shaving supplies in my travel bag for the two extended trips, so I decided to fill a plastic tub with a full array of goodies.

I hope you all are well. I am thankful for my 30 Day FAMILY, and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!
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thank you for the update Charlie.sounds like you are soldiering on..glad you are enjoying the tabac,you have a lifetime supply.wishing you both the best and prayers..happy christmas....

brit · Dec 21, 2019

wristwatchb said: ↑

Thanks Joe. As a teacher, I know you speak from experience.

I also volunteered to help with another classroom project this year. My friend "inherited" a 50+ year old classroom from a teacher (and one before that) that had accumulated a bunch of...junk...over the years. We're currently working on designs for a reading nook, a corner storage cabinet, and other types of modular storage. I enlisted a buddy to develop some CADD drawings (hey, we're engineers). I also volunteered to help with some general clean out and organization. We should be able to make some quick wins with a minimal amount of effort.

In the meantime, we'll be looking at the overall classroom layout and noodling on ideas to make things better for the kids. They deserve the best, in my humble opinion. We used a "Rooms" app on our iPad for some furniture layouts at our home, so I figure that will work equally well for a classroom.
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very cool..

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December 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

What's the most decadent item in your den?

A really decadent DE - we're talking top of the line, gold plated over the top DECADENT!

A really decadent straight razor - we're talking top of the line, incredibly DECADENT!

A really decadent SE razor - vintage baby and shines like the sun because it's DECADENT!

A really decadent soap that lathers up like DECADENT whipped cream!

A really decadent brush that feels so soft yet makes such DECADENT lather!

Cookies, man. I mean seriously - is there anything more DECADENT than cookies??

Ice cream, man. Seriously. Without DECADENT ice cream - cookies are just hard bread!

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December 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

What's the most decadent item in your den?

A really decadent DE - we're talking top of the line, gold plated over the top DECADENT!

A really decadent straight razor - we're talking top of the line, incredibly DECADENT!

A really decadent SE razor - vintage baby and shines like the sun because it's DECADENT!

A really decadent soap that lathers up like DECADENT whipped cream!

A really decadent brush that feels so soft yet makes such DECADENT lather!

Cookies, man. I mean seriously - is there anything more DECADENT than cookies??

Ice cream, man. Seriously. Without DECADENT ice cream - cookies are just hard bread!

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jgreenepa Nasal Barbarian

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