December 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Great shave Jim!
Great picture, outstanding to say the least!
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Thanks, Terry!

 

Than you Myles.


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Thank you Gary.


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Thank you Terry.



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Wow. Just Freaking Wow. Fabulous photo Jim.


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Thank you, Clint!
I received a present yesterday that had a black hand towel in it. Trying to copy your black desktop photos.

 

Piling on with Clint....Freaking Wow Jim! Excellent eye popping shiny colors. Great shave too!

 

Thank you, Blair!

 

Good Thursday morning to everyone!
Got up early to claim king of the shower before the rush.

Using the Razorock Blue Label soap, none of these soaps are strong scented. For those who like subdued aromas, theses are just that. The Andrew brush did a fine job of lathering, but the synthetic brushes seem to do it on What The Puck bases.
Now to the real stuff, the shiny blade holder thingy. Yesterday was Yaqi slant trial, and that's a real winner paired with a new Feather Blade. Today was is a Yaqi Grill OC head. Found it while looking around their site. The shaving profile is rated a 9-10 on a scale of 1-10. Well that screamed "this buds for you", in the cart it went. Now it doesn't look like any other razor I own, that's nice. I'll describe it as pipe decor, chromed. My Razorock DE-1 handle felt good with it screwed on the end of it. A new Feather Blade, ready to rock.
The first pass was good, adjusting the head (riding the cap) to get just the right amount of blade, another walk on the wild side. I can compare it to an R41, but comfortable, no pulling. The shave, close, smooth! I almost got myself, no blood, just a small red mark on the neck. A kindly reminder that this razor is the real deal, pay attention! The second pass on the face took it home. The head shave is as good as any, 2 passes, the wife will aprove.

For those who like or need a razor that's a cut above and doesn't mind it looking like it was built for battle, this should do the trick. Slightly heavier than I like for the head, but good ballance with that handle attached. But the price was right.

All
Enjoy!
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Nice, Terry! Sounds like you found another winner!

 

The photo certainly turned out fantastic.

 

Very nice Terry. Congrats on the new razor head. Sounds like you got another winner.

 

Thanks Jim!
Got lucky the last few hauls.
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SOTD 12/26/19

After not shaving on Christmas Day, my shave today on this 26th day of Decadent December was very pleasant and involved a razor of my own construction I like to call the FrankenFamex. It consists of a Famex Cage baseplate, a Rockwell gunmetal cap, and an ATT Atlas handle. So two modern artisan components coupled with a French vintage baseplate and my beloved MWF led to two passes with some minor buffing and delivered me to BBS town. As George Pepperdine AKA ‘Hannibal Smith’ of the vaunted A-Team TV series was known to say, “It’s beautiful when a plan comes together!”.

RAZOR: FrankenFamex
BLADE: Suneko
PREP: Cold Water rinse with a face and dome scrub with PAA’S Charcoal-Menthol Cube Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Chiseled Face Cryogen AS Splash

 

Thanks Clint!
Yea! It's good.
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Thanks, Clint.
I took three days worth of photos. This one came out the best. The fact that the gear is setting on a black towel is pretty obvious in the other two.

 

December 26, 2019
Rex Ambassador
Gillette 7 O’clock Black
Shavemac Synthetic
Savonniere du Moulin
Small Batch Shave Tonic

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Moving a little slow this morning but at least I got in a very good shave before going to work. After rubbing the Savonniere du Moulin shave stick on my face, I went to work with the Shavemac synthetic. The combo worked to provide a rich slick lather. Three passes with touch ups and buffing the neck did catch the baby. However, I did managed to nick myself just below my lip. Oh well it happens. A splash of the Small Batch Shave Tonic and I am off to my office. I hope everyone has a great Thursday.

 

I have to play with the light and flash to get my desk top photos to turn out right. I delete way more than I keep.

 

Very nice, Jeff!