January 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Great shave and photo Patrick.

 

Excellent shave and report Terry. Happy Thursday.

 

Wow. The razor is simply gorgeous Jim.

 

January 16, 2020
Hiram with ••• plate
Feather Pro
Brad Sears Disco
Stirling R4L
Shave Soap & Aftershave

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At least the week is going by quickly. I woke up a little under the weather this morning. On days like today, I like things that work without a lot of effort or thought. This is just that sort of lineup. The disco brush ate through the R4L and dusted off the last of soap. I had to reach for yesterday's shave stick to supplement. Three passes and touch ups caught the baby with ease. So 1 soap down for the year. I have several more that are more than half way done so the goal is to knock a few more out. I hope everyone has a great Thursday.

 

January Focus

Hemingway Accoutrements~~Simpson~~'47 Super-Speed~~Polsilver
On the road shave.
Don't know why I chose this bulky Soap/AS set with which to travel?
Luckily they are great performers.
Sticking with the Polsilver blade. This one to be exact:

Should be fine for tomorrow as well.
It's good to be back at the university, if only for a month.
My colleague, for whom I am teaching, is recovering well from his surgery,
so that is a bonus.
Sadly, I cannot make any attempt to stay current with this thread.
Hope everyone is well and getting great shaves.​

 

Thanks, guys!

 

Great picture and congrats finishing off a soap!
I hope you get to feeling better soon.

 

01/16/2020

Oneblade Synthetic Brush
Salsa Bowl / Timeless Shaving Bowl Scuttle
Stirling – Sharp Dressed Man Shaving Soap and Aftershave Splash
Shaverboy Double Edge Razor
Feather Blade

First run with the Shaverboy c/o Gary @brit. I have to admit that I really like this little razor. The head appears to be an EJ clone. The handle it short and very well made and I believe it is solid brass. I attached a picture of it next to my Weber Bulldog with a Yaqi head for comparison. It is a shorty but the shave was very nice. Completed three passes and I am ready for the day. The Stirling performed great as usual and a splash of SDM finished the shave.

Thanks, Gary and I hope everyone has a nice day!

 

Trying to resist?

 

Jan 16th

Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements - PS - Tube 2.0, ASB - Star Jelly
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements - SS CK6 - Cavendish
Darwin 2 Band Badger
Feather AC Professional
Blackland Vector
L'Occitane En Province Eav Des Bavx EdT

Today's start was much the usual....PAA's Tube 2.0 PS soap, then overloaded the damp Darwin badger for ~30 seconds with PAA's Cavendish CK-6 formula. Moved on to the shaving bowl, and swirled up a very nice thick & slick shiny lather, slowly adding in a good bit of water, probably a tablespoon or so. New acquisition, the polished version of the Blackland Vector, loaded with a new Feather AC Professional blade. 2 very easy intuitive passes, only a corner of a mouth weeper. Smidgeon more of hand applied lather on the lower right neck/jawline area, 2 extra swipes along the jaw line, caught the baby. Long wait on receiving the Vector from a sale back in Sept 2019, but well worth it. The Blackland Vector is super efficient, glides effortlessly with the polished cap. Polished handle is slightly slippery with wet fingers, but manageable. I absolutely love the head design on this razor. The absolute best safety razor I have at navigating under/around the nostril area. Nothing I have matches it, until I think of a couple of my straights. I'll hold off comparing to the 2 other AC style razors with regards to blade feel...want to give them a back to back go round for the best evaluation. Finished off with PAA's Star Jelly, and L'Occitane's En Provence Eav Des Bavx EdT.

This fragrance is a combination of vanilla, with dark incense, cypress, pink pepper and Tonka bean. While not directly in the family of Tobacco Vanilla, it's dangerously close to my nose.

And...had to throw 'Sting' into the image today. This is a Lord of the Rings gag gift from the girls. 7-8 years ago, when visiting Scarborough Faire, we were watching an iron forger making a sword. I joked it'd be great to have a copy of Bilbo's sword.....and then I got this letter opener mini version the following Christmas.

Hope everyone has a Terrific Thursday!

 

Terrific shaves and photos, gentlemen! Congrats on the new razors!

 

Jan 16

Fat Handled Tech
Sharp Star 4
Booster Mosswood SC
C&E Badger
Booster Mosswood AS




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Did the first of back-to-back shaves with the Burma Shave cakesoap. As I reported the last time I shaved with this one, you get a lot of suds action along the sides of the mug, so I just scrape the sides. This time, there were some that stayed on the top of the soap as well. The more the merrier! Very nice Throwback Thursday shave overall. AV Musk A.S. gave it a solid finish.

 

Sounds like an issue of enabling to me Mr. Cawtuh.

 

SOTD January 16, 2020

Prep: Cold water and PAA Cube pre-shave soap
Blade: vintage Schick Plus Platinum
Razor: Schick M
Brush: Ever Ready 100T badger
Soap: Soap Commander Influence
Post: Witch hazel, Jeeves of Hudson Street Black Tea aftershave

Much improved shave from yesterday. Everything is this combination worked like a charm. Effortless shaving, comfortable all around, etc. Really enjoyable.

I'm hitting the road in a little while to head to Montgomery, Alabama for our state music conference. I'll be there until Saturday. The Fat is going with me so I'll be good in the shaving department. Alice and Wilson are joining me tomorrow afternoon to have something to do. Should be a nice little respite away from the routine.

Enjoy your day!

 

Fine shave and photo, Clint! Congrats on finishing off the R4L.

Very nice, Joseph!

Nice shave and pictures, Danny!

Terrific as usual, Blair! I like the sword letter opener.

Nice mossy shave, Tom!

 

Nice Orange Chill shave, Terry!

Terrific image as always, Jim! Grove sounds like a good scent.

 

Terrific shaves, Neal and Patrick!

 

Great travel setup Joseph. Good luck teaching.


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Great picture, Terry!