February 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Nice picture and hope you get home in time for ykur daughter's birthday, Jim!

 

Sorry about rough shave, Paul! I had one myself this morning!

 

Lovely shave, Joseph! Enjoy your day!

 

February 25th
Gillette NEW LC
Omega ‘49/Walnut&Brass
Stirling Gentleman
Thayers
Jeeves Tobacco Bay Leaf

Had an excellent, if somewhat rushed shave this morning. Slowly built a great lather, and had a fantastic first two passes with this awesome shaver that @MrEE did a great job replating. About to lather for the 3rd pass and what do I hear? The front door open. Mrs. Spartan returning from walking the dogs...a matter of minutes until she walked back upstairs...Gas! Gas! Quick boys! But someone still was yelling out and stumbling and flound’ring like a man in fire or lime...(a little Wilfred Owen for @timabababaluka, our resident English teacher)
I then had the quickest 3rd pass and rinse in history. Splashed on a healthy dose of the Jeeves AS to mask the awesome Gentleman scent and apparently I am still married.Ironically, I am still stuffed up and can’t properly smell much of anything this morning.
Have a great day all!

 

Great shave, Danny! The Karve with the E bar plate is my Karve setting as well! Hope you have a great day.

 

Happy Birthday Jenna. Great hotel shave Jim. Have a safe trip home and enjoy the birthday dinner.

 

February 25th
Favorites

Razor: Gillette RedTip
Blade: Voskhod (1)
Brush: @jtspartan with Hybrid Knot
Bowl: @jtspartan
PS: Proraso Green
SS: MWF
AS: Proraso Green

Almost a month now and I still really love the RedTip Voskhod combo. After trying a number of brushes with the MWF I am convinced the hybrid knot works the best. MWF seems to do best with a firm brush.

The shave was great. Perhaps a little too close as the alum felt a little warm, but I've done far worse to myself.

Life is still busy but good. Hoping to do some TSD catchup during the second half of the week. I did a quick count and I am over 1000 messages behind.



@wristwatchb apparently I collect watches now. SWMBO isn't happy.

 

Thank you Joe.

 

Great pic and shave report, Clint! The Lupo is a great shaver, but a Feather with it pushes into the irritation zone for me! I love it with a Wizamet or Polsilver! Enjoy your shave!

 

Great shave, Evan! I agree completely about MWF and a brush with backbone! Enjoy your day!

 

Nice shave Jason! I was thinking of you this morning as well. Even though that's not creepy it's still creepy...

 

Fantastic write up Jason. It brought a smile to my face. You guys are getting too good with the reports.

 

Gorgeous shave and watch Evan.

 

Thank you Jeff. For years, I only used Feather blades in everything.

 

I can not remember the last time I used the Parker Variant.

Since I was lucky enough to be included in the pass around of the newest invention of @twhite Tom White (a really neat custom pair of adjustable razors) I figured I should get reacquainted.

Stirling Piacenza - YUP!
Stirling Tuxedo - My most used brush
Stirling collapsible paddle bowl - gotta be careful not to over aerate
Parker Variant - wide open, but I remember being afraid to do so.
Personna Blue - not great performers for me, they will go 2 or 3 shaves, but I only use them once.
Stirling Piacenza Aftershave Splash - YUP!, from The Max Headroom List of Most Glorious Stanks



Totally comfortable. Went my my normal 3.5 passes, 'on pattern'. There are a couple of spots I'll need to re-adjust my pattern the next time. I knew it, but y'all missed it (as if you care).

Plenty time to get my adjustables game-on in time for the big event.

Next up, my new Gillette Slim from the Raffle and generosity of donor @Tommynick.

Edison Carter reporting for Network XXIII, or 20 Minutes into the Future.

 

Wonderful narrative. Jason! Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon are my two favorite WWI poets. The poem you quoted is in my opinion the bests from that period! I also identified with the scrambling to conceal scents. my SWMBO left for a conference early this AM and won’t be back until Wednesday night! So today and tomorrow are shave stink days for me!

 

Great shave, Bill! I’m looking forward to my time with the @twhite creations as well!

 

Good morning, Gary! Great shave again with that gorgeous razor! Just remember, my offer remains open. If you’re ever going on a long trip and need someone to look after your British Gillette Collection, I’m your huckleberry! You can count on me to take great care of it.

 

Awesome image, Jim, as usual! Glad you’re still enjoying the Lupo!

 

Too funny!
Great shave and picture, Jason!

Beautiful gear, Evan!