March 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix and Discussion

Wow. You can even match the purple. Congrats on dialing in the Dart. Happy Birthday Jim. I hope you have a wonderful birthday.

 

Simply beautiful Gary. Love the colors.

 

thank you Jim,good morning..

 

Thank you, Clint!
I'm at work so hopefully it's a good workday.

 

thank you Clint,good morning..

 

March 4, 2020
Gem Damaskeene OC
Gem PTFE
Simpson CH2 Synthetic
A&E “The City”
Fine Santal Absolut

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This week is really going by quickly. The Ruby Red "Soap Destroyer" ate through "The City" whipping up a rich slick lather. This soap has a gourmand quality to the scent of the puck that thankfully disappears while lathering. Three passes and touch ups ended in a wonderful BBS shave. A splash of Fine Santal and I am off to the Post Office to sign for 1 of the packages from Simpson. I hope everyone has a great Wednesday.

 

awesome shave and pic Clint..

 

Beautiful picture! Love the brush and I'm anxious to see the new one!

 

SOTD Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Well, here I am, back again after a brief 6 day health blip with 6 days of whisker growth to remove. And ironically, the razor chosen for the job was my Rex Ambassador, my former nemesis, until Razor Emporium worked their magic and sent me back what to all intents and purposes is now an entirely different razor. So much so, that I found myself shaving with it every day upon its return. The Gibbs #17 used to be my favorite adjustable, but no more! Rexie’s my boy, and he sure knows his business. Back to today’s shave!

This being the first day of the month, I opened my new PannaCrema Nuavia Blu and followed their directions for bowl lathering, which is not my normal approach, but when in Rome! They recommend 3 grams of soap to 7 grams of water. I have the RazoRock 400 Special Edition Black Plissoft Synthetic here in the condo, and it did a spectacular job whipping up a very rich-looking, glistening lather. Which I then applied, following my customary cold water rinse, after inserting a vintage Polish Wizamet Super Iridium,

I set Rexie on 6 and had at it! My customary setting is 5 for my face and 3 for the noggin, but given the density and heaviness of the whiskers, I stepped up one level for that first pass. It was the right decision. 6 and 4 did the trick! Those old Polish Wizamets - I’m down to my last 70 or so blades - are amazingly smooth and quite sharp. Rexie swept through those whiskers like the Romans through Gaul. That bloodless WTG first pass left me at the DFS+ level. Amazingly, an Alum check revealed minimal, if any, heat, so I decided to go for it.

For my second ATG pass, I set Rexie at my regular 5 and 3 for an uneventful, bloodless BBS finish to the first shave of March. An adjustable razor is the perfect tool for six days of growth. This new soap has an incredible post shave feel. My post shave cold water wash with the Nuavia Blu brush squeezings left me with the same luxurious skin softness I have after a MWF shave. I do think I’m going to like this soap. I feel smooth, clean and refreshed.

RAZOR: Rex Ambassador (6,4; 5,3)
BLADE: Vintage Polish Wizamet
PREP: Cold water rinse
BRUSH: RazoRock 400 Special Edition Plissoft Black Synthetic
SOAP: PannaCrema Nuavia Blu
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by T.N. Dickenson’s Witch Hazel and finished with Fine Accoutrements Lavender AS Splash

 

Hey guy's,
For those of you who are on the shaving groups on Facebook, here's the link to a good one.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2926283347405487/

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James.

 

Excellent report, Jeff. Glad you enjoyed your shave.

 

Thank you Gary.


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Thank you Jim. I’m anxious to see the brush as well.


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Thanks Clint! Hope you are well also!

Nice shot Gary!

Fantastic pic Clint!

Glad to see you back Jeff!

 

Excellent shave and recap Jeff. I’m glad you’re feeling better.


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Thank you Patrick


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March 4th
New Improved ‘Bostonian’ w GSB
APShaveCo Mixed/ Resin and Sapele
Soap Commander Endurance
Thayers
Barrister’s Reserve Spice

3rd day with the New Improved and GSB. Some Soap Commander talk the past few days, so I brought out my solitary tub. A good product, and this badger/boar mix produced a fine lather. This knot hasn’t completely softened yet, but is it partially Boar so that would make sense.
3 passes later, and I am quite smooth, although I do have some jawline/neck irritation with a small weeper. No idea why, probably just rushed a bit ATG. I’ll switch up razors tomorrow and spend a few days with another NEW.
I’m hitting the road early this morning for a series of meetings an hour out of town. Nothing overtly problematic, but it will be a long day.
Have a great day all!

 

Great shave Jason! Hope you have a good day!

 

ATT mini focus update.

Awesome shave this morning with the Above the Tie Atlas with the R1 plate and a fresh Astra blade. No irritation, weepers or blood loss. Smooth all the way! The more I use the Imperial soap the more I like it.

Next step is to remove the Atlas handle from the equation and replace it with the Kronos handle for tomorrow’s shave. If that goes well then I'll move up to the H1 plate. I love it when a plan comes together. Y'all Have A Great Hump day!

Jim @jluc how do you like my color coordinated shave picture?