April 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix and Discussion

awesome shave and pic Jim,good morning..

 

Thank you, Gary!
Good morning..

 

That’s the reason I replaced my aluminum Hawk with the new SS V3 model, Keith. I’m definitely not a fan!

 

‘All Classy’, “Artisan Club” = same old same old!

 

They darken with age?

 

The Feather Super is an awesome blade! I’m sure they perform well in a shavette.

 

thursday tech focus #3
#27 brit tech/french market
platinum
wcs synthetic
the dead sea

good morning gents.loaded the platinum blade into the french market brit tech today.this tech has larger lather slots in the baseplate,a thicker top cap and a heavier fat handle.the handle is a true one piece,with the handle being machined from a piece of thick walled brass tubing instead of the regular tech fat handle having a pressed in top collar/thin wall design like gillette's usual offerings.this razor does feel a little different than it's brit brother but still sports made in england on the plate.case is french blue instead of the darker blue brit version.
the wcs synthetic built a fabulous dead sea lather,north to south pass then south to north,with the plus pass for pick ups/buffing resulted in a smooth,issue free near bbs,leaving the lower neck area just smooth enough to fool the cotton ball.good enough for me without the risk of ingrowns or irritation,and enough growth will be present tomorrow to do it all again....
dead sea aftershave caps it off.awesome ..have a fine day everyone..

 

I'm gunna take that as a negatory

 

i have seen some folks turn orange with age ..golfing side effect maybe?

 

Great pic, Gary

 

thank you Dan,good morning..

 

Beautiful razor, Jim

 

And now, fresh from my comment about Magnus Vaultman(ask @Primotenore what I'm talkinabout), here's the Throwback Thursdday shave report. I do think it could have and should have been better, but I'll take it. Again I didn't shake enough water out of the brush(Stoylin li'l brudder)thus setting myself up for a rather moist first pass, which resulted in a scary cut along the side of my lips(same place as yesterday's, actually). If that wasn't unfortunate enough, I had a weeper near my jaw, on the second pass. My pass total was 2 1/2, or 2.5 for those who excel in the field of mathematicia, so you can be mathematicians. The balance of the shave was fine...then I overdid it a little with the Agadir aftershave but it appears to have settled down now, about an hour after the shave. The bottom of the Lumberjack puck is becoming a little more visible, good sign. I get a little disappointed when my "Throwback" shaves end up with low grade/comments, such as this one: Rather Excellent.

 

Looks amazing Jim!!

Good morning Gary!! Absolutely stunning pic .

 

Your Veep highly recommends it.

 

Decided to switch things up today. Had a very nice, irritation-free, DFS.
It's been a while since I've used Mystic Waters, fantastic stuff for sure, I've heard good things about their Sandalwood Rose as well. This was the fourth shave with the Astra SS and I can feel it beginning to lose its sharpness, still plenty comfortable though, maybe I can remedy that with a higher setting on the razor?
I would pull the trigger on a 100 pack if I didn't have about 15 more blades to sample
Finished off with some Clubman Classic Vanilla and Zingari Man balm, take care everyone!

 

fine shave Paul,tomorrow is a new day.good morning..

 

Very nice Paul!

 

Nice setup Dan!

 

Merci!