April 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix and Discussion

Discussion in 'Shower or Shave of the Day' started by Bama Samurai, Mar 31, 2020.

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Is Arko the greatest value in all of shaving?

Poll closed Apr 30, 2020.
  1. Yes

    16 vote(s)
    72.7%
  2. Yes

    6 vote(s)
    27.3%
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  1. brit

    brit in a box

    yes sir.recoup is good..:)..
     
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  2. Trigger

    Trigger Double Jedi Knight

    I prefer TTO safeties as well. The Rockwell 6C is my exception.
     
  3. jluc

    jluc smelling pretty

    Personally I lean more towards three piece razors.
    TTT=Technique Trump's Tools

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  4. Trigger

    Trigger Double Jedi Knight

    Thanks Charlie! My dad was very strict with four sons to straighten out. He wasn't a warm and fuzzy man, but I respected him. Later on as we grew older he softened somewhat, but he still was a man's man. He didn't get the nickname Rip for being a pushover. Lol! However, I did mention that he was not shy and loved to socialize. He was a trucker so he worked hard all his life and never really had it easy. He lived to 83. I guess like any father-son relationship, there were good and bad memories.
     
  5. Trigger

    Trigger Double Jedi Knight

    Very nice shave Evan! I guess you are going to stick to it. Lol!
     
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  6. Trigger

    Trigger Double Jedi Knight

    Thanks for the clarification. What was I thinking!
     
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  7. 9nein9

    9nein9 Guest

    Disposable = weepers .
    Awesome report Keith! Enjoy the cigar!
    Outstanding pic Jim!
    That is wonderful news Joseph!!!
     
  8. jluc

    jluc smelling pretty

    Thanks, Patrick!

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  9. jtspartan

    jtspartan appropriately stimulated, via Netflix

    Ha!
    Well, I do have a Chronograph ordered yesterday. Nothing in the price range of those stunning Steinharts, though.
     
  10. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    Hi Gary..thanks. The Lime Burst is going to take a real long time to finish-just like the Jeeves Bay Rum. But I'm glad to have both around.
     
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  11. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    I'm sure you're right, Patrick....Sometimes I end up fine though..perhaps I can add "soap weakness" to that(meaning lousy loading)
     
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  12. Jake Gibson

    Jake Gibson Well-Known Member

    @Trigger It was a bit of a hectic few days but I'm going to post a few pictures of the straight razor tonight once the family goes to sleep. It just so happens that a few hours after I posted about the straight razor I got the first one I ordered delivered! It's definitely well used and not much blade left but I found my great grandfather's wet stone (he was a barber and a bookie in the 1920's and 30's) and after a good oiling and some real nice passes I got this thing razor sharp....pun intended ;) I'll post pictures of it as well.
     
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  13. wristwatchb

    wristwatchb wristwatch "danger" b

    April 19

    G-3 Gillette Slim
    Feather (1)
    30 Day Crew LE Poculi handle w/APShaveCo 28mm SynBad knot (flat top)
    Eufros Tierra Humeda (Wet Earth) soap
    Alum, Thayers WH, Stirling USB/Almond Oil, Floid Vigoroso, & Aramis EdT


    I selected my birth quarter Gillette Slim and my 30 DC LE brush for a focus detour shave this evening. I performed nearly three passes on setting 9 with a new Feather blade, giving careful attention to skin stretching and not repeating strokes over the same area. My third pass mostly consisted of touch ups, including the infamous Fool's Pass and some J-hooking in the hollows of my neck. I couldn't ask for anything better. A picture is worth a thousand words, so here is the result:

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    And here's the weaponry:

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    I hope your weekend was fantastic!
     
  14. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    No doubt the kid brushes with Arm&Hammer.
     
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  15. Trigger

    Trigger Double Jedi Knight

    Terrific shave Charlie! How appropos that a slim man uses a Slim to shave.
     
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  16. wristwatchb

    wristwatchb wristwatch "danger" b

    Congrats Jason!! What are you getting?

    I'm still not sure how that Steinhart link infiltrated my earlier post. And it matters not a whit to you as a chrono man, but this is my favorite Steiny. Tremendous bang for the buck here, and the vintage styling just looks cool:

    https://www.steinhartwatches.de/en/ocean-vintage-military-new.html

    It's a steal for $500 CAN...er...I mean...$360 USD. Dang Freudian keystrokes!
     
  17. NCoxSTL

    NCoxSTL AAACK!

    Let me tell you something. With the pandemic on and restaurants limited to carry-out and delivery, the food delivery business is booming. The way I run my schedule is Monday off, work Tuesday, Wednesday off, then Thursday through Sunday are my run 'n' gun days to deliver all I can. That four day run is a marathon at a sprint pace right now. I'm running two, sometimes three apps and it gets to be a killer. So much so, that this is what I look like most Sunday nights.

    bill the cat.jpg

    I'm not even sure I'm that alert at the moment, so that will explain what I have to say next. NO SHAVE SUNDAY!!!!!!!

    Hope you all had a great day and enjoyed the same good weather we had. I also hope you had some fun and relaxed a bit!!
     
  18. wristwatchb

    wristwatchb wristwatch "danger" b

    :happy102:
     
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  19. wristwatchb

    wristwatchb wristwatch "danger" b

    Thanks Joe! I appreciate the encouragement.

    My Bride and I are using the lock down as an opportunity to eat healthy and get daily exercise. I'm at 203 and aiming for 200. I fell back into some bad habits early in the year and crept up to 211 by mid-February, but I'm back in the game now. I don't think anyone would call 200 slim, but I feel good at that weight.
     
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  20. clint64

    clint64 Blind Squirrel

    Great looking photo Charlie.


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