April 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix and Discussion

April 29
Shavette Shave #54--"Ice, Ice, Baby!"

Gear

• Razor: Max Headroom Focus R21 Shavette
• Blade: Derby Premium (1)
• Brush: Semogue Boar
• Soap: Stirling Glastonbury (4 Frost Drops)
• Menthol: Stirling Frost Drops
• AS: Aqua Velva Ice Blue ( Frost Drop)
• Balm: Stirling Glacial Unscented

The Shave...
Inspired by Joe’s @JACarbone iced water shave, I loaded up a mug with iced water, soaked the Semogue Boar for a few minutes, and then began lathering. Chilled lather is soooo nice, but throw some menthol in the mix, and it’s heavenly. Another nice thing about iced water is, unlike the occasional hot lather experiments that were going on a couple months back, the lather consistency doesn’t seem to suffer in the least. I am not a prognosticator by any stretch of the imagination, but I see iced water becoming a very regular part of my routine in the future.

3 passes today (WTG, WTG/XTG, and ATG). I’m somewhere between BBS and DFS--even the dreaded chin. I must have worn out my welcome with lather and reshaved an area on the corners of my mouth without it--very slight irritation. Nothing worth complaining about, but something that a little watchfulness might completely remove next time.

As for the red stuff, I may have reawakened the weeper on my chin from yesterday, and I got a new one on my upper lip. Iced water ended that nonsense pretty quickly, though--the styptic remains dusty.

Hope everybody enjoys their hump day!

54 down, 46 to go!

 

Awesome shave Tim! You and Joe @JACarbone may want to start a new shave fraternity and name it The Polar Bear Shavers!

 

I get cold water shaves. I even get cold-water rinses, which I do after every shave, but what advantages, if any, do ice cubes bring to the process?

 

thoughts and prayers Jeff..hopefully a tough nut like his dad..

 

closet aqua velva drinker..

 

thursday sneak peek..

 

fine shave and pic Tim..you like your av on the rocks..

 

Thanks, Joe!

That's completely Joe's baby, but I'm certainly in on the ground floor if he does. It's weird: I can't stand cold water anywhere below the neck, but above the neck I prefer very cold water. I couldn't begin to tell you why that's the case, but it is

 

I am strictly a cold water shaver. I never bought into using warm water to get a nice shave. However, I do like an occasional hot towel shave for the relaxing effect.

 

Sorry to hear about Sam’s diagnosis, Jeff. I hope he beats this quickly!

 

In my rather unique case, it makes my hardly-cold cold water cold (best sentence ever). I have to run my bathroom sink's cold water for a good minute or two before it gets to where I'd call it refreshing. And then two minutes later it's gotten tepid again. I'm not comfortable watching that much water go down the drain just so I can feel cooler.

As to advantages: for me, colder temps are simply more refreshing. I suppose the same question could be asked about menthol as well, and I'd probably give the same answer. Just makes things feel more brisk, and I like it when my face feels nice and cool during and after a shave (especially now that it's in the 90's here in California's Central Valley). Does it make the hair cut any easier or my face smoother? Not that I can tell--simply a matter of temperature preference

 

No, I drink my Aqua Velva out in the open

 

Thanks, Jason! I certainly hope so! He’s the one member of my three sons with the strongest sense of duty!

 

Let’s hope so, Gary! He’s a great guy!

 

Another absolutely gorgeous razor! I'm beginning to understand why so many other companies have copied the ball end design--it really is a classy look

 

Wonderful shave report, Tim! I’m really glad Joe @JACarbone has joined us! He has a lot to contribute! The FB shave communities are fun, but nothing like TSD.

 

Thanks, Gary!

Actually, I'm very curious to see what chilled Aqua Velva would feel like (but not curious enough to take inevitable flak that I would get when the Missus discovered it in the fridge )

 

Lovely razor pic, Gary! The razor looks new!

 

I've done the hot towel thing too, and sometimes it's exactly what the doctor ordered, but usually I tend to find my comfort in cold.

 

Thanks, Joseph; I know I’ll be using it with greater frequency from now on.