May 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Thank you, Gary.

 

Very nice, Neal. Did Jason shave you too?

 

Great job! Mimicking videos are what I did also. Once the skill is learned, you’ll be able to repeat it on any blade with small nuances of technique.

 

Nice photo, Chris.

 

Beautiful work, Evan! Are you planning to wrap the handle for better grip? If not, I might be inclined to add some jimps. What grade of steel are you using?

I would truly like to see the G-Code and a photo of your CNC machine.

 

While you shave do you use cold, warm or hot water to rinse the blade? When I do cold water shaves (no ice) I still like hot water to rinse my blade.

@Primotenore is a professional entertainer and as such his shaving expenses are deductible.

OMG, they need to be kept at least 6 feet apart, you know, social distancing.

 

Guaranteed if The Veg and Clubman are spilled. Take it to the bank.

 

Sunday shave: I finally realized my focus, testing which razors need a touch up. Today's beast a smiling 8/8 near wedge Silverloaf after being throughly stropped proved it does not need to visit the stones. Since I was going to be out and about a liberal splash of Clubman for social distancing.

 

Clubman is in the green section

 

SOTD SUNDAY MAY 3, 2020

Yesterday’s shave was excellent, although not quite as close as I prefer. My single bar Gillette OT usually brings me to BBS land, but was constrained by healing French Spadson injuries of two days ago. Just to prove I have nothing against French razors I selected my 100 yr old Le Coq Cage Head for today’s shave. This is a moderate to slightly more aggressive shaver, about a 7 on a 10 point scale, and generally provides a highly efficient shave with a fair bit of blade feel. For this shave I decided to try a bit of an experiment. My best vintage shaver is my SE GE Jones Shake Sharp with two stacked blades. Why not try stacked blades in my Le Coq? I really enjoy shaving with Suneko DE blades; so I selected two, aligned them, and loaded the Le Coq.

Six drops of M-Bomb and a bit of ice water in the iced scuttle combined with MrEE’s Custom brush fitted with its hybrid Badger/Boar knot sticky with WK King of Oud paste generated a beautiful, icy, cooling lather. Both dome and face felt great. Madame Le Coq made short work of my whiskers in that first WTG pass mowing them right down to the skin line. The second XTG and third ATG passes brought me very close to BBS land, but didn’t quite make it due to some of the still healing injuries from the Spadson shave. It was BBS everywhere but around the healing areas circling the Adam’s Apple, and in one spot in the back of my head. Great shave! I feel clean, cool, smooth and refreshed.

RAZOR: Le Coq Cage Head
BLADES: 2 Stacked Suneko DE
PREP: Iced water rinse
BRUSH: MrEE Knurled Handle #7
SOAP: Wholly Kaw King of Oud salted with 6 drops of M-Bomb
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with Glyce Glycerin soap followed by Thayers Lavender WH and Royall Lyme AS Splash. Finished with A&E Post-Shave Serum

 

@MrEE
So...... You expect him to let it go for half price?

 

Great shave and cool razor, Jeff!

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No worries I’m not chosen.


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Another straight shave with the Hart Steel. I find that I always get the closest shave after a couple days growth and today was no exception. I was so close to a bbs, that I touched up with a Fatboy FTW. My youngest daughter, upon seeing the disappearance of my fuzzy face, felt it and said. “There are no poky whiskers at all! Success. Mixed it up with a seldom used Omega boar and some TOBS that I’m hoping to kill before years end.

 

It still attracts de wimmin.

 

Excellent shave report and photo Jeff. Very cool looking razor.


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Excellent shave report Randy.


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Is "poky" a new buzzword?

 

Thanks, Clint!

 

Thanks, Jim! Shaving with stacked blades was interesting.