June 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Thank you, Joe!

 

That's great about the students, Joe. Sadly, my 7th and 8th grade wasn't so nice.....in fact, the gym teacher(an X-Marine) treated his classes like we were 7th and 8th grade Marines). When I saw that he had recently passed away, I just shrugged my shoulders without a word. I don't like reacting that way to someone dying, but he was an exception. I'm glad your students see you in a much better way.

 

A fantastic vintage Father's Day shave, Joe!

 

Thank you very much, Joe! Today's report to follow

 

Awesome progress with the Dovo, Jeff! I can't speak as to the arthritis, but I can speak as being a relative newcomer to the blade-forward shave: my first 20 or so shavette shaves rarely got better than CCS on a 2 pass shave. Efficiency came with practice/muscle memory.

Enjoy swimming with the family, and happy Father's Day!

 

Thanks Paul! I have had my own classroom when I taught my subject, but to get that kind of love as a sub is special because you really don't have the juice as a regular teacher. I go into the classroom to have the students do their assignments, but to also to have fun with them. It helps that I have a decent singing voice, do funny voices and play the harmonica as well as make funny faces to break it up.

 

Beautiful pics and wonderful set of shaves, Jason! Relax and enjoy your Father's Day, sir

 

June 21--Just the Basics June
Shavette Shave #100--”Chase Day”

Between it being Fathers Day, Sunday, and a shavette milestone, I decided to pull out all the stops as well as all my faves from the den

Gear

• Razor: Max Headroom Focus R21--the favorite shavette in my stable, sent to me by Bill @Edison Carter
• Blade: Gillette Rubie (1)--a sharp, smooth blade, definitely one of my favorites.
• Brush: JOmegan Boar--the best performer I have is also, coincidentally, the best looking. Jason @jtspartan crafted the handle, loaded it with the wonderful Omega 48 boar knot, and then generously sent it my way. Awesome!
• Soap: Stirling Iced Pineapple (one part) & Glastonbury (two parts)--prepared and chilled with ice water and 4 Frost Drops added
• Menthol: Stirling Frost Drops
• AS: Aqua Velva Ice Blue (2 Frost Drops added; sooo nice and chilly)--I killed the AV, my first-ever AS to bottom out; today I am a man.
• Balm: Stirling Glacial Unscented

The Shave
I struggled mightily between wanting to get the last shavette shave of my 100 run completed and wanting to put my best foot forward to make Sunday special. I like to chase the baby on Sundays and aim for a glassy, comfortable finish--DE’s are how I best accomplish this. My inner dialogue for the last 24 hours has been, “Number 100! But… chase day! But… Number 100! But… chase day!” Over and over again. Ad infinitum. But this morning I woke up with a crazy thought: the two don’t have to be mutually exclusive.

Early in my shavette journey, I realized that I was not going to be getting BBS shaves with a shavette anytime soon. Thus, I instituted Chase Day on Sundays--an opportunity to get super-close Sunday shaves by putting the shavette down, and picking up one of my DE’s. With just one shave left in the 100 run, it was time to see exactly what I could do with a shavette. I have fallen into an automatic pattern or groove in the blade-forward process, so I took some mental notes to record what the shaves look like:

Pass 1 (WTG)
This one goes by pretty quickly, and is completely ambidextrous. It also tends to include trimming the hairline along the back of my neck. I never plan that part (as is evidenced by the fact that there is never any lather there when I do it), but it usually happens nonetheless. Now that I realize this, I should probably include some lather in those areas for pass #1.

Pass 2 (XTG)
This pass used to be the most difficult for me with a shavette. It is ambidextrous on the face, but morphs to a right-hand-only along the neck. Muscle memory has made this pass much easier, but it took the most time to get there.

Pass 3 (ATG/XTG)
The hollows of my neck… ugh! My hair grows from the inside towards the outside on either side of the hollows of my neck. Significant stretching and pulling makes it slightly easier to shave, but I still usually take on that area XTG. Everything else gets the ATG treatment, and all of it with the right hand only, face and neck.

Today was different though. If I’m chasing, the only way to catch the baby is a 100% ATG pass. It was slow going along the ‘deadly hollows’, and the resistance forces along the southernmost tip of the chin always put up an admirable fight, but with a bit of persistence and some touching up I got there--the baby has landed!

Next stop? The Radiumite Co. straight razor. Will get it professionally honed, and myself outfitted with strops and paste (most likely before the beginning of August). Everybody enjoy your Father's Day!

100 shavette shaves under the belt!

 

Thanks, Andrew. It is a very nice Father's Day.

 

Congrats, Tim, on finishing the 100 shave focus. A significant accomplishment, no question.
Fwiw, Many folks, myself included, don’t go truly ATG on parts of the neck consistently.

 

Killer shave and confidence growing with the straight. Well done Jeff

 

With Pomp and Circumstances playing in the background, I hereby declare by the powers invested in me as a Double Jedi Knight, the title Jedi to Tim @timabababaluka for completing 100 shaves with proficiency and mastery. Congratulations in joining the shavette brotherhood Tim!

 

Awesome shaves Jason. Happy Father’s Day!

 

Great shaves, Jason!
Happy Father's Day!

Thank you, Tim!

Awesome 100th shavette shave, Tim! Congrats!
Happy Father's Day!

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Great looking shave Jim. That’s not a good first impression of the shoat knot. I hope it improves.

 

Thank you Jeff and Joe.

 

Wonderful shave Tim. A nice way to
finish off the 100

 

Thanks, Clint!
I'll use the brush again tomorrow and see how it goes.

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Lovely shave and photo Peirpaolo

Looking good Mark.

Great shave and photo Gary.