Thanks.

Excellent shaves, Jason! I hope you've enjoyed you day. Happy Father's Day!

Thank you Joe.

@PanChango

Happy Birthday

Thank you. It ended up being a pretty nice day all around.

Fantastic shave report, Tim! Congrats on getting to #100, catching the baby and finishing the AV bottle. Happy Father's Day!

Great shave and photo, Clint! No matter the lighting or backdrop, that gear always looks fantastic.
Happy Father's Day and I hope you had a great one!

Sounds like a nice shave. Happy Birthday!

Just the Basics June

Sunday's Shave

Merkur 15C
Personna 'Platinum Chrome' (1)
Wild West Brushworks
Wilkinson Sword Shaving Soap Stick
Pinaud Lime Sec

Happy Father's Day to all you fathers!
The Merkur 15C was the 2nd DE razor I ever bought. I was still early on in learning about razor characteristics and just by its appearance, thought it would be a more "aggressive" razor. I really didn't even know what that meant at the time. What I found was that it is a very smooth, comfortable and mild razor.

I used what ended up being a new blade to me today. What I thought I was getting was a new pack of Made in the US, Personna Lab Blues, in the compact 100 box pack. These blades, although they do come in the same type pack just with a more updated logo, are made in Germany and are labeled "Platinum Chrome' on the blade. Either way, they were a really great blade and I look forward to using them again (I do have 99 more of them). They were part of the Father's Day gift from my two kids.

The Wilkinson Sword shave stick provided a cushy, slick lather today and it smells fantastic. I've only used it a handful of times, but I've enjoyed it each one.
2 passes for a DFS and nothing even close to irritation. I finished off the shave with another part of my kids' present to me - Pinaud Lime Sec. What a great scent and I see why lots of you have it! To me, it starts off smelling like a lime flavored green candy sucker, but then dries down to a sort of soapy Irish Spring scent.

Thank you, Andrew! Oddly enough, finishing a bottle of AV was almost as big a deal for me as all the others

Hope you had a great Father's Day

Fantastic photo, shave, and report, Andrew--you got some pretty sweet Father's Day gifts! I've often wondered about the Lime Sec, but then again, I've wondered about all the other ones as well. I'm very tempted to get the travel-size sample pack on the Clubman website so I can try them all.

We'll be alright. I'm glad you're hanging tough. Do it.

Random thread hijack

Just the Basics June!

June 21

Razor - The Wunderbar
Blade -
Soap - Blood on Steel 2018
Brush - 30DC LE Meet Up w/ SynBad bulb
Post - Alum

Happy first day of summer! Well, technically second day since the 20th was the official solstice, but summer is here! Hope you had some fun on a hot day to help shake off some rust and dust from the long hard winter and spring we had. Hopefully we won't be going back to that anytime soon! Decided I'd Wunderbar it tonight with a Voskhod. Best Russian steel and a totally cool and awesome slant. Can't beat that. I wanted to use the Blood on Steel from our very first meet up in 2018. And, of course, I used the LE brush from @jtspartan from the meetup in 2019. Three passes and I'm as smooth as a cue ball. No worries at all. For those who attended the meet up last year - you were in St. Louis, or very close to it. We met on the weekend of the 21-23 in June last year. It was a great time, and I hope we can do it again next year when things have settled down.

Now, for some news. As many of you know, if not most, this thread got its start on January 1, 2015. It's the brainchild of our own one and only Chris @Bama Samurai . I was a charter member. And, as it grew slowly but surely through 2015 and into 2016, he found himself a moderator around these parts. So, he asked me to take over the day to day stuff around the 30 DC. Glad to help. And, lo and behold, a bunch of newer guys got involved and we are now the monster we've become since them! I've rarely missed a day around here and I'm extremely proud of what we have all built. True friendships have evolved from this group. None closer than Chris and I. Brothers from a different mother. Others have had the same experience and, if you come to the meet up next year (hopefully) you'll see exactly what I mean. Shaving's our game, but it goes much deeper than that.

I know some of you have noticed that I've been a bit quieter in the past several months than normal. It's been a difficult year for me on a personal level. I won't go into any gory details, but the time has come to take some time and finish up some "remodeling" I've been doing on myself. I'll be honest, it's a break I wouldn't be taking if it wasn't required. But it is, and for good reason. This will be my final post on TSD and in the 30DC for some time. No, I'm not quitting the board or the thread. I'll be back. Which means, for you in the 30DC, keep it real and keep it going! I expect to see you all and spend a lot of time catching up when the time comes. Thank you so much for all the guys here who have made this such a special place and will continue to do so.

So, with that said, I will turn the reins back into the capable hands of Chris until my return. And, once I'm back, who knows where we might take this? Or how it might have evolved as it always has into something bigger than all of us. Good shaves, everyone. You're in my thoughts.

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Neal...

I promise... I will uphold the high standards of the 30DC and the RBC.

It's important in life to take care of biz.

You are forever the permanent host of this thread. I will jump in and try to be as awesome as you've been.

I will fail... So hurry back.

Love all y'all

Chris

Your presence will always be felt and I will miss you and look forward to your return. Hurry back.

Do what you need to do to be a better you Neal. Take care of yourself.

Thanks, Tim! That's a good idea with the samples. I did that with the Fine aftershaves by getting samples of them all.

I trust the break will be a success for you, Neal. Can’t wait for you to be back in the Czar’s throne.

Congrats on the great Father’s Day gifts, Andrew. Very cool.