July 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

awesome new set up and pic Clint,good morning..

 

Thank you the scales are synthetic, G10 I think.

 

July 15, 2020

Wolfman WR2-OC with WRH& SS
Wizamet Super Iridium
Grizzly Bay Omega 10098
Saponificio Varesino Opuntia
CRSW Juniper Aftershave
ADP Ginepro di Sardegna

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Antiga Barbearia de Bairro sounds like a winner amigo. Sweet photo!

 

awesome shave and pic Mark..

 

Thanks Gary! Have a great day!

 

Thanks Joe!

 

Both Keith’s and Bruce’s comments very much on point for me as well Gary. Love reading your razor histories and thoughts on them, as well as seeing you use and enjoy them!

May, June & July has been over the top busy for me. Even my ‘drive by postings’ are too far in between. Trying to fix that.....but stuff keeps breaking or piling on!

 

Thank you Gary and Happy Wednesday.


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Great looking photo Mark. Love the brush.


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Thank you Mark. I like the set.


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Y'know, usually I don't post comments when I do simple "can" shaves, but this morning called for one. I had the Clubman can, and just like Barbasol it comes out like a squiggly snake(or worm), which drives me nuts, but it still works. I just had a small nick just over the upper lip, and I missed the area just below the right ear(end of the jawline). What a nice fresh clean feel you get(and scent, of course...it's Clubman after all). Cactus Nation welcomed it with open arms. Clubman aftershave to finish(the Original scent). Most Excellent. (By the way, I shampooed in the shower with Clubman Country Club to set it up for it all to come together, but this isn't the Shampoo Den-although there is a thread relative to shampoos).

 

Sorry about the shave Keith.

 

SOTD WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020

What a wonderful Wednesday shave! The new-to-me Genco 35 continues to perform beautifully without daily stropping! I really like this razor! A very experienced straight shaver/mentor on one of the larger straight razor forums informed me that there was no need to strop the Genco daily. He claimed to have gone over 20 shaves between strops on his, my kind of guy! Just swapped my virtually unused Merkur 34 for a brand new Monsieur Charles Barber’s Razor which uses injector blades. After reading a series of horror stories on half DE shavettes, I’ve decided to steer clear. I like variety (comes from 50 yrs with a Schick Krona). The Feather and Monsieur Charles should be fine. Looked at the IBC shavette, but there is a major design flaw with AC blades. Since my favorite blades are AC and injectors, my Feather SS and Monsieur Charles should meet my needs nicely.

I've said elsewhere that my favorite shaving Gillettes are the New Standard, Deluxe and LC. I enjoy shaving with Old Types, of which I own two, in addition to this early production (1920) Big Fellow with the Old Type head design. Later production near the end of the 20s featured a New Standard head design. While the Old Type is a better than average shaver, this king size version is a truly spectacular shaver and definitely holds it own with the Gillette New models. I imagine a late production Big Fellow with the New flat bottom design would be an even better shaver, if that’s possible. The late model Big Fellow is the only safety razor I would snap up if one in good condition came my way. The only safety razor currently on order is the Tradere. I’ve cancelled my Wolfman order. I’ve more than enough razor variety to keep the shave interest up at this point.

I’ve learned both here, elsewhere and personally that a thinner, more slippery lather is best for a straight razor shave. The beauty of Pannacrema Nuavia Blu is its incredible slickness. So for the mug shave I used a bit more water and achieved a great slick platform. In fact I initially worried that the stropping advice wasn’t so good since it felt for the first time like the Genco was just scooping the lather off my face until I noticed the copious amount of shorn whiskers in the lather. Still struggling with the ATG pass on my neck, but everything above the jaw was a clean VBBS with a DFS+ below the jaw. The Big Fellow brought the roughness around the Adam’s Apple to the VBBS level in short order, and did the same for the dome where that great Jayaruh brush generated the kind of thick, yogurty lather I prefer for my safety razor shaves. The post shave skin feel is great with this soap. I feel refreshed, cool, clean and oh so velveteen!

RAZOR: Genco 35 (Mug), Gillette Big Fellow (Dome)
BLADE: Kai (1)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Rabid Banana Preshave Cube
BRUSH: Jayaruh Custom Rosewood Silvertip Badger #378
SOAP: Pannacrema Nuavia Blu w/ 6 drops of M-Bomb
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH and Osage Rub. Finished with Fine Accoutrements Snake Bite AS Splash.

 

You're firmly planted in this thread, and a major contributor. Being a hobby for most of us, changing gear is somewhat a given. We appreciate you keeping us rooted in the traditional Gillettes, which was the beginning of many folks headed down this rabbit hole of traditional shaving. You also have many variations that most of either don't have, or haven't seen. Keep on keepin' on, Gary!
And, keep that chin up. Things will improve for you.

 

fine shave Paul,good morning..

 

Stunning setup and photo today, Clint! Congrats on the new software...sounds like a winner.

 

Your pics pick me up Jim! Thanks! Oh, great shave, too!

 

Jeff, next summer might be my time to finally make a play for Osage. There should still be enough Stoylin Glacial Lime for me too, so I could be "sittin' pretty" when it comes to those hot humid days.

 

thank you..