July 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Trigger · Jul 15, 2020

brit said: ↑

thank you Bruce.i appreciate your kind words.i enjoy being here.i see a few guys here changing up their gear and thought my gillette obsession was getting stale for some..i can only buy so many razors...i will continue to be here and contribute the best way i can.
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Gary, your collection is not stale by any stretch! It's more diverse, historical and above all beautifully unique.

brit · Jul 15, 2020

jgreenepa said: ↑

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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.
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cool shave and pic Jeff..good morning..

brit · Jul 15, 2020

Trigger said: ↑

Gary, your collection is not stale by any stretch! It's more diverse, historical and above all beautifully unique.
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i appreciate that Joe ,thank you....

Trigger · Jul 15, 2020

clint64 said: ↑

July 15, 2020
Enoch
Semogue Torga C5 Boar
Antiga Barbearia de Bairro
Shave Soap & Chiado Aftershave

Up today is new shave soap and aftershave. Since Antiga Barbearia de Bairro is made in Portugal, I thought I would use my Semogue boar along with the soap. The soap is very hard so the 150g should last a very long time. I found the soap to be very easy to load and lather much like MdC. The soap is lightly scented with a citrus opening over a wood and spice base. I will note that the soap has lanolin so the post shave feel is very good without feeling oily. Three passes and touch ups ended in a drama free BBS shave. The Antiga Chiado aftershave paired well with the soap. It has the same citrus notes over spice and wood. The scent is stronger than the soap but not over the top. Think more SV aftershave scent strength than PAA aftershave. I hope everyone has a great Wednesday.
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Love citrus scented soaps! That's a shave fit for an emperor! Have a great day, Clint!

clint64 · Jul 15, 2020

jgreenepa said: ↑

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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

Great looking shave and photo Jeff. The Genco sounds like a real winner.
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH and Osage Rub. Finished with Fine Accoutrements Snake Bite AS Splash.
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Primotenore · Jul 15, 2020

July Focus

Vintage Yardley~~Rubberset 400/3~~Gillette #44/Personna 74
The theme of today's shave:

First shave with a new puck of Yardley.
Not my first experience with Yardley, as I have owned and used the Black Label and the Red/Black Label.
Cracked the still-sealed container and lightly-bloomed the rock-hard, albeit somewhat fragrant soap.
The Rubberset had zero issues ripping into the soap and created this gorgeous goo:

Stunning in every way.
Unbelievably slick
Nice, subtile scent
Dense, yet shiny and yogurty lather
Uber-protective
Post-shave extraordinaire
The Gillette was loaded with the multi-use Personna 74 and man-oh-man did it perform well.
Baby in the house, y'all.
I would put this soap up against THE most expensive artisan soap of today---Seriously.
Finished with what I believe my Welsh grandfather used to use. I can't prove it,
but I have this distant memory of this bottle in his bathroom.
The Yardley After Shaving Lotion is a very light, crisp, perhaps citrusy scent.
Not intrusive at all. Left my kisser extremely kissable.
Since Keith has not yet copyrighted this:
Epic Shave.
Booyakasha.

clint64 · Jul 15, 2020

FaceScraper said: ↑

Stunning setup and photo today, Clint! Congrats on the new software...sounds like a winner.
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Thank you Bruce. As I finish softer artisan soaps, I am making a real effort to replace them with harder soaps. I plan to keep a few artisan soaps around but end up with mostly harder soaps.

Primotenore · Jul 15, 2020

clint64 said: ↑

July 15, 2020
Enoch
Semogue Torga C5 Boar
Antiga Barbearia de Bairro
Shave Soap & Chiado Aftershave

Up today is new shave soap and aftershave. Since Antiga Barbearia de Bairro is made in Portugal, I thought I would use my Semogue boar along with the soap. The soap is very hard so the 150g should last a very long time. I found the soap to be very easy to load and lather much like MdC. The soap is lightly scented with a citrus opening over a wood and spice base. I will note that the soap has lanolin so the post shave feel is very good without feeling oily. Three passes and touch ups ended in a drama free BBS shave. The Antiga Chiado aftershave paired well with the soap. It has the same citrus notes over spice and wood. The scent is stronger than the soap but not over the top. Think more SV aftershave scent strength than PAA aftershave. I hope everyone has a great Wednesday.
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Nice, new gear, Clint. Well-photographed.

blondblue · Jul 15, 2020

brit said: ↑

fine shave Paul,good morning..
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Hi Gary. Thank you. Y'know, I probably shaved with this Clubman duo many times in my teens. The trend continues through today, as we see, and will continue through my "elder years"(course at 63 I'm approaching them).

clint64 · Jul 15, 2020

Trigger said: ↑

Love citrus scented soaps! That's a shave fit for an emperor! Have a great day, Clint!
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Thank you Joe.

Trigger · Jul 15, 2020

Paul Turner said: ↑

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).
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That's a nice shave Paul! Have a great day!

jluc · Jul 15, 2020

jgreenepa said: ↑

View attachment 230409
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.
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Nice, Jeff!
Major design flaw in AC blades?

Trigger said: ↑

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

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blondblue · Jul 15, 2020

Trigger said: ↑

That's a nice shave Paul! Have a great day!
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Thanks Joe, you too. Might come back with it tomorrow for Throwback Thursday.

clint64 · Jul 15, 2020

Primotenore said: ↑

July Focus

Vintage Yardley~~Rubberset 400/3~~Gillette #44/Personna 74
The theme of today's shave:

First shave with a new puck of Yardley.
Not my first experience with Yardley, as I have owned and used the Black Label and the Red/Black Label.
Cracked the still-sealed container and lightly-bloomed the rock-hard, albeit somewhat fragrant soap.
The Rubberset had zero issues ripping into the soap and created this gorgeous goo:

Stunning in every way.
Unbelievably slick
Nice, subtile scent
Dense, yet shiny and yogurty lather
Uber-protective
Post-shave extraordinaire
The Gillette was loaded with the multi-use Personna 74 and man-oh-man did it perform well.
Baby in the house, y'all.
I would put this soap up against THE most expensive artisan soap of today---Seriously.
Finished with what I believe my Welsh grandfather used to use. I can't prove it,
but I have this distant memory of this bottle in his bathroom.
The Yardley After Shaving Lotion is a very light, crisp, perhaps citrusy scent.
Not intrusive at all. Left my kisser extremely kissable.
Since Keith has not yet copyrighted this:
Epic Shave.
Booyakasha.

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Wonderful shave report and photos Joseph. I am really coming to appreciate well done subtile scents of soaps and aftershaves.

blondblue · Jul 15, 2020

Primotenore said: ↑

July Focus

Vintage Yardley~~Rubberset 400/3~~Gillette #44/Personna 74
The theme of today's shave:

First shave with a new puck of Yardley.
Not my first experience with Yardley, as I have owned and used the Black Label and the Red/Black Label.
Cracked the still-sealed container and lightly-bloomed the rock-hard, albeit somewhat fragrant soap.
The Rubberset had zero issues ripping into the soap and created this gorgeous goo:

Stunning in every way.
Unbelievably slick
Nice, subtile scent
Dense, yet shiny and yogurty lather
Uber-protective
Post-shave extraordinaire
The Gillette was loaded with the multi-use Personna 74 and man-oh-man did it perform well.
Baby in the house, y'all.
I would put this soap up against THE most expensive artisan soap of today---Seriously.
Finished with what I believe my Welsh grandfather used to use. I can't prove it,
but I have this distant memory of this bottle in his bathroom.
The Yardley After Shaving Lotion is a very light, crisp, perhaps citrusy scent.
Not intrusive at all. Left my kisser extremely kissable.
Since Keith has not yet copyrighted this:
Epic Shave.
Booyakasha.

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I always had fun as a teen with Yardley "Soap On A Rope"(in the shower), but I guess I just didn't have enough confidence that it also comes in aftershave and shave soap(course I never really got into the shave soap persuasion until joining TSD).

brit · Jul 15, 2020

wednesday shave
brit/french market new lc/148 cap/44 handle
7 oclock blue
made-rite #62 lucite pure badger
tobs eton college
good morning gents,pulled out a rare one for today,a british new lc for the french market,7 oclock blue combo,fabulous tobs lather built with a made rite #62 lucite badger,2+ pass bbs was the result.tobs aftershave to finish..awesome..have a fine day everyone..

clint64 · Jul 15, 2020

Primotenore said: ↑

Nice, new gear, Clint. Well-photographed.
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Thank you Joseph. I hope you have a great day.

blondblue · Jul 15, 2020

brit said: ↑

wednesday shave
brit/french market new lc/148 cap/44 handle
7 oclock blue
made-rite #62 lucite pure badger
tobs eton college
good morning gents,pulled out a rare one for today,a british new lc for the french market,7 oclock blue combo,fabulous tobs lather built with a made rite #62 lucite badger,2+ pass bbs was the result.tobs aftershave to finish..awesome..have a fine day everyone..
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I love seeing a shave product with the word "Gentleman" on it .

clint64 · Jul 15, 2020

brit said: ↑

wednesday shave
brit/french market new lc/148 cap/44 handle
7 oclock blue
made-rite #62 lucite pure badger
tobs eton college
good morning gents,pulled out a rare one for today,a british new lc for the french market,7 oclock blue combo,fabulous tobs lather built with a made rite #62 lucite badger,2+ pass bbs was the result.tobs aftershave to finish..awesome..have a fine day everyone..
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Simply beautiful Gary

brit · Jul 15, 2020

Primotenore said: ↑

July Focus

Vintage Yardley~~Rubberset 400/3~~Gillette #44/Personna 74
The theme of today's shave:

First shave with a new puck of Yardley.
Not my first experience with Yardley, as I have owned and used the Black Label and the Red/Black Label.
Cracked the still-sealed container and lightly-bloomed the rock-hard, albeit somewhat fragrant soap.
The Rubberset had zero issues ripping into the soap and created this gorgeous goo:

Stunning in every way.
Unbelievably slick
Nice, subtile scent
Dense, yet shiny and yogurty lather
Uber-protective
Post-shave extraordinaire
The Gillette was loaded with the multi-use Personna 74 and man-oh-man did it perform well.
Baby in the house, y'all.
I would put this soap up against THE most expensive artisan soap of today---Seriously.
Finished with what I believe my Welsh grandfather used to use. I can't prove it,
but I have this distant memory of this bottle in his bathroom.
The Yardley After Shaving Lotion is a very light, crisp, perhaps citrusy scent.
Not intrusive at all. Left my kisser extremely kissable.
Since Keith has not yet copyrighted this:
Epic Shave.
Booyakasha.

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awesome shave and pic Joseph.very classy..

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July 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

What are your shaves going to look like in July?

Nothing but the finest gear for my shaves.

Actually, I am a Barbarian, so I’ll shave with whatever I want!

Who was Julius Caesar, really?

Who made the salad?

I don’t answer polls, they’re all fixed.

I don’t recognize this thread, am I on the correct website?

We don’t need no stinking polls. (That’s for you, Paul)

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What are your shaves going to look like in July?

Nothing but the finest gear for my shaves.

Actually, I am a Barbarian, so I’ll shave with whatever I want!

Who was Julius Caesar, really?

Who made the salad?

I don’t answer polls, they’re all fixed.

I don’t recognize this thread, am I on the correct website?

We don’t need no stinking polls. (That’s for you, Paul)

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