July 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Wonderful colors Jim. Congrats on the new razor, I am sure you'll have it dialed in shortly.

 

Beautiful handle on the Vie-Long, Pierpaolo.

 

Simply beautiful Pierpaolo. Lovely brush.

 

Thanks, Bruce!

Thank you, Joseph.
I did turn the bathroom exhaust fan off midway through my shave so I could better hear the razor doing its work.

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Thank you, Clint!

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July 20, 2020
Rex Ambassador (6.5)
Feather
Heritage Collection Dubl Duck with TnS Gel Boar
AOS Lavender Shave Cream
Fine Lavender Pour Homme

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Today I bowl lathered the AOS Lavender cream with the gel boar with good results. I will give it a go with soaps next weekend. I decided to break out the Rex for this week. I loaded a new Feather and set the razor to 6.5. I can safely say that it does not matter if you use a shallow or a steep angle the Rex will bite hard if you don't pay attention. What is it with me and cuts this week. I need to focus more or pick up the OneBlade. Three passes and touch ups did catch the baby. Despite the cuts it was a pretty good shave. I hope everyone has a great Monday.

 

Sorry about the cuts, Clint, awesome picture though!

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Thank you Jim. I am sure I will get my mojo back soon.

 

Nice B&W, Clint! Sorry about the cuts, but at least you still managed to squeak out a decent shave. Hoping for a smooth workweek for you.

 

Nice shave, Keith.

 

Nice chiller, Jim! The razor even looks frosty.

 

Thank you, Andrew!
It was quite the face freezer.

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Thank you Bruce. I’ve jacked up my back somehow and have not been sleeping well. I need to do the therapy exercises to loosen everything up.

 

First-rate black and white, Clint! Love the shave setup.
Addressing the recent cuts, has your pre-shave coffee intake level been out of balance?

 

I am talking to the guy who photobombed your picture. 아직 감옥에 있는 줄 알았습니다

After lots of searches and a long wait I got it on the 'bay. It looks gorgeous but is scritchy or it would see more use. At least I did not pay too much for it.

 

SOTD MONDAY, JULY 20, 2020

Really enjoying the restored Schick Type F. It delivered a beautiful VBBS dome shave on its MWF cushion of slick, yogurty lather. The Mug shave went well also. A three pass (WTG, ATG, XTG) DFS++ with two weeps on the third pass. I’ve discovered that the most challenging pass for me is that XTG third pass. One of the guys on the SRP forum mentioned how the consistent use of MWF seemed to minimize nicks and weepers because of the amount of lanolin in that soap versus other soaps. That’s definitely been my experience this morning.

I’ve also learned that stopping a stroke can easily result in a nick or weep. The hold for the XTG is still not fully ingrained in my muscle memory yet. Thus my stopping mid stroke when my non-dominant right stretching hand slipped off my left earlobe resulted in a nick on the right cheek. When I finished the left side (non-dominant) there was another very slight weeper. A regular part of my shave process is to wash my face with the MWF brush squeezings and leave it on my face for about a minute while I clean up the shave area before applying WH.

After rinsing the MWF off, I reached for the styptic gel only to discover that there was no longer any bleeding. Intrigued, I did some brief research only to discover that lanolin can elicit allergic reactions in some people, but also has well-known healing occlusive properties, in other words it prevents the evaporation of water and helps skin heal in non-allergic subjects. It’s a prescribed treatment for rashes and raw skin. So maybe there is something to it. Of course, both my cuts were very minor, so who’s to say definitively, not me! What I can say is that in this case it appeared to work! I feel refreshed, cool, clean, and on my dome and my cheeks, oh so velveteen.

RAZOR: Lord 6/8 (Mug), Schick Type F (Dome)
BLADE: Schick B-20 Proline
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Rabid Banana Preshave Cube
BRUSH: JR #343 Synthetic
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat w/ 6 drops of M-Bomb
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH and Osage Rub.

 

Great shave and report, Jeff!

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The elite shavers use Tabac.

 

Nice shave, Jeff!
Term of the day: Occlusive Properties. Thanks for the assistance in adding that to my linguistic repertoire .