July 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Head of the class shave Paul!

 

Nice pic and setup Mark! It's a shame that Polsilvers have been discontinued.

 

Great shave and hope you have a great time with your mother Clint!

 

It sounded like you were doing great with the shave until the nicks. Have a great day, Maestro!

 

Beautiful razor and and awesome shave Gary! Have a wonderful day!

 

I would say that you had an oudie, but goody shave, Andrew!

 

Terrific shave and picture, Andrew!

Thank you, Joe! Nice Saturday to you too!

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Sure was Joe...thank you .

 

Gym, thank you for giving me a "like". In fact, I just returned from the jim.

 

thank you Joe,yourself as well..

 

sunday sneak peak..

 

thank you Joe..you too..

 

Thanks, Joe!
I really enjoyed it.

 

Thank you, Jim!

 

July 25 Sat. Special Afternoon shave!

Good afternoon gents!

Shavette Shave #180
Parker SRB
Van der Hagen 1/2 Blade (2)
JR #290 Synthetic Brush
Chiseled Face Cryogen SS (New Puck) and AS
Ok, this is my 2 out of 10 shaves with this new puck of Cryogen. I was going to wait until thus evening, but it is hot so why not cool off with this shave ASAP. Did my new prep technique by drenching my face with the brush a number of times and squeeze the water out as much as possible only leaving damp tips. Dotted the brush a few times and started to face lather. It looks like there is nothing on the brush, but when I face lather I get a nice, slick lather. Now, it's not thick at all because I am not heavy loading the brush. I still add water as I am facelathering and let my say it really does trick. Needed only 2 passes without touchups to get an IBSS++ without mishaps on a 27 hr stubble. Since this heat wave, my time between shaves has been significantly shorter because I am cooling off with Cryogen. I have 8 more shaves with my experimenting with my new technique to try and avert another gelatinous mess. So I will be shaving everyday to really put it through a rigorous course. Anyway, splashed a double portion of the aftershave and I still feel the tingles. Stay cool guys!

 

Very nice, Joe!

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Excellent cool down shave, Joe!
Do you leave the top off the soap between shaves? Just wondering if that might have a positive effect on the soap's consistency.

 

Thanks Jim!

Thanks Andrew! I have always left the puck uncapped and upside down until the next day. I surmise the problem that I had with the first puck with Cryogen was that I had too much water in the puck despite squeezing excess water from the brush. The high concentration of menthol is water sensitive that it keeps it and prevents some of it to evaporate it. So every time I use the soap, I am adding more water that will be trapped in this soap. Therefore, the cumulative effect of the water will turn this soap in a gelatinous mess. Now, if it does get to that point, the soap is still usuable because it will still give you a slick lather. This is my explanation as to why I had this problem of the soap turning into a gel. Again, I will see how it turns out 8 shaves from now.

 

Interesting. Menthol absorbing the water seems like a potential culprit.

 

Delightful looking shave, and photo, Gary!
Is the handle the biggest difference with the Deluxe Criterion?