August 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Discussion in 'Shower or Shave of the Day' started by Primotenore, Jul 31, 2020.

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How are you going to make AUgust your gold medal month?

  1. I am going to choose only the gear that gives me my best shaves.

    4 vote(s)
    20.0%
  2. I am going to experiment with different gear to discover my gold medal shaves.

    4 vote(s)
    20.0%
  3. I am going to use any gear I want, because I can get a gold medal shave from anything.

    14 vote(s)
    70.0%
  4. I am actually allergic to gold, so I am going to go for platinum medal shaves.

    1 vote(s)
    5.0%
  5. I am going to use Gold Medal flour and bake cookies, which have been noticeably absent recently.

    7 vote(s)
    35.0%
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  1. JACarbone

    JACarbone The Oud Dude

    Excellent shave Joe.
     
  2. Droo78

    Droo78 Well-Known Member

    Fantastic Menthol Monday shave, Gary! Both pics are great. :happy088:
    Proraso Green is some good stuff.
     
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  3. Droo78

    Droo78 Well-Known Member

    Wow, what a nice view!
    Great shave, Pierpaolo. I like the looks of the Halo handle with that razor head.
     
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  4. jtspartan

    jtspartan appropriately stimulated, via Netflix

    Looks like a role reversal for sure. In my part of British Columbia, we have had rain for, I believe, 2 days in the past few months. Around here that means forest fires. I went up an old logging road yesterday to get firewood for the lake and got a bird's eye view of a forest fire. This high up would be because of a lightning strike:
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    Looks like snow on the mountain, but that is smoke.
     
  5. clint64

    clint64 Blind Squirrel

    Wow. Gorgeous photos Pierpaolo.


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  6. brit

    brit in a box

    thank you Jim..:)
     
  7. clint64

    clint64 Blind Squirrel

    Thank you Joe.


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  8. clint64

    clint64 Blind Squirrel

    Last night was a damn monsoon.


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  9. Droo78

    Droo78 Well-Known Member

    Excellent view up there, Jason!

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  10. brit

    brit in a box

    thank you Andrew good morning..:)
     
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  11. clint64

    clint64 Blind Squirrel

    That’s rough Jason. It feels like we only had a couple of days with no rain during August.


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  12. jtspartan

    jtspartan appropriately stimulated, via Netflix

    Andrew, was it you who said you really liked Cedars? I thought so, but can't remember exactly. Anyway, here is the view from my deck near Kootenay Lake. Not much of a panorama, but very green:
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  13. Trigger

    Trigger Double Jedi Knight

    Aug 31 SOTD

    Good morning guys!

    Shavette Shave #197
    Parker SRb
    Rockwell 1/2 DE Blade (3)
    Jayaruh #290 Synthetic Brush
    Razorock Classic Shave Soap
    Old Spice Aftershave (P and G)

    It's the last shave of the month!
    I was not looking grubby with a 26hr stubble, but I just wanted to shave. Everything was running smoothly without any problems. I got a nice, smooth, comfortable BBS - shave. Double splashed the Old Spice and it felt really good with just a touch of burn. Have a great day guys! I am off to the gym pretending to be Arnold Schwarzenegger, but in reality, I am more of an overweight version of the 50's and 60's character actor Arnold Stang. Have a great day guys! 20200831_111118.jpg
     
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  14. jtspartan

    jtspartan appropriately stimulated, via Netflix

    It is amazing that campfires haven't been banned yet. That usually always happens with long periods of hot and dry here.
     
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  15. jluc

    jluc smelling pretty

    Very nice, Joe!

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  16. Trigger

    Trigger Double Jedi Knight

    Ty Jim!
     
  17. wristwatchb

    wristwatchb wristwatch "danger" b

    So sorry about the fires, Jason. You live in a beautiful place. Two of our Whaletown, B.C. friends checked in and sent us photos nearly every day this summer. We are ready to go for a visit once things settle down. Hope you are well, and I pray you get some rain.
     
  18. Droo78

    Droo78 Well-Known Member

    Monday's Shave

    1970 Gillette Knack (P4)
    Gillette Platinum (1)
    Omega 49 Boar
    Palmolive Menthol Shaving Cream
    Dickinson's Witch Hazel
    Skin Bracer Aftershave

    Easy menthol shave to start the week and finish the month of August.
    3 passes with the Knack provided a BBS result, but with a slight bit of irritation to each side of the lower Adam's Apple area. This almost always happens with this razor. I know the irritation was caused on the third pass, as I could sense the signals when I did the (now) usual XTG/ATG hybrid. Had I skipped that pass there, I would have been in the clear. Overall, still a nice shave though.

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  19. Droo78

    Droo78 Well-Known Member

    It was me, Jason. I love cedar forests! Great view.
     
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  20. jtspartan

    jtspartan appropriately stimulated, via Netflix

    August 31st
    Canadian New Deluxe w PermaSharp
    Simpson Sovereign/ Resin
    Barrister's Reserve Cool combo
    Thayers
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    Didn't shave at all this weekend out at the lake so once again had a 72 hour growth to harvest this morning. A fresh PermaSharp in the 'Au' New Deluxe easily took care of it. Loaded the heck out of the hydrated Cool (my newish Reserve method)and had 3 nice passes. Maybe some minor sandpaper on my lower right neck, but that is being really picky. Love this scent, and will always have some of the splash on hand, I think.
    It was a weird August for me, as I was only active on the thread for the last half of the month. I had an outstanding month of shaves with fave combos and am looking forward to a few things for September- the focus, the camaraderie, hopefully some shenanigans and hopefully a return to the lathe room.
    Have a great day all!
     
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