September 30 Day/Rule Focus Pix & Discussion

Great shavette shave, Charlie! Glad it went well despite the red line!

 

Very nice Douglas

 

SEptember - Shave #2
SE Shave #146
Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: PAA Injector - Type L
Blade: Persona Injector
Brush: Jack Skully
Lather: Williams Mug Soap
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue
Additional Care:
Thayer's Witch Hazel - Aloe Vera
Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm

I decided to go old school this morning. The Williams Mug soap was one of the first soaps I used along with the Old Spice puck when I started my wet shaving journey as a teenage in the mid ‘70’s.

AS a young kid, I marveled at how my paternal grandfather would whip up a nice lather with his boar brush. Being intrigued, I gravitated to this form of shaving.

While attending college, I did not take my wet shaving paraphernalia with. E. I settled for the more modern software and hardware. The software would include Barbersol, Noxema and Edge to name a few. The hardware included the Mach II, Wilkerson Bonded and a few cartridge razors.

In the mid 90’s I gathered my senses and began wet shaving once again. Of course I still had some back modern software to dabble in. Around that time I picked up the Merkur 37c and in 2020 my first straight.

Fast forward to the Fall of 2017 when I came across a few shaving forums on Google + and FB. I manageD to join TSD in the Summer of 2019, however, I did not become active until this past May When Jeff, @jgreenepa, reaches out to me and encouraged my participation in this fine group. Jeff had been aware of my enjoyment of this hobby on another FB site, The Shave Bowl a d ECWS. Thank you Jeff.

I enjoy the genuine sincerity and passion of this group.
Oh yeah I had a nice shave this morning. The Williams did tend to leave my face a little dry but the Stirling balm took care of that issue.

 

Thank you very much, Jason!
As far as my brush reference - I bought the brush off a BST. It was indeed a shedder, and ticked me off enough that it got reknotted with a TGN knot. This was quite some time ago, and I still don’t know how I feel about this knot. Some days I kinda like it, other days I don’t.

 

Paul.

 

Looks like you saw my response to Joe, just above your question. Basically, I use any hold that works, and is controllable/comfortable (which builds confidence to put a crazy sharp edge against skin and move it). This applies with any open edge for me. I use both hands. Sometimes I'm using holds that is seen in videos, sometimes I'm holding it like a pocket knife and any grip in between.

For me, it's results matters scenario (that'd I'd happily test with a cotton ball).....rather than how I got there (which also applies to almost everything for me)...manuals? videos?

 

It was a good start considering your 3 month hiatus, Charlie!

 

Love the vintage look and feel of that Schick Revere shave Bruce!

Samples SEptember. Nice idea!

 

That's an excellent shave Joe, but Williams doesn't do well with our hard water. Are you using distilled water to get the Williams to lather well?

 

Fabulous my friend.

 

Wonderful shave Clint.

 

You are just killing it Jeff with you straight adventures

 

I did not have a problem generating a nice lather. I did forget to add a few drops of glycerin to the bowl. I did not use our wonderful SCWA water.

 

Thanks Andrew!

In the most straight forward Japanese to English translation. Kamisori means razor. Diving in a little deeper, the belief is that Kamisoris were the style of a razor that existed before straight razors (with scales and an even grind).

 

Awesome vintage setup Andrew! Very cool bottle.

 

Excellent shave Clint!

 

Adding glycerin and not using our water would certainly produce a nice lather, but since you didn't use glycerin and our tap water, then what did you use?

 

Absolutely stunning shave. That is one beautiful razor.

 

Nice shave Pierpaolo

 

Great old school shave, Joe! Glad you're a part of the Crew!

Thanks!

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