September 30 Day/Rule Focus Pix & Discussion

Great shave, Joe! I hope the job went smoothly. Sounds like a great shave with wonderful memories.

 

Absolutely wonderful shave Bill

 

Never said that, Jeff. What I said was the Feather blade's first shave tends to be harsh, and the second and third shave are terrific and after that it degrades rapidly.

 

Thank you, my friend.

 

Thank you, Gary. Post shave was "ok". Nothing to write home about, but not too bad. These days, I realize that post-shave is the LEAST important aspect of the shave.

 

Very nice Pierpaolo

 

Beautiful photo Andrew. That is one fantastic Bay Rum pairing.


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Beautiful shave and picture Blair

 

Very cool razor Jeff. Congrats.


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Excellent shave Jeff

 

Congrats on the new razor Evan.


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7/8 straights are big, but they are still manageable. You will do fine.

 

Super Stirling Spice shave, Joe! You and I will be smelling great all week!

 

Dr. Mrs. Primo likes me with some facial hair.

 

Thank you for your thoughts on the Gentleman's Nod products, Joe.

 

Thanks, Andrew. I always enjoy trying something new out. There are so many quality shave products out there, it's really impossible to try them all.

 

Stellar shave setup, Evan!

 

I have been through a LOT of B&M soaps, But the Bay Rum is the only one I have decided to keep.

 

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Adventures of Max Headroom Day 2



One of the reasons I pursued open edge shavers was the claim of 'no ingrowns'. It has been mostly true in my case.

For Mach3 shaving, I could only happily continue their use by considering ingrown hairs to be a 'side bonus'.

My lower neck, to the left and right of center grows south to north almost flat to the skin.

In DE shaving I abandoned ATG strokes in that area and chose comfort over closeness as my norm.

On day one of my challenge I threw caution to the wind. Today I see that I seem to be cultivating 2 unwelcome visitors in that area even though I felt zero irritation from a very satisfying shave.

Today I stayed away from ATG strokes in that area as had been my long term routine with standard DE tools. Oddly, every time I used the 100% guard free DE-Vette, I got away with no irritation ATG work.

Today's shave was good except for one small area where I was too much on the cap and compensating with pressure.

I am focusing with this tool to work at a higher blade angle than my usual, staying 'on the edge' at low pressure. So far, so good (Max Headroom uses his mulligan today).

I should use Mountain Man more.

Astra is doing well.

 

Nice, new razor, Evan.