September 30 Day/Rule Focus Pix & Discussion

SOTD 20200913 PLshaving
by IschiaPP @ Forio
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Pennellificio Pandolfo “Zenith ilRasoio”
Limited Edition 2014, Syntex, Synth, Gen1, 22x57x110mm
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PLshaving by Paky33@ilRasoio
Gamma Prototype Shaving Soap / Homme Bioemulsione
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TNNSER3D V3 Tannhäuser 2.3 Clear Resin 3D Laser Print
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GEM by Personna SE Stainless Steel PTFE Coated #1
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Ischia Thermae “Natural Spray” EDT Vapo
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#Shave #WetShaving #WetShavers
#ShaveOfTheDay #ShaveLikeaMan
#ShavingSoap #Test



Full size:
https://imgur.com/XoDtYSz
Soundtrack:
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
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It’s much like the age old question...

I’ll second Jason’s comment. That is some phenomenal work Evan. Simply beautiful!

 

What were we talking about?

 

What's the help you need? Finding it a new home??? JK.
Very nice, Evan.

 

Thanks, Paul. It's just such an iconic font.

 

x2
Soaps can present more of a challenge. But not much more...

 

Sept 13th


Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements SS, ASB, AS&C - Doppelgänger Black
HC Ever Ready 3-Step - 26mm Envy Shave 2 band badger
Rigarazor 8/8

Day 2 of G7DC. Great shave again this morning, alarm going off too early. No issues with the CK6 soap and HC loaded with the Envy Shave badger knot, great smelling slick face lather. 2 passes with the Rigarazor, no shenanigans. I did bring a smaller travel strop, so it’s edge is staying super sharp. PAA’s Star Jelly and Doppelgänger Black AS & C finishing off the ritual. Great start to another busy day!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday!

 

Thanks, for clarifying! It’s a great-looking razor!

 

Gorgeous, Evan! I would contact Fendrihan or Executive Shaving, speaking as a retired marketer, they have a ready demographic that would really go for just such a brush handle, although you could probably upmarket even more with a Manchurian/Silvertip Badger knot! Alpha Shaving might be another vendor interested in such a product!

 

That brush looks awesome, Evan! Well done, sir! Congrats!

 

Beautiful photo and setup, Pierpaolo!

 

Awesome shave and photo, Blair! You travel in style.

 

It will...eventually. I still have two more straights to finish restoring before getting the party started. Someday.....

Thank you, Joe! It's been a nice month with the SE's so far.

 

Beautiful, gentlemen, just beautiful!

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Agreed.

 

Thanks Bruce! Um....uh, you notice the paint color on the wall!?! It’s, shall we say....questionable. At least it was a room with a full sized shower, sink and ice cold AC....and I keep packed a nice comfy camping mattress and sleeping bag.

 

Bill, I don’t know if I agree completely with you, as my path was quite different. I literally spent half a century single pass shaving ( if you could call it that) with a Schick Krona DE. That may have conditioned me to feel comfortable with just about any DE. In my case, it appears I am incapable of shaving with pivoting head razors. I never shaved with carts, so ‘negative pressure’ in the safety razor category is second nature to me! I understand pressure with electric razors which I shaved with when traveling, although I never liked them. When I tried the Genesis I didn’t understand the pressure required and ended up cutting myself with the supposedly uncuttable razor. Things were better with the Broman, but the shave was very unsatisfactory. So in that sense there does seem to be a wider variety of techniques required for the masterful safety razor shaver amongst whom I would put @clint64, @jmudrick and @jluc who have mastered the broad range of techniques necessary for the supremely capable safety razor shaver - carts, pivoting head single edge, Gems, DEs, AC safety razors and injectors. I personally feel comfortable and capable with just about any fixed head safety razor, am coming into my own with straight razors, but am still fumbling about in the Barber’s razor/shavette arena. The Feather AC DX Barber’s razor is my current focus. I feel very comfortable with the Feather AC SS lower end offering, both folding and Kamisori. I have no interest in DE Shavettes. So, yes, I would agree with you with respect to the broader safety razor category. The Rolls, Darwin and all extinct proprietary blade razors are excluded, although I would bet our resident razor design historian, Jeff Mudrick, has probably shaved with most if not all of them.

 

Great shave, Blair! Your Riga Razor has a French Point or is that just the angle of the photo? That is a beautiful razor! Makes me want to shave with my new Riga, but it’ll just have to wait another five days. By the way, thanks for the pointers or at least blessing for DX non-traditional direct blade holds. It really did the trick. Enjoy your day!

 

I second that, Drew Dick makes an excellent razor. The thinnest ground razor I ever experienced was a Drew Dick