April 2021 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion. ALL ARE WELCOME!

Fantastic Fat Friday shave Danny

 

Great score Andrew. Seen them here but they want about 40 bucks for one . Is that a VDH brush?

 

Awesome Dave

 

Fantastic Fat shave Clint

 

Thank you Patrick

 

Yes, it is a VDH brush. A few years ago, I think it was Walmart had them on clearance. I bought a bunch of them. I’ve given quite a few of them away. Decent brush, for the price, especially the clearance price.
I paid $24 before tax for the razor. It was priced at $29, but I had a $5 off coupon. Not to bad I guess. I have seen for sale (new in the box )cheaper on eBay.

 

We're here for 'ya, Paul.

 

SOTD FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 2021

I thought I might have to spend all night on this Shumate 5/8 Tungsten steel wavy old edge! That is some hard steel! The 1k scratch pattern just didn’t want to polish away! The Norton 4/8k finally made some progress, then the Naniwa 12k smoothed out most of the roughness. It was three sets of successively diluted slurries on the jasper, however, that left me with the mirror bright, styrofoam popping bevel I like. Two rounds of pasted and one leather stropping delivered whisker melting perfection, in the prior process requiring a variety of strokes on the stones that one well-known honemeister refers to as hone gymnastics.

Nevertheless, despite all that, the result was an epic buttery smooth three pass mug shave for the history books. I sometimes wonder if there are some steels one could continue to shave with without maintenance stropping. It’s just that when one gets the kind of edges I’ve managed to coax out of the stones lately, you feel like you’re on a roll! My friend, Bill, tells me that I wouldn’t have to go through all the hone gymnastics I currently do, if I were willing to learn bumpy hones (ie convex hones). Given how well I do with flat hones, the jury’s still out. There’s really not much to say about my noggin shave. All I’ll say is I used the Nickel-plated Shake Sharp model. All my three Shake Sharps deliver flawless, dolphin smooth dome shaves, and this morning’s was no exception.

RAZOR: Shumate Tungsten Steel 5/8 (Mug), Shake Sharp Nickel Model 2
BLADES: 2 Stacked Feather DE
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
CROAP: A&E Kaizen
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Krampert’s Frostbite AS Splash.

 

Fine shave and glad you didn't cut yourself Dave! I agree that spending 35 dollars on a tub is too much.
I really don't need the extra skin food, etc. to jack up the price. I use aftershave balm to make my skin feel and look good. There are 2 things that determine my purchases and they are price/value and scent. Most soaps have the slickness that is needed to make the razor slide quite easily so going after reformulations don't concern me. Have a good day Dave!

 

Very nice Clint. Have a fine day!

 

Wonderful shaves Jeff! You have a wonderful day!

 

Alabama awesome shave Danny! You really did a bangup polishing job on Evan's brush and the black symthetic knot just completes it. Have a fabulous Friday!

 

Excellent shave report and photo Jeff. Great work on the hones.

 

Thank you Joe

 

Congratulations on the new razor, Andrew. Awesome Arko shave and take care.

 

Awesome shave. Dave. Love seeing the RFB0.50 in action. Safe travels today.

 

Beautiful.....just beautiful, Clint. The Disco is always the star of the picture. Sorry you missed the baby this morning. Take care.

 

No comments needed on that wonderful shave. Have a great day, Troy.

 

Thanks Clint...it was an enjoyable shave.