June 2021 30-Day Rule/Focus Pix and Discussion

Straight shave
From the Domed Hones of Iniquity



I gotta be careful here, even though I am the Assistant Shenanigator one cannot be too sure the 30DC power surge could lead Charlie to turn me in to the Hone Police for my flagrant violations. Especially after I outed him for cherry bombing the commode after chemistry class that one day......Then again, he has been pretty occupied picking on the folks from the Nottheast US.....Sheeesht, talk about the fox watching the chicken coup!

Oh well, I won’t worry for a couple of weeks at least. Even if he does join up with those that tried to get me tossed from the shave forum for talking about razor sharpening, the Queen would wait till the raffle ends to see that I make good on my donation.

 

Hopefully the guy welding is a crappy welder

 

Thanks Dave.

Lapping film. Do you want me to send some to you?

 

Thanks Andrew. The Dixie straights were made in Union City, Georgia.

 

Thanks Clint...I hope your Wednesday was a good one.

 

You are welcome.

I'll see what I can do on the handle...I don't want you to feel neglected.

 

Shavette fu catch up……

Nice images, videos, setups and face scraping Gentlemen!

 

Thanks Charlie

 

Thanks Joe. It is just a learning process.

 

I heard the Wolfman has its own bedroom.

 

Thanks Gary

 

Safety travels, Joe.....have a great time.

 

Awesome Wednesday shaves, gentlemen.

Let's try and do a little better in the morning.

 

Thanks Blair!

 

Hello all. I’m starting a day late, but I am here wholeheartedly. Last month, all but one shave began with a wood handled Feather DX, used for at least a full pass, and coupled with a Proline P-30. The remaining shave began with a SEXTOBLADE. Only Omega EVO and Tech Hive brushes were used (all synthetic), and three Moon Soaps were used, two of which are in the same base.

This month will remain disciplined up to a point, but it will be more relaxed. IMO The main difference is that safety razor only shaves will be allowed. Why? Because last month made it clear that the pace of life sometimes allows time for a comfortable safety razor shave in situations where my current open blade skills cannot keep up. The result was fewer shaves, which in turn meant fewer chances to lather up, and fewer opportunities to learn about the soaps and brushes. So mixing in a few safety razor shaves seems like a good bet to make shaving more fun, more frequent, and more instructive.

My overriding focus this month is still to improve my open blade shaving skills, but this time I will allow myself limited leeway in choosing razors and blades. I’m sticking with the handful of synthetics that I used last month. Mind you, I thought twice about locking down the brushes that way, but it’s the right thing to do in my case. Soaps are more complicated.

OT1H, I see clear learning value in locking down the soap base. OTOH I have a long backlog of soaps I’d like to spend quality time with. Where I come down at the moment – and time will tell how well this works - is that if I use a base at all, I will use it for at least two weeks. Of course, I might use it longer. The other thing – more of a long term thing really – is that I have some quality creams that have been especially neglected, and I plan to weave them into the lineup, not immediately, but over the coming months.

-- First shave post to follow in a few minutes (I hope)

 

Thanks Danny! I will be in Maryland on Sat.

 

- Omega EVO Special Veteran
- E&S Rasage Equinoxe
- Feather DX, Proline P-30, Feather Super
- GEM MMOC, GEM SS PTFE
- E&S Rasage Equinoxe AS

The Proline was getting tuggy, and I had a mind to try the Super anyway, so I switch between the 1st and 2nd passes.

 

3rd June 2021.



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Shaving recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/ Nivea Men ~ Power Fresh Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Pears ~ Transparent Bar Soap With Mint Extracts. + Nuage Menthol shaving Oil.
Brush: Omega S10018.
Face Lather.
Lather : Lea Shave stick.
Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium. (D4)
Razor: Wilkinson Sword Premium TTO.

Post:
Cold water face wash with brush squeezings, Cold Water Face Rinse. /Homemade (~Spring/Summer mix~) Lemon, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Essential Oils.3 Menthol Crystals. + Mixed Together With 200ml of Care+Witch Hazel./Creightons ~ Sensitive PSB. / Superdrug ~Sierran Breeze ASL.

Greetings,

Early morning shave,

last outing of the Polsilver Super Iridium...A wonderful performance from the Lea shave stick, providing a good slick lather and a great post shave with no drying issues.


Another enjoyable 3 pass + pick ups close comfortable shave with no errors to report...Finishing to the shave off with a generous splash of Superdrug ~Sierran Breeze ASL.

My face is feeling super smooth & smelling divine.

Keep safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

 

Thanks for the offer but if I go that route I'll just buy a kit. Not in a hurry right now to go down the road yet. Thanks again. I'm in the information gathering phase

 

WOW, a great photo and shave line up there Mike. Great thoughts on your goals too