January 2022 30 Day Rule/Focus and Discussion. All Are Welcome!

Awesome shave Danny. Very nice gesture on your part.

 

You're right Joe, they ARE part of the process. You'd like to avoid them, but you can't ALWAYS.

 

What did he say when you used the term "canned goo"?

 

Darkfall Monday? That's what we need, a day of the week that begins with D.

 

Due to several factors, I have been using unscented/scent-free/no added scent since early in 2016. I have a tub of MWF, but haven't used it as while the scent seems mild, it is enough that it may be a problem.

Stirling Soaps is the only company I am aware of that has 3 different unscented soaps, of which Sheep is one. It is a fantastic soap and I cannot detect any odor from it. I am also a fan of Unscented with Beeswax, as it performs very well. The only soap I have that has a scent is Mystic Water Soaps Sensitive Skin. Michelle didn't added any scent, but lets the ingredients speak for themselves. Sometimes I pick up a tallow (?) smell from Mike's Natural Soaps unscented (Another of my Top 3, along with MWS and Shannon's Soaps Nil), but it is fleeting.

Stirling does have very generously sized samples, which is what I did while buying some of Mandy's coffee roasts! Sort of an excuse to buy, lol!

 

Well done Paul. Enjoy your Monday.

 

Eversharp Hydro-Magic
Schick (Japan) use 4
Nacar Oscuro with AP Shave Co. 2BED knot
Ethos Clean

An outstanding shave with my favorite injector, the Type I. I swapped blades the other day with the Type J and put a new sChick in the J. Nothing negative to report today, which leads me to suspect that for my face, the J is slightly more aggressive. If it were the blade, I would have expected the shave today to have that seem irritation, but it didn't. Now I admit that the lack of weepers by the corners of my mouth may be due to the tip from Joe @Trigger, so I will try that tip maybe tomorrow with the J, or the Wednesday for sure.

 

He just grinned.

 

Thanks Joe....just trying to spread the happiness we have found.

 

SOTD MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 2022

After some online conversations with a few shave brothers, I was moved to embark on a Swedish razor shave with my sweet little CV Hejestrand Mk 29 yesterday. So today I grabbed the Klas Tornblom 4/8, the razor that set the hook for me on little Swedish razors. I remember how hard the steel was to hone at a Rockwell between 62-64.

I needed to break out my Pride abrasive stones that I only use on my Cru-V and Aogami blue steel chef knives. I hesitate to use these stones on my other razors because of the amount of metal they remove per pass. They did the trick on the little Tornblom. Reset the bevel on the 1 k then took it through 3-6-10k. I finished on the 9Ball Slate and burnished the edge on my Jasper stone under water until it stuck.

Last night I took it through the Schlecter Constroption and my roo-skin bench strop. This morning’s shave was glorious and reminded me why this little beauty led to my Swedish Razor RAD and changed my perspective on blade width! As a result I’ve become entirely too good friends with Fluffy!

Here you see him wondering why I keep falling deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole. In any case two and a half passes left me velveteen smooth.

Sheffield England has a well-deserved reputation for their straight razors for close to three hundred years. But the Eclipse Red Ring safety razor was designed and built from the 30s through the 50s in much smaller numbers than the number of cf Gillette brand razors being churned out at the time. The razor competed on its unique design features - 1) an open/closed comb narrow head with a connecting safety bar, 2) a magnet at the base of the handle to pick up dropped blades, and 3) a handle based adjustment feature to control the level of efficiency the razor delivered.

For its time time only Leresche and L’Essor had truly competitive razors. This little safety razor along with my Leresche 77 and GE Jones Shake Sharps are my favorite vintage safety razors. The Second Generation ‘New’ razor design is a close fourth. My lavender shave this morning was possible since my bride would be away for the morning. Castle Forbes Creams and Nancy Boy have become my goto shaving lathers after the Fat. Two ATG passes left this left your happy narrator clean, glassine smooth and smelling pretty as my friend Jim (@jluc) has been known to say. Hopefully, the scent will diminish by evening when my bride is scheduled to return.

RAZOR: Klas Tornblom 4/8 (Mug), Eclipse Red Ring (Dome)
BLADE: Feather DE (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a heavy scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: JT Cashmere Knot (me likee)
CREAM: Castle Forbes Lavender
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys WH. Finished with Ethos Lavender Surpreme Splash

 

Course you know what I'd say-"Ya forgot to add 'magnificent', buddeh!"

 

I have Sheep, and enjoy it .

 

Very nice Joe. Do you think the nicks and weeps were due to lack of compensating for a fresh blade by adding slightly more pressure or was it the angle oof attack? Was it a combination of both or was it something else?

 

That's a great shave Paul!

 

Glad you had an excellent shave and that my suggestion worked for you. Enjoy your day.

 

Fantastic shaves Jeff! However, I just can't bring myself to shave with a 4/8 straight razor. Have a nice quiet day.

 

They build good solid shavers! It’s one of one our regular former member’s (@jluc) favorite shavers. Wasn’t for me. Sold mine during a safety razor reduction about a year ago. Glad it worked for you!.

 

If I remember correctly you had the NO75. The PO76 has more blade feel and and bigger sweet spot in my opinion. Both great razors but my preference is still the NO75.

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Wonderful shave and results Eric.