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

Thanks, Joe!

The R41 is certainly very efficient. For daily shaves with the R41 I would be sticking with one pass + touch ups if I would do that. And occasionally that's exactly what I do! With my beard type that's pretty much enough, it's just those hairs that grow flat against the skin that can be tricky, but the R41 seems to handle them well. With a mild razor, those can be difficult to shave. Not impossible though. It's just a lot more work.

Proraso green is excellent!

Enjoy your day!

 

Fantastic shave, Paul!

 

very cool.they actually copied my 4th gen version.

 

thank you Daniel.

 

awesome gents..

 

Terrific shave with a classy finish Paul! Have a super day.

 

tech tuesday
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rr chrome silvertip synthetic
hssc kootenay blue
versace eau fraiche



good morning gents.
lovely 2 passer in the usual manner
awesome scent.
fabulous.
have a great day everyone.
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That's a VERY nice razor!

 

thank you Gary,it's a nice shaver as well.,though the mildest of the 4 generations made.

 

Thanks, Gary

Great tech shave!

 

thank you Daniel.

 

Classy shave Gary! Enjoy your day!

 

thank you Joe,yourself as well.

 

Thanks Joe....I've had "Pete" Cardin's cologne up for a while now....making SOME progress with it, but I'll soon switch to Mutamayez(Swiss Arabian).

 

The Parker 87R is a bit aggressive. Moreso than any of my SS Flares. It is on par with the Parker 94R which is also a bit aggressive.

 

nice looking razors.i haven't tried many non gillettes to be honest.i have tried the merkur 34hd,1904,edwin jagger 89,cooper monobilt,ever-ready 1912 and razorock mamba,but passed them along as i was hip deep into british gillettes by this point.my only non gillettes now are a schick "66" injector and brit valet autostrop vc3 se.a couple of modern stainless razors tug at the wallet once in a while but i stay committed..

 

Thank you Joe

 

SOTD TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 2022

Sort of a nostalgic walk down memory lane with my noggin shave this morning. I spent 50 years shaving with the same Schick Krona until it broke in 2018. Bought it at the MCX in ‘68, and shaved with it through college, graduate school, four kids and two marriages. Shaving for me, except for maybe the last five years with it, was just a quick WTG pass using Barbasol right out of the can. Just part of the morning ritual that I had to get through.

I varied my AS between Old Spice, Aqua Velva, and Mennen Skin Bracer over those years. My son made me aware of the various online shave forums around 2010 where I lurked, and learned about whisker grain and multi-pass shaves. But I didn’t settle down at TSD until almost a decade later. I liked the membership there, the knowledge base, the lack of pretension, and the outright friendliness.

For whatever reason I collected as many versions of that Schick DE as I could fron the Eversharp to the Krona. One of the gems of that collection is the 1976 Gold plated Bicentennial edition which I shaved with this morning. All versions pretty much have the same feel and deliver a decent shave. My new Simpson Chubby 3 whipped up a prodigious amount of MWF lather that the Krona easily glided through in the usual two ATG passes leaving me nicely smooth.

The highlight of this morning’s shave was the NOS Bartmann 86 11/16. I really enjoy shaving with this razor. It’s sharp and butter smooth. The brand wasnin business fo exactly 50 years, from 1948 to 1998 in Solingen, Germany. After a brief touch up on the Chosera 12k followed by a final polish on the Suehiro Gokumyo 20k last night, the quality of my mug shave was a foregone conclusion. Three passes was all she wrote leaving me velveteen smooth from neck to noggin.

RAZOR: Bartmann 86 11/16 (Mug), Schick Krona Bicentennial Edition (Dome)
BLADE: Feather DE (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a heavy scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Simpson LE Chubby 3 Sovereign Fibre
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Ogallala Bay Rum & Sandalwood AS Splash.

 

Great shave, photo and commentary, Barry! Can’t beat a great shave with a Schick Twinblade! Enjoy your day and your green tea! I’m seriously considering reporting you to the UK Earl Grey Anti Defamation League!

 

Another fabulous Devette shave for the record books!