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

I would just be gentle with it.

 

Thank you Joe....I think Osage Rub and any Bill Neumann A.S.* are great for "skin-food".

*probably their soap, too(I have yet to make a purchase for a Bill soap).

 

Thanks guys!

 

This morning’s shave.

 

Beautiful setup Ken!

 

Lovely shave kit, Joe! I love the bolsters on those scales!

 

Thanks, Joe!

 

I wish Floid Blue was still available! Killer AS,

 

Another classic shave, Ken! Thanks for posting!

 

You can trim that hair.

 

Very nice Ken.

 

Thank you Jeff.

 

friday sneek peek..

 

Very nice Gary!

 

thank you Joe.not used this one in ages..or the soap..

 

I never had the pleasure of trying it...

 

Hello everyone!!
Changed gears a bit.

The morning shave, a quick one at that.



I sence no clove in this soap or after shave.

Enjoy

tp

 

Wonderful shave Terry! Great pic and setup! Have an awesome day!

 

Nice 2-pass shave this morning.

Lavender is the soap of choice. I used my Gillette Slim set on 9 today with a Gillette "Silver Blue" blade (1st use)
Pinaud "Clubman" AS. The Proraso Pre-shave is not going to last 4 more days!

Alum bar raised no feedback. Nice and smooth!

 

SOTD FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 2022

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I really like Japanese razors. The little Pechika 3/8 delivered a superb shave, but the jewels of my collection are my two Iwasaki straight razors. Both crafted from good, hard Swedish steel and featuring scales provided by the master, Tanifuji Fukutaro (1894-1990), who crafted all the scales for Iwasaki western style razors at their Sanjo Works from the early 1950’s until his retirement in 1973. This pretty much marked the end of Iwasaki western style razors, although they still build highly prized, distinctive looking Kamisori razors for the western and domestic markets.

Artem’s beautiful Elm Burl straight razor stand finally arrived from Ukraine yesterday. So I had to feature it in today’s post with my most recently acquired Iwasaki 9/16, with the not so common English name on the tang. The razor had been hard-used in a Japanese barbershop for decades, but after some TLC and a rebuilt bevel, this little beauty delivered a marvelous mug shave. Three slow luxurious passes put the baby to bed, leaving your happy narrator blissfully smooth!

The dome shave featured my French Spadson. Waits Compendium has no information on this company, although the heavy OC head design would seem to point to somewhere in the second or third decade of the twentieth century. The handle included with the razor was damaged and didn’t securely clamp the head securely. Thus my first shaves with this razor two or three years ago weren’t pleasant. However, I discovered that my French Famex handle worked beautifully, and my shaves since adopting it have been “divine” as a UK shave buddy (@palmolive fox) has been known to say. Two passes left me velveteen smooth from noggin to neck.

RAZOR: Iwasaki 9/16 (Mug), French Spadson (Dome)
BLADE: Suneko (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a heavy scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Simpson Chubby 3 Sovereign Fibre
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Lilac Vegetal.