30 Day Rule/Focus; August 2022

Wonderful shave Gary.

 

Great shave Danny. You were smart to demonstrate patience with the razor head challlenge.

 

Thanks Joe...I will.

 

Thanks Joe

 

thank you Joe.

 

thank you Joe

 

Thanks Joe. I did not need to fumble with it at 6 this morning....I could see bad things happening. I actually rested the top cap on a wash cloth on its post and then pushed down on the base plate....no give. This thing acts like it it glued together.

 

fabulous shaves and pics gents..

 

Great setup Ken. The Fili 14 is my holy grail razor. Unfortunately, they are priced beyond my budget.

 

Aug 8 SOTA

Paulie's Photo Countdown: 44 days

Good afternoon.

Shavette Shave #384
Dovo Shavette
Personna Hairshaper Blade (4)
Razorock XX SS
MrEE LE #10 Cashmere Brush
Maggard's Alum Block
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Beard Growth: 29 hrs




I was a little scruffy this morning at the LI 30 DC Chapter, but it was just under 24 hrs and I don't usually shave that soon. While it's late afternoon, I figured that now is the time to shave.

Razorock XX has always given me a great performance and it lathers quite well as you can see below:


Did a 2 passer with a minor touchup for a nice, near BBS shave.
I made sure my technique was on this afternoon, therefore, no blood was lost.
The alum feedback was negligible so that's always nice. Finished the shave in my usual manner. Have a great afternoon.

 

I got one of my prizes from the latest TSD raffle. It is the Van der Hagen Shave Soap.



It's a very nice budget soap that lathers easily and has a nice, clean smell. This was very first shave soap brand when I first started this journey in Oct 2018. At the time, I used their Luxury Soap which I would think it wouldn't make much of a difference, but we shall see when I use it down the road. I will only bowl lather it because it comes in a plastic container and doesn't leave any room for the lather overflow. Moreover, I just got my tracking number from my Shave Den order; courtesy of winning a 50 dollar gift card from the same raffle. Like I mentioned earlier, I purchased 3 bundles and the M-bomb. I should have it in a couple of days.

 

very cool Joe.enjoy.

 

Thanks Gary. I can't wait for TSD items. I have heard Joanna makes very good soap for a reasonable price. Also, I try to support TSD by entering the raffles and have gotten nice items, such as JR #290 Cashmere Brush, a 1961 Gillette Fatboy that I puffed to Lance Corporal Myles Wilson and a Stirling Gift Card that I used to get a boar brush. So, I fortunate that I do well when I do enter these raffles.

 

i've won some great stuff over the years on past tsd raffles,until lately when most stuff is u.s/comus only for shipping.between that,and currency exchange differences,i no longer bother to enter.after my 2 main threads i used to have were closed here also..

 

Very nice stuff Ryan.

 

cool shaves and pic Ryan.my original "vintage gillette shaves" and "finest gillette razors" threads that i started.one had over 10,000 post in it.too much sotd in the razor one apparently.happened when you know took over.i have them up again with no issues but felt i was unfairly targeted.no big deal now but i was pissed at the time and wanted all my content removed from the forum.

 

i appreciate that Ryan,thank you.i think J was just trying to tidy up the forum a bit.i stayed because of the friends here and it got sorted in the end.my 2 gillette threads are growing and i have had no issues since.many $$ were spent to post some cool stuff and review them here.

 

I definitely agree.