30 Day Rule/Focus; Oct 2022. All are Welcome!

saturday
canadian tech/nacet
semogue 830
arko
fine



good morning gents.
nice quick work shave
nice and slick,no issues
awesome
have a fine weekend everyone
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Terrific international shave Gary. Have a super Saturday.

 

Thank you, Gary..Enjoy your weekend.

 

Joe,

That sounds like a great bargain!

That reminds me of finding a narrow Gevalia coffee mug at the Salvation Army store for 50 cents that was just right for letting me soak my shaving brush without water getting up in the handle due to the narrowness.

- David

 

thank you gents.

 

SRS # 773

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: FA Clauberg CopperKing 6/8
Brush: MrEE Limited Edition #017 Cashmere 24 mm
Lather: Declaration Grooming Trismegistus
(top notes of grapefruit and orange, accented by heart notes of flint, pink peppercorn, geranium, and supported by base notes of benzoin, vetiver, and cedar,)
Aftershave: Stirling Arkadia ( top notes of Orange and Grapefruit, middle notes of Black Pepper and Pelargonium (Geranium), and base notes of Patchouli, Cedar, Vetiver, and Vanilla.)
Additional Care:
Stirling Alum Block
Humphreys Cucumber Melon Witch Hazel
Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm

Absolutely fabulous shave this morning. This soap, my first DG soap in the den purchased as a gift from my wife when I got the wet shaving bug I. Ernest about five years ago. It is one of my favorites scents. It is a dupe of Terre d’Hermes.

I did my usual three pass shave. The F A Clauberg razor delivered a close and comfortable shave. The scent of the aftershave will linger throughout the day. An added bonus is that the missus loves the scent.

I hope you all have a great day gentlemen.

 

Fabulous shave Joe. Congratulations on being a member of the 800 club.
I should hit my 800th straight razor only shave at some point in November. Streaking towards 1000 total, straight and shavette, probably by mid December at my current rate.

 

Thanks guys.

Yes Joe @Trigger, enjoying the straight shaving and feeling more confident each shave. Have 15 honed and shave ready straights that I'm rotating through. Each shaves a little different - sharper or smoother, chatty or quiet.

 

Fantastic shave Joe. Enjoy your day.

 

Thanks Joe. Close to 800 traditional straight shaves is nothing to sneeze at my friend. The 1000 straight/shavette milestone that you will hit in December is so awesome. I am on target to hit the 1000 straight/shavette milestone (500 straight plus 500 shavette shaves) at the earliest end of Sept, but more likely it will be sometime in October or early November 2023.

 

10/15/2022

Growth: Two day beard.
Prep: Warm shower: Stirling Sheep bar soap
Pre: Washed face with Stirling Glacial unscented pre-shave soap then reapplied before lathering.
Brush: Rudy Vey 25 mm STF
Lather : Razorock XXX Italian shaving soap
Blade: GEM Personna SS (D8)
Razor: Blackland Sabre
Base Plate: L2 with shims
Handle: Blackland Sabre
Post: unscented Stirling witch hazel and PAA Mysterium Serum

I was wondering how I could squeak out a little more efficiency out of the Sabre L2 plate and decided see how the L2 plate would work with shims. Since I don't have any used GEM blades and I was not about to destroy any brand new GEM blades, I took three new box cutter blades and cut off the cutting edge and the spine using my Craftsman rotary tool (Sear's version of a Dremmel) and a cutting wheel. I decided to cut the spine area off so that the shaving GEM blade would keep the same angle when shimmed without me having to remove the spines of new GEM blades just to use a shim. The Sabre top plate could support even more shims but I figure three shims is as many as I would use for a shave in any razor.

Even though I had been trying out cold water shaving, I decided to go back to warm water rinses for this shave. I did that since my first cold water shave was with the Sabre L2 plate and it was not very good or pleasant. (My second cold water shave was with a more efficient razor and it was a great shave).

I did the first pass with one shim going WTB. That left quite a bit of stubble in the mustache and chin areas. It was slightly more efficient than the L2 plate by itself, but I was looking for more efficiency.

The second pass, I used two shims and went Outside-In for the mustache area, E-W on the chin then a W-E pass on the chin (so that was a third pass for that area). I went my normal ATG on the neck. Two shims probably put the Sabre into medium aggression territory for me. Not too much blade feel but even more efficient from my estimate.

I then did a tiny bit of touch up with three shims to see how aggressive that would be. I really didn't need to do much touch up but I was curious about three shims. Three shims was a little too aggressive for me. Too much blade feel.

The overall shave was BBS/BBS-. This was the best shave I have achieved with the Sabre.

I think I will try full shaves using each shim level starting with two shims as the additional directions for sure cut down more stubble no matter the shim level.

The shims worked well. The side posts on the top plate along with a tiny bit of the center blade hole top kept the shims in place and away from the edge of the shaving blade. I don't know what kind of steel these box cutters are made of so I am making sure to dry them very well so they don't rust. Once I have some used GEM SS blades, I may cut them down so they will be more rust resistant. The spine of the shaving GEM blade is unsupported by shims but I did not notice any issues. If it becomes a problem I may put some shims under the GEM spine.

 

Mu bloodwork came back good! Kidneys in the normal range still! One number was at the top threshold for good but, still within the normal range. All my work on changing eating and drinking habits is paying off!

I went for a short ride on the bike to pick up a couple things at the store and it was pleasant ride until I took different way home! I got on some hilltops and the wind was trying to blow me off the bike! Good thing I decided it was too warm to work in the woods on wood. Trees are shedding branches! I tinkered in the garage for a bit when I got home. My second order of the Vegas 5 cigars came and now that humidor is full! I have one more order on the way that will have to go into a glass gallon jar with a humidifier. The box of 25 is supposed to come with a humidifier in the box but, I will have to see how well that box seals. Humidors have excellent seal!

Romeo y Julieta Vintage 6.0 x 43


I could shave now but, I will put it off until tomorrow morning now. I got really close on the last shave!

Hope all are having a fabulous day! Nice and sunny here but windy!

Theo is in good form and getting shaggier by the day!

 

Fabulous cold water shave. That is the method I use. I have a brush scuttle which I fill with 3-4 ice cubes and water. I load the brush in a bowl as I like to bowl lather. The brush is place in the scuttle for a few minutes to chill the lather. I wet my face with cold water and brush on the chilled lather. Absolutely awesome

 

Sounds like a great day. Now all you have to down is fire up a fire in fire pit, sit with a bourbon and enjoy a stogie.

 

It is always fun tinkering. Great shave David.

 

Close shave and smelling good. Well done Gary.

 

Oh baby!!!!!!!!

 

That one lovely shave Hogie. Enjoy your Fall weather in the Catskills.

 

Beautiful looking razor and great shave Ken.