30 Day Rule/Focus; April 2023. All Are Welcome!

fine shaves and pics gents.

 

midweek shave
g-4 slim/platinum
soc boar
mwf
gent's gin



good day gents
another fine adjustable shave.
this time the g-4 slim/platinum
nice fat face lather
smooth 2 passer as usual
gent's gin to finish .
awesome

have a great day everyone
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SE Shave # 324

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: PAA Injector - Type L
Blade: Persona Injector
Brush: CRD Sky - O- Earth 26 mm Synthetic
Lather: PAA Boomtown Bay Rum
Aftershave: PAA Boomtown Bay Rum
Additional Care:
Nivea Sensitive Balm
Thayer’s Witch Hazel - Original
Maggards Alum

Fantastic lather with the PAA Boomtown Bay Rum soap this morning. The PAA injector easily took care of today’s growth leaving g my face BBS. Smelling good with the aftershaves

Time to hit the road to the missus’ happy place.

Hipe you all have a great day gentlemen.

 

Thanks Gary.

 

Canadian cool shave and setup Gary. Enjoy your day!

 

Terrific shave, setup and pic Joe! Enjoy your afternoon!

 

thank you Joe.

 

Lovely pic and a great shave, Gary.

I have never heard of Gent's Gin before. What is the scent like?

 

thank you John.crack the cap on a bottle of gin..

 

I agree with Joe, Chris.

The problem almost certainly was not the Arko. Arko is a very easy soap to get to lather and it's very slick while shaving. However, unlike soaps like MWF, the post-shave facial care is lacking: by itself, Arko can leave your face feeling a bit dry. Some sort of splash or balm is usually helpful. The biggest complaint people have about it is the "industrial lemon" scent, although I don't mind it. Adding other soaps or scents to change that is common and won't ruin the performance.

A "tuggy" sensation is almost always a blade problem. Gillette Silver Blues are usually good blades, iirc, so you likely had a dud. Dumping it for a new one is an easy fix.

With a fresh blade, tomorrow's shave should be better.

 

Very nice shave John. Love the Jayaruh brush.

 

Thank you Gary.

 

Thank you Joe.

 

April 5. SOTA

Good afternoon.

Straight Razor Shave #444
6/8 Ralf Aust
Hembree/Maggard Timberwolf Brush
Arko SS
Pinaud-Clubman AS
Stirling Alum Block
Beard Growth: 25 hrs



I got a nice, creamy, and slick Arko lather using Danny's Brush. I haven't used my Ralf Aust in awhile so it had to be picked for today’s session.
Two passes gave me a super close shave without any drama. The alum was mostly silent. The P/C Classic aftershave was the cherry on top of the ice cream. Have a nice evening guys.

 

6th April 2023.



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Shaving recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/ Dove Men+Care Clean Comfort Body + Face Wash.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Pears Original Transparent Bar Soap.
Brush: Wilkinson Sword synthetic.
Face Lather.
Lather: Blue's Shaving Soap.
Blade: Statum Platinum Chrome. (D2)
Razor: Merkur 37C.

Post:
Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's, Cold Water Face Rinse./Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse. /Homemade (~Spring/Summer mix~) Lemon, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Essential Oils.3 Menthol Crystals Mixed Together With 200ml of Care+Witch Hazel. / David Beckham Instinct ASL. / Nivea Men Replenishing PSB.

Greetings,

Another comfortable shave to finish my shaving week off on a high.

The 37C slant has became my new favourite slant razor at the moment, each and every shave I've had with over the past few months have been consistently good. Today was no exception.

A comfortable 2 pass + pick ups shave with no errors to report. finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of Nivea Men Replenishing PSB.

My face is feeling smooth cool, & smelling divine.

Stay safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

 

Awesome 37c shave Barry.

 

What can I say...12 sticks should last a while wishing you many more Arko Aprils John!

Thanks Joe, as always your insights are most helpful.

Thank you John, more thumbs up for the Arko, I don't really mind the initial Arko scent, it does linger during the day. Nice to see the same comment about the blade tugginess, I have tried this one more time earlier today and am still on the fence about the blade.

 

06 April 2023
Adjustable April/ Arko April

Time to see if the Arko measures up and makes the cut.



After y’day, today I made some changes to try and figure out one of the variables.
I fell back to my trusty Muhle R89 knowing how this performs, and decided to give the Gillette Silver Blue (new blade) another chance, still with the Arko.

Growth: 24 hours
Lather Bowl: Blue
Brush: Old Vulfix Pure Badger
Razor: R89 my trusty fall back “can- do-it-with-this-one” razor.
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1) gave this another chance.
Face Prep and Pre-shave: the usual, no changes there.
Cream/Soap: Arko mixed with aftershave, but this time I bowl lathered. Much better control of soap/water ratio. Much better lather, nice.

Passes: Usual 3 passes were needed.
Touch ups: as usual.
But it was still hard work, more draggy, better than yesterday, but not the sharp feeling I have with an Astra SP/Nacet /Feather.
Still needed more strokes per area per pass.
So at this stage I think the Gillette Silver Blue does not measure up for me anyway. Doable yes, workable yes, ideal maybe not.

Arko? decision pending.

Results:
Nicks/Red spots/bleeding = none
Overall satisfactory shave but because of the dragging feeling it took longer to complete each pass, and only rate this a 6 or 7 out of 10.

 

Yaqi Sentinel 1.5mm stainless steel head.
Homelike Shaving Voevoda stainless steel handle.
Astra SP blade (fresh).
Shore Shave Cool Water Mint Ribbon synthetic brush.
Timeless Razor shave bowl.
American Tobacco by Andy Hilfiger cologne.

The Shore Shave whipped up the Tabac up in no time......thick and good.

The Yaqi Sentinel head punches way above its price point.....very efficient and smooth. Three excellent passes with no blood loss. I'm very pleased with it and if I had to do it over again I would add it the den in a flash.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!