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

Terrific shave Gary. Sticks take a long time to be completely finished. How much do you have left. If it's 3/4 done, then it may go into mid 2024.

 

Timeless Razor ALSB45 aluminum razor.
Astra SP blade.
Razorock 400 Plissoft synthetic brush.
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Dixie shave soap.
Timeless Razor shave bowl.
Irish Chestnut by Andy Hilfiger.

Excellent three pass shave with no drama....just smooth sailing.

Take your time and enjoy your shave....you deserve it.

 

Terrific shave and setup Danny.

 

Aug 9 SOTA

Good afternoon

Shavette Shave #474
Parker SRB
Gillette Wilkinson Sword 1/2 DE Blade (4)
MrEE Tuxedo Brush
Chiseled Face Cryogen SS
Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS
Stirling Alum Block
Modessa Witch Hazel
Beard Growth: 22.5 hrs



Thus is my next soap to be completed within a week or so. I love the Cryogen experience and I am afraid that when I try another hyper mentholated soap that the intensity will not be as great or enjoyable. Here's today's lather:



Did a 3 pass error- free shave that was a bit shy of BBS. This blade has lost some of it's sharpness and so I didn't need to chase BBS this session. The alum feedback was only on parts of the neck. Finished with the application of the witch hazel and the AQ Ice Blue aftershave. Take care.

 

OK, it can(should)only be done at the jawline. It's very much like how we attack ice on our cars, difference being whereas we go south to north on our cars we go the opposite way with our razors at the jawline. It could be troublesome indeed if we use tooo much force.

 

Thanks Joe

 

Sounds downright flirting with danger to me.

thanks for the explanation.

 

Excellent shave Joe.

 

Another fine shave Danny

 

Nice work, Danny

 

Thanks Joe.

 

thank you Joe..it's a full one.you know me well enough,after a day or 2 i'll get bored and switch it out.fat friday is a day away..

 

True! Lol!

 

10th August 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 with Mint Extracts Transparent Bar Soap.
Brush: Omega S10065.
Bowl Lather.
Bowl: Home Bargains Stainless Steel Side Bowl.
Frankensoap: Erasmic Shaving Soap+Cussons Imperial Leather Bar Soap+Van Der Hagen Scented Luxury Shaving Soap.
Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux. (D2)
Razor: Yaqi DOC Head / Schmidt R10 Handle.

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./Brut Oceans ASL./Creightons Sensitive PSB.

Greetings,

Early morning shave.

A Great shave to finish my shaving week off wonderfully.

The frankensrazor+soap & rapira PL trio have performed superbly.

A comfortable 2 pass + pick ups silky smooth shave with no errors to report...Finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of Creightons Sensitive PSB.

My face is feeling cool smooth & smelling divine.

Keep safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

 

Excellent shave Barry.

 

10 Aug 2023

(Adjustable, Arko August, Artisan August, Anything goes, Adapting-Adjusting-on-the-fly August)

48 hours early AM shave



Prep = COLD water soak 30secs x 3, Proraso white preshave
Soap / Cream = time to bring out the old Arko again
Brush = Puro Tasso Boar, now getting really soft, maybe better for face lathering at this stage
Bowl = Timeless, perfect lather
Razor = Adjustable Merkur Progress set at a fixed 2 - 3
Blade = Gillette Platinum (2) served me well on day 2, binned this anyway, no point in pushing my luck
Passes = 3 + clean ups
Technique = WTG, ATG, then XTG in troublesome areas with buffing. Able to scoot around the chin a whole lot better with this setup
Post = cold water rinse, Alum was negligible, Thayers, Brut ASL (trying hard to finish this)
Scent = Proraso Cypress and Vetyver Cologne, nice and refreshing, probably better for summer though, but it did linger until late in the day
Damage = None
Leftovers = right side of neck, but negligible
Score = 9.8/10
Comments = A joyful relaxing DFS with no redness or damage. Smoother than usual: must be the Arko, (or the cold water), ((or the Merkur Progress)), (((or the Gillette Platinum))) or all of the above.....

Hope you are all having a great Thursday.....

 

Lovely shave Barry, nice looking bottle of Brut...

 

August 9 - SOTD
SRS # 937

Rating: 5 / 5
Razor: Martens HDW Co. 11/16” Kingwood scales
Brush: Jayaruh 337 with Omega #49 Boar
Lather: Lather Bros. Calle Ocho
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Musk
Additional Care:
Omega Alum
Dickenson’s Original Witch Hazel
Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm

 

Fabulous Franken shave Barry! Enjoy your afternoon!

 

Awesome Arko shave Chris! I find that Arko is very slick and always have given me great shaves because of it.