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

Nice. We will see about that. You may win the next contest I present.

 

Thank you Gary.

 

Very nice Dovo shave Joe

 

Awesome picture Danny

 

Wonderful red shave Gary.

 

thank you Joe.

 

Lol!

 

Thanks Joe.

 

Thank goodness it wasn't the other kind of red shave that sometimes occur in New England.

 

15 Aug 2023

Day off work, 26 hours growth

My 8th Cold Water Shave beginning to become a habit!

Prep = same prep, same soap Stirling Barber Shop, same Timeless Bowl

A few changes
Brush = my old Puro Tasso Boar, nice and soft, picks up the soap nicely and releases it easily too
Razor = Back to the Merkur Progress set between 2 and 3
Blade = Gillette Platinum Day 1
Passes = “Three” but with re-applications of lather as needed and touch ups on the fly as needed
Post = CWR (cold water rinse) Alum was silent, (Thayers), Nivea balm, then some Clubman’s Pinaud
Score = 9+ /10 again, no damage, inconsequential left over stubble right side of AA

Super smooth shave. Could even talk about BBS both ways in some areas. As good as it Gets

I have to say at this stage I am liking this razor more than the Slim, more on that later: definitely smoother experience than yesterday..

• I aimed for somewhat thicker lather which helped a lot, with each pass the lather gets thinner as it mixes with the water left on the face after each rinse: dipping back into the tub to thicken this up
• New Gillette Blade may also have helped

The Merkur Progress has nice wide rinsing channels which is another plus with this razor, easy to rinse

Another great cold water shave

Thought for the day:

After shave balm first and then After Shave Lotion?

or

After Shave Lotion first and then the balm?

 

Thanks Gary, the Slim is good, no mechanical issues.
Might have just been the lather.
But....I still like the Progress more at this stage
They have those KCG blades at the local shop with all the other cheap "shaving supplies", so didn't think it worth looking at, but will pick up a few and see how they go.
Nice tip, thanks.

Fine set up, pic and redness (the good kind!)

 

awesome Chris.i do aftershave splash/lotion first to disinfect/clean.then balm if needed to moisturize.

 

thank you Chris.the reason i mentioned those platinums is my 300 or so of the earlier platinums have inked on logos.they are fine ,but the blue/white boxed platinums have etched logos and made with upgraded(new) grinding machines.

 

Excellent shave Chris. As far as the order of applying the aftershave lotion and the balm, it's a matter of personal preference. Personally, I use the balm and then the aftershave.

 

15th 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 & head.
Pears with Mint Extracts Transparent Bar Soap.
Cold wet flannel to my face & head.
Brush: Omega 10066.
Bowl Lather.
Bowl : Home Bargains Stainless Steel Side Bowl.
Franken-lather: Ingram Menthol +Derby Menthol Shave Cream.
Blade: Voskhod Teflon Coated. (D1)
Razor: SNMIRN Adjustable. (settings) 4-wtg,8-atg,+pick ups.

Post:
Cold water Face & Head wash with brush squeezing's, Cold Water Cold Water Face & Head 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./Benjamins Mentholated Bay Rum./ Nivea Men Replenishing PSB.

Greetings,

Early morning face & head shave,

The Ingram+Derby Menthol franken-lather & Benjamin's Mentholated Bay Rum is a wonderful combo making making my early morning face & head shave a pleasurable cooling experience.

A enjoyable 2 pass + pick ups close comfortable face & head shave with no errors to report.

Finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of Nivea Men Replenishing PSB.

My face is feeling cool smooth, & smelling divine.

Keep safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

 

Monday August 14 - Adjustable, "All Sample" August

Especially for Chris @ChrisB -- here is a photo of my sample case.



I have one sample of a soap - B&M Waves - the rest are all creams. 32 creams to be exact: 4 tubes of Marram Co, one sample of Taconic, 8 DR Harris, 6 Fendrihan, and 13 TOBS. All of them came from Fendrihan Canada, which is one of the bigger Canadian shaving supply dealers. The Marram Co tubes were a sampler box made by the Irish shave cream maker itself. The others are all DIY samples created by Fendrihan in small screw-top sampler bottles.

The samplers hold enough cream for 4 to 5 shaves if you're careful / frugal / stingy and 1 or 2 if you're not. From today on, I am planning to shave with the samples and see which ones I like best.

I will do two shaves with each sample, using identical equipment for all shaves, but testing each sample with two razors -- my Gillette Black Beauty DE and my Supply 2.0 / SE comb injector.

First up: the Taconic:



Prep: hot shower
Razor: Gillette SuperAdjustable refurbished and cerakoted by Delta Echo Razors on "4"
Blade: Israeli Personna Super Platinum (1)
Brush: Simpsons Chubby 3 Synthetic
Shave Bowl: Jason @jtspartan maple-walnut with lathering studs
Soap: Taconic Shave Eucalyptus Mint Pump Shave Cream (sample)
Post: rinse, alum, rinse, Osage Rub

About five years after I got it, the sample of the Taconic cream is still quite runny. I scooped a dollop into the shave bowl, worked it into a lather that was mostly in the brush, then finished by face lathering it. It spread easily into a good smooth layer.

The cream, between the mint and the eucalyptus has a bit of a cooling "bite" to it that was refreshing in today's hot weather. (Oh yes, I was doing a cold water shave)

I thought the two-pass shave was error-free and gave me a DFS. Alum was silent. Since it is Monday, and the cream had a cooling bite to it, I finished the shave with the Eucalyptus-Menthol sting of the Clubman Osage Rub.

About an hour later, when I looked in the mirror, I noticed the shave was NOT error-free -- I had a small smudge of blood on my neck from a tiny nick. The cooling effect of the mint and eucalyptus in the cream had probably numbed the area enough to prevent me noticing it either when shaving or when applying the alum.

Next shave, I will use the same cream but with my injector razor. I am not a big fan of this cream's slightly "medicinal" scent, but the performance is certainly good.

 

Often? Lol

 

Very nice sample collection John. Looking forward to your shaves for the next few weeks (months).

 

Fabulous cooling shave Barry. Enjoy your day.