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

Thanks Gary and John.

 

SE Shave # 342 - DECLARATION GROOMING MICROMATIC MONDAY

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: GEM Micromatic Open Comb
Blade: GEM Stainless
Brush: Sawdust Creation Studio “Inferno” Silver Fox Synthetic
Lather: Declaration Grooming/Chatillon Lux YRP
Aftershave: Chatillon Lux YRP Toner
Additional Care:
Omega Alum
Dickenson’s Original Witch Hazel
Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm

A very nice three pass shave with the MMOC prior to my meetup with Joe, @Trigger, for our monthly breakfast. Superb shave that has left my face super smooth throughout the day. The scent of the soap/toner is gradually growing on me. Unfortunately, the missus is not a big fan.

Hope you all have had a great day.

 

Marvelous Micromatic Monday shave Joe. Great breakfast this morning, but it would have been better with Pam serving us.

 

22nd 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: Yaqi 26mm Rainbow Brown Synthetic. (Faux Horse)
Bowl Lather.
Bowl : Home Bargains Stainless Steel Side Bowl.
Lather: Nivea Men Sensitive Pro Ultra-Calming Liquid Shaving Cream.
Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel. (D1)
Razor: Weishi 2.0 Adjustable. (Settings) xtg 5, atg + pick-ups 6.

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./P&G Old Spice Hawkridge ASL./ Cien Men Sensitive ASB.

Greetings,

Early morning face & head shave.

The Weishi 2.0 Adjustable/ Voskhod TC was another smooth efficient combo...The Weishi Adjustable performance on the higher settings gives a superb efficient comfortable shave.

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 Cien Men Sensitive ASB.

My face is feeling cool smooth, & smelling divine.

Keep safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

 

Hi all.
Changed it up a bit this morning thought I'd share.



Used my Yaqi Katana half blade SE razor.
Been quite a while since I ran this across the old mug and gourd.
I'd forgotten how smooth but efficient it glides across the skin with a feather blade loaded. As with most SE injector razors I find trimming around ears and chin beard was easy and close, this felt like one
A one pass head and face work shave for a normal week day.
Reminds me of a Schick E or PAL with a B20 blade.
The head shave was impressive even using just half of the blade at the end.
I got my lather to thin to my liking, but still OK to use.
A splash of AS and ready for the day.
I'll use the other half of the blade for tomorrow's shave.

Enjoy

tp

 

22 Aug 2023

24 hours

Tech Tuesday/Artisan ASL



Prep = Cold water rinse 30 secs x 3
Pre shave = Palmolive cream in a tube massaged in against the grain
Soap = Col Conk Bay Rum
Brush = Puro Tasso
Bowl = Timeless
Razor = Gillette Tech (Argentina)
Blade = Gillette Platinum (3)
Passes = 3 + clean ups as needed
Technique = loaded brush from the puck, into bowl, adding water, too much initially, back to the puck for more soap. For the last pass I loaded more onto the brush from the puck because the lather was too thin for my liking. Despite that I ended the shave at the "good enough" stage, feeling exfoliated, for me that is the signal for Time-Out
Post = Cold water rinse, alum, cold water rinse, towel dried, Thayers, I applied the Nivea cream first because of the Bay Rum soap burn, then followed by Sterling Bay Rum ASL (air dried in the hands before applying).
Damage = No blood, but the shave felt rough despite the blade being on Day 3. Can’t be the Tech, these usually work well for me. So I blame it on my deficient acquaintance with the Col Conk Bay Rum soap. It did not provide the best slickness, compared to Arko, Tabac, MWF etc

Score = 9/10 a slightly laboured shave
Comments = the Bay Rum soap provided the same tingling as the Bay Rum aftershave when I first used this. So this must be the ingredients. Double dose of Bay Rum, first the soap then the ASL! A not unpleasant stinging for a minute or so

(I will come back to the soap another day, perhaps with a stiffer brush to load more, and with my favourite Merkur Progress. At this stage I would say it is over-rated)

Overall good shave, smooth for the most parts, all Rummed-Up for the day ahead

Have a Great Tuesday everyone

 

I wish I could rubberstamp my SAME AS YESTERDAY stamp on here.No real differences. One glitch prevented me from the A+. It was in a different place though-Central Cactus Nation(neck). No pain. It just showed up. Went too rough down there. Real nice everywhere else. 2 passes. Another great performance from the Knize 10 clone(Fine's LATIGO). Super Duper Outstanding.

 

@brit, I apologize-I deleted your nice comment about my shave yesterday. Didn't mean to.

 

it's still there Paul.

 

awesome set ups,shaves and pics gebts.

 

-Tuesday-
#77 new rfb/kcg
soc
palmolive
hollister



good morning gents.
a rare glimpse at the"daily"rack.
there are always 7 razors locked and loaded in the den,they get switched out when the blade is done.
awesome.
have a fine tuesday everyone.
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Let me make this comment-OOPS.

 

SRS # 944

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: Puma 65
Brush: Sawdust Creation Studio Old Cahaba
Lather: Lather Bros. Calle Ocho
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Musk
Additional Care:
Omega Alum
Dickenson’s Original Witch Hazel
Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm

Another absolutely fantastic lather presented by the Calle Ocho. I will be sad to see its demise towards the beginning of October. Currently, I have about 33 grams of soap left which leads me to estimate about 27 shaves left in the tub. I have been using the soap on average 3 times a week. I may need to do a Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday rotation just to get to the end of September.

The Puma straight delivered an irritation and issue free shave which is the norm south of the 42nd parallel and east of the 73.4 West.

Hope you all are having a great day.

 

Lovely setup and shave Barry.

 

It's good to change it up. Great shave Terry.

 

Super shave Chris. I happen to like the Bay Rum burn.

 

Terrific shave Joe.

 

Very nice rack and plan of attack Gary.

 

Thank you Joe.