30 Day Rule/Focus; January 2024. All Are Welcome!

Thank you Scott. Hope you have a great Monday.

 

Thank you Scott.

 

Same here Chris. Thank you.

 

You as well Joe….

 

Wonderful slant razor shave Barry.

 

Outstanding Bay Rum shave Danny.

 

Classic looking shave Gary.

 

Wonderful shave Joe. Great setup and pic as well.

 

Interesting.

 

Thanks Gary.

 

Thanks Scott.

 

Wonderful lavender shave fuzzhead.

 

Thanks Joe.

 

Thanks Joe. This fuzzy bear's dome will be dolphin smooth tomorrow morning.

 

thank you Joe.

 

Thanks Joe

 

Thank you Joe.

 

I recommend that you try a slant razor If giving the opportunity to do so... What I personally like about them is they hold the blade rigidly which reduces blade chatter to a minimum. They work well with both aggressive & non-aggressive blades too. As always opinions are very subjective, and not everybody agrees as to everything regarding razors, shaving methods, software usage, you name it. Everybody has their own idea of how to do things, that's just human nature I suppose.

 

Monday January 29 - Just Shaving with "J" Products January

Prep: Hot shower with Aleppo olive oil soap with 20% bay laurel oil

Razor: Supply matte black stainless 2.0 injector with SE comb plate / vintage US-made Schick Plus Platinum (7)

Soap: JM Fraser's Shave Cream

Brush: Jason's "Canada Goose"

Lather Bowl: none

Post: rinse, alum, rinse, Lucky Tiger After Shave and Face Tonic

Last shave: January 22 (Monday) - 7 days

This setup:



The brush was a handturned LE special that Jason @jtspartan made for the 30DC several years ago -- I think it was the fall of 2017. They all had maple handles with natural-coloured grips and coffee-dyed bulbs and then mostly fitted with our choice of knots sourced from APShaveCo. Mine has a 24mm "cashmere" synthetic knot, which is sort of a cream colour. One of you jokers (I think it was Joe aka Trigger) looked at the brush's country of origin, shape and colour scheme and suggested I call it the Canada Goose. Which... makes a certain amount of sense actually. Henceforth, it will be referred to on the 30DC threads as the Canada Goose brush.

My last shave was last Monday. I work from home and don't go out much in winter, so I don't worry too much about my appearance. However, I am going for my annual eye check this morning, so I shaved to look less like a bum when I see the optometrist. (It's sooo awkward when you amble in the door for an appointment and the receptionist tells you that panhandlers aren't allowed....)

I remembered that I was going to experiment with adding an extra dribble of water to my brush midway through my face lathering. I painted on a first layer of lather, added water to the brush, then worked the lather in circles a bit more. I found that it definitely did make the lather slicker. That probably helped with the ease of the shave. I will incorporate this into my face lathering technique from now on.

As a side note, when I first started with the 30DC, I exclusively bowl lathered as I learned how to make a good lather. I only face lathered when using shaving sticks. In the last couple years though, I have switched over to face lathering everything almost exclusively. I may have to go back to bowl lathering again just to see how I like using that technique now.

Today, I did a one pass shave. One pass WTG on the face and ATG on the neck gave me a decent DFS. No errors, quiet alum. The Lucky Tiger provided a good finish. And is almost finished itself -- maybe two good uses left in the bottle.

Hope everyone has a good week!

 

Lovely shave and setup John, the brush looks cool, the length of the handle looks ideal.