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

Terrific Thursday shave Joe. Gee, that one unforeseeable glitch, but it is easily fixed.

 

Interesting idea for next Feb, Scott.

 

February 1 SOTA
Good afternoon.
Van der Hagen TTO Razor
Gillette Wilkinson Sword DE Blade (2)
MrEE Tuxedo Brush
TSD Irish Spring SS and AS
Stirling Alum Block
Modessa Witch Hazel
Beard Growth: 23 hrs.



I wanted to open the month with an easy DE Shave. The Van der Hagen got the call.
It's amazing how my opinion of this razor changed over the years. It gives a great shave and today's session was no exception. I really was done with 2 passes, but I just like 3 passes because that's what I like to do. I got a über BBS today without any red liquid being present.
I face lathered this soap and it gives a slick, non-voluminous lather. That's fine because it's all about the slickness for me. I will say this soap needs a lot of water to get a decent lather. Again, no big deal for me.
However, the alum feedback was evident throughout my neck area. Splashed on the witch hazel and the matching aftershave to end this shave. Take care.

 

Thanks Joe. Go figure.

 

Excellent VdG shave Joe. Are you close to having the soap meet up with the Edmund Fitzgerald?

 

fantastic start to february gentlemen

 

Thanks Joe. This soap is not close to being Fitzed. I think that I may have only done 20 shaves with it. I have also use my other 2 Shave Den Soaps. I will have to check my records to see how many times that I used the Shave Den Irish Spring.

 

Thanks Gary.

 

-Thursday-
1909 canadian single ring
rubberset
fine
rr puros



good afternoon gents
fine favorite fabulous february begins with a shave with my newly acquired..
1909 canadian single ring,
fine old recipe lather,platinum maybe?,scent is gone but excellent lather indeed.
careful but smooth 2 passer with very minor pick ups.
razo-rock puros to finish
slight burn but that's normal with this aftershave.
awesome
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1909 102 canadian single ring
no gillette logo or "made in"
can pat mar.7. 05 on handle end.






have a fine day everyone
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Awesome way to start the month with your new razor Gary.

 

@JACarbone Well Joe, my records indicate that I shaved exactly 21 times with TSD Irish Spring instead of my estimate of 20. With a 4 oz soap, I am far from fitzing it.

 

thank you Joe.these old type razors are fun to use but they require ones full attention.

 

Well, they are the razors that make you a better shaver and that's a good thing.

 

well yes,absolutely.

 

Thank you Gary

 

Excellent shave and great open comb razor Gary.

 

thank you Joe.

 

SOTD 20240202 Dinamico

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Thanks.

 

Thanks Joe

Thanks Joe, we underestimate the Proraso sometimes

Thanks Gary

Svelte!

 

02 Feb 2024
Flexible, Favourite, Feather, Fatip, Fine, Felce, whatever grabs my Fancy

24 hours

Prep = cold water splash
Preshave = none
Soap = Chiselled Face Cryogen
Brush = Omega 10049 white
Bowl = Timeless
Razor = Gillette Aristocrat 1938 No 15
Blade = Gillette 7 o’clock super platinum (black)
Passes = 2 +
Post = Usual + Proraso Rinfrescante
Scent = Bulgari Wood Essence
Damage = none

Phew. Weather here hot enough to finally try the Cryogen. Beautiful lather. Initial thought: what menthol? Half-way through the 1st pass it arrived! Bit tricky to focus on the job at hand through all the tears. Excellent therapy for dry eyes/blepharitis and blocked sinuses! Very nice lather though, would have to say on a par with Stirling, even though this is only my first time using it