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

Thank you Joe.

Excellent Frankenmash shave Scott.

 

Interesting. I did like Aramis back in my early years.

 

Butterfly collars....gold chains and bell bottoms?

 

February 7 SOTE

Hi everyone.

Rockwell 6C
Gillette Wilkinson Sword DE (8)
JR # 290 Cashmere Brush
Cella SS
Pinaud-Clubman Classic AS
Stirling Alum Block
Beard Growth: 25.5 hrs



Did a quick 3 pass shave. I didn't leak any blood. Lol! Also, because it was a fast shave, I would grade it just below BBS.
Alum was mostly silent. Splashed on the witch hazel and the Pinaud-Clubman Classic aftershave. I am happy with this shave. Take care.

 

Thanks Joe.

 

Hmmm. Good point. I have only ever looked at North Shore Razors' website and read customers' reviews of them on the forums. I have never gotten to the point of checking shipping costs between Hawaii and Western Canada....

 

Very nice shave Joe.

 

thank you Gents.

 

8th February 2024.



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Shaving Recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Bulldog Vetiver & Black Pepper Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Cien PURE Fragrance Free Sensitive Bar Soap.
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Synthetic.
Bowl Lather.
Bowl: Tesco's Ceramic 'Cosmo' Side Bowl.
Lather: Monsavon Au Lait Shaving Soap.
Blade: Personna Comfort Coated Lab Blue. (D2)
Razor: FaTip Grande.

Post:
Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's, Cold Water Face Rinse. /Homemade (~Autumn/Winter mix~) peppermint lavender, eucalyptus, + Tea Tree essential Oils Mixed Together With Care+Witch Hazel./P&G Old Spice Classic ASL./Nivea Men Replenishing PSB.

Greetings,

Early morning shave,

The Monsavon Au Lait along with MWF/Kent are some of my favourite shaving soaps. The post shave feel that both of these soaps give is absolutely superb, making each shave I have with them a very enjoyable shaving experience.

A comfortable 2 pass + pick ups silky smooth 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.

 

absolutely fabulous

 

Thank you Gary.

 

Lovely Joe: Smooth shave, Silent alum and Bay Rum!

Thanks Joe

Thank you Gary

Thanks Joe. We are spoilt with our shaving setups and options in this day and age. Have to admire our forebears who never had it so good.

 

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

Fatip/Fawcett/Fine



24 hours
Prep = 3x cold water soak, Jermyn Street preshave
Soap = Captain Fawcett's Scapicchio
Brush = Omega Pura Setola
Bowl = Timeless, still my go-to bowl
Razor = Fatip Lo Storto OC slant
Blade = Gillette 7 o’clock super platinum Black (2)
Passes = 2 ++ including ATG top lip super BBS
Post = Usual CWR, Alum, CWR, brush squeezings, CWR, Thayers. Fine Latigo ASL

Comments = Loaded from the puck, a bit messy, next time I will scoop into the Timeless bowl and see how that works. Lovely soap, needs a fair bit of water and some elbow grease but well worth the effort for a lovely lather, great slickness, no hint of drying out mid-shave
Scent profile: Allegedly Fig, Olive and Bay Rum. My olfactory senses must be somewhat blunted, however I did get a hint of Fig along the way somewhere. I would have to say this has a very mild scent
Perhaps it will get stronger as I use it more. Let’s see

(Power back on after 27 hours: they reconnected last night at 6 pm after damaged cables were repaired and dug back underground: phew just in time for another 40+ Centigrade day)

More dry heat tomorrow

Keep well, one and all

 

Blackland Vector.
Simpson T3 Trafalgar synthetic brush.
Tabac shave soap.
Timeless Razor shave bowl.
American Tobacco by Andy Hilfiger.

Awesome shave this morning.

Happy Thursday everyone!

 

Nice Throwback shave this morning. I made a mistake in judgement on my Proraso order, as I should have bought the "Refreshing" set, not the "Coarse Beards". Ahh, I'll get the "Refreshing" later on. My "beard" isn't "coarse". But anyway, the shave went well. One pass, no cuts, Knicks, Polka-dots. Clean and clear all around. The foam still comes out squiggly-tomorrow, I'll hold the can under the tap to see if it comes out more solid. Super Duper Outstanding. (I always like to get a SDO rating on a Throwback Thursday).

 

SRS # 1236 - Frequent Soap February Weekdays - WTF Vintage Barbershop
(F -Razor February) - A J Jordan Old Faithful

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: AJ Jordan Old Faithful Cocolobo scales
Brush: PAA Atomic Rocket 26 mm
Pre-Shave: Pears Transparent Soap
Lather: WTF Vintage Barbershop
Aftershave: WTF Vintage Barbershop
Additional Care:
Omega Alum
Dickenson’s Original Witch Hazel
Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm

Wonderful close shave this morning with another of my vintage straight razors. The A J Jordan delivered an error free three pass shave.

The PAA synthetic whipped up a nice amount of lather. This soap just explodes in the bowl.
I have about 30 grams left of the soap. I had hoped to Fitzgerald this by the end of February. It will be very close but I suspect that the first week of March may be more realistic. Of course I could take it down to the Southern den in two weeks. Not sure how the TSA would view it in my carry on. No big deal.

Hope you all have a great day gentlemen.

 

Excellent! Nuff said!

 

Wonderful presentation and nice shave Chris.

 

Thank you Chris.

 

Outstanding Monsavon Au Lait shave Barry. Have a great day.