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

20th April 2024.



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Shaving Recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Bulldog Original Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face & head.
Cien PURE Fragrance Free Sensitive Bar Soap.
Brush: Semogue 1250.
Face & Head Lather.
Lather: Vie-Long Shave Stick.
Blade: Dorco Prime Platinum. (D1)
Razor: Ming Shi 2000s Futur clone. (Settings) 3-wtg,4-atg,+pick ups.

Post:
Cold Water Face & Head Rinse./Cold water face & Head wash with brush squeezing's,/Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse./Homemade (~Spring/Summer mix~) Lemon, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Essential Oils.5 Menthol Crystals Mixed Together With Care+Witch Hazel./ Nivea Men Fresh Moisturising Gel./Milton Lloyd Essentials No 19 EdP.

Greetings,

(Face & Head Shave)

A new shave set up to start the weekend. It's been some time since I last used the Ming Shi 2000s Futur clone. "Wow" what an incredibly comfortable close efficient shave.!!! Both my face & head are error-free BBS dolphin smooth. The Dorco Prime Platinum pairs with the razor superbly. This is the best combined face & head shave I've had with the Ming Shi 2000s Futur clone to date.

The Ming Shi 2000s Futur clone alone, like most of my more assertive razor's has vastly improved my technique and shaving confidence multitude.

Another close comfortable combined face & head shave with no errors to report.

Finishing the shave off with a few small squirts of Milton Lloyd Essentials No 19 Essentials EdT to the pulse points.

My face & precious swede are feeling smooth and smelling divine.

Stay safe, and enjoy the start of the weekend ladies & gentlemen.

 

20 April 2024

Slack Slouchy Scruffy Saturday. No shave day!

Been shaving daily through most of March and April, time to give the face a rest

Besides I want to try the Slim @6 tomorrow, see how that goes

Enjoy your shaves today Gents!

 

A bit of a rough shave this morning. A long cut at the right side jawline and a small one just off the lower lip, also right side. Fine job at the cheeks&sideburns, as well as N. Porcupine and most of Cactus Nation otherwise. Not sure what caused all this, but tomorrow I'll do a better job rinsing the brush before bringing it into the soap. The madness happened after the first pass, second led to a better job. A little too much New Spice A.S. came out-must improve on that persuasion, too. Most Mediocre.

 

fine way to start the weekend gents.

 

-The-Weekender-
new lc
mr.ee #002
limoncello
fine



good morning gents
fine citrus work shave
awesome
have a great weekend everyone

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Thank you Gary.

 

Shavette Shave # 227

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: Parker SRX
Blade: Perma-Sharp (1)
Brush: Shore Shave Cool Mint Water 24 mm Synthetic
Pre-Shave: Pears Transparent Soap
Lather: PAA Atomic Age Bay Rum
Aftershave: PAA Atomic Pumpkin Bay Rum
Additional Care:
Omega Alum
Dickenson’s Original Witch Hazel
Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm

Excellent travel day shave. Loki g forward to the warmer weather. Three passes to super smoothness. The ParkerSRX fitted with a new blade preformed flawlessly.

Hope you all have a great day.

 

fine bay rum shave and pic Joe.

 

Busy week, couldn't share. So here is the week's shave pictures dump

Asil KIRATLI

 

Beautiful setup and shaves Barry. There's nothing like a cueball smooth headshave.

 

Enjoy your non-shave day Chris.

 

Terrific shave Gary. I will hit the Limencello in the next few days.

 

Super Saturday shave Joe.

 

Nice sequential setups Asil.

 

April 21

Bigelow-Parkin Co. Folding Razor
Feather
MrEE Bead Blasted Red Anodized Aluminum Danger handle w/30 mm Maggard's SHD two-band fan knot
Proraso Shaving Cream (3017 target)
Alum
AHC Only for Man Toner and Lotion
Dehn El Oud Malaki Swiss Arabian EDP



My Bigelow-Parkin Co. Folding Razor was a $5 Minnesota antique store find, and it came with an ancient Gillette blade still loaded in it. Based on its condition, I'd say the razor was used just a few times. It cleaned up real purty. The plating is in good shape and seems substantial. The build quality is very nice as well. I expect Cactus Nation to be a distant memory once I get used to the grip.

Since it is my smallest razor, I decided to pair it with my largest brush which has a 30 mm two-band knot. Evan crafted this beastly, one-of-a-kind Danger handle for me. I've been using the brush for the past few days, and it goes after Proraso like I go after Rocky Road ice cream. It basically exceeds expectations at the Loading Dock, and so far, I haven't dropped it and broken either a floor tile or a toe.

This will be my setup for the next few days. I post mainly on the 3017 thread these days, as I'm focused on using up some of my stuff.

I hope your weekend is going great. We're having some fantastic weather here in my neck o' the woods.

 

I am joining @ChrisB. Today is a nonshave day for me, too.

 

That's certainly a different razor Charlie. I suspect you place your thumb and index finger in the holes to grip the razor and then shave like it's a regular safety razor.

 

Thanks Joe. That's how I plan to grip the razor. I will make sure my fingers are dry, and I'll take things slow and easy until I get the hang of it. I plan to use it exclusively for the next few weeks (I'm a focus guy at heart) in order to develop some proficiency with it.

I hope you're having a great weekend, Joe.

 

Next thing we know, Joe, you'll be letting your dome hair grow out and rocking dreadlocks.

 

I am. Last night was Bible study. Tonight is game night at the church. Tomorrow, I hope to be meeting a brother in Christ for lunch because he will be moving to W. Virginia and then service tomorrow night. Now, back to our regularly scheduled program.